NASSAU, BAHAMAS – DECEMBER 5: Stirling Moss #1 of England sits in his Aston Martin DBR2 as he waits for the start of the 4th Annual International Bahamas Speed Weeks Nassau Trophy Race on December 5, 1957 at the Oakes Field Course in Nassau, Bahamas. (Photo by Hy Peskin/Getty Images) (SetNumber: X4916)Credit: PATHE legal war over Sir Stirling Moss’s fortune is set to end with a blockbuster trial after his children failed to strike a deal for his £20million estate.
We – Allison Bradley and Elliot Moss – were preparing for a courtroom fight over the validity of a 2022 will that left the entire family fortune to his daughter.
The Moss family, pictured in 2007, are embroiled in a bitter row over Sir Stirling’s massive fortuneCredit: Daily Mail
Elliot Moss claims his mother’s will was produced by undue influence after pals plied her with alcohol and lied to her about his actionsCredit: Alamy
It meant chef Elliot, 44, was effectively given nothing by both his mother and father.
He contested whether his mum’s last wishes had been obtained under duress after her pals allegedly tricked her and plied her with .
Elliot says his mother was mentally and physically unwell after consuming huge quantities of booze because of the grief from Sir Stirling’s death aged 90 in 2020.
But Allison, 57, has or tricked by pals when she cut her son out of her £20million estate.
New legal documents obtained by The Sun show Allison insists her stepmother, who died in 2023, knowingly stopped Elliot from getting the cash because he was ungrateful for his life of .
Previous claims said Lady Susie, who died aged 69, was drinking up to two bottles of a day.
But in written filings, Allison’s lawyers insist: “Lady Moss confirmed that she was happy to (cut her son out) but warned that Elliot will dispute it and will be furious.”
They added that in meetings there “was no smell of on Lady Susie’s breath” and “no question that Lady Moss was completely of sound mind and could hold a conversation” with her solicitors and pals.
Allison adds that her stepmother was furious at Elliot and, after signing the will which removed him, is said to have called the dispute “so unfortunate”.
Elliot’s sister insisted he had been given “ample financial support throughout his childhood and adult life… including private education, paying for his wedding and honeymoon (and) a £50,000 cash gift in 2020.
After signing her will, Lady Susie allegedly asked: “What else have I not given him?”
No date for the case has been set at the High .
Stirling Moss, driving a Lotus in Monaco, won 212 of the 529 races he enteredCredit: Getty
Part of the row centred on a missing helmet from Moss’s life-threatening 1962 race crash at GoodwoodCredit: Alamy
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