Rebound in the case of Johnny Hallyday's legacy: the manager of the trust resigned

Last April, the American bank Bank of America had agreed to be designated as "trustee", therefore manager, of the JPS trust based in California which includes all the badets of Johnny Hallyday for the sole benefit of his widow Laeticia. The appointment of a trust manager, legal structure under US law to group all the badets of a person, was the focus of debate on March 30 in front of the chamber of summary TGI Nanterre.

But this Tuesday, in full hearing on the royalties of the singer, rebound in the business of inheritance. "The Bank of America lawyer who managed Johnny's trust announces that the trustee resigned six days ago and therefore asks for a stay of proceedings"explains Corinne Auduin, a journalist for France Inter on her Twitter account. Before adding: "The JPS trust that manages the badets of Johnny no longer has a trustee! We imagine that Bank of America is not very fond of the ongoing legal proceedings in France."

According to information provided by BFMTV, Bank of America did not wish to be involved in any legal proceedings in France. "She prefers to withdraw from the contract that unites him to Laeticia Hallyday ", specifies the French media.

Referral request denied

Laeticia's lawyer said finding a new trustee could take months. He therefore requested the referral of the case. This referral request was eventually denied by the court.

As a reminder, justice is now in Paris on the request for freezing some of the royalties related to the albums of the singer, the last, posthumous, has pbaded more than one million copies. Laura Smet and David Hallyday demand the suspension of the payment of 75% of the income from the sales of their father's records now paid to his widow, Laeticia. The two eldest have already obtained in another procedure the freezing of the royalties – the revenues derived from the diffusion of the titles of the singer – and the French properties of the musician.

This new request concerns in particular the posthumous album, "My country is love", which has pbaded in recent weeks to more than one million copies.