one of kings closest friends, ralph abernathy, wrote a book in 1989 in which he talked about kings obsession with white prostitutes. king would often use church donations to have drunken sex parties, where he would hire two to three white prostitutes, occasionally beating them brutally. > atlanta -- the rev. ralph david abernathy said monday he wrote about martin luther king jr.'s extramarital affairs to make his autobiography credible to readers familiar with claims about his 'dearest friend.' > 'i can assure you that had martin's infidelity not already been the topic of discussion in other books, in the halls of congress and in the public forums, my decision would have been simple: avoid the entire issue,' abernathy said about the book, 'and the walls came tumbling down,' to be released wednesday > 'he is my dearest friend,' abernathy said from the basement of west hunter street baptist church, where he has been pastor for 28 years. 'i loved him dearly. that is seen throughout this book.' > abernathy, 62, devotes part of one chapter of the 620-page autobiography to king's reported extramarital affairs, including allegations king had sex with two women the night before he was assassinated in memphis, tenn., and fought with a third > at a february 1968 workshop to train ministers in urban leadership, it is alleged: "one negro minister in attendance later expressed his disgust with the behind-the scene drinking, fornication, and homosexuality that went on at the conference." > "several negro and white prostitute[s] were brought in from the miami area. an all-night sex orgy was held with these prostitutes, two whites one black, and some of the delegates." > one white prostitute told the fbi she had been drawn into a threesome with king and a black woman
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