HOLLYWOOD - James
Brown's widow and five-year-old son have been cut out of the
soul legend's will, fuelling reports his marriage wasn't legal and
the boy isn't his biological son.
Tomi Rae Hynie has been fighting the allegations since her husband
died on Christmas Day, after Brown's family attorneys claimed the
Godfather of Soul told them of his suspicions before he died.
The soul star's biological children even attempted to cut Hynie and
her son out of their father's funeral plans last month, suggesting
the marriage was a sham.
An emotional Hynie, who was in rehab addressing her painkiller
addiction when Brown died, has gone public on various news shows
declaring her marriage was legal and Brown is the father of her son
James Brown II.
She even told talk-show host Larry King that Brown had instructed
her to withdraw $80,000 from a trust fund he had set up for her son
upon his passing. But now it looks like that's all she'll be
getting.
Hynie's attorney, Robert Rosen, reveals Hynie was not at the will
reading in South Carolina yesterday, and she will contest
it.