Nearly six years after Chadwick Boseman's death, the late "Black Panther" star's family is embroiled in a legal battle over the administration of his multimillion-dollar estate, with his brothers asking a California court to remove his widow as administrator and accusing her of failing to properly distribute the assets.
Derrick and Kevin Boseman filed a petition in Los Angeles on behalf of their parents, Leroy and Carolyn Boseman, alleging that Taylor Simone Ledward has mishandled the estate, failed to comply with court-ordered distributions and cannot be trusted to continue overseeing her late husband's affairs.
According to court documents, Boseman died in August 2020 at age 43 without leaving a will. His estate was valued at approximately $3.8 million, and a court later ruled that 50% of the assets should go to Ledward, while Boseman's parents would each receive 25%. Ledward was also appointed administrator of the estate.
The brothers claim those distributions have yet to be completed and argue that Ledward has maintained exclusive control over the estate for years.
In their petition, they accuse her of operating with "a lack of transparency" and keeping Boseman's parents uninformed about the management of a company established to oversee the actor's name, image and intellectual property rights.
