Jury rules document found in Aretha Franklin's couch is a valid will

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A Michigan Jury ruled that a 2014 document found in Aretha Franklin's couch after her death is a valid will for her multimillion-dollar estate. children against each other in a battle over two handwritten versions of the singer's last wishes. to "disinherit" them.

Tuesday's verdict ends a nearly five-year legal dispute within the family.

When Franklin died of pancreatic cancer in August 2018, it was widely believed that she had not prepared a will of approximately $6 million ($4.6 millions of pounds) in real estate, cash, gold records and furs, or his musical royalties. /p>

But, nine months later, his niece Sabrina Owens - the executor of the estate at the time - discovered two separate sets of handwritten documents at the home from the singer in Detroit.

A version, dated June 2010, was found in a locked desk drawer, along with recording and music contracts. 'other documents.

A more recent version, from March 2014, was found in a spira...