Overview
- In early September 2026 Tenisha Warner filed court papers saying she refused to give in to what she calls Pamela Warner’s unfair pressure and that Pamela blocked release of her roughly $2.4 million retirement account to force a deal.
- Pamela Warner, acting as successor trustee, reached a tentative settlement with MacKenzie’s court-appointed guardians and has asked a Los Angeles judge to approve the pact that would allocate the bulk of the trust to the child.
- Key contested assets include a purported $2 million life-insurance policy, the roughly $2.4 million retirement plan Tenisha says is being withheld, the Studio City home sold in May 2026 for about $1.6 million, and a Georgia trust that Tenisha says holds a mortgaged family house with about $700,000 owed.
- Tenisha has sued for more than $1.2 million under a 2022 premarital agreement and alleges Pamela already collected about $1.25 million in insurance proceeds and would receive additional payments under the tentative deal.
- The immediate next steps are a Los Angeles hearing to review the settlement, continued parallel proceedings in Georgia, and public fundraising that Tenisha’s supporters launched to help her and MacKenzie while the litigation proceeds.