A judge in South Carolina has said a planned auction of items that belonged to the late James Brown can go ahead this week. As much previously reported, the tricky business of dealing with and distributing the former Godfather Of Soul's estate has not been easy, with various alleged children and family members making claims in addition to those named in his will. And then there is the matter of the courts removing the trustees of his estate after one of them admitted financial mismanagement. It was the removed trustees, Buddy Dallas and Alfred Bradley, who had tried to hold up the proposed asset auction this week in their continuing bid to regain control of the late singer's affairs. But Judge Jasper Cureton yesterday lifted an earlier court ruling delaying the auction meaning the sale of items like one of the singer's jumpsuits and a lock of his hair can take place at Christies in New York as planned. Brown, of course, died on Christmas Day 2006.
Jul 15, 2008
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Court clears James Brown asset auction to go ahead
A South Carolina judge has lifted a delay, allowing an auction of James Brown's items, including a jumpsuit and a lock of hair, to proceed at Christie's in New York.