Attorneys representing Doherty's estate filed a motion in November claiming the actress' ex-husband failed to follow through on several provisions of their divorce
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- Shannen Doherty’s estate will receive half the equity from her and ex-husband Kurt Iswarienko’s shared Texas property, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE
- The photographer must also return Doherty’s coffee table and couch and provide an inventory of photos depicting her
- Meanwhile, the Doherty estate must return Iswarienko’s guitars, equipment and restored stereo record player
- The decision comes four months after attorneys representing Doherty’s estate filed a motion accusing Iswarienko of not following through on several provision of their divorce
An agreement has been made in the legal dispute between the late Shannen Doherty’s estate and the actress’ ex-husband Kurt Iswarienko.
According to court documents filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court andobtained by PEOPLE, Iswarienko, 51, has agreed to award the actress’ estate “one-half the equity” of their shared Dripping Springs, Texas property.
Additionally, the photographer agreed to return Doherty’s coffee table and couch from the Texas home. He must also “produce an inventory of his photographic works” that depict Doherty as well as wire $25,000 to the estate for Doherty's interest in a Mooney M-20 airplane .
Meanwhile, Doherty’s estate, represented by trustee Christopher Cortazzo, agreed to return Iswarienko’s guitars, equipment and restored Garard stereo record player.
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The decision comes four months after attorneys for the actress, who died at 53 in July 2024, filed a petition regarding her divorce from Isawarienko, which was finalized just before Doherty’s death.
The Beverly Hills, 90210 star signed the divorce settlement on July 12, just one day before she died, PEOPLE previously confirmed. Iswarienko signed it a day later on July 13.
In the filing, obtained by PEOPLE, Doherty’s attorneys and Cortazzo claimed Iswarienko failed to fulfill several “monetary obligations” that were a part of their divorce settlement.
Included in the provisions was that the photographer would sell their $1.5 million Texas home and “equally divide the net proceeds with [her] estate.” However, the filing claims he “refused to list” the home for sale.
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The filing also claims Iswarienko failed to produce his inventory of photos of Doherty, which was allegedly required in the divorce settlement. The agreement specified he was to give copies of all photographs no later than Sept. 1, 2024, but at the time of filing he was reportedly “14 months delinquent.”
The divorce settlement also said that Iswarienko was to buy out Doherty's share of the airplane for $100,000 and pay that sum to her estate within five business days of the sale.
He allegedly "unilaterally withheld $50,274" from Doherty's estate after making the sale in August 2024, and has yet to pay the sum, making it "15 months delinquent” at the time.
In January, Iswarienko filed legal documents challenging their divorce settlement. In his filing, he claimed that the divorce settlement was brought in the wrong court. Because of this, he claimed the court had no jurisdiction to enforce the terms of the agreement.
He further argued that the divorce case should have been put to an end when Doherty died after a years-long journey with cancer and that the settlement shouldn’t have even been filed, per the legal documents.
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PEOPLE has reached out to Cortazzo and attorneys representing Doherty’s estate for comment.
Ron Rale, Iswarienko’s attorney, did not offer a comment on the matter.
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