James Brown’s 5 year old son left out of will

It’s not good news for James Brown’s 5 year old son with partner Tomi Rae Hynie. The child wasn’t included in the will read on Thursday to six of the musicians other children.

When Brown died on Christmas morning at the age of 73 the gates of his home were locked. This was done because the house is owned by the trust and “has been that way since August of 2000″ says Buddy Dallas, an attorney for James Brown. “Technically, the trustees own it for the benefit of the trust. It was not in teh name of James Brown and hasn’t been that way for years.”

The will provides for Browns first six children, however Hynie’s son, James Jr. is not listed in the document. The will has not yet been filed in probate court.

Hynie’s lawyer, Thornton Morris, said he doesn’t know anything about the will.

“She was locked out of the house so she doesn’t know where the will that’s being probated was found,” Morris said of his client. “She has no knowledge to when this particular will was executed.”

I suppose it’s possible that Brown had written a new will, but that is not the one that’s being read. If he didn’t write a new will to include his youngest son I would imagine that his estate will end up being tied up in court if Hynie decides to protest the will.





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Michael Richards to appologize directly to those he offended

A retired judge will mediate a meeting between Michael Richards and the four black men that he targeted in a tirade of racial slurs during a comedy club performance.

Michael is slated to apologize in person to the men. The judge will also help determine if other actions should take place to resolve the matter such as a cash settlement. A time and place for the meeting has yet to be set.

Lawyer, Howard J. Rubenstein, who represents Richards says “My client Michael hopes to put it behind him,”

Attorney Gloria Allred said Richards should meet with her clients “to hear the pain that he inflicted on them and to apologize to them.”

Richards, who played the wacky neighbor Kramer on “Seinfeld,” has been on a campaign of contrition since his outburst at the Laugh Factory nightclub.

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Baldwin to pull out of Schwarzenegger documentary

Alec Baldwin’s pulled out of a documentary charting California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s rise to political power because of its Nazi undertones. Baldwin claims he agreed to narrate the film, titled “Running With Arnold,” before learning his script would be accompanied by images of Nazi rallies and the Nazi party paperwork of Schwarzenegger’s father.

Now he’s demanding his voice be removed from the project and has ordered his attorney to issue a cease-and-desist demand against the filmmakers.

In a posting on The Huffington Post website he writes, “The filmmakers hammer Schwarzenegger over his private behavior and his record as governor. But Schwarzenegger deserves to be treated fairly, and the film’s images of Nazi rallies were over the line.”

However, producers insist Baldwin had plenty of opportunities to view footage before recording his part and deny the project is biased against the Republican governor.

Mike Gabrawy says, “What’s really shocking about this situation is that this is not really a critical look at Arnold – there’s a lot more we could’ve done to be critical.”

Some images of the Third Reich have been replaced.

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