The executors of Farrah Fawcett's estate have slammed allegations of financial mismanagement, branding the accusations by producer/filmmaker Craig Nevius "outrageous".
Estate trustee Richard B. Francis sued Nevius in January, claiming he "sensationalised" the Charlie's Angels star's story in "amateurish" footage he produced for a documentary about her illness.
In the legal papers, Nevius is accused of seeking "misplaced revenge" when Fawcett rejected his work, by revealing private and personal information about the actress, giving out footage without her consent and embezzling cash from the trust she set up for the film.
Nevius denied the claims, insisting he enjoyed a cordial working relationship with Fawcett before her death last June after a battle with anal cancer.
He recently filed his response to Francis' lawsuit, alleging the legal action itself is a misuse of Fawcett's funds and accusing executors of withholding cash from the tragic star's beneficiaries, including her elderly father.
The suit goes on to takes aim at Fawcett's longtime partner Ryan O'Neal and the actress' best friend Alana Stewart, who filmed the footage for Farrah's Story, the show which documented her losing her fight against the disease.
Nevius alleges Stewart took advantage of her relationship with Fawcett to boost sales of her book about life with the star.
But attorneys for Fawcett's estate have slammed Nevius' claims.
Howard Weitzman, who also represents O'Neal, Stewart and Francis, tells the Associated Press: "I've read Mr. Nevius' response to our complaint which I think contains spurious and outrageous allegations. I'm confident the truth will all come out during the course of the litigation."
Kate Jackson alleges she was banned from seeing her Charlie's Angels co-star Farrah Fawcett on her death bed - and constantly regrets not having the chance to say her final goodbyes to the actress.
Fawcett fought a long battle with anal cancer before her death in June, even filming her ongoing fight against the disease for a documentary, Farrah's Story.
But as Fawcett's condition deteriorated, Jackson - a close friend of the actress after their time spent on the spy series - was told to stop visiting her pal.
She tells http://www.radaronline.com/, “I was shut out. I was prevented from saying goodbye to one of my best friends. I was walking across the lobby at her apartment, carrying a shopping bag with apples, grapes, green tea and as I got toward the elevator, the security guard yelled out ‘Ms Jackson, no-one upstairs.’
“I turned around, looked at the guard and said, ‘What?’ I was stunned. I walked over to him. I was really incredulous because this particular guard had seen me from the beginning. I asked him why and he said he didn’t know, but it had come from upstairs.
“From that moment on, we weren’t able to see or talk to Farrah, again. It was very upsetting."
She then confronted Fawcett's best friend, Alana Hamilton, over the situation and was told the ailing actress didn't want any visitors in her dying days - but Jackson is convinced she was lied to.
She adds, “Alana told me that was what Farrah wanted, because she didn’t want anyone to see her like that. That, to me, didn’t make much sense because the whole world was about to see her like that in the documentary, Farrah’s Story. It didn’t sound right.
“On the minuscule possibility that what Alana said was true, I did not wish to do something against Farrah’s wishes and just burst in. On the chance it was Farrah’s wishes, we all didn’t want to upset her. I wanted to respect her wishes. But to be truthful, I wish I had burst in, I really do.”
Alana Stewart has slammed allegations she embarked on a love affair with best friend Farrah Fawcett's longterm partner Ryan O'Neal - branding the reports "despicable".
The veteran actor's estranged son Griffin recently accused O'Neal of having an inappropriate relationship with Stewart as Fawcett fought for her life.
Ryan O'Neal and Stewart grew closer after rallying together to support the Charlie's Angels star as she bravely battled anal cancer - but Griffin O'Neal claims their friendship took a romantic turn in Fawcett's final months, before her death on 25 June.
He told In Touch Weekly magazine, "They were sharing a room together."
His allegations were backed up by Javier Salazar, a friend of O'Neal and Fawcett's son Redmond, who said, "Ryan and Alana's relationship was fishy."
Representatives for both O'Neal and Stewart were swift to deny the salacious claims - and now Stewart has taken aim at the people behind them.
She tells website GossipCop.com, “It never happened. Saying that is despicable.
