Joan then sued Theodore Junior and his attorneys, Robert Racine, Timothy Holman, and Jack Rounick; as well as his stepsisters La Donna Hollerway and Tishia Burnett, and their attorney Glen Ridenour.
Mrs. Tendergrass claimed her husband's children and their attorneys caused her to undergo "years of turmoil and anguish as her relationship with her late husband was unmercifully scrutinized."
She also sued notary public, Kimberly Joyce Leifheit, Cleveland, who, Joan Pendergrass says, certified the fake will and testified to its authenticity in court — further complicating the $850,000 six-year-long legal battle.
Teddy Pendergrass in concert at the Hammersmith Odeon in London in 1982. I Image: Getty Images.
Pendergrass died in a hospital near his hometown of Philadelphia, aged 59. The dispute over his estate was settled out of court as his amended will was also disputed, with a judge asserting that his wife was wrong to sign on his behalf.
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