Heath Ledger Leaves His Fortune to Parents, Sister
None of his assets were left to Michelle Williams and their 2-year-old daughter, Matilda.
Heath Ledger's will leaves everything he owned to his parents and sister. He had not updated his will since it was filed in April 2003, which means none of his assets were left to Michelle Williams and their 2-year-old daughter, Matilda.
Documents reveal at the time Ledger wrote the will he had less than $145,000 in New York assets. It is unclear what will be done with his trust funds, property in Australia, and he and Williams’ Brooklyn townhome.
Heath Ledger wrote a will before his Oscar-winning role in "Brokeback Mountain," where he met his former fiancée Michelle Williams. They later had a daughter, Matilda, in 2005.
Ledger, 28, was found dead in his New York apartment on January 22.
Heath Ledger’s family released a statement amid reports that the actor’s will left all of his processions to them and none to his former fiancée Michelle Williams and their daughter Matilda.
“Matilda is out absolute priority and Michelle is an integral part of our family. They will be taken care of and that’s how Heath would want it to be,” said Ledger’s father Kim Ledger.
A rep for Ledger quickly released a statement ending any speculation that Williams and Matilda would not be taken care of. “The story is getting taken out of context and media is speculating that this means Matilda and Michelle will not be taken care of. I want to make it very clear nothing could be farther from the truth,” said Ledger’s rep.