The son and widow of late R&B legend Teddy Pendergrass are locked in a bitter feud for control over the crooner’s cash-strapped estate.
Teddy Pendergrass II and the singer’s second wife, Joan Pendergrass, are quietly fighting over what’s left of the “Wake Up Everybody” hitmaker’s assets and the drama has been further complicated by conflicting wills produced by both sides since the crooner died of colon cancer earlier this year, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Pendergrass’ legacy has been marred by depleted finances in the months following his death. A bank foreclosed on his Penn Valley, Pennsylvania home over the summer and the property is slated for to go up for sale next month. The estate is also facing an outstanding car loan and a lawsuit filed by a former songwriting partner.
Teddy’s son, Teddy Pendergrass II, claims a will dated May 2009 names him as executor and sole beneficiary. Joan Pendergrass, who married the singer after whirlwind romance in 2008, claims a later document, on which she signed her name as the singer’s attorney, gives her control.
Attorneys for both sides met with a judge last week, but failed to reach a compromise.
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