B.B. King was poisoned, daughters claim

Los Angeles Legendary blues guitarist BB King who died aged 89 was poisoned according to two of the music greats heirs Kings daughters Patty King and Karen Williams made the accusations in separate but identically worded affidavits filed over the weekend reports CNNI believe my father was poisoned and that he was administered foreign substances to induce his premature death I believe my father was murdered they said in their affidavitsBoth women have accused LaVerne Toney Kings business manager and Myron Johnson his personal assistant of neglectAn attorney for Toney said the daughters were chasing a checkThis is absolutely about money Eric Brent Bryson Kings attorney told CNN adding the charges were absolutely ridiculous and unfoundedKing died on May 14 in home hospice care in Las VegasNo investigation was conducted at the time of his death Kings attending physician listed the cause as multiinfarct dementia which is caused by a series of small strokesBut the daughters say that two of Kings associates gave him medication to induce diabetic shockJohn Fudenberg the coroner for Clark county in Nevada state said that initial autopsy results found no evidence to substantiate the allegations But full forensic results will take six to eight weeksKing and Williams say the associates are medically unlicensed but were seen giving medications fluids and foreign substances to the musician that were then locked awayThe women say King was sequestered from all family members the week prior to his death and that Toney and Johnson were the only people with himBryson disputed the allegations saying King had the best treatment possible from three doctors and 24houraday monitoring from three nursing assistantsWhen the true facts come out Im absolutely confident this will go away Bryson saidThe daughters lawyer Larissa Drohobyczer provided the affidavits to CNN but wouldnt comment on the case King and Williams also refused to commentThe Las Vegas police said on Tuesday that the investigation will only move forward if the coroners office finds in the full report that the death wasnt from natural causesThe allegations are the latest in a bid by some of Kings children to wrest control of the late singers assets believed to be in the millionsKing had 15 children from several different relationships Eleven children are still livingEarlier this year Patty King Karen Williams and a third daughter Rita Washington went to court accusing Toney the business manager of elder abuse and neglect But a judge tossed out the case for lack of evidenceIn the weekend affidavits Patty King and Williams requested a toxicology analysis or autopsy be conducted to determine the cause of their fathers deathThe singers body was shipped from the mortuary to the coroners officeThe family has made some allegations I cant go into specifics We were contacted by several of the family members legal counsel They were making allegations of foul play Fudenberg told CNNA public viewing for the musician is scheduled for Friday at the BB King Museum in Indianola Mississippi Funeral services are set for the following dayOur investigation will not prohibit or delay the services they have planned Fudenberg said