Oprah, Stepmom in Ugly Eviction Battle

Barbara Winfrey given 60 days to vacate house
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 1, 2014 9:57 AM CDT
Updated Apr 1, 2014 10:59 AM CDT
Oprah, Stepmom in Ugly Eviction Battle
Oprah Winfrey arrives at 2014 Santa Barbara International Film Festival - Montecito Award ceremony on Wednesday, Feb, 5, 2014 in Santa Barbara, Calif.   (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Oprah Winfrey is evicting her former stepmom from the $1.4 million Tennessee home Oprah owns. After an ugly divorce from Oprah's dad, Vernon Winfrey, late last year, 66-year-old Barbara Winfrey now has 60 days to vacate the estate, the Tennessean reports. Oprah originally bought the home for her father and his wife in 2001, but it remained in her name; she originally wanted her stepmother out in 10 days, but a judge recommended Oprah give her more time, and Oprah's attorneys extended the time frame.

Oprah had previously offered Barbara Winfrey another house—a house Barbara originally owned, but which went into foreclosure in 2012. Oprah bought the house at that point, and later offered it to Barbara, but she turned it down. Barbara says that she would have had to sign a confidentiality agreement relating to Oprah had she accepted the house, but a rep for Oprah says the house was offered "free and clear." It seems Barbara is planning to talk freely about Oprah now: "She knows I know the story. And to set me out now, why shouldn't I just tell my story?" Barbara tells WATE. "You're a billionaire. God blessed you to be a billionaire and this is what you do? [This home] it's where I lived for 13 years. That's where my memories are." (More Oprah Winfrey stories.)

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