Serena Williams’ stepmother ‘goes AWOL’ amid a bitter divorce court battle and crumbling family drama involving King Richard

SERENA Williams’ stepmother has reportedly gone AWOL to prevent her divorce from “King Richard,” who is desperate to separate after she allegedly stole his $1.4 million home.

It has now emerged that a judge had to step in and issue an urgent ex parte order requiring former Miami stripper Lakeisha Williams to comply with mediation and open her financial records to Richard’s legal time, which she wouldn’t do. show court records.

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Lakeisha has been warned that she could face jail time if she continues her behavior, according to court documents.

The 44-year-old, 37 years younger than legendary tennis coach Richard, 81, is said to have forged his signature on the title deeds of his four-bed mansion in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. and transferred the location to her name, which meant she could get a home loan borrowed $255,000 from “hard lender” David Simon using the property as collateral.

She screwed it all up with a failed trucking business, and Simon has spent a six-year court battle trying to recover his money but says it wasn’t repaid because she spent it on “fast food and frivolities.”

The debt now totals over $600,000, including interest and legal fees.

Richard and his son Chavoita Lesane spoke exclusively to The US Sun to claim that she stole his vehicles and cashed his Social Security checks behind his back, with Lakeisha admitting to selling a Bluebird RV with wild claims Richard did leaving her and her son Dylan. Ten, no food, so I didn’t have a choice.

We also revealed last week that before she met Richard, Lakeisha had lost another home in Fort Lauderdale, racked up $203,000 in debt, faced seven lawsuits from angry creditors including American Express and debt collectors, and had a grocery store that was financially collapsing.

Lakeisha is hit from all sides but digs in.

She delays the sale of the Palm Beach Gardens home by repeatedly trying to file for bankruptcy, the third attempt dragging through the courts.

And she’s not going along with the divorce, reportedly refusing to deal with any of Richard’s attorneys’ requests.

However, the judge has now stepped on the gas, ordering her to respond to her attempts to get her to open her financial records and answer her interrogations, court records show.

An ex parte order will only be issued in extreme circumstances.

This week, Chavoita revealed that Lakeisha lived in a small outbuilding on the grounds of Richard’s former home, which due to her neglect is in such a dilapidated state it’s worth half its value.

He said: “As far as I know, Lakeisha now lives in what we call the ‘dog kennel’ next to the main house.

“My dad converted a clubhouse into a small studio and I’m told she lives there with Betty [her aunt]. They’re just playing games.”

It’s hard to understand Lakeisha’s financial thinking over the years, but Los Angeles real estate agent Tony Mariotti of Ruby Home tried to shed some insight, calling her behavior “sociopathic.”

He says: “She does it because she can.

“It all goes wrong because if 100 percent of your behavior is focused on extracting equity from real estate instead of building equity, eventually you will run out of equity to extract.

“And when you stop paying your lender, they shut down.

“She sounds like a short-term thinker with sociopathic tendencies who hops from rush to rush until she gets caught.

“The pattern continues until the wheels fall off. Who knows where the end point will be? What if she gets arrested and put in jail?”

Mariotti added: “This behavior becomes a crime when someone misrepresents their financial situation in any way.

“Getting a loan based on inflating your assets or equity you have in your properties is fraud. That’s where potential jail time comes in.”

The US Sun has reached out to Lakeisha’s legal team for comment.

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