Paris Jackson has filed bombshell legal papers against the executors of her famous father’s estate — alleging that a trust for her inheritance hasn’t been properly funded for 17 years, and demanding $600 million be released as a partial distribution to the “Bad” singer’s kids.
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million → file → kids
It’s just the latest legal salvo from Paris against the executors.
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It → ’ → executors
New court papers, seen by Page Six Hollywood, reveal that Michael’s estate is currently worth up to $3 billion.
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estate → see → Page
But Paris and her two brothers allege they’ve been shut out of their share of the “Thriller” legend’s fortune.
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they → allege → fortune
The estate fired back in a statement that the kids’ trust hasn’t been funded due to “ongoing IRS litigation,” and that, “the matter has not been settled.”
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matter → fire → litigation
Paris also accused remaining executor John Branca last week in court docs of “incompetence,” alleging that, “Branca sought $109,219,648 in combined compensation for himself, his lawyers, and his late co-executor, John McClain, who died in May at age 71.”
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who → accuse → age
(Branca’s team fired back in response: “It is an understatement to say that this motion is completely without merit.”
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motion → fire → merit
Either way, Jackson’s inner-most circle was bitterly feuding with the executors over power and money as soon as the pop star passed in 2009.
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star → feud → 2009
Page Six Hollywood has seen private emails from Jackson’s late manager Frank DiLeo allegedly sent to Branca in 2011 (when Paris was 13) revealing that he and McClain were in a heated battle behind the scenes over the singer’s posthumous projects.
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he → see → projects
DiLeo was a consultant to the Jackson estate when a 2009 documentary directed by Kenny Ortega, “Michael Jackson’s This Is It,” was released just four months after Jacko’s death.
DiLeo, wrote in an email seen by Page Six Hollywood: “‘This Is It’…
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This → direct → Hollywood
John [McClain] never saw the movie, bad mouthed it, never came to a screening or the premiere.
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McClain → see → screening
The movie grossed over $300 million.
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movie → gross → million
[McClain] did however, find the song for the movie, and did not research it well enough to know that Paul Anka co-wrote it, which cost the estate a lot of money.
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which → find → money
McClain was a musician, record exec and close pal of Michael’s who also helped Janet Jackson rise to stardom.
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Jackson → help → stardom
DiLeo, who starred as a character in Martin Scorsese‘s 1990 epic “Goodfellas,” also wrote in an email of a clash with McClain over the controversial release of a posthumous Jackson album in 2010, “Michael.”
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who → star → 2010
“John created total havoc in standing in the way of the marketing plan for ‘Michael’ by not letting anyone hear the record.
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anyone → create → record
He wanted to hold up the release of the album.
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He → want → album
So basically Sony is now trying to make decisions… on how to keep John happy as a result of this bullying, intimidation and bad faith,” DiLeo said.
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DiLeo → try → bullying
(The stitched together album was widely maligned by fans and critics, and Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas called the release “disrespectful.”
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Will.i.am → stitch → release
An inside source tells us of DiLeo’s devotion to the King of Pop: “He would tell people how he changed Bubbles the chimp’s diaper.
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he → tell → diaper
And Michael would feed Muscles, his snake, a rabbit in front of Frank just to f–k with him.”
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Michael → feed → him
DiLeo raged (in emails that were in all caps): “John McClain has never attended one of the board meetings at Sony Records.
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McClain → rag → Records
He has phoned them in, by being conferenced in via phone, and at times being so late on the calls that ‘all’ of the others that had flown in for the meetings etc. have had to sit there and wait.
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that → phone → meetings
It is pretty clear to me that someone that finds it hard to function daly [sic] until after 1:00p.m. has other issues going on.”
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issues → find → 1:00p.m
It seems Paris’ suit is just the latest chapter in Jackson’s dysfunctional legacy.
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suit → seem → legacy
“Bubbles the chimp could manage the estate of Michael Jackson,” huffed a music source of all the drama.
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source → manage → drama
“Once an artist dies, it’s a no-brainer.
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it → die → ?
They’re milking it.”
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They → milk → it
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