The family of Stephen “tWitch” Boss are gearing up to take legal action against his widow, Allison Holker, over claims she has made about the late DJ since his death by suicide in December 2022.
The public feud was sparked by the release Holker’s memoir, “This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light,” earlier this month. It contains no shortage of bombshell allegations about the former “Ellen DeGeneres Show” producer, including that he struggled with substance abuse.
In a statement shared on Instagram, Boss’ family said they were “completely appalled by the misleading accounts and inconsistencies in Allison’s book.” They added that they have “repeatedly shown compassion toward Allison despite her disrespectful and evasive actions,” and went on to accuse her of trying to “reshape” Boss’ “story into a narrative that aligns with her perspective.
“Stephen does not deserve this treatment, in life or death, and her accounts cause us to doubt everything she has uttered publicly and privately,” the family continued.
“Due to the unproven statements published in Allison’s memoir, we have decided to seek legal counsel to examine this matter,” they concluded. “There are a lot of unanswered questions and we want answers.”
The family also said Holker —who shares kids Weslie, 16, Maddox, 8, and Zaia, 6, with Boss —caused “unnecessary hurt” through allegations made in wake of the TV personality’s death.
In her memoir, Holker acknowledged knowing about her husband’s marijuana use, but said she “had no idea that Stephen was in an almost constant state of being high.” She also recalled going through his things after his suicide, which is how she uncovered a “cornucopia of drugs” in his closet.
“What I found was a lot more than shoes,” she wrote. “There were ziplocked bags of psychedelic mushrooms—some of the bags were full; some were half-empty; a few contained only one or two mushrooms. There were other substances that I had to look up on my phone.”
According to Boss’ autopsy, there were not drugs in his system at the time of his death. He was 40 years old.
Boss’ mother, Connie Boss, in an interview earlier this week disputed the claim that her son had been abusing drugs.
“I don’t believe that there was that type of issue, that type of problem,” Connie said on CBS. “And don’t get me wrong, I applaud speaking about mental health awareness, ’cause of course, there was something going on there at the end that we’re not aware of.”