Bernice King Says Family Had To Sue Her Brother

July 22nd, 2008

The siblings have been squabbling over their famous parents’ estate

Bernice, Marty King
In the latest verbal volley between the children of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Martin III and Bernice King said that they had to sue Dexter King in order to preserve their father’s legacy and the family estate. “We love our brother, yet we cannot ignore our responsibility to ensure that the corporation we are all shareholders and directors of is properly managed,” they told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution through a statement from their attorney, Josh Smith. “Our right to obtain corporate documents that we have personally requested in the past few years, and more recently in the lawsuit that we have filed, have been continuously ignored.” Go to BET.com/News for more on this story. Do you think the Kings will work out their communication problem?

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Anna Said on

what people fail to realize is that no matter who you are or how famous you are, there are family members who do not want to be accountable to anyone. Business is business, you can’t perserve a family legacy if one member is going to do things without regards to who it is going to affect. I’m sure it was hard for Bernice and her brother to have to take legal intervention but you also can’t stand by and allow one person to destroy what took years to build up either. My mother came from a large family and when her mother passed, one of the brothers took it upon himself to take resources that should have been split among the siblings and not just one person. This always causes confusion and hard feelings among family members. I do agree the King Siblings should come together but you can’t make grown people do what they should which is why there is legal intervention.



Gwen Said on

Anna, I’m in full agreement with you! When family situations take place like what is occuring with the King Family, family members are left with few choices but to use legal intervention!



seschris Said on

Gwen:

I did not take your posting personally. None of this blogging is personal. And likewise I don’t know you either but I too stand behind everything that I said! This blog is for ALL to state opinions and to make our individual judgments!!! You made yours and I made mine. There is a fine line between judgment and opinion. If the King offspring were truly using WISDOM this would not be a public fight. They are giving interviews discussing private family matters and providing private financial documents for the media. The judicial system is NOT the best place for a family to deal with family issues. It doesn’t help it only makes things worst. They are bring shame to MLK’s legacy of peace and love!!!

Have a blessed day?



marion Said on

Family matters should stay in the family. When the courts get involved there is always more trouble and harder feelings. You should never have to involve the law to deal with personal family matters. Perhaps the fact that they were estranged contributed to the breach? Why were they estranged? Why couldn’t they talk? Pride played a big part I’m sure. Why did they fall apart when the mom and other sister passed? This is a stain on the King’s legacy!!! Have they ever held real jobs? Busy sitting around counting daddies money. Greedy brats living off their parents blood, sweat and tears.



Laura Said on

THIS Is NOT ABOUT GREED IT IS ABOUT ONE FAMILY MEMBER BELIEVEING THAT HE CAN DO WHATEVER HE WANTS TO DO AND NOT GIVE AN ACCOUNT. HE RUNS THINGS AND WILL DO AS HE PLEASES, YES IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN A BETTER MANNER. WHEN GOD ASK PASTOR BERNICE YOU SAW YOUR BROTHER DOING WRONG AND DID NOTHING, WHAT DO YOU THINK HER ANSWER WILL BE. SHE IS RIGHT TO ASK HIM FOR THE RECORDS SHE WANTS TO SEE AND IN THE BEGINNING HE SHOULD HAVE GIVEN THEM OVER IF HE WANTED TO DO THE RIGHT THING. YES I AM SURE THERE PARENTS ARE TURNING OVER IF IT IS SUCH A THING NO, BUT THERE IS SOMEONE FAR GREATER THEY ANSWER TOO. ASK YOURSELF ONE QUESTION? WHY HE WOULD NOT TURN OVER THE PAPERS THEY ASKED FOR. SOMETIMES YOU FEEL WHEN YOU ARE A TOP FISH YOU DON’T NEED TO ANSWER TO THE LITTLE FISH UNDER YOU. I PRAY THEY WILL COME TOGETHER AS A FAMILY, AND IT WAS THERE PARENTS WHO DID THE HARD WORK NOT THEM. DID THEY LEARN AT THERE FEET, ONLY TIME WILL TELL. THIS MATTER COULD HAVE BEEN SOLVE SO EASLY, BUT ONE PERSON CHOSE TO DO IT THERE WAY, NEVER BELIEVING IT WOULD COME TO THIS. NOW HE SEES! EYES OPEN!



asil Said on

Lord have mercy



adayah Said on

Well its obvious tha Sis Coretta left Dex in charge of everything for whatever reason. Shoot, she even died on his birthday which was really odd to me. He apportions his siblings their yearly stipend some $450,000 each. What they complaining about? The public will continue to fund this monument and the King generation for as long as they live. BTW, why is it that MLK only got one grandchild. Y’all need to shut up and have some more babies!! keep that King pedigee going too.



