Here's Who Inherited John Belushi's Money After He Died

March 2024 ยท 1 minute read

While we can only speculate about how other family members of the Belushi household felt about being excluded from the late comedian's will, John Belushi's posthumous earnings did spark some legal troubles decades after his death. His widow Judith remarried a man named Victor Pisano, but in 2015 the couple filed for divorce (via Hollywood Reporter). A prenuptial agreement stated that each person would keep their intellectual property rights from one another in the case of divorce, a useful clause given that both were involved in the entertainment industry as producers.

An issue arose from the fact that a majority of Judith's earnings came from her late husband, as franchises like "Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers" are still profitable to this day. Pisano claimed that he hadn't waived alimony rights for Belushi-based income, and that those rights weren't covered by the prenup. The claims were limited by a judge, a decision held up by an appeals court. Not everything went Judith's way, however, as debt from a sizable loan from Jim Belushi was determined to be hers alone. Even 30 years after his passing, John Belushi's will had ramifications.

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