Overview
- Los Angeles Referee Mitchell L. Beckloff granted the estate’s anti-SLAPP motion, finding most of Paris Jackson’s claims targeted protected court filings.
- What remains are limited issues concerning the pace of estate filings, oversight of attorney billing, and future transparency for beneficiaries.
- The court ruled the estate is entitled to attorneys’ fees, and executors John Branca and John McClain have now asked the judge to order Paris to pay, with the amount not yet specified.
- Paris alleged irregular payments, including non‑contractual gifts of $125,000 and $250,000 and “premium” payouts for unrecorded attorney time, but the ruling did not adjudicate those factual claims.
- The executors defended their stewardship as turning a debt-laden estate into a multibillion-dollar operation and said Paris has received roughly $65 million in benefits.