Gal Costa, who died in November 2022, left a dispute over the inheritance of her assets between Wilma Teodoro Petrillo, the singer’s businesswoman and wife, and the son that the singer adopted at the age of two, Gabriel, and who upon reaching the age of majority this year , took legal action against Wilma to be recognized as sole heir.
The death certificate states that Gal suffered an acute myocardial infarction and that he was already ill, with head and neck cancer, but the 18-year-old wants a new evaluation and has now filed a new request with the Court for the body to be of the mother is exhumed and a new autopsy is carried out to determine the cause of death.
Gabriel also requests that the singer’s remains be transferred from São Paulo to Rio, so that Gal can be buried next to her mother in a perpetual tomb that the singer would have purchased so that she could be buried next to her mother, in the São João Batista Cemetery. , in the South Zone of the city. The decision to bury Gal in São Paulo was made by Wilma Petrillo and Gabriel complains that he was unable to interfere because he was underage at the time.
Gal’s son’s defense disputes that Wilma Petrillo was the singer’s romantic partner during the 20 years she claims, recognizing her only as Gabriel’s businesswoman and godmother.
The singer had been married to Petrillo since 1998, and was also the artist’s manager, and Gal’s partner in two companies.
