Chadwick Boseman's family fighting over late actor's estate

Key Points:

• Chadwick Boseman’s brothers, Derrick and Kevin, have filed a lawsuit on behalf of their parents against Boseman’s widow, Taylor Simone Ledward, seeking her removal as administrator of his estate.
• The lawsuit alleges Ledward has failed to distribute over $3.8 million in assets as court-ordered in 2022, despite inheriting 50% of the estate and being required to share the remainder equally with Boseman’s parents.
• Derrick and Kevin accuse Ledward of withholding a full accounting of assets, including royalties, residuals, intellectual property rights, and a previously undisclosed bank account, and blocking the family from business opportunities.
• The brothers claim Ledward controls Chadwick Boseman, Inc., which manages the late actor’s intellectual property and image rights, and allege she is profiting from his fame without transparency or proper distribution to heirs.
• Chadwick Boseman died in 2020 without a will after battling colon cancer, and the ongoing estate dispute highlights family tensions nearly six years after his passing.