Tennessee Man Accused Of Stealing Over $10M In Cash, Cryptocurrency From George Jones’ Widow
on Jul 25, 2025
A Man From Franklin, Tennessee Has Been Charged With Stealing Money From George Jones’ Widow
A Tennessee man has been accused of stealing millions in cryptocurrency and hundreds of thousands in cash from his former girlfriend, Nancy Jones, the widow of country music legend George Jones, her attorney confirmed to a local news outlet.
Kirk West, a 58-year-old man from Franklin, Tennessee, has been arrested and charged with theft.
An affidavit states that on Wednesday (July 23), Jones reported a theft, alleging that West stole around $400,000 in cash and a Ledger cryptocurrency wallet from two safes in her Franklin home on or around June 26.
Jones’ Granddaughter Reports Money Missing
According to court documents, Jones contacted her granddaughter last month and asked her to secure cash and jewelry from a safe after suspecting that her longtime romantic partner, Kirk West, was being unfaithful.
The documents showed that the granddaughter discovered that $400,000 in cash and a Ledger cryptocurrency wallet, containing approximately 5,534,307 units of XRP, were missing from the safe.
Police stated that West was the only individual, aside from Jones, who had access to the wallet’s private key.
Court documents revealed that Jones stated that she asked Kirk West to leave her home on June 28. West allegedly later called Jones and told her he would return $5 million of the stolen cryptocurrency to her bank account, claiming that was all she would receive.
West faces a charge of theft exceeding $250,000, according to authorities. His bond has been set at $1 million, and he is scheduled to appear in court on October 23.
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Who Is Nancy Jones?
Nancy Jones is the widow of George Jones, the iconic country music legend known for hits like “White Lightning” and “The Grand Tour.”
Nancy was George’s fourth wife, and while she admitted to PEOPLE in 2023 that they had their fair share of problems, he was a “good man.”
The widow released her book Playin’ Possum: My Memories of George Jones, in September 2023, detailing their life together.
“I’m not going to lie. It’s all in [the book]. But I knew there was a good man there. I loved this man, and I knew I was fighting for a good man, and I knew that it was not George when he was acting up and being drunk and doing the things he was doing that was not him. It was those demons coming out,” she explained.
Listen to George Jones’ “White Lightning” below.
