Overview
- Edward, Dominic, Marie-Nicole and Aldo Cascio filed a federal lawsuit on February 27 in Los Angeles accusing Michael Jackson of grooming, drugging and sexually abusing them over more than a decade beginning in childhood.
- The complaint cites alleged assaults at Neverland Ranch and at the homes of Elizabeth Taylor in Switzerland and Elton John in the United Kingdom, with no suggestion those celebrities were aware.
- The filing brings claims under federal sex‑trafficking statutes and additional civil counts seeking monetary damages, alleging Jackson’s employees helped procure substances and conceal the conduct.
- The siblings ask the court to void a 2019 confidential agreement that included non‑disparagement and binding arbitration provisions and provided five annual payments of about $690,000 per person.
- Jackson’s estate denies the allegations, with attorney Marty Singer calling the suit a desperate money grab and labeling the court filing a forum‑shopping tactic linked to separate arbitration involving brother Frank Cascio.