The late billionaire Ted Turner reportedly excluded his former wife, Jane Fonda, from his will and from his estimated $2.5 billion fortune.
Turner, who died in May, was married three times. Fonda was his third and final wife.
The couple divorced in 2001 after a decade of marriage, but they remained close friends.
According to TMZ, Turner’s children—Laura, Robert, Rhett, Reed and Sara—have petitioned to serve as executors of his estate. They were reportedly the only beneficiaries named in the documents.
Turner established his trust in 2003, when he was 64, and revised it more than a dozen times in the years that followed.
The Daily Mail has contacted representatives for Fonda for comment.
The late billionaire Ted Turner reportedly left his former wife Jane Fonda out of his will and his estimated $2.5 billion fortune
Turner was married three times, with Fonda as his third and final wife. They divorced in 2001 after 10 years of marriage but remained friends. (Pictured in 2013)
Turner, the media mogul who founded CNN, died in May at the age of 87.
After his death, Fonda reflected on their complicated 10-year relationship, praising her former partner’s “brilliant mind” and “vulnerability.” She had previously described Turner as her “favorite ex-husband.”
“He swept into my life, a gloriously handsome, deeply romantic, swashbuckling pirate, and I’ve never been the same,” she said.
“He needed me. No one had ever let me know they needed me, and this wasn’t your average human being who needed me. This was the creator of CNN and Turner Classic Movies, and a man who had won the America’s Cup as the world’s greatest sailor. He had a big life, a brilliant mind and a soaring sense of humor,” she continued.
“He could also take care of me. That was new, too. To be needed and cared for at the same time is transformative.
“Ted Turner helped me believe in myself and gave me confidence. I think I did the same for him, but that’s what women are raised to do. Men like Ted aren’t expected to express need and vulnerability. I believe that was Ted’s greatest strength.”
Alongside the praise, Fonda described Turner as “the most competitive person I have ever met” and acknowledged that he could be “challenging.”
“But I’ve always been up for a challenge, and with Ted it was almost always worth it,” she added.
Turner, best known for founding CNN, died in May at age 87
Fonda once called Turner her “favorite ex-husband” and said she “loved him with all of my heart.” (Pictured in 1996)
“I loved Ted with all my heart. I see him in heaven now with all the wildlife he helped bring back from extinction.”
Known as the “Mouth of the South” because of his outspoken personality, Turner built a far-reaching media empire that included numerous cable and satellite sports networks. He also owned the Atlanta Braves for decades.
In 1980, Turner launched CNN, the first 24-hour cable news network.
CNN’s success helped pave the way for other around-the-clock news channels, including Fox News.
Eleven years later, Time named Turner its Man of the Year, recognizing the network’s live coverage of breaking events.
His television portfolio grew well beyond CNN, encompassing TBS, TNT, Turner Classic Movies and Cartoon Network.
