Overview
- On Nov. 10, Los Angeles Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff granted the estate’s anti‑SLAPP motion, striking the bulk of Paris Jackson’s petition.
- The ruling deemed much of her challenge to be based on protected court filings, leaving limited issues involving filing pace, billing oversight, and beneficiary transparency.
- The court said the estate is entitled to attorneys’ fees, creating potential cost exposure for Paris as the executors formally noticed the decision this week.
- Paris’s representatives said she will submit an updated petition pressing for fee‑review filings for 2019–2023 and more disclosure tied to a 2010 on‑account payment order.
- Executors John Branca and John McClain defended their stewardship, citing a turnaround to an approximately $2 billion estate and asserting Paris has received about $65 million in benefits.