{"id":5192,"date":"2026-08-12T02:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T02:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/12\/friend-of-malcolm-jamal-warners-widow-starts-gofundme-amid-estate-battle-says-it-will-honor-late-stars-wishes\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T02:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T02:41:15","slug":"friend-of-malcolm-jamal-warners-widow-starts-gofundme-amid-estate-battle-says-it-will-honor-late-stars-wishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailycelebnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/12\/friend-of-malcolm-jamal-warners-widow-starts-gofundme-amid-estate-battle-says-it-will-honor-late-stars-wishes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pal of Malcolm-Jamal Warner\u2019s widow begins GoFundMe amid property battle, says it should \u2018honor\u2019 late star\u2019s needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Malcolm-Jamal Warner\u2019s widow, Tenisha Warner, is in want of dire monetary help, in response to a GoFundMe created on her behalf.<\/p>\n<p>Tenisha\u2019s shut good friend, Future Rael, created the GoFundMe, noting how Tenisha was left the only real supplier for her and Malcolm\u2019s younger daughter after the \u201cCosby Present\u201d alum tragically died in July 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve watched Tenisha spend this yr grieving the love of her life whereas honoring the promise they made to one another, to homeschool their nine-year-old daughter,\u201d Rael wrote. \u201cEach single day she reveals up for her baby as if her personal world had not fallen aside, and nonetheless makes positive breakfast is on the desk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She shared that the home Tenisha and the late actor shared unexpectedly flooded and he or she\u2019s needed to rebuild. She additionally referenced Tenisha\u2019s court docket battle along with her mother-in-law, Pamela Warner, over his funds.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A detailed good friend of the late Malcolm Jamal-Warner\u2019s widow, Tenisha Warner, has created a GoFundMe for her. The late actor is pictured above in January 2023. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Pictures<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In response to the good friend, Tenisha is struggling financially after Malcolm tragically died final yr. <span class=\"credit\">GoFundMe<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEach room holds their recollections, with no house to actually mourn, as a result of the calls for have by no means paused: authorized issues that started inside weeks of Malcolm\u2019s passing, monetary weight carried alone, a home to place again collectively, and their daughter to care for each single day,\u201d Rael wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has stretched each useful resource she has and borrowed from individuals who love her simply to maintain one foot in entrance of the opposite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to Rael, Malcolm by no means signed his up to date property plan that will have offered for Tenisha and their daughter \u2014 who has by no means been publicly recognized \u2014 earlier than he unexpectedly drowned whereas the household was on trip in Costa Rica. Tenisha additionally stepped again from her profession as a physician of psychology\u00a0to be a stay-at-home mother, leaving her with out an earnings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a single mother now, Tenisha carries the price of resolving Malcolm\u2019s property alone as a result of asking for assist doesn&#8217;t come naturally to her,\u201d Rael wrote. \u201cThat&#8217;s the reason the individuals who love her have launched this marketing campaign: to assist Tenisha honor Malcolm\u2019s needs and his legacy whereas offering stability for his or her daughter, his solely baby, and the household he beloved most.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Tenisha is now the only real supplier for his or her 9-year-old daughter and is struggling as a single mother, in response to the GoFundMe. <span class=\"credit\">Malcolm-Jamal Warner\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Malcolm was beloved for portraying Theo Huxtable on \u201cThe Cosby Present.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9NBC\/Courtesy Everett Assortment<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Page Six Daily\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNeed extra superstar and popular culture information?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBegin your day with Web page Six Each day.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe funds will assist ease the monetary pressure, cowl the bills she is now going through, and supply safety for Tenisha and her daughter as they work towards resolving Malcolm\u2019s affairs,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Final month, Tenisha filed a lawsuit in opposition to Pamela  \u2014 who&#8217;s the trustee of the Warner Household Belief \u2014 over a prenuptial settlement dispute. The swimsuit claimed that Tenisha is entitled to $1.2 million, which is what  Malcolm allegedly promised her of their 2022 prenuptial settlement, per TMZ.<\/p>\n<p>Tenisha instructed Web page Six in an announcement in regards to the lawsuit, \u201cFor the final yr, I&#8217;ve tried to privately settle my beloved husband\u2019s difficult property and honor his final needs. Malcolm had each intention to supply for our nine-year-old daughter and me.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Tenisha shockingly sued her mother-in-law, Pamela Warner \u2014 the trustee of the Warner Household Belief \u2014 final month over cash she stated she was due from her and her husband\u2019s prenuptial settlement. Pamela is pictured above in October 2009.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Pictures<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In response to Tenisha, Malcolm (pictured above in February 2023) by no means signed his up to date plan for his property, which might have offered for her and their daughter, earlier than his surprising loss of life. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Pictures<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In response to Tenisha, the actor was \u201cnear finalizing\u201d a brand new property plan to switch the plan created in 1996 \u201cwhen he was 26 years outdated\u201d \u2014 20 years earlier than they met and nicely earlier than they welcomed their daughter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadly, he was unable to take action earlier than we misplaced him,\u201d she stated. \u201cI&#8217;ve been struggling to look after our daughter as a single mother and now as her sole supplier. Legally, I had no alternative however to take motion to guard our rights earlier than any potential statute of limitations expired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Malcolm died after being\u00a0\u201ccaught by a excessive present\u201d\u00a0at Costa Rica\u2019s Playa Grande seaside in Cahuita, Lim\u00f3n. He was declared useless on the scene after paramedics carried out CPR on him. <\/p>\n<p>He was 54 years outdated.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/08\/11\/celebrity-news\/friend-of-malcolm-jamal-warners-widow-starts-gofundme-amid-estate-battle\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malcolm-Jamal Warner\u2019s widow, Tenisha Warner, is in want of dire monetary help, in response to a GoFundMe created on her behalf. Tenisha\u2019s shut good friend, Future Rael, created the GoFundMe, noting how Tenisha was left the only real supplier for her and Malcolm\u2019s younger daughter after the \u201cCosby Present\u201d alum tragically died in July 2025. 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