- Tony Bennett’s daughters Antonia Bennett and Johanna Bennett have filed a lawsuit towards their brother Danny over unaccounted for property of their father’s property
- Their brother, Daegal “Dae” Bennett, and Tony’s widow, Susan Benedetto, are named as respondents within the submitting
- The sisters are requesting that each one property and property are turned over and reassessed
Tony Bennett’s youngsters are battling over his property.
On Wednesday, June 12, Antonia Bennett and Johanna Bennett filed a lawsuit towards their brother D’Andrea “Danny” Bennett for an undisclosed quantity over their late father’s belief and property.
Antonia and Johanna named their different brother, Daegal “Dae” Bennett, and Tony’s widow, Susan Benedetto, as further respondents within the submitting.
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Within the submitting, Antonia and Johanna are searching for “equitable reduction” as they allege proceeds from the sale of a few of Tony’s property to Iconoclast weren’t accounted for by Danny, who was Tony’s supervisor and is the trustee of the Household Belief.
The sisters declare that as Tony’s supervisor, Danny “obtained private advantages for himself and his firm” as the results of transactions made on behalf of Tony, Benedetto Arts, LLC, and the Household Belief, together with the sale and consignment of his late father’s memorabilia and private property.
Antonia and Johanna additionally allege that their brother and his authorized staff “have persistently failed and refused” to offer full context on the subject of Tony’s property and property through which they’ve rights and pursuits as beneficiaries.
“Though Danny and his counsel have supplied piecemeal data and produced some paperwork to Petitioners’ counsel, the knowledge supplied raises extra questions than solutions and fails to offer something near an accounting of Tony’s property and monetary affairs,” the submitting reads.
Consequently, the sisters have “well-founded considerations” about Tony’s funds and property involving FamilyTrust property and Benedetto Arts, LLC previous to and following his loss of life.
Antonia and Johanna are requesting that each one property and property are “inventoried, accounted for, and distributed pursuant to the specific phrases of the Household Belief.” Danny might want to flip over all principal, curiosity, receipts, disbursements, expenditures and tax returns.
Reps for Danny, the sisters and the sisters’ lawyer didn’t instantly reply to PEOPLE’s request for remark.
Tony died in July 2023 on the age of 96.
“Tony Bennett, born Anthony Dominick Benedetto in Astoria, Queens on August 3, 1926, has handed away in his hometown of New York Metropolis on the age of 96 earlier at the moment,” his rep instructed PEOPLE in an announcement on the time. “The beloved singer, who was recognized with Alzheimer’s illness in 2016, is survived by his spouse, Susan Benedetto, his two sons, Danny and Dae Bennett, his daughters Johanna Bennett and Antonia Bennett and 9 grandchildren.”
In January 2021, the jazz legend’s household confirmed that he had been quietly residing with Alzheimer’s illness since 2016 in a profile with AARP The Magazine. On the time his situation was revealed, Bennett was nonetheless able to recognizing his family and friends.
Susan, who turned his major caregiver, instructed the journal that he was “not at all times positive the place he’s or what is going on round him.”
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His neurologist, Gayatri Devi, mentioned that music had been useful to the music legend on the time.
“It saved him on his toes and likewise stimulated his mind in a major manner,” they defined, later including, “He’s doing so many issues, at 94, that many individuals with out dementia can’t do. He actually is the image of hope for somebody with a cognitive dysfunction.”
All through his profession, the Grammy-winning artist labored with a number of pop stars together with Woman Gaga, the late Amy Winehouse, Diana Krall, Michael Bublé, Carrie Underwood and extra.
