Shannon Price plans to contest a 1999 will of Gary Coleman, her ex-husband and claim his estate, according to her spokeswoman; this comes after news that Price had a part in selling death photos of Coleman to a tabloid.
Shannon Price and Gary Coleman married in 2007, divorced in 2008, and according to Price the couple planned to re-marry. Price plans to contest a will that was created before he met Price.
The 1999 will states that Coleman’s remaining assets will go his former friend and manager, Dion Mial.
Monday, Shielia Erickson the spokeswoman for Price (and Gary Coleman's Utah manager) said that Price plans to "absolutely" fight the will.
"She doesn't want everything to go to Dion," Erickson said. "We have a retained a high-profile attorney. We have enough documentation that shows that everything will go to Shannon."
Mial hired Salt Lake City attorney Kent B. Alderman to submit the will for probate in Utah, and that paperwork will be filed Tuesday, June 8. The paperwork also includes an amendment to the will that Coleman wrote in 2007 after he married Price. In it he states that all remaining assets go to Price. But Alderman stated that the amendment is void because the couple divorced after it was drafted.
The funeral for Coleman has been delayed because many people have claimed rights to where he should be buried.
"But if we have our way, we would like to have a small funeral," said Erickson. "We would like to pay tribute to the greatest kid actor of all time."
Sunday, a spokesperson for Gary Coleman’s parents told the Daily Mail that they believe foul play was involved in his death; Utah police have stated that they don’t believe foul play was involved at all in Coleman’s death and have closed the investigation. For more on this story, click here.
Initially, Coleman’s parents requested that he be buried in Illinois, but they have since dropped that claim. And Price doesn’t have the legal authority to bury him. Memorial Mortuaries in Utah is holding Coleman’s body until someone arrives with legal documents to show they have the authority over his remains. For more on that story, click here.
Monday morning, TMZ announced that death photos of Coleman are being shopped around to the highest bidder and Shannon had something to do with them. For more on that story, click here.
Gary Coleman, 42, was rushed to a Utah hospital after he fell in his home and was placed on life support. Doctors reported that he had an intracranial hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain). His life support was removed last Friday and he died a few minutes later at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center.
There has been a lot of controversy over the 911 call that Shannon made to the police after Gary fell in their home.
To listen to the 911 call, click here.
To see a slideshow of photos of Gary Coleman and his wife, Shannon Price, click here.
Coleman was arrested in January in Utah for assault. For more on that story and to see his mug shot, click here.
Gary Coleman’s estranged parents have raised their own questions about Shannon and Gary and the events that surrounded his death. For more about that story, click here.
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Source: The Salt Lake Tribune
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