The legal issues surrounding James Brown‘s death are still ongoing after his six adult children launched a campaign against the soul singer’s trustees.
They have filed an emergency petition in Aiken County, South Carolina, calling for the trustees to be removed, claiming that the late singer’s assets are in danger.
The trust, which is separate to their fathers’ will, manages Brown‘s estate and music rights, including his 60 acre Beech Island home.
Signed in 2000, the trustees have denied any mismanagement since the
soul singer died from heart failure brought on by pneumonia on December
25 2006, reports BBC News.
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Trustee Buddy Dallas, who is also Brown‘s lawyer, said everything in the trust was handled “appropriately and properly”.
He added: “I’ve been Mr Brown’s
trusted friend and counsel for 24 years – a relationship that was built
totally on our trust. And I never violated that trust for 24 years.”
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His late partner Tomi Rae Hynie wasn’t included in his will, nor was the five-year-old child she had with Brown.
