The full story of “King Richard” Williams’ former stripper wife allegedly plotting to “steal” his $1.3 million home has been revealed for the first time.
The Sun has been reporting on the six-year epic saga between tennis ace Serena’s monk father Richard and his much younger wife Lakeisha (45, almost half his 81 years) News of the court battle.
Richard’s son, Chavoita Lesane, told The Sun the pair married in 2010, but it took a long time for Richard, who suffered from two strokes and dementia, to get married. Realizing that his wife was going behind his back to sell his car and cash his Social Security check.
However, the alleged disappointment came to a head when Lakisha, whom Richard met as a Miami nightclub dancer named Angel, forged his signature on mortgage documents to put his Palm Beach house in her name. reached the peak.
She then applied for a $279,000 home loan from “hard moneylender” David Simon, a loan she took to court after she destroyed a disastrous trucking business. At one point, Simon reportedly owed $620,000, including attorney fees and interest. litigation.
The American Sun has sifted through hundreds of court documents to reveal the full story of how Richard lost the property. The property has been in the Williams family since it was purchased in 1995 for $355,000 with Serena’s mother, Oracene.
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Lakeisha first began “forging” Richard’s signature to transfer title to his vehicle and then selling it without his knowledge.
She admitted using an associate, dancer Brandy Clark, to sell her 1999 Bluebird RV worth $46,000 in 2016, but claimed under oath that it was because “my husband (he) didn’t Help me, it breaks my heart…so “I had to sell it so I could eat it and my son could eat it. “
That was just the beginning, as it led to Richard’s signature on the title deed to his home being forged, according to court documents.
In her testimony, she said she wanted cash to start a business and “my family was in the trucking business – my grandfather had his own tractor”.
Rakeisha claimed that Richard “said he was going to give me $300,000” — and in the past, they had borrowed money using the house as collateral and then paid it back.
She believed she signed the mortgage documents on Richard’s behalf but with his permission and in front of a licensed notary and witnesses.
Court documents show they were actually Lakesa’s co-conspirators throughout Russia.
story revealed
In court, her story unfolded.
Lakeisha tried to explain why they traveled 50 miles from their home in Palm Beach, Florida, to a random notary office near their hometown of Fort Lauderdale.
She said Richard chose to travel out of town because “he loved riding”. Lakisha added that he “liked poor neighborhoods… He always liked to go to neighborhoods where there were black women because he liked women.”
Lakisha drove to Oakland Park and stopped at TM Express Insurance and Auto Tag Agency.
She said she had no idea what the business was, “just labels and stuff and pictures and stuff like that.”
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The company is co-owned by Tiffany Sims and Florence Henley, and luckily her dancer friend Brandy Clark also works there.
Later in her testimony, Lakeisha recanted and said she had forgotten she had been to a title loan store when she signed documents giving Clark control of Richard’s RV.
So, judging from Lakeisha’s testimony, they were very familiar with each other.
Clark is a dancer and Facebook friend, while Sims is an Instagram fan of Lakeisha. Sims and Henley have more than 20 years of experience in litigation involving fraud and non-payment of debts.
financial distress
In the past, lawsuits show they were evicted from rental properties and threatened with foreclosure for failing to pay rent — Sims owed $308,000 and Henley $337,000, but the case ended in Dismissed for unknown reasons. reason.
Their joint home in Fort Lauderdale was in foreclosure, and the company itself (TM Express Insurance and Auto Tag Agency) has been sued twice for “negligent actions” (the case was dismissed) and for failure to pay rent. The prosecution resulted in them being kicked out of the office in 2019.
In 2006, Sims was charged with a more serious charge of “welfare fraud,” for which she spent a day in jail and took 14 years to pay a $407 fine.
Both men had been involved as plaintiffs and defendants in “repeatedly violent” cases that were mostly dismissed. These cases seek temporary court injunctions following an assault, sexual assault or stalking.
another twist
In January 2017, all four of them signed a quitclaim agreement – LaKeisha also signed on Richard’s behalf – and she purchased a Volvo truck from Simon, who loaned her $279,000 in three installments. Richard’s current former house was used as collateral, the court heard.
In another twist also heard in court, Simon found the truck split in half in Long Island City, 1,200 miles from Lakeisha’s home, causing $30,000 in damage. But there was no sign of Lakeisha in the truck, which Simon recovered. got this truck.
“However, it is entirely reasonable that LaKisha Williams went there because there were associates there who she had worked with in the past who could help her seize property without Mr. Williams’ consent.”
Richard’s lawyer
Richard’s attorney, Thomas Grusek, scoffed at Lakeisha’s version of events: “It is simply not believed that Richard Williams was willing to move property by giving his estranged wife random driving instructions until they eventually arrived at another location.” A county, a place he had never been to before, which happened to be the same place where an accomplice of his, unknown to him, had previously assisted her in stealing his property.
“However, it is entirely reasonable that LaKisha Williams went there because there were associates there with whom she had worked in the past who could help her seize property without Mr. Williams’ consent.”
straw end
Within three months of losing control of the house, Richard filed for divorce and has since been working its way through the courts as Lakeisha made it clear she didn’t want a divorce.
This year, she attempted to file a motion to dismiss, accusing a third party of committing Richard’s actions under duress, but Richard remained steadfast, and this month, a judge ordered Lakeisha to participate in mediation and depositions. , but she didn’t do it.
The lawsuit against Lakiesha is still pending but has been delayed because she filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy.
Elder abuse lawsuit?
Meanwhile, Richard’s son Chavoita threatened to file an elder abuse lawsuit last year but has yet to follow through.
“I don’t remember how long the relationship lasted, but my dad started having financial problems, like, ‘What’s going on with my Social Security check?'” Chavoita told The Sun in an exclusive interview last December.
“Lakeisha took the Mercedes, she took the bus, she took the money and what else? The motorcycle.
“She stole a lot of things or forged documents for him. This is considered elder abuse.
“We just put it all together and it’s a lot. The whole situation is frustrating.”
Erin Richard said the house was “beautiful” and that “this house is easily worth a million dollars.”
“If I keep (focusing) on the past, I don’t need the past anymore and I’m not going to get much done.”
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“It’s an incredible ten acres,” Richard said, explaining that he wanted to demolish the house and build a new property, adding: “If I continue (focusing on) the present, I don’t need the past anymore Gone.” In the past, I wouldn’t have done much. “
But he admitted: “I don’t know if I can get it back.”
The American Sun contacted Lakeisha’s attorney for comment.