Tom Petty’s Widow Says His Daughters are Attacking Members of The Heartbreakers

The late Tom Petty’s two daughter, Adria and Annakim, are claiming in probate court that their father’s widow, Dana York Petty, is ignoring two separate instructions of their father’s will. One is that the sisters have equal share of decision-making power as Dana, and that she was required to transfer Tom’s “artistic property” assets out of his trust, and into a separate company that would be jointly administered by all 3 women.

Dana says that she is the one that who runs the Estate and that the daughters are making it exceptionally difficult by attacking the surviving members of The Heartbreakers and withholding unreleased tracks of their father’s. She claims that Adria sent an anger-filled emailing ranting to Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell claiming that her entire life is being “raped” and that the two do not respect her because she is a woman.

Dana wants an order from the judge asking him to appoint a day-to-day manager for the Estate, and to force Adria, in particular, to act rationally.

See Tom Petty’s Widow Slams His Daughters: They’re Attacking Members of The Heartbreakers, TMZ, April 2, 2019.

Special thanks to Joel C. Dobris (Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law) for bringing this article to my attention.

Special thanks to Laura Galvan (Attorney, San Antonio, Texas) for bringing this article to my attention.