Nearly two years after Prince's death, the complicated fight to determine the beneficiaries of his estate — and its value — still has no end in sight. And every day it continues, an army of lawyers continues to reap fees from coffers that the artist's heirs fear will be empty by the time it's all over.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that none of Prince's heirs have collected anything from the estate in the months since his death — mainly because no one can until the executor, Comerica Bank and Trust, settles on a value amount with the Internal Revenue Service. Although preliminary estimates suggested Prince was worth roughly $200 million at his time of death, the article notes that "the actual value remains one of the biggest secrets in the case" — and has also likely changed since it was first reported.