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The woman Scott Weiland divorced nearly 9 years ago, and often battled over his drug use, is asking the courts to name her the executor of his will ... TMZ has learned.

Mary Forsberg filed docs in L.A. saying Scott himself named her as executor, and she's filed a will with his signature as proof. Here's the catch ... the will was written in April 2007. That's right around the time Scott and Mary's marriage was falling apart, and when he was in the throes of addiction.

Mary wrote a memoir called 'Fall to Pieces' about life with Scott and his battles with drugs.

The docs say Scott had about $2 million in assets as part of his estate. He also created a trust during his lifetime that has undisclosed assets.

Scott's widow Jamie Wachtel was with him for 2 years before his death, and could still contest Forsberg's filing.

The lawyer who represented Brendan Dassey says he messed up by allowing his client to meet with cops when he wasn't present, and the reason he was a no show is shocking.

Len Kachinsky appeared on "TMZ Live" Tuesday and had a hard time explaining why his PI strong-armed his 16-year-old client into signing a murder confession. He had an even harder time explaining why he then gave his client up to the cops.

Steely Dan's Donald Fagen was arrested Monday evening after allegedly assaulting his wife inside their NYC home.

According to the criminal complaint 67-year-old Fagen pushed his wife, Libby Titus, into a marble window frame in their Upper East Side pad. Cops say she suffered bruising and swelling to her right arm.

Fagen was arrested and charged with one count of misdemeanor assault and cited for harassment. He's also been ordered to stay away from Titus, who told the NY Post she's divorcing Fagen.

The Rock Hall of Famer was released without bail.

"Empire" star Adam Rodriguez thinks Steven Avery, the man at the center of "Making A Murderer" ... should be set free, and President Obama needs to make it happen.

Adam was leaving the gym Monday in Venice when he unloaded on our photog about the Netflix documentary. Adam says you can count him among the 250k people who've signed a Change.org petition asking Obama to give Avery a presidential pardon.

And he thinks it shouldn't stop with Obama. Check out the clip ... you can feel his outrage.

Mark Salling isn't dodging the public eye during his child pornography case -- he got in a workout at an L.A. gym Monday, and at least one of his female friends is standing by him.

The former "Glee" star is out on bail after he was arrested on December 29. He'll be back in court later this month, but for the time being he seems to be trying to stick to a normal routine.

Tyga had a convo with 14-year-old model Molly O'Malia ... but ONLY to scout her musical talent after his team became interested in signing her as a singer... this according to a rep for the rapper.

Tyga's manager Anthony Martini tells TMZ the rapper reached out to 14-year-old Molly O'Malia after his team found out she had a pretty strong musical following online and thought she might be a candidate for a Last Kings Records project ... his record label. Tyga claims it was

. As for her age -- according to text messages obtained by TMZ ... Molly mentions she is 17.

The manager says in the back and forth Tyga specifically asked her to send him some music, adding things never got "uncomfortable" as she claimed. The rep says Tyga wanted to FaceTime Molly to talk business and see her sing ... as he sat in the studio with his producers.

Gloria Allred held a news conference with O'Malia Monday, saying an article by OK! made her the target of attacks for allegedly getting between Kylie and Tyga.

If justice can be bought, "Making A Murderer" convicts Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey are one step closer to getting out of prison.

We've learned the family set up a website soliciting donations to mount a new legal challenge, with the help of the hacker group 'Anonymous,' which created the website Opaverydassey.com.

We're told viewers of the documentary are responding by opening their wallets. So far the family has collected $2,100 through the site and another $1,200 sent to the Avery family home.

The family, we're told, is upset because someone's been setting up fake websites soliciting money, which they believe has discouraged people from contributing. But they're starting to see a steady flow.

Sean Kingston's claims he was kidnapped in a jewelry dispute have fallen on deaf ears, because the LAPD is chalking it up to a simple business disagreement.

Law enforcement sources tell us, Kingston's story just doesn't ring true ... that he met a jeweler in downtown L.A. in the middle of the night to settle a dispute over a $185k watch. Kingston claims the jeweler and his goons took the watch, locked him in a car at gunpoint and drove off, eventually dumping him in the street.

Our sources say the story didn't make a whole lot of sense ... why would Sean be making business deals in the middle of the night in a desolate area? It seems unclear so cops are calling it a civil business dispute.

Frankly, the whole story is too confusing for words, so just let Raquel explain it you.

The man who represented the nephew of "Making A Murderer" defendant Steven Avery is on the hot seat again ... over another deal he cut with a man who says he's innocent.

Attorney Len Kachinsky represented David Reimer in 2009, who was accused of shaking his baby to death. Reimer's mother, Lynn, claims Kachinsky pressured her son to cop a no contest plea to reckless homicide and child abuse. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Lynn claims her son got railroaded by Kachinsky, and that he never even bothered to check out the 2 1/2 month old baby's mother, whom Lynn says was home at the exact time the baby died.

And now the conspiracy claim ... Lynn says she filed a complaint with the State Bar, and all of a sudden cops started showing up at her home and spying on her. She apparently believes cops wanted to close out the case and nail someone, and Kachinsky facilitated that with his own client.

Kachinsky is under fire for his representation of Brendan Dassey, who's serving a life sentence for the murder of Teresa Halbach. According to the documentary, Kachinsky got his PI to force a written confession and then gave cops a heads up to question the 16-year-old without a lawyer present.

