The late Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson’s mother claims she was stiffed of a promised portion of her son’s estate when his wife coerced the ill prosecutor into signing a revised will on his deathbed. The family feud was brought to the public’s attention when a court filing alleged that an earlier version of the will was found, which gave Thompson’s mother a fair share of his seven-figure estate. The new will was executed approximately two weeks prior to his death, when Thompson was suffering from substantial mental and physical complications. A court hearing was set for January 19, where Thompson’s wife will surrender the original 2008 will.
See Christina Carrega & Larry McShane, Ken Thompson’s Mother Says She Was Cut Out of Will by Late Brooklyn DA’s Wife, N.Y. Daily News, January 12, 2017.
Special thanks to Joel Dobris (Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law) for bringing this article to my attention.
