06-18-2012, 09:34 PM
I'm curious to hear more about the reported inconsistencies in the fiancee's story and about the investigation. The story I read in the LA Times left me believing that Mr. King was probably highly intoxicated and depressed and that he accidently or purposely drowned. But, things aren't always as they seem and I'm open to all possibilities until the evidence and autopsy results are revealed.
I feel badly about Mr. King's passing. I know I'm in the minority in that regard, at least amongst those who have weighed in here. Rodney King got the holy shit beat outta him by LAPD all those years ago (rightly or wrongly, just a fact) and the man battled addiction and was in and out of rehab often. I never made excuses for Mr. King or the LAPD Officers (didn't like what I saw on that video, but wasn't there for the whole showdown either); I'm just not joyful that the man is dead.
I don't see how his fiancee can possibly gain financially from his death, unless he constructed a will cutting out his children or reducing their inheritance. He had not been with Ms. Kelley in many years when they re-united a couple of years back (so no "common law" status should apply). Unless he had a special will drawn, I don't believe the fiancee is entitled to anything and I believe that the $3.8 million awarded over 20 years ago was pretty much gone.
Waiting for confirmations from LE...
Today's LA Times article:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/20...-home.html
I feel badly about Mr. King's passing. I know I'm in the minority in that regard, at least amongst those who have weighed in here. Rodney King got the holy shit beat outta him by LAPD all those years ago (rightly or wrongly, just a fact) and the man battled addiction and was in and out of rehab often. I never made excuses for Mr. King or the LAPD Officers (didn't like what I saw on that video, but wasn't there for the whole showdown either); I'm just not joyful that the man is dead.
I don't see how his fiancee can possibly gain financially from his death, unless he constructed a will cutting out his children or reducing their inheritance. He had not been with Ms. Kelley in many years when they re-united a couple of years back (so no "common law" status should apply). Unless he had a special will drawn, I don't believe the fiancee is entitled to anything and I believe that the $3.8 million awarded over 20 years ago was pretty much gone.
Waiting for confirmations from LE...
Today's LA Times article:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/20...-home.html