{"id":2151051,"date":"2025-11-12T08:57:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T08:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2151051"},"modified":"2025-11-12T08:57:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T08:57:25","slug":"sytycd-alum-joshua-allens-family-speaks-out-after-fight-at-his-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sytycd-alum-joshua-allens-family-speaks-out-after-fight-at-his-funeral\/","title":{"rendered":"SYTYCD Alum Joshua Allen’s Family Speaks Out After Fight at His Funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A physical altercation allegedly occurred as So You Think You Can Dance<\/em> alum Joshua Allen<\/strong><\/a> was memorialized with a funeral service following his tragic death.<\/p>\n

Video footage from the service held in Texas, which has since been shared on social media<\/a>, appeared to show a brawl between two women who had come to pay their respects.<\/p>\n

Allen\u2019s father, Eddie Powell, told\u00a0TMZ<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>on Tuesday, November 11, that the woman initially leaning over Allen\u2019s casket was the reality star\u2019s girlfriend. Powell told the outlet that Allen\u2019s mother, Angela Tolbert, allegedly assaulted the girlfriend, who apparently received permission to attend. (Separate family members have since told TMZ\u00a0<\/em>that the altercation involved Allen\u2019s ex-girlfriend.)<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was his heart,\u201d Powell said of Allen\u2019s significant other. \u201cShe was trying to help him get mental health treatment when the police got involved instead.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ahead of the service, Allen\u2019s loved ones raised money for his funeral expenses via a GoFundMe campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cJoshua\u2019s passing was sudden and devastating. To honor his life with the love, dignity and care he deserves, we are raising funds for his \u2018Homegoing\u2019 \u2014 a four-part celebration that includes a wake, funeral, burial and repass,\u201d a message on the GoFundMe page read. \u201cThe funds raised through this campaign will go directly toward covering funeral and burial costs.\u201d<\/p>\n

News broke on October 1 that Allen \u2014 who won season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance<\/em> in 2008 \u2014 died at age 36<\/a>. A family member told TMZ<\/em> at the time that Allen was struck and killed by a train<\/a>. He reportedly died in a hospital near his Texas home on September 30.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the last things he said was to keep God first at all times,\u201d the relative recalled. \u201cYou have to be real with yourself before you can be real with anybody else.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/em> previously confirmed that police responded to railroad tracks near an intersection in south Fort Worth at approximately 1 a.m. local time on September 30. Authorities found a man who had been hit by a train and transported the victim to a nearby medical facility.<\/p>\n

According to a police report obtained by Us Weekly<\/em>, the train\u2019s conductors saw Allen walking along the tracks toward the train from approximately 200 feet away, but they were unable to stop the train before it struck him.<\/p>\n

In the aftermath of the tragedy, an investigation into Allen\u2019s death was launched as condolences poured in from his So You Think You Can Dance<\/em> family.<\/p>\n

\u201cJoshua Allen brought fire, heart and soul to every performance,\u201d read a statement shared via the reality show\u2019s X account on October 6. \u201cHis legacy will forever live on in the dance world and in our hearts. Rest easy \u2764\ufe0f #SYTYCD.\u201d<\/p>\n

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