Despite his ailing health and grim prognosis, former President Jimmy Carter, 91, has decided to step in to mediate the never-ending legal dispute over family heirlooms between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s children — Rev. Bernice, Dexter and Martin Luther King III.
“I am honored to be working with the King family in an effort to resolve the outstanding legal issues relating to their remarkable family legacy,” Carter said in a statement. “I have great respect for each of the three heirs of this legacy. They are working diligently with me, and I believe we will be able to resolve these difficult disputes once and for all.”
The King children are in dispute with whether or not to sell his Bible, which President Obama used during the swearing-in proceedings precluding his second term, and his Nobel Peace Prize medal. The brothers are in favor of selling the items, while the youngest daughter, Rev. Bernice King, is adamantly against it, prompting the lawsuits that have made national headlines.
Bernice King intimated during a previous press conference that, despite the dispute, she holds no ill will or feelings towards her brothers.
Carter recently announced that he has brain cancer and is currently undergoing treatment at Atlanta’s famed Emory University Hospital.