"It's inconceivable anyone would say that. I would never do anything before, during or after Farrah's death. I was a friend of Farrah's for 30 years."
Stewart has also blasted Griffin O'Neal's claim that his father "was using Farrah for her money and fame", insisting that Ryan O'Neal "has never taken a dime from (Fawcett)" and had "always been generous to her".
She adds, "Ryan has plenty of his own money, more money than Farrah did."
Despite her anger over the allegations, the 64 year old has decided not to take legal action against O'Neal's estranged son: "There’s no point in suing Griffin, because it would cost tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees."
Ryan O'Neal has blasted explosive new allegations he began a love affair with Farrah Fawcett's best friend Alana Stewart as his longterm girlfriend fought for her life.
The veteran actor's estranged son Griffin is one of a number of sources to come forward with the sordid claims, accusing O'Neal of having an inappropriate relationship with Stewart.
O'Neal and Stewart have grown closer in the last three years after rallying together to support the Charlie's Angels star as she bravely battled anal cancer.
But Griffin O'Neal claims their friendship took a romantic turn in Fawcett's final months, before her death on 25 June.
He tells In Touch Weekly magazine, "They were sharing a room together."
The 44 year old goes on to claim Fawcett's ageing father, Jim, once walked in on the pair in the bedroom after flying in from Houston, Texas to visit his ailing daughter.
Griffin adds, "It made Jim uncomfortable, so he packed his bags and went home."
His allegations have been backed up by Javier Salazar, a friend of O'Neal and Fawcett's son Redmond, who admits, "Ryan and Alana's relationship was fishy."
A former business partner of Fawcett's goes on to add, "Ryan and Alana are a little too cozy with each other. It is raising eyebrows. They both stayed at Farrah's (home) in the end."
Representatives for both O'Neal and Stewart have denied the salacious claims to In Touch, but have declined to comment further.
Farrah Fawcett's best friend Alana Stewart is planning to publish a memoir she compiled while filming the final stages of the late actress' cancer battle.
Stewart shot much of the footage for the Farrah's Story documentary, showing the Charlie's Angel favourite try and seek out new treatments in a bid to prolong her life.
And after the success of the documentary, which pulled in 8.9 million viewers in the U.S. when it was aired in May, Stewart will release My Journey With Farrah in August.
Some of the profits raised from sales of the book will go to the Farrah Fawcett Foundation for cancer research.
The actress died on June 25 at the age of 62.
Farrah Fawcett, Ryan O'Neal, Alana Stewart and the actress' doctor were among the nine million Americans who tuned in to watch Farrah's Story on Friday night.
O'Neal told reporters on Friday he planned to wake his sedated companion for the two-hour TV special, which chronicled the former Charlie's Angels star's battle with anal cancer.
On Monday, best friend Stewart revealed she and Fawcett's doctor joined the actress for the home screening, stating, "It was very bitter sweet for her. It brought up a lot of memories of this whole two year journey; she cried in a number of places - we all did.
"At the end of it, I said, 'Well, did you like it?' and she said, 'I liked it very, very, very, very, very much...' She was very moved by it."
Stewart, who shot much of the home video footage featured in the documentary, admits Fawcett was thrilled the TV special was a hit.
She adds, "Ryan went in (the next morning) and he told that there was just an amazing response to the show and she said, 'Yeah, what were the numbers?' and then she smiled and she said, 'That's great, I like that.'"Farrah is already filming a follow up to her emotional cancer documentary.Fawcett's longterm companion Ryan O'Neal now insists the film was just the first instalment of a series of documentaries about the ailing star. He reveals cameras are still rolling on her.
He says, “We haven’t stopped filming and we’re going to make a second instalment of her life eventually."
In an interview with the Today Show in America on Monday, O'Neal also revealed how Fawcett responded to the documentary when he sat down to watch it with her.
He said, "When we began watching it on Friday night, she had a very low pulse. It kept going up and up and up. It was wonderful... We’re going to have to show her one of her films every night."
The executors of Farrah Fawcett's estate have slammed allegations of financial mismanagement, branding the accusations by producer/filmmaker Craig Nevius "outrageous".
