Celebrity Justice
Martin Luther King's Bad Dream

His dream was that one day his children would be judged by the content of their character. Now, two of Martin Luther King, Jr's children say the character of one of their siblings sucks.

Bernice King and Martin Luther King III are suing Dexter King, alleging he took "substantial funds" from the Estate of Coretta Scott King and put them in his personal piggy bank for his own use. They're crying fraud.

Bernice and Martin III have demanded a jury trial in Fulton County, Georgia.

Coretta died in 2006. The Kings had four children. Yolanda died last year. So the three surviving kids are fighting over money.

By the way, Bernice and Martin III are being repped by Johnny Cochran's law firm. The late J.C. was also one of the biggest civil rights forces in the U.S. of A.

Tags: Bernice King, BerniceKing, Dexter King, DexterKing, Martin Luther King, MartinLutherKing

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46. Let's make a new declaration. All who've stepped out on their SOs should never receive recognition for their GOOD deeds. No faces on dollars bills, No schools named after them. No streets etc. Oops might wanna rethink that concept. Money would be faceless. Schools would be nameless and I wouldn't know which street I were standing on. ROTFLMAO.

Posted at 2:16PM on Jul 11th 2008 by Anti_Ignorance

47. You say something nasty about King, then state "what some of these people are saying is ridiculous" So, if someone pointing out your blatant contradiction is a compliment to you, so be it. You're so "deep" lol NOT! Later, idiot. The story is too far down the page now for me to keep responding to a dunce.

Posted at 2:31PM on Jul 11th 2008 by I'm a whiner...oops, I mean winner...

48. #8, Ohellno, Your comment of "typical" will make you a target of all of the racist's out there but in one word, you summed it up as accurately as can be. MLK may have promoted the best of his race, but overall, his race today is much more concerned with the color of their skin and NOT the content of their character. The pot calling the kettle Black, is a good analogy of racism in America. I have another one to. "You can't teach a pig to sing. You just waste your time and you annoy the pig." I just love to annoy democrats. But really, I like yours most of all. Typical.

Posted at 3:04PM on Jul 11th 2008 by Democrats are evil

49. This is insanity. I don't think this story has ANYTHING to do with race...yet here we are having some stupid argument about it! Greed isn't a racial trait. Some people are just greedy a-holes. And they come in a whole variety of colors. Just because they are Dr. King's kids suddenly this is supposed to speak volumes about African Americans as a whole??! I think not.

Posted at 4:35PM on Jul 11th 2008 by kitten with a whip

50. The apples didn't fall far from the tree?

Posted at 1:19AM on Jul 13th 2008 by Abama

51. If this is true, it's a shame!

Posted at 11:16PM on Jul 18th 2008 by CriticXtreme

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