Overview
- Attorneys for executors John Branca and John McClain filed a Jan. 9 itemization requesting roughly $115,000 in legal fees and costs.
- They are seeking $93,924.63 in attorneys’ fees and $1,238.39 in costs tied specifically to their anti-SLAPP motion, plus additional amounts for recovery efforts.
- Los Angeles Referee Mitchell L. Beckloff granted the anti-SLAPP motion in November, striking several allegations from Paris Jackson’s July petition.
- A spokesperson for Paris Jackson criticized the fee request as an effort to take more money from the family, saying she will continue pressing for transparency and accountability.
- Paris Jackson has alleged the executors abused their roles and took more than $10 million in compensation in 2021, while the executors say she has received about $65 million in benefits and note the estate’s turnaround from heavy debt.