Firefighter's transgender widow decries lawsuit
Man's parents sued spouse, born a male, on behalf of kids from prior marriage
By BRIAN ROGERS
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
July 22, 2010, 9:00PM
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7120408.htmlA Wharton county judge is expected to hear evidence on Friday in the first step toward sorting out the estate of a firefighter killed in the line of duty, in dispute because of a lawsuit between his parents and his widow who was born a male.
Nikki Araguz on Thursday decried allegations lodged in the lawsuit by her late husband's family that she is a fraud because she was born male.
"I'm absolutely devastated about the loss of my husband, a fallen firefighter named Thomas Araguz III, and horrified at the horrendous allegations accusing me of fraud because they are absolutely not true," Araguz said at a Thursday press conference. "And that is all I have to say."
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