John Amos’ daughter Shannon believes her father’s will was changed without the family’s knowledge

The family drama surrounding the death of beloved actor John Amos has taken a new twist, with his daughter believing his will was changed without family input.

The actor – best known for roles in Roots and Good Times – died on August 21, although this was not reported until October 1, with members of his family revealing they had no idea of ​​his death until it was reported.

Several members of Amos’ family — including daughter Shannon and goddaughter Amy Goudy — released a statement claiming that her brother KC Amos has isolated the actor from the rest of his family.

Now Shannon is speaking out more, revealingly TMZ that she believes her brother KC, her father’s alleged publicist Belinda Foster, and Eugene Brummet had Amos’ will changed before his death.

Although KC has not publicly addressed these claims — he also has not posted to his Instagram or TikTok accounts since August 13 — publicist Foster has refuted the family’s claims.

Shannon said at first they couldn’t find any paperwork naming Foster as her father’s official publicist.

She added that KC, Foster and Brummett all lived with her father, calling them all “con artists” who came into her father’s life at her brother’s request.

“We believe the three of them conspired to abuse my father, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and Lewy body dementia in 2016,” she said, adding that she received it in writing from the hospital.

However, she said Amos “bounced back” and “did really well until about 2022,” when they realized he “couldn’t really take care of himself.”

Her brother KC moved in at that time and “began making accusations that a caregiver was stealing money from him.”

Her father was cremated nine days after his death – which the family knew nothing about until recently, and when asked what the motivation is for shutting her and the rest of the family out and leaving him only nine days after his death cremated, she responded saying she thinks there are “many reasons” that play a role.

She added that he had “the best insurance” through the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA and that he should have been at Cedars-Sinai, but instead they just dropped him off at a hospital in Inglewood, which she said “doesn’t make sense has’. ‘

Shannon adds that they are “going to conduct a police investigation,” adding that she heard from a doctor, her father’s primary care provider, that when her brother moved in with her, he withheld medications.

She added that he was also battling cancer and was supposed to undergo cancer treatment, but that never happened.

When asked about her father’s will and whether it had been changed, Shannon said her uncle was in charge of his estate, adding: “He had to make five wills because my brother would come in… he would leave him get the paperwork signed. and he would undo everything.”

She added that her uncle had to “constantly” re-draft the wills, adding that she had a statement from her brother that she “made him sign” after her mother’s death, that he “knowingly killed my father manipulated him, made him change wills and that he could never get my father to sign a document without family again and he still managed to do it all.

While KC has not yet addressed these allegations, Belinda Foster refuted them in a statement People on Thursday.

“I have represented John Amos as his publicist for over thirty years. The media knows this, along with John’s agencies. Over the years we have grown closer, to the point of a family relationship,” she began.

‘In recent years he often called me his ‘daughter’. This was not fraud by John, KC or myself. He was like a father to me. “I deeply mourn his passing,” she said.

“Shannon’s claims that John was abused are false. KC, Eugene and I, along with many others, took care of him,” she said, referring to claims of elder abuse that Shannon brought forward in 2023.

“On several occasions when Shannon alleged he had been abused, law enforcement authorities assisted John and confirmed his well-being,” Foster added.

Foster adds that the same 2023 allegation of elder abuse was the reason why KC did not tell the family that John died because it would violate a court order.

“At the time of John’s death, KC was under a strict restraining order from the Superior Court of New Jersey, based on the complaint filed against him by his sister Shannon in 2023,” Foster said.

“As a condition of his provisional release, KC is prohibited from making any contact with Shannon, directly or indirectly via telephone, social media or any other means of communication,” she said.

‘At the time of his death, John was concerned that Shannon would turn his death and funeral into a circus, as she had done with other aspects of his life. It was John who requested a delay in announcing his death to Shannon and the rest of the world,” Foster insisted.

Foster added that she regrets that Shannon “chose this path,” adding, “Medical authorities interviewed him over the past year and determined him to be mentally healthy.”

“For the sake of preserving John’s well-deserved reputation as an outstanding actor and community activist, we hope that we can put to rest these nonsensical claims that Shannon is making out of her own pain from her father’s estrangement,” she said. concluded.