By Mark Vester
In a follow-up to a story posted a few days ago on BoxingScene.com, Amanda Rodrigues lost her bid to grab $150,000 from the estate of her late husband, Arturo Gatti. Montreal Superior Court Justice Paul Chaput also denied her request for custody of the family dog. He did award her $30,000 to pay her legal fees, $10,000 for the care of her young son and access to Gatti's Montreal condo to get her belongings.
Rodrigues found the dead body of Gatti on July 11 at their Brazilian resort condo. She was jailed by Brazilian police and held as the main suspect in Gatti's murder. After the autopsy results, Brazilian authorities reclassified Gatti's death as a suicide and Rodrigues was released.
She is battling Gatti's family for the champion's estate worth at least $6 million. Gatti's family have a will from 2007 that gives them control of his estate. Rodrigues has a will, dated only three weeks before the fighter's death, that gives her control of everything. Gatti's family have long claimed that Rodrigues forced the fighter to change his will with threats of fleeing the country with their son.
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