Venus and Serena Williams' stepmom says their father starved her and son, she had to sell motorhome to survive

Venus and Serena Williams' stepmom says their father starved her and son, she had to sell motorhome to survive
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Lakeisha Williams, the stepmother of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, has accused their father Richard of starving her and their young son to the point she was forced to sell their motorhome to buy food.

The allegations came in the wake of an ongoing legal battle between the pair at the Palm Beach County Court in Florida, where Richard, 77, has filed a lawsuit against Lakeisha accusing her of forging his signature, according to the Daily Mail.

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Richard has accused Lakeisha, close to four decades his junior at 41, of forging his signature so she could remortgage the family home for $300,000 to start a trucking business.

In her testimony to the court, Lakeisha admitted to forging the signature to sell his 1999 Bluebird Wanderlodge Motor Coach worth $45,000 but claimed she only did so because she and their seven-year-old son Dylan were starved by Richard and she needed the money to buy food.