Overview

• Court filings dated Sept. 15 disclose Wade Robson and James Safechuck are seeking $400 million in their civil suits against MJJ Productions and MJJ Ventures.
• Executors John Branca and John McClain argue that limiting fee payments would undermine the estate’s defense, with depositions and discovery set in the coming months.
• The damages figure had not been public before the filings connected to Paris Jackson’s challenge over legal-fee approvals and alleged "premium payments" for unrecorded attorney time.
• An estate spokesperson reiterated that the accusations lack merit and said Michael Jackson is innocent, as litigation across several matters continues.
• Robson and Safechuck’s cases, first filed in 2013 and 2014, were revived after changes to California law and a 2023 appellate ruling allowing their claims to proceed.