Jenna Howe: Daughter cut from will wins $250,000... now she’ll have a boob job
Jenna Howe, 37, was disinherited by her father Roger Howe three years before he passed away leaving $2.7m after he branded her a “lazy, useless, lying druggie”.
Instead his mother, sister and two nephews inherited his fortune when he died in 2020 aged 55 after falling from a second-floor window.
His only child took her case to court and a judge has now ruled she should receive $250,000 to help her turn her life around, including paying for replacement breast implants.
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Judge Mark Raeside said: “Throughout her life, she has been self-conscious about her body and I am quite satisfied this should be paid for by the estate.”
Ms Howe’s claim for around $895,000 was rejected but the sum awarded will cover $149 a week for “maintenance” for the next ten years plus help to clear her debts.
The judge said her finances were “precarious” and the beautician should get a lump sum “in light of her mental condition” which has made it almost impossible for her to work.
He had been urged by Ms Howe’s barrister to award cash for the cosmetic surgery, saying a traumatic childhood left her with “body dysmorphia”.
Central London County Court heard that Mr Howe had a “toxic” relationship with his daughter and had consistently “belittled” her.
Mr Howe was a technical genius who, at just 16, was making rigs for London pirate radio stations before building up a business selling equipment all over the world.
