James Brown's 5-Year-Old Son Shut Out of Will

46. This kid is so ugly I just want to smack his face

Posted at 9:07PM on Jan 12th 2007 by GO AWAY

47. There is NO PROOF of whether Tomi Rae Hynie's "BASTARD SON" James Brown Jr. is really James Brown son or not.. For all we know Tomi Rae Hynie could have had SEX with another BLACK MAN and lied that the child belongs to James Brown just so she could get her SLIMY HANDS ON HIS MONEY !!!! After all she did commit BIGAMY when she was already MARRIED to another man in TEXAS when she wed James Brown. That shows HER LACK OF INTEGRITY. IF JAMES BROWN really WANTED to REMARRY MISS TOMI RAE HYNIE and ADD her BASTARD CHILD to his WILL, HE HAD PLENTY OF TIME to do so IF HE WANTED to BEFORE HIS UNTIMELY DEATH !!!! So I say RIght - On to MR. JAMES BROWN. You have shown the WORLD that you WASN'T NOBODY'S FOOL . MORE POWER TO YOU MY BROTHER, REST IN PEACE. SCREW MIISS HYNIE because the KID IS PROBABLY NOT HIS ANYWAY !!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 1:16PM on Jan 13th 2007 by Pareja Young

48. She needs to contest the will immediately!
Maybe she wasn't officially married to James but possily she was his common law wife.
Anyways take the DNA test of the kid, even though anyone with half an IQ can see the resemblence of both Tomi and James in that child, and prove his relation to James Brown.
Someone has to help that child he has rights too!!!
James is a piece of dirt for putting his own 5 year old baby boy though this.
The boys father is now dead and on top of that the child has become homeless as well...
I can't imagine the trauma he's going through.
Poor angel.

Also, something's not right with Brown's Lawyer/ Accountant, he seems to be the BIGGEST LEECH of them all!
I'm sure he's had plenty of influence on James when he was making out this version of the will!
I'm sure he's secured a nice chunk of change for himself , while locking out a 5 year old out of the only home he's ever known!!

Posted at 6:42PM on Jan 12th 2007 by Tiffani

49. THE LAW IS ON THE BOY'S SIDE. The law recognizes him as James Brown son because he claimed he was his son. In Georgia that is all that is necessary. He filed for Social Secuirty for HIS son. Which HE had to fill out (James Brown) the paper work to do so. Therefore, it will not matter if he does not have James Brown's blood running through his veins, the law still recognizes him as his very own because James Brown claimed him in those Social Secuirty documents, PERIOD!!!. I have been through this situation before, trust me I know what they are up against and THE LAW WILL rule in that young boy's favor, I gurantee it!!

Posted at 7:47PM on Jan 12th 2007 by Stacy

50. Look people,
We the public support support these TALENTED criminals, pedophiles,drug users,and generally ignorant people.We buy their CD's, go to their Movies,try to look and act like them and of course drive what they drive. It should be said that the Entertainment Industry Executives should be at fault for letting the worst examples of humanity and not the honest , moral right-living talented people get the spotlight.
So what are we left with? RICH Drug Addicts,Pedophiles,Criminals and generally ignorant people........

Posted at 8:23PM on Jan 12th 2007 by Luther Lackey

51. Be real. How many people update their wills all the time? I mean ... I know a LOT of people who never think about dying. I'd be interested in knowing the date of the will. I'm sure it's before the young son was born.

Posted at 8:41PM on Jan 12th 2007 by Trina

52. His attorney was really STROM THURMOND JR?

what???

Posted at 8:47PM on Jan 12th 2007 by John Jackstone

53. Typical black man not doing his job as a father/husband and letting the rest of us pick up the slack. I'm sure we will paying for this kids jail time or rehab in 10 years.

Posted at 9:08PM on Jan 12th 2007 by Fool

54. He was crazy, what did you expect?

Posted at 9:07PM on Jan 12th 2007 by tom

55. People update their wills when they bring children into the
world, when they divorce and when they re-marry. It's a
simple addendum to the existing will. If the holder of the
will is too lazy or too stupid to update it, that's why they
have a business manager or an attorney to remind them.
There is a reason this child (unfortunately) was left out. If
this woman had the sense that God gave the goose, she
would have encourage her husband to update his papers
during the honeymoon period of their relationship. In other
n words, when they were getting along. If she had a brain,
she would have gotten James Brown to write it on toilet
paper if necessary. As long as it's in his own writing and
not written under duress, it would stand as a legal document.

