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In the history of poor little rich girls, Tori Spelling may be the poorest.
At least that's the way her story is told in the new Us Weekly, which quotes sources as saying the daughter of Aaron Spelling will inherit just $800,000 of the TV legend's estimated $500 million fortune.
The magazine previously quoted "a pal" as saying the Beverly Hills 90210 alum stood to net "a significant portion" of the dynasty that Dynasty, et al., built.
Crunching the revised numbers in its Aug. 7 issue, Us reports Tori Spelling's designated share amounts to a 0.16 percent fragment of the nine-figure largesse. The actress' next likely move, according to the magazine: Contesting the will--potentially charging that an ailing Aaron Spelling "was not of sound mind" when he signed revisions to the document three months prior to his June 23 death.
"She was never banking on getting a lot of money," the "pal" tells the magazine. "[But] she thinks it's weird that an interior designer would get almost as much as her."
The interior designer in question is Robert Dolley, described by Us as "Candy's home decorator." Aaron Spelling's will calls for Dolley to receive $50,000, Us says. Other reported payouts: $50,000 to Aaron Spelling's brother Danny; and $25,000 to Ernestine Young, "Candy's personal manicurist." (Young reportedly won't get her money until after Candy Spelling's death.)
Tori Spelling's inheritance is said to be shy some zeroes because of her ongoing estrangement from her mother.
While Us' moles intimate that Candy Spelling put the kibosh on Tori getting more money, the magazine further reports that Randy Spelling, Tori Spelling's 27-year-old actor brother, who is not estranged from his mother, also will inherit $800,000.
Still, Us' pro-Tori insiders insist Tori and Randy will not be treated equally. "Randy is set for life," a source tells the magazine. "Candy will take care of him."
Candy Spelling is the sole executor of her late husband's estate, Us says.
A call seeking comment from the widow's publicist was not returned Wednesday. The Spelling matriarch declined to talk to Us for its article. Her daughter's associates, however, were not nearly as tight-lipped.
In Us, "a pal" restates Tori Spelling's concern that her mother "was cheating on her dad"--the reputed tipping point in their relationship. (Candy Spelling has denied any such extracurricular activity.) "A friend" says Tori is, in the words of the magazine, "deeply hurt and confused by the insult of the will." And "a source," who may or may not be a pal, says Tori "doesn't have enough money to buy an apartment, let alone a house."
For her part, Tori declined to comment on the matter of her inheritance.
"I'm moving on with my life," the actress, who wed actor Dean McDermott in May, tells Us. "I'm just focusing on starting a loving and healthy family."
(For the record, the magazine terms the newlywed's maternity status as "not pregnant, but trying.")
Playing up the she's-no-heiress angle, Us notes it interviewed Tori at a thrift store in Canada (where the U.S. dollar carries slightly more buying power) and shows photographs of her and McDermott window shopping at a pawn shop and scanning lottery tickets.
According to the magazine, the 33-year-old star, late of the semiautobiographical VH1 comedy series so noTORIous, lives in a rented house in Southern California's San Fernando Valley, subsists on income from made-for-TV movies and "hasn't accepted a cent from her family since starting on Beverly Hills, 90210," which was produced by her father.
The Us profile, "Tori's Heartbreak," is the latest volley in a PR war that erupted immediately after Aaron Spelling's death. The sniping was highlighted by Tori's accusation--also delivered via Us--that her mother didn't inform her of her father's passing and by Candy's retort that her daughter's comments were "mean spirited."