Overview
- Paris Jackson filed a petition in late October asking the Los Angeles Superior Court to transfer $600 million from Michael Jackson’s estate into the Michael Jackson Family Trust.
- Her filing accuses long‑time trustee John Branca of tightly controlling payouts and withholding the siblings’ inheritance, and asks the court to order the estate to pay her attorney and court costs.
- The Michael Jackson Estate denies the claims and says legal and tax constraints have limited transfers, noting it has already paid more than $200 million to beneficiaries and pointing to an unresolved IRS dispute.
- Paris’s filing presents financial figures that show more than $2.5 billion in gross receipts for the estate through 2024 and roughly $850 million in cash and equivalents, which she says leaves about $600 million available after obligations.
- A December hearing is set to test the competing accounts and could determine whether the requested transfer, additional accounting or other remedies are required after earlier litigation including a 2025 anti‑SLAPP ruling against parts of Paris’s prior filings.