‘Nowhere close’: Tony Bennett’s daughters sue brother over inheritance

Tony Bennett’s two daughters have filed a new lawsuit against their older brother, alleging he “abused ” his power over their father’s estate for “significant financial gain. ”

Johanna and Antonia Bennett have accused D’Andrea “Danny ” Bennett of “improper and unlawful conduct ” in his role as trustee over the family estate, claiming he’s gone against their father’s wishes that all four of his children “be treated equally. ”

“Since Tony’s death, Johanna and Antonia have discovered that Danny exercised complete and unchecked control over Tony and his financial affairs prior to and following his death through multiple fiduciary and other roles of authority that Danny has abused, and continues to abuse, for his own significant financial gain, ” lawyers for the Bennett sisters wrote in the suit, filed Monday.

The sisters claim that Danny paid himself “excessive and unearned commissions ” and gave “substantial loans and gifts to himself and his children ” prior to their father’s death in 2023.

“Danny engaged in these improper transactions without accountability or oversight of any kind, freely using and controlling Tony’s assets and trust assets often as if they were Danny’s own, ” the suit reads.

It claims Danny took advantage of his father’s diminished capacity late in life due to Alzheimer’s disease to make deals for himself and his company, including the sale of Tony Bennett’s catalogue and his name, likeness and image rights to the brand development firm, Iconoclast, shortly before the singer’s death.

The filing comes after a lawsuit in June of 2024, when the sisters sued Danny, alleging he had mishandled their father’s assets and requesting that he open the books for the family trust so any and all money could be accounted for.