ALL TO PLAY FOR Shock first photos inside Serena Williams’ crumbling childhood home as King Richard shares plan if he wins fight

HAUNTING photographs inside Serena Williams’ crumbling childhood home can be revealed for the first time – as her father ‘King Richard’ insists he’s not giving up his legal battle to save it.
The U.S. Sun revealed last week a judge tossed out his lawsuit against estranged wife Lakeisha Williams, who allegedly forged his signature on the title deeds of his Florida home some years back.
Lakeisha, 44, used the title to borrow $255,000 from “hard lender” David Simon, which she allegedly blew on a failed trucking business along with “fast food and frivolities,” according to court docs.
Richard and his son Chavoita LeSane, who have spoken exclusively to The U.S. Sun, claim he was already set to divorce Lakeisha when it emerged she’d forged his signature.
She is now being sued by Simon, who wants the house sold at auction to recover his losses, which now stands at $623,000, including interest and lawyers’ fees.
Despite his lawsuit being thrown out, Richard, 80, and his family are not giving up on getting the property back, and Chavoita says they are now looking at new legal counsel.
Ailing Richard, who has had multiple strokes and has some communication problems, said the home was “beautiful” when he lived there with Serena, Venus, and their mother Oracene, his second wife.
“The house is easily worth a million dollars,” he insisted, although this number has been disputed due to its deteriorating condition.
“The ten acres of land is unbelievable,” Richard said, explaining he’d like to demolish the home and build a new property, adding: “I don’t need the past no more if I keep [focusing] on the past, I won’t do much.”
But he admitted: “I don’t know if I’ll get it back or not. I don’t know if I can or not.”



