Caption: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund’s Ted Shaw says juvenile victory adds fuel to the continued fight against the death penalty in America.

Tenisha Warner, widow of actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, has filed a lawsuit in DeKalb County Superior Court, seeking over $1.2 million in alleged unpaid funds from Pamela Warner, the actor's mother and successor trustee of the Warner family trust, one year after his death by drowning on July 20, 2025.