Venus & Serena In Nasty Feud!
Globe|April 1, 2019

Dad, 77, charges he’s been fleeced by estranged wife

Venus & Serena In Nasty Feud!

Wealthy tennis queens Serena and Venus Williams are tangled in a shameful scandal involving their stroke-crippled dad, Richard, amid charges he was swindled out of hundreds of thousands of dollars and his Florida home.

At the center of the Palm Beach County court battle is the players’ stepmom, Lakeisha Williams, 77-year-old Richard’s estranged 39-year old third wife.

Richard charges she hired someone to impersonate him and then forged his signature on a deed so she could borrow nearly $300,000 from moneyman David Simon, using Richard’s home as equity so she could start a trucking business.

This story is from the April 1, 2019 edition of Globe.

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