Posted at 10:03PM on Jan 12th 2007 by SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, YOUNG LOVERS

56. i found this on another website:

"Soul legend James Brown instructed attorneys before he died to carry out DNA tests to show if he was the father of his wife's son, his family lawyer has claimed.

Debra Opri said the singer never wanted five-year-old James Joseph Brown II tested when he was alive, but wanted it done for the rest of his family's sake once he was gone.

The boy is the son of Tomi Rae Hynie, 36, who after the star's death on Christmas Day said she was locked out of his South Carolina home after another lawyer alleged they had not been legally married.

Hynie insists that they were and that she has documentation to prove it, and that Brown was her son's father.

Ms Opri told CNN's Larry King: "James Brown intentionally did not do any DNA testing of that child during his life.

"And there was a reason for it. And he uttered comments to his attorneys before he died and he said, when I'm gone, get it done so my family knows."

She said she was not making any allegations, adding: "It's an issue that's going to be resolved very shortly."

Ms Hynie told King the little boy was "absolutely without a doubt" Brown's son and that she would welcome a test. "There is no doubt about it," she said. "No doubt to my husband, no doubt to me and I'd be willing to take any test that they'd like to take."

After his death Brown's lawyer Buddy Dallas said Ms Hynie was already married to a Texas man in 2001 when she tied the knot with the "Godfather of Soul", thus making their marriage null.

Although Ms Hynie later annulled the previous marriage, she and Brown never remarried, he claimed."

yall can google "james brown's son" and find it urselves. apperently they weren't that much in love... it is SOOO obvious that all she wanted was $$. guess he really had the last laugh on her LMAO. im sure once the lawyers get a paternity test, little JB will get a little something. if not oh well!!

Posted at 10:03PM on Jan 12th 2007 by everybody's got an opinion...

57. i googled "james borwn's son" and found this:

""Soul legend James Brown instructed attorneys before he died to carry out DNA tests to show if he was the father of his wife's son, his family lawyer has claimed.

Debra Opri said the singer never wanted five-year-old James Joseph Brown II tested when he was alive, but wanted it done for the rest of his family's sake once he was gone.

The boy is the son of Tomi Rae Hynie, 36, who after the star's death on Christmas Day said she was locked out of his South Carolina home after another lawyer alleged they had not been legally married.

Hynie insists that they were and that she has documentation to prove it, and that Brown was her son's father.

Ms Opri told CNN's Larry King: "James Brown intentionally did not do any DNA testing of that child during his life.

"And there was a reason for it. And he uttered comments to his attorneys before he died and he said, when I'm gone, get it done so my family knows."

She said she was not making any allegations, adding: "It's an issue that's going to be resolved very shortly."

Ms Hynie told King the little boy was "absolutely without a doubt" Brown's son and that she would welcome a test. "There is no doubt about it," she said. "No doubt to my husband, no doubt to me and I'd be willing to take any test that they'd like to take."

After his death Brown's lawyer Buddy Dallas said Ms Hynie was already married to a Texas man in 2001 when she tied the knot with the "Godfather of Soul", thus making their marriage null.

Although Ms Hynie later annulled the previous marriage, she and Brown never remarried, he claimed.""
Obviously she was in it for the money!!! Im sure JB got another trick up his sleeves. Once the paternity tests go through, maybe JB jr will have a little something after all

Posted at 10:43PM on Jan 12th 2007 by everybodys got an opinion...

58. I make sure I read each post and remember all the support for James Brown and how great he was a artist. Now reading how dumb this lady was or calling her a white bitch and other names. Wow, is all I can say, James Brown was a real piece of dogsh*t and people should tell it like it is. This man was a wifebeater, a druggie and now we know the third worse father behind OJ Simpson and Scott Petersen. Blacks just overlooked his character because of his music and that not fair to the black community if you what honest and moral men to be the fathers. Not low class, immoral and lack of character individuals.

Posted at 10:35PM on Jan 12th 2007 by Lenn K

59. Does anyone find it ironic Strom Thurmond's son was his lawyer?

Posted at 10:42PM on Jan 12th 2007 by ARTIKULATE

60. James Brown's family should make sure that this boy gets something. He is James Brown's son and needs to be taken care of. Brown was just another high profile, Hollywood self-centered idiots. Shame on him. And shame on his older children if they don't do anything for this poor boy.

Posted at 10:44PM on Jan 12th 2007 by Kath