B.B. King's Daughters Deny Allegation They're Looking for Money With Poisoning Claims
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Attorney for King's daughters hits back at King's lawyer, saying Karen Williams and Patty King 'have nothing to gain financially by getting truth to how their father died.'

AceShowbiz - Things get uglier between B.B. King's daughter and his business manager Laverne Toney. King's lawyer has accused the late singer's daughters Karen Williams and Patty King of trying to get money by making the foul play allegations against his manager and his personal assistant Myron Johnson.

"It's fiction. There's no truth behind that at all," the attorney, Brent Bryson, said of allegations that King was poisoned by his two aides. The attorney went on telling PEOPLE, "He left some amounts to his sibling, to his children, to his grandchildren and through his testamentary documents, and they're probably not happy with that ... It's really all about money."

An attorney for King's daughters, Larissa Drohobyczer, responded to the claim, saying in a statement released via email to Rolling Stone, "Karen and Patty have nothing to gain financially by getting [the] truth on how their father died. Nothing. Mr. Bryson is unnecessarily dragging mourning daughters through the mud for no apparent reason."

Drohobyczer went on explaining the reason why King's daughters suspected foul play in their father's death, "No family members were allowed to see him for a week prior to his death, and that raised reasonable suspicion as to his cause of death. My clients just want answers."

Coroner performed autopsy on King's body on Sunday, May 24 following the daughters' allegations that their father was "poisoned" and "murdered" by his manager and his personal assistant, but the result would not be available for up to eight weeks. "At this point, we don't have evidence that these allegations of foul play will be substantiated," said Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg. "However, we are taking them very seriously and will be conducting a thorough investigation."

However, Sergeant John Sheahan, with the Las Vegas Metro Police, told NBC News that they're not pursuing an investigation yet "until such time as the Clark County Coroner determines Mr. King's death to be from other than natural causes."

King died in his sleep on May 14 at his Las Vegas home at 89 years old. The blues legend's lawyer claimed King "made the decision to return home for hospice care instead of staying in a hospital."

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