Prince’s family and legal heirs attempting to oust advisors in internal legal battle

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Prince’s estate has returned to the headlines, after advisors that were given legal rights in 2022 have sued some of the musician’s family members.Back in 2022, Prince’s family reached an agreement over the division of his $156million (£122million) estate.

The music icon died aged 57 in April 2016, following a fentanyl overdose. He did not have a will at the time of his death and with no spouse or children, all of Prince’s estate passed to his six half-siblings.In a 50/50 split, it was agreed in court that half of those inheriting the estate would sell their shares to the company, Primary Wave, that bought the rights to Prince’s back catalogue in 2021.

The other three kept their shares and hired longtime Prince advisors L Londell McMillan and Charles Spicer to manage them, forming the holding company Prince Legacy LLC.However, as reported by Billboard this week (January 8), McMillan and Spicer have filed a new lawsuit in a Delaware court, outlining an alleged new rift between themselves and the three members of Prince’s family that they were working with.The suit alleges that the Prince heirs – his half-sisters Sharon and Norrine Nelson, and his niece and nephew Breanna and Allen Nelson – are trying to oust McMillan and Spicer from Prince Legacy LLC, saying that this violates the agreed legal arrangement.They also claim that Sharon and Breanna Nelson have attempted to sell their shares to Primary Wave, which would overturn the 50/50 balance that was agreed in 2022.The suit states: “The individual defendants lack any business and management experience, have no experience in the music and entertainment industries, and have no experience negotiating and managing high-level deals in the entertainment industry.”“They have a.