Did Charley Pride Really Have A Secret Son?

The three children Charley Pride had with his wife Rozene — Carlton, Dion, and Angela — are listed on the country music star's will. But as The Dallas Morning News reports, one name is glaringly absent from the document, and Tyler Pride believes that mistake should be corrected. Rozene Pride, serving as the executor of Charley's estate, unsurprisingly doesn't agree. She called Tyler's lawsuit a "heartbreaking" attempt to "try to tarnish Charley's reputation and break Charley's estate plan in the hope of getting more money for himself." She said that while the singer was still alive, Tyler just viewed him as his own personal "cash cow" whom he "only called when he wanted money."

Rozene did not wish any ill will on Tyler, expressing her hope that he will "find peace in his life," but she has not been pleased with the way he has handled the situation. She said that he used the lawsuit as a leveraging tool, showing her a draft of it before filing it and giving her a list of demands. "That shows how little he knew about his father," she said in a statement, "because Charley would never be bullied and neither will I."

For his part, Tyler did admit that he filed the lawsuit as a means to figure out what kinds of financial inheritance he may be entitled to, but he definitely has good reason to make such demands, for as Rozene tacitly admits — whether intentionally or not — Pride really was Tyler's father. And she's not the only one who agrees.

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