JOHN WAYNE‘s daughter and five of his grandchildren are embroiled in a bitter civil war.
The Wayne heirs are suing Wayne Enterprises, which merged into co-defendant John Wayne Enterprises earlier this year.
In a complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Wayne’s daughter, Aissa Wayne, claims she owned a 14 percent Limited Partnership interest in Wayne Enterprises, managing "certain assets of the John Wayne Estate."
Each of the five grandchildren owned a 2.8 percent Limited Partnership.
According to legal docs, Wayne Enterprises had rights to exploit the late actor’s name and likeness, and also had real estate interests before it merged into a new corporate entity, John Wayne Enterprises, Jan. 28.
When Wayne Enterprises, and the partners couldn’t agree on how to extend it, according to the complaint.
Grandson Ethan Wayne, acting as general manager of the Wayne Enterprises partnership, estimated its fair market value as $10.7 million, according to the complaint.
The plaintiffs estimated it at $15.4 million.
The warring Duke offspring have asked the court to determine fair market value of the holding so they could divvy up their grubstake in the cowboy star’s legacy.
