Tomi Rae Brown vs James Brown's People

Tomi Rae Brown, the widow of legend James Brown is speaking out about their rocky relationship and the critics who say she was out partying the night he died reports theinsideronline.com

"You think I'd be partying? You think I'd be at a restaurant even eating after that?"

"I was on a plane the minute I found that my husband died. I was on an airplane."

Tomi Rae made headlines the day of Brown's death after being shut out of their mansion. The lawyers had changed the locks.

"I think it's about money," she says. "I think it's about the things in the house. They could go to prison and I will make sure they do if they try to steal James Brown footage."

James died of pneumonia on Christmas day after being hospitalized with pneumonia at Emory Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta, GA. He was 73. Heart failure was the reported cause of death. But Tomi was not with him the night before. She tells us he sent her to rehab to cope with issues that arose from the stress of losing her father four months earlier.

"Now my husband, specifically, on the telephone on the night of the day that he died, he told me, he said, 'Stay there, I don't want you to see me this way.' What he said was, 'Baby, I love you. I'm a little lonely, I don't feel too good. I'm sick right now.' He told me to stay and get better and he would see me on Christmas day.'"

In his lifetime Brown was married four times, and served time in jail for
several different offences, including drugs and firearms charges.

In other news, Samuel L. Jackson is being tipped to play James Brown in a movie of the late
soul legend's life.

The film was already in the early planning stages before Brown died.

Rumors are now rife that the film's director Spike Lee, whose past work
includes 'Clockers' and 'Malcolm X', wants Jackson to play the 'Living In
America' singer.

A source is quoted by Britain's Daily Express newspaper as saying: "The film
of Brown's life had actually been planned for some time prior to his death.
Filming is now expected to begin in 2008 and it's understood that Jackson is
in pole position to land the role."

The as yet untitled movie will focus on all aspects of Brown's remarkable
life, including his phenomenal music, his prominent role in the American
civil rights movement and his turbulent private life.

His 1968 hit 'Say it Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud' became an anthem for
African-Americans determined to get the rights and wealth they felt they
deserved.