The brothers of the late Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman are asking a Los Angeles court to remove his widow, Taylor Simone Ledward Boseman, as administrator of his $3.8 million estate, alleging she has failed to carry out key responsibilities tied to the role.
In a petition filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court and reviewed by the Daily Mail, Kevin and Derrick Boseman claimed Taylor has not adequately handled the estate in the nearly six years since the Oscar-nominated actor died on August 28, 2020, following a private battle with colon cancer.
The brothers told the court they believe Taylor has failed to keep the family properly informed about business matters connected to Chadwick Boseman’s estate, which entered probate because the actor died without leaving a will.
Their filing points to a 2022 court order stating that Chadwick’s parents, Leroy and Carolyn Boseman, were entitled to half of the estate’s assets, while Taylor was placed in charge of the remaining half.
Kevin and Derrick alleged in the court documents that Taylor “never fully distributed [the] estate nor has she petitioned for discharge in the several years since this court’s order for final distribution.” They further claimed she “continues to exercise complete control” over the estate without input from her late husband’s family.
The Daily Mail has contacted representatives for Kevin and Derrick Boseman, as well as Taylor Simone Ledward Boseman, seeking further comment on the petition.
Chadwick Boseman’s brothers, Derrick and Kevin, are seeking to have his widow, Taylor Simone Ledward Boseman (pictured center with them in 2025), removed as administrator of the late actor’s $3.8 million estate
Kevin and Derrick allege Taylor has not kept the family properly updated on business matters related to the Black Panther star’s estate after he died in 2020 without a will
Chadwick left ‘behind a sizable estate that included residuals and royalties, rights to his image and intellectual property, investments, insurance policies, personal property, and multiple bank accounts’ totaling more than $3.8 million, according to court docs.
Kevin and Derrick told the court that Taylor has yet to tend to business duties linked to an insurance policy, his bank account totals, residuals from SAG-AFTRA and personal belongings that have yet to be forwarded to the late actor’s parents.
Boseman’s parents have not been able to move forward on potential business deals involving their late son due to Taylor’s inaction with the proceeds of the estate, his brothers said in the legal filing.
As such, the late actor’s parents have been deprived ‘of financial assets at a vulnerable age’ and have suffered from ’emotional distress’.
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Kevin and Derrick said in the filing that they have sought to apprise Taylor of the pressing issues multiple times, to no avail.
The late actor’s brothers asked the court to ‘enter an order to show cause for why [Taylor] should not be held in contempt for failure to obey’ orders the court set forth four years back.
They requested the court order Taylor to forward the assets in the estate to the proper parties within a 30-day span, in addition ‘to file a complete accounting.’
The late actor’s brothers said that the ‘lack of transparency’ from Taylor ‘creates the appearance that she is concealing assets from [Boseman’s] family and from the court.’
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The late actor’s brothers said that the ‘lack of transparency’ from Taylor ‘creates the appearance that she is concealing assets from [Boseman’s] family and from the court.’
Chadwick Boseman’s death at 43 left Hollywood in shock. He had battled colon cancer for four years without publicly announcing his diagnosis. Pictured in Marvel’s 2018 film Black Panther
Kevin and Derrick asked the court to remove Taylor from her administrative position in regard to the estate, and place lawyer Jason Rubin in the position moving forward.
They also requested that Taylor be prevented from entering into any new business deals on behalf of the estate unless approved by the family.
Kevin and Derrick asked the court for Taylor ‘to provide copies of all contracts entered on behalf of’ the late actor’s estate, as well as for Taylor to pay for ‘reasonable attorney’s fees and costs’ linked to the legal dispute.
Chadwick Boseman’s death at 43 left Hollywood in shock. He had battled colon cancer for four years without publicly announcing his diagnosis.
Among his most notable roles was King T’Challa in the 2018 smash hit Black Panther, a role which Marvel did not recast after his passing.
He also played baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson in the 2013 movie 42 and Levee in the 2020 film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, for which he was posthumously nominated for an Oscar.
