https://www.billboard.com...235580400/

Prince Estate Civil War: Heirs Battle In New Lawsuit Over Alleged Company Coup

The case claims that "disgruntled" heirs have gone rogue and are threatening to plunge the iconic singer's $156 million estate into chaos.

By Bill Donahue
01/11/2024

A year after the legal battle over Prince’s estate was finally settled, the music legend’s heirs are now suddenly back in court again, fighting amongst each other over allegations that certain family members are trying to wrongfully seize control.

The lawsuit, made public Wednesday (Jan. 10) in Delaware court, amounts to a civil war among the members of Prince Legacy LLC, one of the two holding companies created to run the star’s $156 million estate. (Primary Wave, which owns the other half of the estate, is not involved in the dispute.)

The case was filed by L. Londell McMillan and Charles Spicer, two longtime Prince friends who serve as managers for Prince Legacy, over allegations that four of Prince’s family members have been improperly trying to force them out of the company. They say such a move not only violates the group’s operating agreement but would cause massive damage to efforts “to preserve and protect Prince’s legacy.”

“The Individual defendants lack any business and management experience, have no experience in the music and entertainment industries, and have no experience negotiating and managing high-level deals in the entertainment industry,” McMillan and Spicer wrote in the complaint, obtained by Billboard. “They have a documented history of infighting. Based on the amount and complexity of the work that Prince Legacy is involved with, they are simply not capable of stepping in and managing its business.”

The lawsuit targets Prince’s half-sisters Sharon Nelson and Norrine Nelson, as well as his niece Breanna Nelson and his nephew Allen Nelson. An attorney for Norrine, Breanna and Allen declined to comment; an attorney for Sharon did not immediately return a request for comment.

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The prosecution is seeking 100 million dollars in "that good sound"

The heirs are the reason that Lawnie and Spicer is in the mix. People here at the org. tried to warn them and warn them.

And how old is Sharon now? Isn't she a little too old to be threatening and making false accusations?

All of these characters are only out for themselves and fuck Prince's Legacy!

Didn't they even give Lawnie and Spicer a percentage of their shares?

All they want to do is screw the fans, We might as well give up caring because they sure have.

PennyPurple said:

The heirs are the reason that Lawnie and Spicer is in the mix. People here at the org. tried to warn them and warn them.

And how old is Sharon now? Isn't she a little too old to be threatening and making false accusations?

All of these characters are only out for themselves and fuck Prince's Legacy!

Didn't they even give Lawnie and Spicer a percentage of their shares?

All they want to do is screw the fans, We might as well give up caring because they sure have.

Exactly!

The nastier it gets, the better this is a perfect script for a Netflix series.

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"Mega Supestar Prince fucks up his own legacy with leaving no will,

and tons of unreleased music, to... no one.

'And when the elevator tries to bring you down...',

our hero goes crazy and dies in his own elevator, in his own recording studio,

where he lived like a lonely fallen star for the last years of his life.

Leaving his heirs up for nasty legal battles, for years to come.

Sign up to see the first season, of 12 episodes..."

This sounds horrendous.

Sharon is the main reason for all this mess.

Shame on her.

She brought them in.

And now she wants them out

[Edited 1/12/24 10:07am]

Prince & The Rogers-Nelson

What great news from the Prince Estate to start off 2024...

[Edited 1/12/24 11:27am]

i've never bought a bootleg yet, but i think i'll start now!

Vannormal said:

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

What a clusterfuck. None of these clowns should be anywhere close to being in charge of the estate. Neither Londell/Charles nor any of the siblings.

I know a lot of this shit could have been avoided had Prince left a will, but jesus, it's insane that his estate somehow ended up in the hands of the least competent people possible

bozojones said:

What a clusterfuck. None of these clowns should be anywhere close to being in charge of the estate. Neither Londell/Even if Charles nor any of the siblings.

I know a lot of this shit could have been avoided had Prince left a will, but jesus, it's insane that his estate somehow ended up in the hands of the least competent people possible

Even if Prince had left a will, the heir/heirs could still have sold their shares and ended in a similar situation.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

Q would primary wave do a better job than mcmillan and spicer? Either way this is further proof of the mess prince left things in (shame McMillan never got prince to write a will when they began working together) and i hope this doesnt ruin any releases planned this year. I suspect not as they must know they need releases to make some money. I hope.

Prince just did what he did and never cared about the management of the "legacy"--beyond the natural longevity of his lyrics + music. U must admit and accept (says the Thought Policeman)!

Personally, I think that Prince knew what was up when his time would be up!

Who knows what the remaining contesting heirs are angling toward with their actions? Maybe we'll be lucky or unlucky enough to find out!

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

bozojones said:

What a clusterfuck. None of these clowns should be anywhere close to being in charge of the estate. Neither Londell/Charles nor any of the siblings.

I know a lot of this shit could have been avoided had Prince left a will, but jesus, it's insane that his estate somehow ended up in the hands of the least competent people possible

I don't understand why the heirs do not sell out to Primary Wave and therefore McMillan and Spicer would no longer be in the picture, presumably.

rap said:

bozojones said:

What a clusterfuck. None of these clowns should be anywhere close to being in charge of the estate. Neither Londell/Charles nor any of the siblings.

I know a lot of this shit could have been avoided had Prince left a will, but jesus, it's insane that his estate somehow ended up in the hands of the least competent people possible

I don't understand why the heirs do not sell out to Primary Wave and therefore McMillan and Spicer would no longer be in the picture, presumably.

Because they can't.

Because of the contract they've signed (without reading it).

MJ audience is different, though. They can't get enough of those same 10 hits. It's probably their 847,573,557,437th spin of "Thriller" but they're like "thank you sir may I have another?" Whereas Prince audience generally chokes back the bile upon hyper-focus on his one-hit wonder.

lol...predictable as rain.

WhisperingDandelions said:

bozojones said:

FrankieCoco1 said: