Documents: No settlement in Fred Thompson estate dispute

Court documents filed last week indicate settlement talks in the family dispute over former actor and U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson's estate have ended and the bitter court battle will continue.

Thompson's wife, Jeri Thompson, and his two adult sons from another marriage are sparring in court filings over what information Jeri Thompson must turn over as the case moves forward.

&quot Thompson's sons) should face the facts," William Ramsey, a lawyer for Jeri Thompson, argued in the new court documents.

"Perhaps (the sons) are disappointed in their inheritance, but their disappointment does not entitle them to review irrelevant and confidential documents that have absolutely nothing to do with what is alleged in their complaint."

Read more: http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/23/documents-no-settlement-fred-thompson-estate-dispute/96831968/