More than a dozen people have called for a new inquiry into the death of soul and funk legend James Brown, in a major CNN investigation that hears allegations that he and wife Adrienne Brown were murdered. Brown died following a short illness on Christmas Day, 2006. They include Brown’s fourth wife Tomi Rae, Brown’s manager Frank Copsidas, and Daryl Brown, one of six heirs named in Brown’s will. Adrienne Brown’s official cause of death, in 1996, was an accidental overdose of painkillers following plastic surgery. Hollander also told Lake that Brown had raped her, and threatened to have her killed if she told anyone about the assault.

Source: The Guardian February 06, 2019 10:41 UTC