Richard Williams Refiles for Divorce

Last year Venus and Serena Williams' father Richard Williams second attempt to divorce his much younger third wife Lakeisha was foiled after he became uncomfortable during his deposition [click here if you missed that].

The divorce is back on...

From Radar Online

The father of Serena and Venus Williams has filed for divorce for a second time just a year after reconciling with their ex-stripper stepmom, who "stole" his luxury Florida home and blew more than half a million.

Frail "King Richard," now 83, called off their seven-year legal battle in June last year despite much younger wife Lakeisha, 46, changing the title deeds of his four-bed mansion in Palm Beach into her name without his knowledge.

Despite the betrayal, Richard took Lakeisha back and they were living together in another four-bed property in the area, which was bought by Serena for $815,000 in 2015.

Now we can reveal Richard has taken the huge step to split again and filed his divorce petition with Palm Beach family court.

It was always an unlikely romance after they met at a Miami nightclub while she was working as a dancer called Angel and now have a son Dylan, 13.

Forging title deeds wasn't Lakeisha's first misdemeanor, but she took advantage of the legendary tennis coach's frail state to fake his signature to sell his cars and cash his social security checks, according to his son Chavoita Lesane.

Richard's suffered three strokes, the early onset of dementia, has memory loss and problems with his speech with Chavoita now having power of attorney.

In October 2019, a deposition by Richard was cancelled after the court was given 168 pages of medical records relating to a July 2016 hospitalization for two strokes.

Previously, another deposition had been abandoned halfway through as Richard's answers were so incoherent even his own lawyer said: "I'm not sure how we're going to proceed, I think we're going to cut the deposition short."

Before the reconciliation, a furious Chavoita had been threatening an elder abuse lawsuit, saying: "I can't remember how long it was into the relationship as far as my dad starting to have financial headaches, like, 'What's going on with my social security checks?'

"Lakeisha took the Mercedes, she took the bus, she took money, what else was it? The motorcycle. There are so many things that she stole or forged documents for him. That's considered elder abuse. We're just putting all of it together, it's a lot. This whole situation has been frustrating."