James Brown’s widow, Tomi Raye, knelt and banged at the iron gate she could not pass through Monday. The padlocked gate blocked the entrance to her Beech Island home of the past 10 years with Mr. Brown, who died Monday. Mr. Brown’s lawyer, Buddy Dallas, and accountant, David Cannon, would not allow Mrs. Brown access to the home, she said. "They’ve been robbing from him all of his life and they’ll do it in death," she said. Mrs. Brown said she does not own the deed to the home on the 400 block of Douglas Drive. However, she said she had a legal right to live there with her and Mr. Brown’s 5-year-old son, James Jr. Mrs. Brown said she intends to hire a lawyer and fight Mr. Cannon’s and Mr. Dallas’ block to her home in a courtroom. Contacted at home, Mr. Cannon would not comment on the situation on Monday. Security guards at the Brown residence said they were instructed not to comment to the media by Mr. Dallas. A phone message left for Mr. Dallas was not immediately returned on Monday. Mrs. Brown and her son were to spend the night with her mother on Monday. "This is my home," Mrs. Brown said outside the gate of the house. "I don’t have any money. I don’t have anywhere to go." Today , Mrs. Brown said she plans to meet Mr. Dallas at the home to retrieve personal property. Burned out from touring, Mrs. Brown said she was attending a retreat at a beachat the time of her husband’s death in Atlanta. The family planned to reuniteat their home on Monday. "The last thing he said to me was, ‘I love you baby and I’ll see you soon,’" Mrs. Brown said.
The Augusta Chronicle
That is some FUS for his people to do that to his grieving widow, you know they want the money all to themselves. The Augusta Chronicle has a quote from James Brown’s lawyer saying that Tomi Raye and James Brown were never legally married…but he does not address that they also locked out James Brown’s daughter. What about her?
