The civil rights leader 's estate filed a complaint to force Bernice King to turn over the items . In an interview with CNN, King's daughter said she was "shocked" by the allegations and that her family is considering legal action. `` Not on my watch , '' she says . The complaint filed Friday says that King 's heirs agreed in 1995 to give up their inheritance to the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr. Inc. , but that Bernice King has `` secreted and sequestered '' the items in question . The siblings have sued and countersued one another , including 2008 filing .
The civil rights leader 's estate filed a complaint to force Bernice King to turn over the items . In an interview with CNN, King's daughter said she was "shocked" by the allegations and that her family is considering legal action. `` Not on my watch , '' she says . The siblings have sued and countersued one another , including 2008 filing .