Geoffrey Edelsten’s widow, former accompanist turned rapper Gabi Grecko, has made a legal offer for what remains of the late businessman’s ragged estate.
Edelsten died virtually destitute in June of last year, leaving behind an inheritance worth just over a million dollars, despite the businessman’s fall from grace. desperate attempts to portray an image of extreme wealth in his later years.
In his will, Edelsten gave his son Matthew Beard $50,000, leaving nothing to his second wife, American socialite Brynne Gordon, and third wife, former escort Grecko.
The widow of Geoffrey Edelsten, former escort turned rapper Gabi Grecko, (right) has made a legal offer for what remains of the late businessman’s irregular estate (left).
As reported by the herald sunGrecko’s lawyers filed a lawsuit challenging the will in the Victorian Supreme Court in December, just months after Beard and Gordon filed their own respective papers.
During the last three years of Edelsten’s life, the couple, who were separated but not legally divorced according to Grecko, lived in different countries, with Edelsten in Australia while Grecko resided in New York City.
Grecko, real name Gabriella Rose Curtis, based in the US, has split from Edelsten but claims she was technically still married to him when he died.
In his will, Edelsten gave his son Matthew Beard $50,000, leaving nothing for his second wife, American socialite Brynne Gordon, and his third wife, former escort Grecko (pictured).
As the Herald Sun reported, Grecko’s lawyers filed a lawsuit challenging the will in the Victorian Supreme Court in December, just months after Beard and Gordon filed their own respective papers. Pictured: Grecko and Edelsten in 2015
The couple, who were 46 years apart, married in June 2015 but separated in 2019. Pictured: Edelsten and Grecko at the Melbourne Cup in November 2014
The couple, who were 46 years apart, married in June 2015 but separated in 2019.
Grecko referred to herself as a widow on social media following Edelsten’s death, writing: “For the people who have asked. No, Geoffrey and I were still married when he passed away, without divorce, widowed.
He also asks the court to extend the period for requesting a challenge to the will, since his demand comes after a maximum of six months have elapsed since it was legalized.
Grecko’s decision to contest her ex-husband’s will comes as a surprise, having told A Current Affair in July 2021 that she would not make a claim because Edelsten was bankrupt.
“It’s a lot like comedy, where people like to talk about me inheriting money. I’m like, no. It’s more like I inherit millions of dollars in debt,” she said.
Grecko’s decision to contest her ex-husband’s will comes as a surprise, having told A Current Affair in July 2021 that she would not make a claim because Edelsten was bankrupt.
“It’s a lot like comedy, where people like to talk about me inheriting money. I’m like, no. It’s more like I inherited millions of dollars in debt,” she said.
I was still married to him when he died, and I’m his widow. And I’ll submit documents if necessary, but I don’t want anything, and I’ve made that clear.
Meanwhile, Edelsten’s first wife, Gordon, 39, filed her own legal action in July. Pictured: Gordon and Edelsten at the Melbourne Cup in November 2013
Beard (pictured), who lives in the United States, argues that he deserves a bigger share of his father’s assets, while Gordon, who lives in Melbourne, says he is entitled to a share of what is left.
At the peak of his success, Edelsten he owned the Sydney Swans AFL football club, traveled in helicopters, and led an extravagant lifestyle.
However, his final will revealed the dire financial circumstances the notorious womanizer found himself in before his death.
In July, Gordon brought legal action before the Victorian Supreme Court after the disgraced doctor rejected him in his final will.
In the legal action brought against Michael John Webb and Lindsay Lawrence Hosking as executors of Edelsten’s will, Gordon claims that he is entitled to a share of what remains of Edelsten’s estate.
“The distribution of the decedent’s assets made by said will is such that it does not make adequate provisions for the proper upkeep and support of the plaintiff,” a notice to the court said.
In the photo, Geoffrey Edelsten’s wooden coffin at his funeral in June 2021.
Gordon, who was married to Edelsten from 2009 to 2014, told the court that she, too, deserved a handout.
‘The decedent made one-off bequests of $50,000 and three bequests of $25,000 to people who appear to be friends or acquaintances, commission donations of the order of $25,000 to each of his executors, one bequest of $300,000 to a business partner, two bequests of $ 100,000 to two charities and the rest split between four charities,’ Gordon complained.
Edelsten had made it clear, even in death, that she wished Gordon to receive nothing of her estate.
Edelsten had made it clear, even in death, that she wished Gordon to receive nothing of her estate.
“I have made no provision for my ex-wife Brynne Gordon as we are divorced and I had made a substantial and excessive provision for her during my marriage to her,” his will said.
Meanwhile, Edelsten’s son Beard filed his papers with the Victorian High Court in April.
In his filing, Beard, who received $1,000 a year until 2017 from his father, asked for money to finance his “education, maintenance and advancement in life,” to be paid out of the Edelsten estate.
Brynne Gordon and Geoffrey Edelsten married in 2009. (Pictured on their wedding day)
The son of Isabel Beard, once Edelsten’s receptionist, Matthew was the only significant family member Edelsten acknowledged in the will, although she had not seen him since he was a child. (In the photo: Edelsten leaving the court in October 2012)
The bodybuilder, who has a tattoo of his late father’s last name on his torso, is also seeking costs in the lawsuit.
The son of Isabel Beard, once Edelsten’s receptionist, Matthew was the only significant family member Edelsten acknowledged in the will, even though he had I hadn’t seen him since he was a child.
Beard, who has stayed out of the limelight unlike his publicity-seeking father, is believed to have attended Edelsten’s funeral on June 16 last year.
He is believed to have kept in touch with Edelsten by phone over the years and was reportedly distraught over her death.