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Michael Jackson Accusers Seek $400 Million From Estate as Revived Suits Advance

The cases proceed after a California appeals court let them test whether Jackson-linked companies facilitated abuse.

Overview

  • Court filings in September 2025 show Wade Robson and James Safechuck demanding $400 million in damages.
  • Estate administrators John Branca and John McClain are in a dispute with Paris Jackson over using estate funds for legal defense costs.
  • The estate denies the allegations and asserts there is no credible evidence supporting the claims.
  • The suits, first filed in 2013 and 2014 and later detailed in the 2019 documentary Leaving Neverland, allege repeated abuse in multiple locations and potential facilitation by staff.
  • Estate finances face separate pressures from a proposed $600 million rights deal with Sony and an IRS valuation challenge of roughly $700 million.