Overview
- After the executors filed an 83-page report dismissing her claims, Paris Jackson responded in court saying their papers “mock and belittle” her and that estate funds pay for public attacks.
- Her challenge targets large fees and bonuses paid to outside law firms between 2019 and 2023, which she says look like skimming and need judge review.
- The executors deny wrongdoing and say Paris is spreading incorrect information and playing to the media rather than resolving the dispute.
- The estate’s lawyer says no court has ever disallowed a payment, that no unauthorized gifts were made, and that Paris has received about $65 million in benefits.
- He also cites a turnaround from roughly $500 million in debt at Michael Jackson’s death to a business generating billions, as the fight now reaches into the Michael biopic, where Paris questions John Branca’s producer role and says she had no part in the film.