{
  "id": 19998871,
  "title": "Frank Fritz's $6m estate dispute goes to trial as father challenges his will",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/frank-fritzs-6m-estate-dispute-goes-to-trial-as-father-challenges-his",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-14T14:32:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/english/american-pickers-star-frank-fritzs-6-million-estate-dispute-heads-to-trial-november-16-father-challenges-2023-will-claiming-stroke-left-him-unable-to-make-legal-decisions-as-friends-defend-his-final-wishes/articleshow/135833089.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "‘American Pickers’ star Frank Fritz’s nearly $6 million estate dispute is set to go to trial on November 16, 2026, as his father challenges a 2023 will naming close friends as beneficiaries. The legal battle centres on whether Fritz had the mental capacity to make the will after suffering a stroke in 2022, while his friends maintain that it reflected his final wishes.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}