The battle over the estate of the late Michael Jackson rages on, nearly 15 years after the June 25, 2009 death of the King of Pop.
In legal docs obtained by Dailymail.com, the two executors of the estate, John Branca and John McClain, filed paperwork in Los Angeles Superior Court asking it to stop Katherine in her pursuit of $561,548 from them over a legal dispute tied to the late Thriller singer’s catalog .
Katherine, 93, filed court documents requesting the six-figure sum in a motion, as she said she spent the total on legal fees seeking to prevent Branca and McClain from selling her late son’s work.
Branca and McClain sought court approval in 2022 to sell Michael Jackson’s catalog, leading his mother to file documents objecting to the potential sale.
Katherine told the court in a hearing on the topic that her late son – who famously feuded with Paul McCartney in the mid-1980s over his purchase of publishing rights of a chunk of Beatles material – made clear he never wanted his catalog to be sold, as he felt it was his lifeline, Radar reported Tuesday.
The battle over the estate of the late Michael Jackson rages on, nearly 15 years after the June 25, 2009 death of the King of Pop, as his mother Katherine Jackson, 93, (pictured in 2011) is seeking an LA court to order the executors of Jackson’s estate to reimburse her for legal fees
The mother of the late You Are Not Alone singer, pictured in March of 2009 in London, less than four months before his death, is objecting to the sale of his material
Branca and McClain told the court that Katherine has an established track record of opposing business transactions that would be profitable for the estate.
Branca and McClain cited the timing was right to put Jackson’s work for sale, as it would command maximum value amid current market conditions .
Branca and McClain told the court that Jackson’s estate badly needed the cash infusion, as it ‘was teetering on the verge of collapse,’ Radar reported after reviewing legal docs.
The estate, according to the executors, had ‘more than $400 million in debt that encumbered Michael’s most significant assets and little or no liquidity or means to service that debt.
‘Through creative thinking, hard work and business savvy – and, of course, Michael’s extraordinary creative legacy – the Executors transformed the MJJ Business into a profitable enterprise.’
The judge in the case eventually granted Branca and McClain permission to pursue a sale of the catalog, which Katherine filed an appeal against, saying the executors were overreaching in their authority, Radar reported.
Branca and McClain filed papers in response objecting to Katherine’s appeal, citing their rights as executors. The court has yet to issue a judgment on the appeal.
Last month the estate announced a partial sale , as Sony purchased the rights to half of Jackson’s material for $600 million amid Katherine’s objections.
Katherine told the court that her late son – pictured at the apex of his career in 1983 in LA – made clear he never wanted his catalog to be sold, as he felt it was his lifeline
Katherine was seen leading the way as she walked with her late son during his 2005 trial in Santa Barbara, California
Michael’s eldest son Prince, 27, said through his legal team that he preferred to keep his position on the situation private.
Lawyers for Prince described him last June in court docs as ‘a private figure who never sought or invited attention as to this specific proposed transaction or, more broadly, the details of his position as far as this transaction is concerned.’
They added that ‘whether an individual beneficiary is supportive, opposed, or indifferent to this transaction is information that, if publicly disclosed, would likely have a negative impact on the ability to consummate this transaction or negotiate/renegotiate a different transaction in the future.’
Michael’s daughter Paris, 25, said through her legal team last June that she, as well, sought to ‘keep confidential her position in this matter’ citing ‘a variety of intrapersonal family reasons.’
Attorneys for Michael’s youngest son Bigi Jackson, 22, formerly known as Blanket, said in docs submit to the court last June that Bigi had hoped to keep his position on the matter under wraps, encouraging the court to maintain confidentiality on certain aspects of the legal conflict.
Bigi ‘is a very private person and may have said nothing if he knew that his words or positions could become public,’ his lawyers said. ‘That, in turn, would have denied the trial court of the ability to hear and consider all aspects of the proposed action.’
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