{"id":540176,"date":"2026-07-23T10:53:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T10:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/540176\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T10:53:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T10:53:37","slug":"chadwick-bosemans-brothers-petition-court-to-remove-his-widow-as-administrator-of-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/540176\/","title":{"rendered":"Chadwick Boseman\u2019s brothers petition court to remove his widow as administrator of estate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The brothers of late actor Chadwick Boseman<\/a> have petitioned a court to remove his widow, Taylor Simone Ledward<\/a>, as administrator of his estate.<\/p>\n

Kevin and Derrick Boseman\u00a0alleged that Ledward had not properly distributed the Black Panther<\/a> star\u2019s assets in the six years since his August 2020 death, documents obtained by People<\/a> said.<\/p>\n

\"Chadwick<\/p>\n

Chadwick Boseman died in 2020 after a private four-year battle with colon cancer.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Therefore, they are asking she be removed as administrator.<\/p>\n

According to the petition, Ledward is entitled to 50 per cent of the actor\u2019s estate \u2013 including more than $5.4 million in cash and other assets \u2013 because they married before his death<\/a>. He did not have a will in place.<\/p>\n

His parents, Leroy and Carolyn Boseman, are entitled to 25 per cent, and though the filing alleged a court had ordered Ledward to distribute the estate assets in 2022, she is yet to do so.<\/p>\n

\u201cNearly four years later, Respondent has still not distributed the estate, nor has she filed a petition for discharge with receipts as required,\u201d the brothers said.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead, Respondent continues to exert unilateral control over Decedent\u2019s estate, denying Decedent\u2019s family long overdue closure or participation in decision-making regarding matters affecting Leroy and Carolyn\u2019s interests in Decedent\u2019s estate.\u201d<\/p>\n

The brothers said this had caused \u201congoing harm\u201d to their parents.<\/p>\n

They also alleged Boseman\u2019s estate included assets beyond what was originally declared, including \u201croyalties and residuals, image and intellectual property rights, real property, a previously undisclosed bank account at CNB, and other personal property.\u201d<\/p>\n

They said Ledward\u2019s \u201clack of transparency creates the appearance that she is concealing assets from Decedent\u2019s family and from the Court.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lastly, the family claimed Ledward was not distributing the rights to Boseman\u2019s image and intellectual property.<\/p>\n

\"Taylor<\/p>\n

Ledward and Boseman in 2019.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

They alleged she had therefore \u201cblocked\u201d them from \u201cpursuing lucrative business opportunities that might benefit Decedent\u2019s elderly parents.\u201d<\/p>\n

The filing asked the court to replace Ledward with forensic accountant\u00a0Jason Rubin as administrator of the estate.<\/p>\n

Boseman died in 2020 aged 43 after a private four-year battle with colon cancer.<\/p>\n

\"Chadwick<\/p>\n

The Black Panther star kept his health battle out of the public eye.\u00a0Disney\/Marvel Studios<\/p>\n

He and Ledward were first linked in 2015, shortly\u00a0after she graduated from Cal Polytechnic University Pomona.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Their marriage was only confirmed with the announcement of his death.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe died in his home, with his wife and family by his side,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The brothers of late actor Chadwick Boseman have petitioned a court to remove his widow, Taylor Simone Ledward,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-540176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}