Venus and Serena Williams started their tennis journey from their home. With Richard Williams as their coach and their backyard as their court. However, now the place that holds some of the best memories of the duo is in danger. The Williams family’s Florida-based home is about to land on the bidding table. The four-bedroom house worth around 1.45 million dollars is destined to be sold within 14 days.
Farewell to the first home.
The house holds a long twisted history. Firstly, Williams lost the ownership of the house because Richard allegedly gave it to his estranged wife Lakeisha for a mere 10 bucks.
Richard Williams got defrauded.
Williams' argument still stands strong on the point that he got robbed as his wife used fraudulent methods to slip the property. In fact, he filed a case against Lakeisha, accusing her of forging his signature on title deeds.
The current status of the house.
The Florida-based house is under the jaws of the ‘hard lender’ David Simon. Simon loaned Lakeisha a sum of $279,000, which she spent on a failed trucking business. As a result of which the property is up for sale. with the majority of proceeds going to the lender.
Venus and Serena Williams’ story.
Both Serena and Venus started playing tennis under the guidance of Richard Williams. The former world no.1s are currently the top two players on the list of WTA career prize money leaders. Further, they share the record of winning three women’s doubles Olympic gold medals.