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Amy Sussman/BBMA2020/Getty Images for dcpYears later Stephen “tWitch” BossAt his funeral, his family made headlines when they cited nondisclosure agreements Allison Holker They allegedly made them sign.
After several of Bose's loved ones made the claim, TMZ She obtained the document on Monday, January 13, stating that the family members are financially prohibited from “collecting any money from notes about their relationship and his death.” According to the outlet, Boss's family and others who signed the papers agreed to give Holker any money they earned from journalistic opportunities and books about him.
A source said exclusively Us Weekly That when Boss was alive, he “had his family sign non-disclosure agreements for him, when there were things involving his children, like birthdays, which is common for celebrities.”
The insider added that 100% of the proceeds from Holker's upcoming memoirs, This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Lightthey go to mental health charities. “She's not making any money from this book,” the source claimed. (Holker previously shared that she planned to donate Earnings from the book To the foundation established by her in memory of Bose.)
Steven “tWitch” Boss's funeral in 2022 is said to have sparked family tensions over the use of non-disclosure agreements. Two years after Boss died by suicide at the age of 40, several of his relatives and friends claimed that widow Allison Holker forced them to sign NDA documents in order to attend the service. “We all had to (…)
In an excerpt from Holker's memoirs he obtained weThe dancer wrote that there was a “conflict” over how to display Boss's body at the service. Holker, 36, claimed his family “insisted” on an open casket because of African American traditions.
Holker eventually agreed that a “small group” of people could view the open casket before it was closed for the remainder of the wake. However, Holker did not want to take any photos during the casket display, which she thought would be an “obvious” choice.
“I could not risk any photo being leaked to the press or posted on social media platforms and becoming the permanent image people have of him. Of course, my children cannot find such a photo later,” she wrote. “On the advice of lawyers,” she wrote. I insisted that everyone who saw the open casket sign a non-disclosure agreement to protect Stephen's privacy, a demand that infuriated his family. “If we have to sign NDAs, everyone should sign NDAs,” they said. “No problem,” I replied.
Boss died by suicide at the age of 40 in December 2022. More than two years later, Holker received backlash from fans and his colleague. So you think you can dance Alum and Boss's family For sharing personal details about his life in her upcoming memoir. Holker's eldest daughter defended her earlier this month, explaining why NDAs are so important to Boss.
“Y'all like to argue about NDAs,” Wesley, 16, said in an Instagram video on Friday, January 10. (Wesley is a holker Daughter from a previous relationship. Holker and Boss share son Maddox, 8, and daughter Zaya, 5.)
“But one day, we had an open casket viewing for Stephen,” she continued. We had a funeral, and then we spent a week, and my mom had to sign non-disclosure agreements when we were going to see Stephen's body because God forbid anyone who went to that would take a picture of Stephen and put it online or share it with someone else. This is the kind of thing NDAs are for. Not that you can never talk about Stephen.
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