The brothers of late Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman have requested that his widow Taylor Simone Ledward Boseman be relieved of her duties as the administrator of his $3.8 million estate, saying she has not fulfilled her obligations in the role.
In a petition filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court reviewed by the Daily Mail, Kevin and Derrick Boseman said that Taylor has not properly managed the estate in the nearly six years since the Oscar-nominated star’s tragic August 28, 2020 death after battling colon cancer.
Kevin and Derrick told the court that Taylor has not properly informed the family about business details pertaining to the estate after the actor died without leaving a will.
They referenced a 2022 court order specifying that their parents Leroy and Carolyn Boseman had rights to half of the assets in the estate, with Taylor being in charge of half.
Taylor ‘never fully distributed [the] estate nor has she petitioned for discharge in the several years since this court’s order for final distribution,’ Kevin and Derrick said in the court filing. They added that ‘she continues to exercise complete control’ without any input from her in-laws.
The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Kevin and Derrick Boseman and Taylor Simone Ledward Boseman for further comment on the story.
Chadwick Boseman’s brothers Derrick and Kevin are requesting that his widow Taylor Simone Ledward Boseman (pictured center with them in 2025) be relieved of her duties as the administrator of the late actor’s $3.8 million estate
Kevin and Derrick claim Taylor has not properly informed the family about business details pertaining to the Black Panther star’s estate after he died in 2020 without leaving a will
Chadwick left ‘behind a sizable estate that included residuals and royalties, rights to his image and intellectual property, investments, insurance policies, personal property, and multiple bank accounts’ totaling more than $3.8 million, according to court docs.
Kevin and Derrick told the court that Taylor has yet to tend to business duties linked to an insurance policy, his bank account totals, residuals from SAG-AFTRA and personal belongings that have yet to be forwarded to the late actor’s parents.
Boseman’s parents have not been able to move forward on potential business deals involving their late son due to Taylor’s inaction with the proceeds of the estate, his brothers said in the legal filing.
As such, the late actor’s parents have been deprived ‘of financial assets at a vulnerable age’ and have suffered from ’emotional distress’.
Kevin and Derrick said in the filing that they have sought to apprise Taylor of the pressing issues multiple times, to no avail.
The late actor’s brothers asked the court to ‘enter an order to show cause for why [Taylor] should not be held in contempt for failure to obey’ orders the court set forth four years back.
They requested the court order Taylor to forward the assets in the estate to the proper parties within a 30-day span, in addition ‘to file a complete accounting.’
The late actor’s brothers said that the ‘lack of transparency’ from Taylor ‘creates the appearance that she is concealing assets from [Boseman’s] family and from the court.’
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The late actor’s brothers said that the ‘lack of transparency’ from Taylor ‘creates the appearance that she is concealing assets from [Boseman’s] family and from the court.’
Chadwick Boseman’s death at 43 left Hollywood in shock. He had battled colon cancer for four years without publicly announcing his diagnosis. Pictured in Marvel’s 2018 film Black Panther
Kevin and Derrick asked the court to remove Taylor from her administrative position in regard to the estate, and place lawyer Jason Rubin in the position moving forward.
They also requested that Taylor be prevented from entering into any new business deals on behalf of the estate unless approved by the family.
Kevin and Derrick asked the court for Taylor ‘to provide copies of all contracts entered on behalf of’ the late actor’s estate, as well as for Taylor to pay for ‘reasonable attorney’s fees and costs’ linked to the legal dispute.
Chadwick Boseman’s death at 43 left Hollywood in shock. He had battled colon cancer for four years without publicly announcing his diagnosis.
Among his most notable roles was King T’Challa in the 2018 smash hit Black Panther, a role which Marvel did not recast after his passing.
He also played baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson in the 2013 movie 42 and Levee in the 2020 film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, for which he was posthumously nominated for an Oscar.
