the money and power of farrah fawcett. ryan o neal won a papering that is worth up to $12 million. he was fighting the united states of texas which claimed fawcett left the paging to the university in her will. the testimony was at times emotional. o neal telling jurors about the paging saying i talked to it. i talk to her. michelle turner has more on the drama. reporter: a striking port rath painted by a modern master and the focus of a courtroom battle between the man who said he loved the iconic actress and the university she bequeathed her art collection to. ultimately a los angeles jury decided ryan o neal who had a son with fawcett was entitled to keep the painting which could be worth up to $12 million. but o neal says to him, it is a
andy warhol portrait of farrah fawcett. you might recall he was locked in a battle for the portrait with the university of texas at austin which claimed fawcett left it to the university in her will. the duck dynasty controversy is not dying down. the stars of the reality show seem to be threatening they won t return to the series without their patriarch phil robertson. he was suspended for making comments that many call home w homephobic and insensitive. the robertsons are backing the man they say is the head of their family. here s their official stance. they say, quote, we are disappointed that phil has been placed on hiatus for expressing his faith, which is his constitutionally protected right.
will. faith jenkins, prosecutor. it s talk about the difficulty of proving this case. two of the three people are deceased with andy end warhol and farrah fawcett. ryan o neal clamoring about this. how do you see this playing out? there s a new witness that has come forward. she says she just heard about the lawsuit. so she s now coming forward saying that farrah fawcett told her that this portrait did indeed belong to ryan o neal. and fawcett made that statement several months before she died. so the university of texas actually tried to keep this witness off the witness stand. they argued that o neal s attorneys should have known about this witness. this is very much a surprise to them. they did not want her to testify. but the judge said no. she should be allowed to testify. she has pertinent information. this may actually be a huge revelation for this case because now the jurors are going to hear a woman who seemingly has no dog in this fight come forward and say that this portra
ryan o neill boyfriend but never husband said the paining is his. but her alma mater is accusing him of stealing the painting and say the belongs to the university of texas. reporter: it is a hollywood custody battle unlikele others. a fight over this portrait. an original andy warhol of the late hollywood actress farrah fawcett. fawcett s former lover ryan o neill who lived when the actress for years said the portrait belongs to him. the papering at the center of the trial hangs above his head at his malibu beach house as seen here in the reality show, the o neills. but her alma mater, the university of austin at texas is saying it is theirs, that fawcett left it to him. is his story believable? that will be crucial. we re only hearing about this through the experience of ryan
university of texas at austin is suing o neal saying the portrait is theirs, that fawcett left to them after her death in 2009. is his story believable? is that s going to be crucial. we re only hearing about this through the experience of ryan o neal. he s the sole survivor. andy warhol can t testify, farrah fawcett can t testify. reporter: o neal took the stand on monday saying he, quote, removed the painting a week or more after she died from her condo. o neal says the portrait of the iconic charlie angels star was above his bed when fawcett caught him between the sheets with a 25-year-old woman which led to hair breakup in 1997. he says he removed the portrait and returned it to fawcett because his, quote, young friend was uncomfortable. the portrait is one of two similar prints warhol created in