“So You Assume You Can Dance” star Joshua Allen was laid to relaxation on Nov. 9, however what occurred throughout his homegoing service has social media in disbelief after a stunning casket second was caught on digicam.
Allen, who died at 36 on Sept. 30, was the Season 4 winner of “So You Assume You Can Dance.” Experiences later revealed that he had intentionally stepped in entrance of a shifting practice. His funeral happened in Fort Value, Texas, although the Fort Value Police Division was referred to as twice to the funeral providers.
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Video reveals Allen’s aunt — an older girl wearing all black with a gray or white hat — and a youthful girl having a verbal altercation exterior of the funeral house.
“Present them the paper what to do,” stated the older girl, earlier than a person added, “She violating the restraining order.”
‘That’s proper. We’re a menace to her,” the lady continued, as the person stated, “Effectively, she shouldn’t be right here. She shouldn’t be right here.”
The video then cuts to a girl carrying a navy blue high and denims strolling as much as the church doorways because the older girl will get shut and says, “Don’t you are available in.” There seemed to be one other alternate of phrases out of the digicam’s view.
“You want to whoop her butt like I stated,” yelled Allen’s aunt. “She ain’t gotta go to jail. We’ll get an alley child,” earlier than pushing her once more.
Moments later, the video captured the identical two girls preventing in entrance of the casket. Allen’s aunt is seen snatching up the youthful girl by her hair or head as she tries to provide Allen a closing kiss within the casket, and a struggle ensued on the spot.
Voices are heard on the video shouting, “No! No! No! No!” One other voice is heard saying, “It’s a struggle. They’re preventing.”
Powell confirmed to the outlet {that a} relative of Allen’s mom Lisa immediately rushed towards the lady as she tried to put a notice contained in the coffin with Allen. Experiences point out that Angela Tolbert had given Powell “direct permission” to attend, which made the emotional and chaotic scene that adopted all of the extra stunning.
“She was his coronary heart. She was making an attempt to assist him get psychological well being remedy when the police obtained concerned as a substitute,” stated Powell, who added that she’d hoped to marry Allen. “She got here in peace. She confirmed nothing however grace, persistence, and love.”
So You Assume You Can Dance winner Joshua Allen died after being struck by a practice on September 30.
His funeral changed into chaos when his ex-girlfriend—who had a restraining order towards him—confirmed up. Mama was not having it, and when the ex bent all the way down to kiss him, all hell… pic.twitter.com/XHELjSu2ul
— Irish Kat❤️ (@IrishKat00) November 10, 2025
Powell has stood by her declare that the lady was Allen’s girlfriend on the time of his demise, however one other mourner has publicly disputed that, insisting she was an ex. The contradictory accounts have solely intensified hypothesis about what actually occurred that day betweer her and his aunt.
After the video circulated on-line, one Instagram person reacted in shock and requested, “Is that this the dancer’s funeral?”
Many others echoed the sentiment, “Lord have mercy,” calling the struggle “disrespectful” to the household and others who attended to say their closing goodbyes to Allen.
“There isn’t any purpose in any respect for being disrespectful and ignorant wherever none much less a FUNERAL,” famous one person. “She might’ve grabbed her exterior, however waited till she obtained within the service the place lots of people might seize her. All the factor’s simply disgraceful,” added one other.
A couple of individuals speculated that the lady within the hat was Allen’s grandma, which has not been confirmed. They wrote, “Don’t know what occurred however simply this video, I might press costs on the woman within the white hat.”
Concerning the lady’s assertion in regards to the restraining order, one particular person requested, “When he died wasn’t the restraining order lifted?” This prompted one particular person to answer, “The ex-girlfriend (girl with braids) had a restraining order towards the household.”
The altercation happened earlier than the funeral started. Throughout that point, Allen’s aunt apologized to individuals sitting within the sanctuary as she stated, “I’m going to ask everybody within the church [for] forgiveness of me … that everyone name me ‘the imply.’ I simply act on my feelings. Y’all forgive me for my actions at the moment, however I’m in a really emotional way of thinking.”
Allen was the season 4 winner of the “So You Assume You Can Dance” competitors in 2008. Powell famous that his son had struggled with psychological well being, and his girlfriend, who stays unnamed, desperately tried to assist him. He needs individuals to recollect Allen’s “lovely soul” and “a person preventing battles that too many individuals ignore. That’s what I need individuals to recollect.”