Gwen Said on

Seschris:
I’m still not sure why you felt offended by me sharing my opinion. As you stated we all have the right to share our opinions. I’m not sure what you are addressing when you singled out my blog. There were several people who shared scripture before and after my blog. Some I agree with and some I don’t. It is the nature of blogging as you know for people to have several opinons. I don’t recall singling out you or anyone else to say you were wrong or right. But, I will say that I am entitled to share my opinions as you in the manner that I see fit, and you and no one else will change that. I love the King family too but I will let no one tell me how to define my opinions just as I wouldn’t ask you or any one else to change your opinions. When I said let’s not be judjmental I wasn’t speaking to Seschris because I don’t know you or anyone else. I was sharing an opinion and I am entitled to my opinion as your are, and I’m sticking with it. My opinion falls inline with Anna and Laura. However, that does not say we are right or better than others. Obviously we all love and respect the King family but we all have different views about how their finances are being played out in the open. I still say that Minister Bernice is using WISDOM along with her brother, Martin Jr. Perhaps, if you don’t believe its wisdom, that is your prerogative, but nothing that you say will cause me to change my opinion. And, for the record I was blessed by almightyGod before you addressed me and will continue to be blessed! by HIM! With that being said this is my last response to your being offended or what ever you want to call it because we don’t even know each other. I’m just another Sister sharing my opinion as you.



seschris Said on

GWEN,

I NEVER TOLD YOU OR ANYONE ELSE TO CHANGE YOUR OPINION!!! BUT DON’T MAKE JUDGEMENTS AND THEN TELL OTHERS NOT TO DO THE SAME!!! THAT WAS MY WHOLE POINT, SORRY YOU MISSED IT!!!

THIS IS ALSO MY LAST ATTEMPT TO RESPOND TO WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO EXPRESS. THIS EXCHANGE HAS SUNK TO A RIDICULOUSLY JUVENILE LEVEL AND I’VE SIMPLY LOST INTEREST!!! ALSO I’M SORRY THAT MY “BE BLESSED” WAS SO OFFENSIVE TO YOU.



monte Said on

gwen and seschris both need a time out!



jnscadet Said on

This is News…why? Oh my God!! the fairytale family just so happens to be normal and reproachable. WAKE UP!



angelica Said on

i think that their dad is flipping over in his grave right now about this. it’s no way they are fighting about this. and im so glad im the only child for my dad and when he leaves here i get everythang and dont have to fight, and i know that sounds selfish but it’s not it’s only but right. they need to stop all of that

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Dee Said on

I agree with Bernice and Martin Jr. Not to take anything away from Dexter, but If everthing was on the up and up, then there should be no problem is turning over the documents. When people are wrong, they tend to defend their actions and play that shouting game of why don’t you believe me. I think they need to continue on in what they are doing because if they don’t fight to keep the corporation functioning properly, then someone will say Kings children had no control over the money and lost everything. They could not keep the legacy alive. Either way, they would be looked at as doing something wrong. Basically you can’t win for losing.

Bernice, Martin Jr. keep doing what your’re doing, make sure the corporation is running right and I hope and pray that Dexter will get over it and you all can be a family again. Be reminded what the Word of God says: “For the Love of money, is the root of all evil…” 1 Timothy 6:10. Don’t let the money tear the family apart. Keep God 1st in all you do.



Dee Said on

The Dee on July 24 who speaks about agreeing with Bernice and Martin Jr. is NOT the same Dee that has earilier postings.



Cynthia Said on

Why would anyone be naive enough to think that MLK’s children would have privacy in a matter such as this? Their father and mother were the greatest public figures in America, therefore, their children won’t be far behind. I don’t think they had a choice because the media know that they will make money from any news they publish about the King family, hence, they published it. Bernice and Martin III did what they had to do, if Dexter wouldn’t cooperate as he should have, his siblings only did what they had to do. When we can’t resolve matters ourselves we should take them to a court of law.



kim Said on

I know that their parents cannot rest for all the mess that is going on between their Grown Adults. I know that Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wishes that he could just come back and punch all of them in their eye, nose, ears or something. He would then be able to go back and rest. It’s really ashame but as they say,”Money is the root of all evil.”



Monet Said on

Those who believe in the power of Prayer, I implore you to keep the King children in Prayer. Praying that God will help them to mend fences, resolve their issues, and unite them together in oneness. All families have problems that sometimes can only be resolved with the assistance of the court system. It is better to seek resolution within the Law than to take matters into your hands. In closing I will be praying that the King children come to some agreement and reunite.



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