BB King estate fight looms

THE battle over the estate of US blues legend BB King will be fought out in a Las Vegas court.

JUST days after blues legend BB King was laid to rest near his birthplace in the Mississippi Delta, a battle over his estate is moving from the headlines to the courthouse in Las Vegas.

LAWYERS for King's designated executor, LaVerne Toney, have filed documents in a Nevada court to fend off allegations that King family members were kept away in his dying days, that he was mistreated medically and that his money was siphoned off before he died on May 14 at his Las Vegas home at age 89.