We spoke with Kachinsky, who said he and his client agreed the plea was appropriate because Reimer "didn't stand much of a chance in trial." He also says he's not involved in harassing Lynn.

Golden State Warriors star Andre Iguodala does not want his daughter to take up basketball for fear she'll become a lesbian ... so says his baby mama in a bitter court case.

Clayanna Warthen testified Monday in a child support hearing, Andre had issues with 6-year-old daughter London playing basketball at school because he was worried she might "turn into a lesbian."

TMZ Sports broke the story, Warthen wants Iguodala to pay $58k a month in child support ... up from 16k a month. She says her daughter is a genius with a 151 IQ, already reading Harry Potter books.

Warthen grouses her baby daddy isn't even paying for her full tuition and has shunned her, not even bothering to call on Christmas. Warthen says Iguodala saw London for a grand total of 9 hours in 2015. She says it's so bad she needs money to cover London's therapy.

Iguodala's lawyer fired back, saying Warthen is trying to take his client to the cleaners. The lawyer says Warthen wants money for a personal chef and $7k for floor seats at 76ers games.

Ken Kratz, the prosecutor who sent "Making a Murderer" defendant Steven Avery to prison for life, says if scientists develop a test showing the incriminating blood came from a vial, he should get a new trial.

Kratz appeared Monday on "TMZ Live," and we asked him about the defense argument that cops took Avery's blood from a vile and planted it at the murder scene. Kratz opened the prison door just a crack.

We also asked him about a shocking comment he made to the jury during closing arguments ... that EVEN if cops did plant evidence, there was plenty of other, legitimate evidence to convict Avery.

Steven Avery, the man at the center of the incredible documentary, "Making A Murderer," filed legal docs saying the cops violated his civil rights by damaging his car and using too much gas.

Avery, who's serving a life sentence for the murder of Teresa Halbach, claimed in court documents -- filed in 2012 and obtained by TMZ -- that the cops damaged his 1993 Pontiac Grand Am when they seized it for the murder trial.

Avery, who repped himself, claimed when the car was returned, it was in disrepair. He says the alternator and battery needed replacing, the shifter on the transmission was bent and had to be repaired, and "the gas tank was missing 3/4 of a tank of gas when it had been full before it was taken."

The now-famous defendant was asking for $455 for the damage and "used gas." He also asked for $250,000 in punitive damages. He lost the case.

In a separate case he sued for seizing his wood cabinet book case, 4 paperback books, a handset for a cordless telephone and an AC power cord.

Gloria Allred says her 14-year-old client has been forced to reveal her identity after Tyga repeatedly contacted her, and then OK! ran a story about it, claiming Kylie Jenner busted him.

Allred held a news conference in NYC with the teenager, a model named Molly O'Malia ... who claims Tyga initiated the convo with her, and not the other way around.

Allred launched an attack against OK! because she says the magazine poorly pixelated Molly's image. She says people figured out it was Molly, and have been hounding her about allegedly coming between Kylie and Tyga.

Molly, who's also an aspiring singer, claims Tyga reached out to her ... first through Instagram ... and she only responded because she thought it was about her music. She says she got skeeved out though when he allegedly asked to FaceTime.

Allred says the magazine's claim the two were "hooking up" is not true and what's more, portrays Molly "in a completely false light" -- and exploited a minor. Despite that ... there was no talk of a lawsuit.

Tyga's reps didn't have a comment.

Lil Wayne and Birdman didn't just party together on New Year's Eve ... they are trying to reconcile after a nasty fight that has turned into a legal war.

We've learned Mack Maine arranged for a phone conference between Wayne and Birdman 2 hours before Drake's party. The 2 discussed their conflict over Young Money and the millions Birdman allegedly owes his protegee.

Our sources say both Wayne and Birdman have strong feelings about burying the hatchet. That said, we're told Wayne will not move to dismiss his lawsuit unless and until they reach an agreement.

As for why they came together, we're told Mack Maine has a lot of influence, especially with Wayne, and opened his mind to a settlement.

James Caan says his estranged wife is hammering him for money to the point he has to take crappy roles just to make enough money to feed the beast.

Caan just filed legal docs in his divorce case, claiming he wants to retire but estranged wife Linda Caan is blowing through his savings and he's forced to keep working to pay the bills.

Caan, who has started in epic movies including "The Godfather," says he has medical issues and at 75 wants to hang it up.

What he says is particularly galling is that he feels she's forcing him to sully his reputation, saying, "I am no longer willing to take parts in films and/or television shows which detract from the 50 years I have spent building my reputation."

Caan says just this past summer, he was forced to do a film called, "Sicilian Vampire." He says it was humiliating ... the premiere was in NYC and only 50 people showed.

As for what he's currently paying ... $13,000 a month in child support for their 2 children. It appears she's asking for more money and he's filed these documents in response.

A magazine report about Tyga cheating on Kylie Jenner with a 14-year-old has drawn the ire of attorney Gloria Allred ... and she's about to blast the whole story.

Allred is representing the unidentified girl, who was mentioned in an OK! story, published last week, which said Kylie had busted her BF texting the 14-year-old. Allred says the story made it seem like the teen was excited to be part of "an alleged sex scandal."

Allred claims OK! portrayed the teen in a "false light."

No mention of a lawsuit yet ... but Gloria, the girl and her mother will hold a news conference Monday afternoon to tell their side of the story -- and we'll have it for you on a livestream.