Tennis phenoms Serena and Venus Williams' father, Richard Williams, has been trying to get out of his third marriage, to his much younger wife Lakiesha Graham, for nearly 7 years [click here if you missed that].
The divorce hits another snag after Lakiesha is dumped by her attorney...
From The Sun
SERENA Williams’ ex-stripper stepmom has been ditched by her divorce lawyer and hit with a lien for unpaid fees as she desperately clings onto her marriage to “King Richard” and the tennis ace’s childhood home.
Former nightclub dancer Lakeisha Williams, 45, has been ditched by the attorney representing her in the seven-year divorce war with tennis coach Richard Williams, 81.
Richard filed for divorce in 2017 after learning that his wife had allegedly faked his signature on the title deeds, transferred his Palm Beach house into her name, and taken out a $279,000 mortgage with lender David Simon, which she blew on a disastrous trucking business.
Frail Richard, who’s had two strokes and suffers from dementia, and his son Chavoita Lesane, learned that she’d allegedly been selling his vehicles behind his back and cashing his social security checks.
Lakeisha claimed in court docs that it was because Richard had left her and their son Dylan, 12, starving.
Only by filing for Chapter 13 bankruptcy for a third time has it stopped the four-bed mansion from going into foreclosure, as Simon has sued her for the return of his loan, which once stood at over $620,000 including interest and attorney fees.
To complicate matters even further, her divorce lawyer - whose surname is Lawrence but whose first name is unknown - has now filed a motion to withdraw and a motion for an attorney’s charging lien.
This happens when a client doesn’t pay their fees and so an attorney acquires an interest in the court’s judgment to reclaim the money they’re owed.
This could mean that Lakeisha’s legal fees are paid out of anything she gets from the divorce settlement.
Lawrence isn’t the first to dump Lakeisha, as her original attorney in the case against Simon, Richard Wolfe, withdrew citing “irreconcilable differences.”
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