Michael Jackson’s estate has taken legal action against a former partner of the late pop icon who died 15 years ago. The defendant has threatened to make fresh allegations of inappropriate behaviour ahead of the release of a film that the estate hopes will erase allegations of child sexual abuse that cast a shadow over his later years.
The pop legend’s trustees and rights managers reached a secret settlement in 2020 worth $16.5 million, under which the man and other accusers agreed to defend Jackson’s reputation. Now, Jackson’s rights and music rights managers are accusing the man of fabricating his earlier claims as he seeks an additional $213 million in a new settlement with the estate, according to an arbitration complaint. They have reported the matter to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles.
Allegations of alleged sexual abuse
Allegations of sexual abuse continue to haunt Michael Jackson’s entourage. Over the past few years we have seen how some personalities from the world of film, music and sport have managed to avoid trials thanks to paying millions in advance.
In 2013 Wade Robson and James Safechuck, who appear in the shocking documentary Leaving Neverland HBO (2019), filed lawsuits against Jackson for sexual abuse when they were children. The singer, who died in 2009, is reported to have paid $200 million to the families of his alleged abuse victims in order to silence them, as reported in 2015. However, this matter does not end there, as a former employee of the artist claims to have more information to unearth..
Michael Jackson Administrators have initiated legal action against this former employee after threatening to raise new allegations of inappropriate behavior. He and four other people already informed the singer’s entourage in 2019 that they could go public with allegations that he had had inappropriate behavior with some of them when they were children.
In 2020, its managers arrived quietly to a deal worth nearly $20 millionaccording to which the former employee and the other accusers agreed to defend Jackson’s reputation. Now, the people who manage Jackson’s music and image rights accuse the man of wanting to unnecessarily add fuel to the fire and of unfairly claiming an additional 213 million dollars in a new agreement with the estate. They have taken this matter to the Los Angeles district attorney’s office.
It should be recalled that, after the premiere of the documentary, Robson (who reported abuse between 1990 and 1996 when she was eight years old) and Safechuck (who said she suffered abuse between 1988 and 1992 when she was 11) filed a new civil suit last year. So a California appeals court ruled that the lawsuits filed by both should not have been thrown out in lower courts..
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