If the family seemed reunited at the time of Johnny's death two and a half years ago, the Hallyday clan imploded a few days later. Back on a very media soap opera which ends with an agreement this Friday between Laeticia and Laura Smet.
December 5, 2017. Disappearance of Johnny Hallyday, at the age of 74, in Marnes-la-Coquette (Hauts-de-Seine). He is buried on the Caribbean island of Saint-Barthélémy, where he has property.
February 12, 2018. "I chose to fight". Laura Smet sends AFP a letter in which she reveals that she and her brother David are missing from the last will drawn up in 2014 in the United States by their father and that they will challenge it in court.
March 31, 2018. First real hearing at the Nanterre tribunal de grande instance. The judges consider Laura and David's request. The exchanges between their lawyers are tense.
April 12, 2018. "I will one day be ready to forgive". Læticia Hallyday gives a river interview at Le Point in which she says she has “a lot of empathy for the suffering of David and Laura. "
April 13, 2018. First judicial round won by Laura and David. The Nanterre court freezes part of Johnny's real estate and artist's rights, pending the judgment on the merits.
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October 19, 2018. Release of Johnny's 51st and last album. "My country is love" will sell 1.7 million copies.
March 29, 2019. Hearing on the validity of his American will and the central question: Was Johnny a resident of the United States or France? Laeticia's lawyers reveal that the singer wanted to become American.
May 28, 2019. The Nanterre court considers that Johnny was a French resident and that French justice is therefore competent to examine the singer's estate.
VIDEO. Johnny recognized French resident, what does it change for the heirs?
July 2019. Læticia Hallyday and her father, André Boudou, reconcile. First effect, she separates from the lawyer Ardavan Amir-Aslani who managed his business with Johnny since 2010. He is replaced by the Montpellier Gilles Gauer, close to André Boudou, and Jacques Verrecchia, historical lawyer of the rocker.
August 2019. New spat around the transfer to Saint-Barth of Johnny's body in a family vault. Laura and David claim that they were not informed of the project by Laeticia.
September 10, 2019. Second effect of André Boudou's return: Johnny's last manager, Sébastien Farran, resigns.
October 15, 2019. "I choose peace". Laeticia Hallyday withdraws its appeal from the May 28 judgment. Now is the time for appeasement and negotiation.
January 2020. Johnny's coffin is transferred to a new vault at night. Laeticia, Laura and David have reached an agreement.
June 2020. Laeticia Hallyday and her daughters return from Los Angeles to Paris to sign the agreement around the estate.
VIDEO. Tribute to Johnny Hallyday: 200 bikers fans of the rocker climb the Tourmalet
