Aretha's Son's War Over $80m Will Eating Up Cash!

Lawyers are BIG winners – for now

Aretha Franklin’s $80 million fortune is fast being gobbled up by lawyers — because bickering family members refuse to end a ferocious feud over the loot!

Last year Aretha’s estate paid more than a half-million dollars in fees to legal eagles in the brawl that exploded after the singer’s Aug. 16, 2018, cancer death.

New York wills and estates attorney Marcus O’Toole-Gelo says the family fisticuffs could end up squandering even larger buckets of bucks.

“These cases can cost a lot of money depending on the stomach of the parties to keep it going,” Marcus says. “If this drags on, it can cost millions.”