James Brown seems to be just as controversial in (recent) death as he was in his very eventful life. The godfather of soul is laid out resting peacefully in his Georgia mansion, where his live-in girlfriend was immediately barred from entering after he died. It seems like his legal vultures are contesting the estate and that no one has jurisdiction over his body yet.

He’s being kept in a guarded climate-controlled environment that sounds quite creepy:

Two weeks after James Brown, 73, died of heart failure, problems concerning his estate, his will and his resting place, are still unsolved. An attorney for the singer said they will all be handled in “due course.”

According to Charles Reid, manger of the C.A. Reid Funeral Home in Augusta, Ga., which handled the services, the soul singer’s body was taken back to his Beech Island home where it lays locked in a casket. Reid also said the room’s temperature is controlled and kept safe by security guards.

The house has been sealed since shortly after his death. His attorney said the move was necessary as a protection measure for his memorabilia, clothing and other items.

It’s mean to bar a man’s partner and the mother of his child from entering her house just so you can get a bigger cut of the memorabilia profits. She seems to be coping with the help of pharmaceuticals.

Meanwhile a rape case against Brown may still go to trial. A woman is fighting the statute of limitations on rape cases and is trying to proceed with a lawsuit that charges Brown with raping her 20 years ago. She says it’s too bad she won’t be able to face him in court, but that she is filing a case against his organization. Her case was rejected in court last year due to the time elapsed since the supposed incident.