The “Pawn Stars’” Rick Harrison has some dismal news.

Rick Harrison’s mother allegedly filed a lawsuit against him in a dispute over the family’s assets and ownership of the Las Vegas business that was featured on the enduring reality TV program “Pawn Stars.”. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Joanne Harrison’s mother, Harrison, was represented by attorneys who brought a civil lawsuit in a Nevada state court. The defendants include a number of people and businesses, including Rick Harrison, Harrison Properties, JoRich Properties, and The Gold and Silver Pawn Shop.

“I think people are taking advantage of my 81-year-old mother for their own gain,” Rick Harrison told the newspaper. It is false to make the accusations. “.

Joanne Harrison was married to the late Richard Harrison, who was also known as “The Old Man” on the show, for 58 years before he passed away, according to the breach-of-contract claim. She claims that while she was in the hospital in either 2000 or 2001, one of the couple’s three sons, Rick Harrison, forced her to give him a 51 percent ownership stake in the pawn shop. Austin “Chumlee” Russell, a close family friend, and Richard Corey Harrison, a grandson of the Harrison family, appeared in a 2009 History Channel program that was filmed there. A 49 percent ownership interest in the pawn shop was transferred to Joanne Harrison following the death of Richard Harrison in 2018, according to the lawsuit. Though not all of the company’s financial records have been provided to her by Rick Harrison. In addition, Joanne Harrison claims that she has not been able to obtain a precise accounting of the more than $500,000 in cash and silver that her husband is alleged to have accumulated prior to his death. The lawsuit requests specific damages, an asset accounting, and “a constructive trust” over any property owned by Joanne Harrison in addition to asking the court to prevent Rick Harrison from using Joanne Harrison’s money.