Larry King’s Estranged Wife Shawn King Plans To Contest His Will In Court

February 16, 2021 / Posted by:

Television and suspenders icon, Larry King, died last month at 87 after he was hospitalized with coronavirus. Larry and his wife of 22 years, 61-year-old Shawn King, were in the middle of a divorce at the time of his death and to her surprise, Larry had gone ahead and updated his will, leaving her out of it. Shawn is not having that and is planning to fight the will because she’s not about to be left with a handful of dust and Larry’s least-favorite pair of suspenders.

Shawn King became Larry’s seventh wife in 1997. They had two sons together: 21-year-old Chance and 20-year-old Cannon. Larry and Shawn first filed for divorce from each other in 2010 but got back together. There have been stories about Shawn cheating on Larry more than once. And in August 2019, Larry filed for divorce from Shawn a second time. Two months after filing for divorce, Larry amended his will and left Shawn out of it. In the handwritten amended will, Larry left his $2 million estate to his five children: Andy, Chaia, Larry Jr., Chance, and Cannon. Last year, Andy died of a heart attack at 65 and Chaia died of lung cancer at 51. Larry was obviously worth more than $2 million. The $2 million doesn’t include assets held in separate trusts.

Shawn spoke with Page Six about getting cut from Larry’s will. Shawn thinks that the amended will from 2019 is not the legitimate will. The will that she and Larry planned together in 2015 is the legitimate will and she’s suspicious about the 2019 will:

“We had a very watertight family estate plan,” said Shawn, adding that they wrote the plan “as a couple” in 2015. “It still exists, and it is the legitimate will. Period. And I fully believe it will hold up, and my attorneys are going to be filing a response, probably by the end of the day.”

Based on the timeline, it just doesn’t make sense.”

She went on to say that she and Larry spoke every day, and Larry did tell Page Six before he passed that he had become close to Shawn again since he filed for divorce. Shawn never knew about the amended will and doesn’t know why he changed it. I can probably venture a guess.

Shawn added that her sons are both “shocked” and unhappy about the changed will and they support her in her legal fight to contest the will.  And she suggests that Larry may have been influenced by someone to change his will, but she didn’t offer up any evidence.

Asked if she believes someone exerted influence on Larry to write the amendment, Shawn said, “Yes,” but wouldn’t elaborate.

If Shawn was not cut out of the will, she’d ONLY get around $300,000, so she claims it’s not about the money:

The estate is a comparatively meager $2 million, especially if it’s to be split between his surviving heirs and, presumably, the survivors of his late son and daughter. When we asked why Shawn is going to war after being dropped from a will that would likely only have netted her around $300,000 anyway, she told us, “It’s the principle.”

Well, at least poor Paulina Porizkova can have a friend to talk to in the Jilted Wife Whose Estranged Husband Left Her Out Of His Will club. It’s not a fun club.

Pic: Wenn.com

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