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Leslie Odom Jr.’s father is accusing him of financial elder abuse. The Philly-raised Tony winner denies the allegations.

Leslie Odom Jr. called his father's allegation “devastating and meritless."

Actor Leslie Odom Jr. arrives for the premiere of "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Sept. 10, 2022.
Actor Leslie Odom Jr. arrives for the premiere of "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Sept. 10, 2022.Read moreValerie Macon / MCT

Leslie Odom Jr., the actor and singer who grew up in Philadelphia, is facing a lawsuit from his father, alleging financial elder abuse for promising to purchase his parents’ homes but not following through.

The lawsuit by Leslie Odom Sr., the father of the actor who depicted Aaron Burr in the original cast of Hamilton, paints a picture of a tight-knit family that had a falling-out in the aftermath of fame and fortune. In a complaint filed Jan. 21 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the elder Odom accuses his Tony Award-winning son of making false financial promises and cutting communication in the family, equivalent to more than $3 million in damages.

The younger Odom called the allegations “devastating and meritless” in a statement to the Los Angeles Times, which first reported the lawsuit. The Inquirer was unable to reach the actor for comment, and the attorney representing the elder Odom did not respond to a request for comment.

After the success of Hamilton, subsequent roles in film and television, music albums, and a memoir published in 2018, the younger Odom promised to buy his parents a new house, “to pay back Senior for being a great father,” the complaint says.

So in December 2018, the actor’s parents packed up the Philadelphia house in which they had lived since 1993, and moved to a house their son purchased for them in Wyncote, Montgomery County, according to the lawsuit. They sold the Philadelphia home following the move.

But a few months later, the younger Odom asked his parents to move to Los Angeles, where he lived, to help with his kids.

“In exchange, Junior promised to purchase Senior a house in Los Angeles,” the lawsuit said.

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The actor allegedly sold the Wyncote property without sharing the proceeds with his father, despite promising him ownership of the house. And while in Los Angeles, his father lived in rentals for nearly three years, the lawsuit claims.

The final move was in 2024, the lawsuit says, when the younger Odom allegedly promised to buy his parents a house wherever they’d like. His father moved to South Carolina, but claims his son didn’t buy him a house as allegedly promised, leaving him without any property.

The lawsuit accuses the actor of becoming “enraged” when his father asked him to fulfill the alleged promise to purchase a house. The complaint claims that the actor began communicating with his father only through attorneys, hacked his father’s electric utility account, and cut communications between his children and their grandfather.

“Senior’s wife is undergoing psychological therapy to deal with the emotional burden of Junior’s actions,” the complaint said. “As a result, Senior and his wife are not as close. Senior’s wife does not show the love, affection, and support that she once showed him.”

The actor’s mother is not a party to the lawsuit, which the father filed alone.

The elder Odom claims that he suffered financial losses exceeding $750,000, and general damages exceeding $2,500,000.

“I have provided years of extensive financial support to my father,” the actor said in a statement to the Los Angeles Times. “I have no choice but to defend myself in court. I am confident that the truth will prevail.”