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Leonard, Richard’s brother, filed a petition accusing Teresa of stealing his brother’s priceless gadgets.
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On March 18, Richard’s brother Leonard Simmons – co-administrator of Richard’s property with Teresa – filed a petition accusing her of unauthorized property theft and looking for damages.
Teresa has denied taking any property from Richard that he did not particularly present her, aside from a pair of his exercise shorts she stored as a memento.
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Among the many high-valuable lacking gadgets had been a $33,000 Cartier 18k panther-style watch and a $47,000 Cartier oval watch,
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In November, Leonard claimed Teresa pocketed over $1million value of equipment and different priceless items from his dwelling that she “refused to return.”
Nevertheless, Teresa acknowledged in courtroom the jewellery she possesses got here as a present from Richard – claims Leonard has since dubbed unfaithful.
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Leonard asserted the jewellery wasn’t the one lacking merchandise and famous his brother’s laptop, lyrics for a deliberate Broadway play, collectible dolls, and different positive artwork had been additionally taken from his dwelling.
Leonard’s petition known as for the return of the jewellery and all different lacking property, together with damages from Teresa.
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The lacking jewellery included a number of high-value gadgets: a $33,000 Cartier 18k panther-style watch, a $47,000 Cartier oval watch, rings valued between $112,000 and $219,000, diamond cufflinks value as much as $5,378, and different diamond and gold equipment totaling over $1million.
Moreover, Leonard claimed Richard was requested to finish paperwork about his jewellery 5 months previous to his demise and had famous it as private property.
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The health legend handed away in July, simply someday after his 76th birthday.
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After Richard handed, Leonard requested Teresa to point out the jewellery, however a number of items had been lacking.
Regardless of telling Teresa to not take away something, she allegedly took gadgets when she was kicked out of Richard’s dwelling on September 26, 2024.
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Teresa, nevertheless, maintained that the jewellery was a present given to her on Thanksgiving in 2014, and detailed how he had positioned a pink diamond ring on her finger.
In a declaration, she claimed: “Richard got here downstairs to the kitchen of the residence with a number of items of knickknack and put them on the kitchen desk.
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“Richard positioned a pink diamond ring on my finger and informed me he was giving it to me. I used to be shocked however accepted this beneficiant present.”
She added: “Later that day, at round supper time, Richard informed me that he was giving me all the remainder of the Gifted Jewellery on the kitchen desk, saying that he wouldn’t put on it once more and wished me to have it.
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“I thanked Richard for his beneficiant items and took all of the Gifted Jewellery that Richard gave me to my room the place I stored it till I left the Residence on September 26, 2024.”
Together with having denied being in possession of Richard’s track lyrics, she went on: “I want to maintain the three pairs of striped shorts to recollect Richard by, however will flip them over to the Belief if requested.
“I do not need or know the whereabouts of another ‘train garments’ that Leonard claims are lacking.”
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Richard’s housekeeper has claimed all the jewellery she possesses had been a present from him.
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The housekeeper, who lived and labored with the health legend for almost 36 years, had beforehand claimed Leonard had plans to promote Richard’s private belongings himself.
Her lawyer stated: “It seems that Leonard is actively making ready to eliminate quite a few of Richard’s private results, as he has retained an actual property agent to market Richard’s dwelling, the place all of his private results had been maintained, and has seemingly made preparations to take away Richard’s private results from the premises so it may be marketed.
“Leonard is thus seemingly additionally making preparations to imminently promote, donate, or in any other case eliminate Richard’s private results with out Teresa’s enter, as was envisioned by Richard within the Belief.”
Leonard denied the accusations in a filed response, additionally asking Teresa to not be added again on as co-trustee of his belief.