Brennan and Robin Thicke, sons of the late Alan Thicke, a Canadian actor, songwriter, game and talk show host best known for his role as Jason Seaver on the television series Growing Pains, have initiated a legal battle with Alan's widow, Tanya.
Brennan Thicke and Robin Thicke have filed a petition this week in the Los Angeles County Superior Court after Alan's widow, Tanya Callau Thicke, claimed there were "problems with the Trust and the Prenuptial Agreement," says Thicke's sons attorney.
Tanya signed the prenuptial agreement in 2005, ahead of her marriage to Alan.
Court documents revealed that Callau threatened to make her claims available for 'tabloid publicity' if the Co-Trustees (Robin and Brennan) did not participate in a mediation and succumb to her demands. In addition, her attorney told CNN that Robin and Brennan's petition is "distasteful", a "smear tactic to bully" his client, and that the intention was to get the media's attention by filing a bogus lawsuit and refuse to participate in family mediation.
Court documents also revealed the entitlement of each of the participants:
Children
- Shares of his ranch
- 75 per cent of his personal effects
- 60 per cent of his estate
Tanya
- Ranch's furnishings
- 25 per cent of Thicke's personal effects
- $500,000 life insurance policy
- Benefits from his pensions and union memberships
- 40 per cent of the remaining estate
- Has the option to live at the ranch, but must maintain the property and expenses
Prior to Tanya, Alan was married to Gloria Loring, an actress, and later to Gina Tolleson with whom he has a son, Carter.
Thicke collapsed while participating in a hockey game with his son Carter on December 13, 2016, was rushed to hospital and sadly passed away due to a ruptured aorta.
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