Richard Simmons Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage
Richard Simmons’ housekeeper has filed a petition alleging that the late health legend’s brother pressured her into relinquishing her position as a co-trustee of Simmons’ property.
Teresa Reveles filed her petition on Wednesday, September 25, Folks reported. She alleges that in a “nefarious scheme,” Leonard “Lenny” Simmons and his spouse, Cathy, requested her to signal paperwork that revoked her trustee position whereas Reveles was “distraught” a number of days after Richard’s July 13 demise.
“For practically thirty-six (36) years, Teresa lived with Richard, cared for him, and was his closest good friend and devoted confidant,” the petition states, per Folks. “Not surprisingly, Richard named Teresa as one in all his successor Trustees of his Belief, wanting and anticipating that she could be chargeable for administering his Belief ought to he predecease her.”
The submitting claims that Lenny and Cathy introduced Teresa “on to a gathering” about “Richard’s monetary affairs” after viewing his physique in an open casket. The couple allegedly ignored Reveles’ request to satisfy later. She alleges that she was confused and signed away her title as a result of she feared dropping her rights to the inheritance that Richard left her.
Richard Simmons was a health legend starting within the Nineteen Seventies. Simmons rose to fame pioneering his “Sweatin’ to the Oldies” aerobics exercises, main him to launch his personal health studio Slimmons till its 2016 closure. After Slimmons closed up store for good, the load loss guru resigned from the limelight, prompting rampant conspiracy theories about […]
Reveles additionally claims that she didn’t have the possibility to seek the advice of a lawyer earlier than signing the paperwork. Together with her new lawyer, she is in search of to regain her co-trustee position in addition to requesting authorized motion to bar Lenny from utilizing Richard’s picture and likeness for private revenue. Lenny and Richard “had not seen one another in individual for greater than six years previous to Richard’s demise,” her submitting states.
Richard died in his Los Angeles dwelling simply at some point after his 76th birthday. ABC Information reported on the time that the Los Angeles Police Division responded to a name from Richard’s housekeeper earlier that day. Richard was pronounced lifeless on the scene after officers arrived at his dwelling.
Richard’s official explanation for demise was later revealed as “unintentional resulting from problems from latest falls and coronary heart illness as a contributing issue,” a Simmons household spokesperson said in late August.
In July, Reveles instructed Folks that she had found Richard in his bed room along with his fingers balled into fists.
Hollywood mourned many celebrities in 2024. Velocity Racer star Christian Oliver (born Christian Klepser) died on the age of 51 throughout a deadly airplane crash on January 5. Oliver was touring dwelling from a Caribbean trip along with his two daughters — Madita and Annik, whom he shared with spouse Jessica Klepser — on January 4. […]
“After I noticed him, he regarded peaceable,” Reveles recalled. “That’s why I do know it was a coronary heart assault. I had a coronary heart assault a couple of years in the past, and my fingers did the identical.”
She added, “He died completely happy.”
The day earlier than, Richard had shared a celebratory message along with his followers through Fb, writing, “So lots of you could have despatched me birthday needs on my Fb and different platforms. I actually recognize that. I don’t know when your birthday is however I want you a contented and wholesome birthday!”
