娱乐英语新闻:Gary Coleman's ex-wife files petition for estate

BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhuanet) -- The ex-wife of the late American sitcom actor Gary Coleman filed a legal challenge for estate, after Coleman died of a brain hemorrhage last month in his Utah home, according to news reports on Friday.

Shannon Price claimed that she was still legal wife of Coleman when he died a month ago. She filed a petition for the ownership of Coleman's estate with the 4th District Court in Provo, Utah.

"To strip Price's ability to make these decisions and to deprive her from acting for and on behalf of her deceased spouse, ...would be a manifest injustice and would strip her of every shred of dignity that she possesses," her petition said, as quoted by AP.

The ex-couple divorced two years ago, but they were living together when Coleman died last month in Provo, according to cnn news. However, the petition said that their divorce was a secret, and they are still as husband and wife in the public.