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Bank appointed to oversee Prince’s estate

By | Published on Thursday 28 April 2016

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The administration of Prince’s estate will be handled by Bremer Bank in Minnesota, a local judge ruled yesterday.

As previously reported, the musician’s sister filed legal papers earlier this week requesting a court appointed special administrator to oversee her brother’s estate, after it emerged that he left no will. It was she who suggested Bremer, the bank that Prince had used for many years.

The Bremer Trust will “preserve the estate and secure its proper administration until a general personal representative is appointed by the Registrar or by the Court”, according to documents obtained by People.

The Trust has also been tasked with locating all of Prince’s heirs, whom will likely receive an equal distribution of his assets. This includes his sister Tyka, plus five half siblings. The musician had no known children, his son Boy Gregory having died of rare skull defect Pfeiffer syndrome at just a week old.

Meanwhile, in the ongoing investigation into Prince’s death last week, Minnesota law enforcers have now reportedly called in the Drug Enforcement Agency for help. NBC cites officials as saying that prescription drugs had been found in the musician’s possession when he died. The DEA’s role at this stage would be to ascertain what drugs he had obtained and where they came from.

This follows claims on TMZ that Prince had taken the medication Percocet for several years to relieve pain in his hips. Having first reported rumours that the reason Prince’s private jet made an emergency landing earlier this month was because he had overdosed on the drug, the website is now reporting that he had a “long-standing addiction” to the pain relief medication.

As previously reported, Prince’s lawyer L Londell McMillan disputed these rumours earlier this week, saying that the musician was “not on any drugs that would be any cause for concern”.

Elsewhere, Prince’s former backing band The Revolution have announced that they are reuniting for a tour in tribute to their former frontman.

“We have decided, after spending three or four days together now grieving over the loss of Prince, that we would like to come out and do some shows”, says guitarist Wendy Melvoin in a video statement. “We want to let you know that we’ll be there soon”.

This will be the first time the ‘Purple Rain’ era line-up of the group have all performed together since 2003, when they regrouped for a Sheila E organised charity event, the Family Jamm.



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