{"id":611440,"date":"2026-09-25T14:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T14:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/611440\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T14:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T14:24:17","slug":"chadwick-bosemans-widow-hits-back-as-late-actors-brothers-petition-to-remove-her-as-administrator-of-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/611440\/","title":{"rendered":"Chadwick Boseman\u2019s widow hits back as late actor\u2019s brothers petition to remove her as administrator of estate"},"content":{"rendered":"

The widow of late actor Chadwick Boseman<\/a> is fighting back after his brothers filed to remove her as the\u00a0administrator of his estate.<\/p>\n

In newly filed court documents,\u00a0Taylor Simone Ledward<\/a> alleged Boseman\u2019s\u00a0two older brothers, Kevin and Derrick Boseman,\u00a0were attempting a \u201cpublic-relations stunt to smear [her] in the tabloid press\u201d, Page Six<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

\"Taylor<\/p>\n

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

Ledward denied allegations in the brothers\u2019 July lawsuit<\/a>, filed on behalf of their parents, that she had not properly distributed the Black Panther<\/a> star\u2019s assets in the six years since his August 2020 death despite a court order to do so.<\/p>\n

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

In response, Ledward\u2019s lawyer Adam Streisand wrote that she had not only complied with the order, but had gifted Derrick\u2019s children \u2013 Boseman\u2019s nephews \u2013 about $US300,000 ($428,000) because she wanted his family to be taken care of.<\/p>\n

\u201cSimone has not only complied with the Order, but as a product solely of her own extraordinary generosity, she has gone well beyond what was required of her,\u201d the documents stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cSimone\u2019s generosity has been both financial and collaborative. She has always included the Boseman family in her efforts to ensure Chadwick\u2019s memory would endure and flourish long after her husband\u2019s tragic and untimely death.\u201d<\/p>\n

The suit said she had distributed all of Boseman\u2019s estate except for one account the family themselves blocked from distribution and asked that she remain as administrator.<\/p>\n

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 each.<\/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 California State 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 widow of late actor Chadwick Boseman is fighting back after his brothers filed to remove her as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-611440","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\/611440","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=611440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}