Ellise Shafer administratorThe family of late singer James Brown has reached a settlement deal in the 15-year dispute over his estate, according to the Associated Press.The attorney representing Brown’s estate, David Black, told the AP that the settlement had been reached on July 9, though the details of the agreement were not made public.The estate of Brown, who died at 73 on Dec.
25, 2006, has been plagued by more than a dozen lawsuits since his death. One of the most prominent was that of Tomi Rae Hynie, Brown’s former partner and mother of one of his children who claimed to be his fourth and last wife.
But in June 2020, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled the marriage invalid, determining that Hynie had not been legally married to.
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