Thursday, March 28, 2024

It’s Official: LaVerne Toney Named Executor of B.B. King’s Estate

Laverne Toney
Laverne Toney prepares to leave Clark County Family Court Thursday, May 7, 2015, in Las Vegas. A dispute over B.B. King’s health and wealth has been tossed out of court by a judge in Las Vegas who says two investigations didn’t find the blues legend is being abused. Thursday’s court ruling keeps King’s longtime business manager, Laverne Toney, in legal control of King’s affairs. (AP Photo/John Locher)

*B.B. King’s longtime business manager LaVerne Toney was named executor of his estate Thursday, despite objections from four of the late blues icon’s daughters.

According to The AP, Clark County District Court Judge Gloria Sturman told Karen Williams, Patty King, Rita Washington and Barbara Winfree that their father’s January 2007 will is valid. It puts Toney solely in charge of administering King’s trust, his assets and his property.

King died May 14 in Las Vegas at age 89, with 11 surviving adult children.

A lawyer for the daughters accused Toney of misusing her position as power-of-attorney to loot bank accounts and prevent relatives from visiting him in his dying days.

Attorney Brent Bryson, representing the estate and Toney, says B.B. King put Toney in charge because he expected a family feud after he died.

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