{"id":3225,"date":"2023-10-19T02:10:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T00:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=3225"},"modified":"2023-10-19T02:10:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T00:10:37","slug":"tyler-perry-building-home-for-93-year-old-woman-being-pushed-out-of-property-family-owned-since-civil-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=3225","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Perry building home for 93-year-old woman being \u2018pushed out\u2019 of property family owned since Civil War"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve followed the career of Tyler Perry for any length of time, you\u2019ll be well aware that he\u2019s got a track record of being a good guy.<\/p>\n

Well, it turns out the actor and filmmaker is at it again, this time coming to the aid of a 93-year-old who claims she\u2019s in the process of being \u201cforce[d] off the land\u201d owned by her family since the days of the Civil War.<\/p>\n

According to reports, the woman in question, Josephine Wright, is locked in a legal fight with developers Bailey Point Investment LLC, who are carrying out plans to construct 147 three-story townhouses in the area where Josephine lives.<\/p>\n

TMZ say Perry first got wind of Josephine\u2019s plight earlier this year in July. Bailey Point were vying to buy the 93-year-old\u2019s land in Hilton Head, South Carolina to make room for the aforementioned properties.<\/p>\n

Only, Josephine had no intention of selling, not least because the land has been in her family for numerous generations. As a result, BP filed a lawsuit to seize control of her property.<\/p>\n

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\nYouTube \/ CNN<\/p>\n

Needless to say, Josephine was left distraught\u2026 and facing the serious possibility of losing her home.<\/p>\n

In an effort to fight the lawsuit, Josephine\u2019s family set up a GoFundMe page to her cover the cost of her legal fees, and she\u2019s attracted support from all corners, including from Tyler Perry, who shared her story on his Instagram, writing:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018I\u2019ve pretty much been a fighter all my life\u2019 said 93 year old Josephine Wright. Well, that makes two of us. Ms. Wright, please tell where to show up and what you need to help you fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

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NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 12: Actor Tyler Perry enters the “Good Morning America” taping at the ABC Times Square Studios on March 12, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Ray Tamarra\/GC Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nCredit \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

Not only that, but TMZ now say that Perry is building Josephine a five-bedroom home in South Carolina to replace the one she\u2019s living in with her grandchildren.<\/p>\n

The construction crew is supposedly ready to break ground on the new home in the next few weeks, though are currently waiting for the necessary permits to be finalized.<\/p>\n

Last month, Josephine\u2019s family wrote on the GoFundMe page that a tree had fallen through the roof of her home.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter we had an amazing weekend celebrating and honoring Grandma Josephine in Bluffton at the Roots & Rivers Festival and through a powerful yoga session at her home on Sunday, the tree decided to give up and give in,\u201d the page said.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrandma Josephine wasn\u2019t home and luckily, no human was injured. I can\u2019t say the same for the house. She sustained 2 holes in her roof.\u201d<\/p>\n

We\u2019re wishing the best for Grandma Josephine moving forward! And props to Tyler Perry for helping out! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve followed the career of Tyler Perry for any length of time, you\u2019ll be well aware that he\u2019s got a track record of being a good guy. Well, it turns out the actor and filmmaker is at it again, this time coming to the aid of a 93-year-old who claims she\u2019s in the process […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3228,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3225\/revisions\/3228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}