《美国寻宝人》明星Frank Fritz遗产纠纷调解破裂：600万美元遗产案11月在Iowa开庭
据 Page Six 10 月 20 日独家报道，真人秀《美国寻宝人》（American Pickers）已故明星 Frank Fritz 的父亲 Bill Fritz 与他的三位朋友之间围绕约 600 万美元遗产的纠纷，在调解无果后将进入庭审：Iowa 州法院已定于 11 月举行陪审团审判。一名知情人士对 Page Six 表示：「调解已经举行，但没有达成任何解决方案。Bill Fritz 想要全部遗产。」
Fritz 于 2024 年 9 月 30 日去世，享年 60 岁，死因为 2022 年 7 月中风后的并发症，那次中风曾令他部分瘫痪。2023 年 10 月，他在生前立下遗嘱；Iowa 一名法官在他去世数周后批准了这份遗嘱。但其生父 Bill Fritz 于 2025 年 2 月提出异议，称遗嘱是「伪造的」，并主张儿子在中风后决策能力受损，无法作出财务决定。Bill 的律师 Cory F. Gourley 此前对 Fox News Digital 表示，他们相信证据将显示这份遗嘱无效。案件卷宗目前处于密封状态，不对公众开放。
站在遗嘱一方的 Annette Oberlander Willows 是 Fritz 的朋友，在他临终时陪伴在侧。她对 Page Six 表示：「我对 Frank 一直问心无愧，整个友谊期间我都忠于他。Frank 并不希望他父亲得到任何东西。」她还说，自己从没想过要因这段友谊获得什么，并表示有信心庭审会让 Frank 的意愿得到尊重。Page Six 就此联系 Bill Fritz 及其律师，未获回应。
Frank Fritz 是 Davenport 人，2010 年起与 Mike Wolfe 共同主持历史频道（History Channel）的《美国寻宝人》，两人驾车走遍美国小镇收购古董与收藏品，该节目成为该频道的长寿热门系列。Fritz 2024 年去世后，其遗产处置一直悬而未决，原定在他去世后举行的安葬也因遗嘱争议一再推迟。
'American Pickers' Star Frank Fritz's Estate Battle Heads to Trial: Mediation Fails in $6 Million Dispute, Iowa Jury Trial Set for November
The fight over the roughly $6 million estate of Frank Fritz, the late star of the reality series American Pickers, is heading to a jury trial in Iowa in November after mediation ended without a resolution, Page Six reported exclusively on October 20. Fritz's father, Bill Fritz, and three of the collector's friends remain on opposite sides of the case. "Mediation happened and there was no resolution," a source told Page Six of the sealed case. "Bill Fritz wants everything."
Fritz died on September 30, 2024, at age 60, from complications of a stroke he suffered in July 2022 that left him partially paralyzed. In October 2023 he filed a "will prior to death," which an Iowa judge approved weeks after his death. His biological father, Bill Fritz, contested the will in February 2025, calling it "fake" and arguing that his son's decision-making capacity was so impaired after the stroke that he could not make or communicate financial decisions. Bill's lawyer, Cory F. Gourley, previously told Fox News Digital that the family believes the evidence will show the will is invalid. The court file is sealed from public view.
Annette Oberlander Willows, a friend who was by Fritz's side when he died, is among those defending the will. "I have always done right by Frank. I was loyal to him throughout our entire friendship. Frank did not wish for his dad to have anything of his," she told Page Six, adding that she never expected to receive anything for the friendship and is confident the trial will honor Fritz's wishes. Bill Fritz and his lawyer did not respond to Page Six's request for comment.
A Davenport native, Fritz co-hosted American Pickers with Mike Wolfe from 2010 on the History Channel, crisscrossing small-town America to buy antiques and collectibles in one of the network's longest-running hit series. His burial has remained on hold while the will contest plays out.
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图片来源：图：《美国寻宝人》主角团队的古董店品牌 Antique Archaeology 店外陈列的古董车（资料图）。Nbastian210 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。Photo: an antique car bearing the Antique Archaeology logo, the store brand from American Pickers (file photo), by Nbastian210, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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