Woman says she never divorced James Brown!
Posted by Media Outrage on November 9th, 2007
This is just wild.
A Georgia woman who claims to have married James Brown n 1953 says in court papers they were never divorced and she wants to be part of his estate.
Velma Warren Brown, 73, filed a sworn statement in Aiken County court Wednesday claiming she was never served with divorce papers and didn’t sign any agreement severing her marriage to the late soul singer. Brown died Christmas day at age 73.
However, at least two attorneys involved in disputes over Brown’s estate and trust discounted the woman’s claim, and said she had remarried.
“If Ms. Brown believed that she was not divorced, she’s admitting to having herself committed bigamy,” said Louis Levenson, an attorney representing several of the singer’s children.
The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle also reported Thursday on its Web site that it had obtained court documents showing a judge had granted a divorce in 1969.
A message left for Velma Brown’s attorney, David Bell, wasn’t immediately returned.
Bell has said his client married the “Godfather of Soul” on June 27, 1953, had three children and lived with him for 17 years.
“There was never a formal separation or a divorce,” Bell said. “They kind of went their separate ways, but he always kept in touch with her.”
He said the two last saw each other in December at Brown’s home in South Carolina, just weeks before he died in a Georgia hospital.
Bell said his client was coming forward now because “it’s something that she had just never thought about.” (Yeah Right!!!)
He wouldn’t make Brown available for an interview, and Forlando Brown, who answered the phone at her Toccoa, GA., home, said she wasn’t available. Forlando Brown claims to be the singer’s grandson.
At least three other people have claimed that DNA testing proves they are James Brown’s children. A former backup singer, Tomi Rae Hynie, has claimed she is his fourth wife.
Hynie’s lawyer, Robert Rosen, said Velma Brown’s claim has no validity.
“They were divorced and I mean she got remarried,” Rosen said.
Ashame people are full of you know what. And greedy.
November 10th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
[...] reported to you a day ago that 73 year old Velma Warren Brown was claiming to have been James Brown’s first wife and to have … which would entitle her to a major chunk of the late singer’s $100million estate that’s [...]
March 7th, 2008 at 1:46 am
My former Mother-in-Law obtained the divorce for Velma Warren Brown.
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