John Singleton's Daughter Disputes Coma Claims; Says Filmmaker Could Leave ICU This Week

After multiple reports have surfaced that director John Singleton is in a coma, his daughter Cleopatra Singleton is speaking out against such claimsโ€”specifically, against those of her grandmother. Cleopatra says that Sheila Ward, John Singletonโ€™s mother, is โ€œmisrepresentingโ€ his condition. Suggested Reading The Ever-Growing List of Lawsuits Against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Take a Look Inside…

After multiple reports have surfaced that director John Singleton is in a coma, his daughter Cleopatra Singleton is speaking out against such claimsโ€”specifically, against those of her grandmother. Cleopatra says that Sheila Ward, John Singletonโ€™s mother, is โ€œmisrepresentingโ€ his condition.

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Ward, who wants temporary conservatorship over her son, says that the 51-year-old is in a coma and had a โ€œmajor strokeโ€ more than a week ago, according to CNN. In legal papers seen by the news network, Ward says Singleton is incapacitated, โ€œunable to provide for his personal needsโ€ or โ€œmanage his financial resources.โ€

Cleopatra Singleton does not want her grandmother named conservator because as the directorโ€™s โ€œpersonal and business manager,โ€ she says, Ward has a conflict of interest. Cleopatra also disputes Wardโ€™s claim that John Singleton is in a coma, according to court papers filed Friday.

From CNN:

โ€œAlthough they do not have a concrete diagnosis, my dad is progressing every day...he is only medically sedated to keep his blood pressure low and allow the vessels in his brain to heal,โ€ Cleopatra Singletonโ€™s filing states.

She also claims in her filing that the filmmaker has been responding to stimuli and that a doctor has said the filmmaker could be out of the ICU in five days.

On April 20, unnamed members of John Singletonโ€™s family told news outlets that he did have a stroke. The director of films including Baby Boy, Boyz n the Hood and Poetic Justice had most recently collaborated on the FX series Snowfall, which finished its second season last year and has been renewed for a third.

Correction: Sept. 21, 2019, 11:53 a.m. ET: This story has been edited to remove unattributed text and to add fuller sourcing.

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