Music Icon Prince’s Estate Prompts New Court Fight Among Heirs

Jan. 11, 2024, 7:53 PM UTC

A nephew and two longtime friends of music legend Prince Rogers Nelson are suing four of his other relatives over claims they’re wrongfully trying to seize control of a company set up to run his estate.

The lawsuit made public Thursday targets two half-sisters, a niece, and a nephew of the late pop icon, who died by accidental fentanyl overdose in 2016 at 57. It was filed by entertainment lawyer L. Londell McMillan, music producer Charles Spicer Jr., and Johnny Nicholas Nelson Torres, a son of Prince’s half-brother John Nelson, who died in 2021.

The complaint in Delaware’s Chancery Court ...

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