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Superstar tenor Luciano Pavarotti's children contested a Will he made following revelations that he bequeathed his £12 million American estate to his second wife, Nicoletta Mantovani.
Pavarotti, who died on September 6, 2007 in Modena, Italy of pancreatic cancer aged 71 Jose Gimenez Jersey , reportedly left two Wills. The first divided his assets (valued at around £250 million) between his wife and his three daughters, Lorenza, Cristina and Giuliana (from his first marriage to Adua Veroni), with the remained being distributed at the discretion of the Executor.
Allegations swirled around t the time that Ms Mantovani had restricted access to her husband during his last illness and taken advantage of his debilitated mental state to alter his Will in her favour.
It later emerged that the second Will which dealt with Pavarotti's American assets (including three apartments in New York City overlooking Central Park, bank accounts and valuable artworks) Jan Oblak Jersey , established a trust in his wife's sole name.
Fabrizio Corsini, the lawyer representing Lorenza, Cristina and Giuliana was quoted at the time as saying “We are not at all happy with this will and are contesting it.”. He said that the trust had been drawn up with various documents that had been sent from America during the last few weeks of Pavarotti's life and that they were signed in his villa on the outskirts of Modena where he died.
However, a third Will later emerged - released by lawyer Silvio Vezzi - That was apparently made in December 2006, less than a year before the singer's death. This third Will was written by hand rather than being dictated to lawyers as subsequent wills were. Sources close to the daughters were quoted as saying that this third Will “represented Luciano Pavarotti's true desire”.
The third Will split Pavarotti's estate between his second wife Gelson Martins Jersey , Nicoletta Mantovani and his three daughters from his first marriage, Lorenza, Cristina and Giuliana as well as his daughter from his second marriage, Alice.
Generally, any subsequent Will would supersede any Wills made previously; however in this case the crux of the claimants' case focused on the fact that the earlier Will was made in Pavarotti's own hand rather than being dictated to his lawyers as the subsequent two were and in the daughter's opinions represented their father's true intentions.
The waters were further muddied when friends of Pavarotti reportedly said that his second wife Filipe Luis Jersey , Mantovani had become “obsessed with money” and also speculated that Pavarotti had been close to splitting from her prior to his death after their four years of marriage.