On Thursday, James Tupper alleged that Anne Heche had appointed him as the executor of her estate in order to prevent her oldest son, Homer Laffoon, from taking over.
The actor claimed Heche sent him and two other people a copy of her will through email on January 25, 2011, when they were still dating, according to court records obtained by Page Six.
Anne Heche's Family Clash Over Her Estate
He added that the late actress, who passed away in August following a catastrophic collision, named him as the executor of her estate so he could fulfill her financial directives. Tupper, who had a son named Atlas with Heche, also attacked Laffoon, saying he "is not suitable" to handle his mother's fortune because he is only 20 years old, unemployed, and was not close to Heche when she passed away.
The actor alleged in the lawsuit that Laffoon had changed the locks on Heche's apartment, which she shared with Atlas, and had so prevented his younger brother from accessing the contents.
In 2011, Anne Heche sent her ex James Tupper a foreboding email designating him as the executor of her inheritance. Laffoon petitioned to manage his mother's inheritance and to be designated as her sole heirs, along with his half-brother Atlas Heche Tupper, 13, whose father is James Tupper.
Laffoon claims that his mother, who tragically passed away last month, didn't leave a will. Tupper, 57, asserts in his filing that Heche's email from January 25, 2011 makes it crystal obvious that he receives ownership of all assets.
Heche sent Tupper an email with the subject line "WILL" that also includes copies for Kevin Yorn and Melodie Moore, two legal representatives. The document specifies that her two boys will get equal distribution of her assets when they turn 25, as per Daily Mail.
Heche gave her nephew Eliot Bergman the authority to distribute her assets evenly among her nieces and nephews in the case that her two sons and Tupper both pass away. Tupper claimed that Laffoon, the son of real estate agent Coleman Laffoon, changed the locks on the flat Heche shared with Atlas in order to purportedly prevent the younger sibling from retrieving his possessions.
The two half-brothers have reportedly not spoken to each other since Heche's passing, according to Tupper. In response, Laffoon has accused Tupper of controlling the 13-year-old's phone and keeping him away from Atlas. The oldest son was named temporarily in control of the estate on Thursday; and according to Laffoon's counsel, they are convinced he will prevail in court.
Anne Heche's Memoir Details Relationship with Ellen DeGeneres
Before she passed away, Anne Heche, 53, was prepared to share with the world the full account of the animosity she faced in Hollywood while dating Ellen DeGeneres in the late 1990s.
Heche, who died on August 11 in Los Angeles after a terrible vehicle accident, discussed the discrimination she experienced as one-half of Tinseltown's first openly homosexual pair in her upcoming memoir 'Call Me Anne,' according to the Associated Press.
Heche struggles with how to categorize her sexuality at the time in the book, which will be published in January by independent publisher Start. She felt she didn't identify as a lesbian or a straight woman at the time.
"I received the moniker "outrageous" because I had a romantic relationship. Before dating Ellen, I had never been with a woman," Heche said in the memoir. Due of her relationship with DeGeneres, who later became the first openly homosexual sitcom host, the 'Donnie Brasco' actress talked about being blacklisted.
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