Britney Spears’ biggest fan may be a lawyer she doesn’t want. Spears’ life and career have improved since she was 26 and her father, Jamie Spears, became her legal conservator and guardian. Last October, Britney agreed to have her father continue to make decisions for her and to control her extensive finances indefinitely. Case closed, right? Not so fast....
When Whitney Houston’s father died in 2003, Whitney Houston was the beneficiary of his $1 million life insurance policy. Six years later, Whitney’s stepmother, Barbara Houston, sued Whitney, claiming the policy was to be for her own benefit as a widow....
Even before the legendary actor breathed his last in 2004, the Marlon Brando trust and estate began wrestling over his legacy. Since then, there have been 26 different lawsuits, including claims of sexual harassment, forgery, fraud, undue influence and abuse....
After 14 months of marriage, Anna Nicole Smith’s 90-year-old husband, J. Howard Marshall, died in 1995. His storied career in law, government, and oil left a fortune worth hundreds of millions of dollars. But none of it went to Anna Nicole, who claimed in a series of lawsuits that her stepson, Pierce Marshall, had forged documents and lied to his father to interfere with her inheritance....Full Article and Source:
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Yes, where there's money, the vultures circle. We don't really think about it, but wealth can be an archilles heel.
ReplyDeleteAnd don't forget Peter Falk.
ReplyDeleteDid Britney Spears agree to have her father continue as her guardian? Did she actually agree?
I doubt that.
Adults don't want their parents to control every aspect of their life. Britney's an adult.
Celebrities are really targeted because of their vast wealth. Sometimes, they get them young (like Britney Spears) and sometimes they wait and get them when they age.
ReplyDeleteOr sometimes it's during the probate process of the will.
Butm, this is getting more and more common.
Follow the $$$ and you will find a parade of greedy people looking for a way to get their ice cold grips on the money. Sick, sad but reality.
ReplyDeleteYou'd think if you had a lot of money, you'd have security too. But, it's just the opposite. Somebody's wanting the money and trying to figure out how to get to it.
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