Paris Jackson Celebrates Victory in Michael Jackson Estate Dispute
The judge also said Paris Jackson may seek reasonable attorneys' fees after sustaining her objection to the disputed bonus payments.
- On Wednesday, a Los Angeles judge ordered executors John Branca and John McClain to return $625,000 in bonus payments made to third-party law firms in 2018, ruling the expenses lacked proper justification.
- Paris Jackson challenged the payments, accusing Branca and McClain of abusing their access to the estate while operating without transparency regarding financial expenditures and management decisions.
- Despite praising the executors' success in transforming the estate from over $500 million in debt into a financial powerhouse, Judge Mitchell Beckloff sustained the objection because the specific bonuses lacked proper justification.
- The ruling requires the $625,000 return to the estate and entitles Paris to reasonable attorney fees and costs, with her representatives calling the decision a 'massive win'.
- By September 15, 2026, executors must file fee petitions for six years of services spanning 2019–2024 as the estate continues a self-audit of recent expenditures under the new court-ordered filing schedule.
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Paris Jackson Lands Major Court Win To Make Michael Jackson's Estate Lawyers Return $625,000 Bonuses and Gifts
Paris Jackson has won a legal battle in Los Angeles that forces three lawyers connected to her father Michael Jackson's estate to return around £500,000 ($625,000) in bonuses and payments, after a judge ruled the sums were not properly justified. The decision, handed down by a retired judge overseeing the estate's complex probate process, marks a significant victory for Paris Jackson in her long-running scrutiny of how the estate has been manage…
Paris Jackson scores $625K legal win against lawyers, gains more control over family assets
"The Jackson estate is supposed to be a prudent, fiscally responsible entity that supports the Jackson family – not a slush fund to help [executor] John Branca live out his Hollywood mogul fantasies."
Paris Jackson Wins Fight to Claw Back $625,000 in Bonuses Paid to Estate Lawyers: ‘Massive Win’
Paris Jackson has won her bid to force three lawyers to return $625,000 in bonuses paid by John Branca, the executor of her father’s estate. In a 23-page ruling, unsealed Tuesday and obtained by Rolling Stone, the retired judge, who long presided over Michael Jackson’s probate case and is now serving as a private referee on the complex case, granted Paris’ motion to claw back the 2018 payments. They include $250,000 to Jay Cooper of Greenberg …
Thriller: Paris Jackson Wins Major Court Case Against Michael Jackson's Estate - They Must Return $625,000 from Payouts
Years ago, when she was a little girl, it was Paris Jackson who blew the whistle on her aunts and uncles when they kidnapped her grandmother. So it’s no surprise that Paris, 28, Michael’s second oldest child, has now prevailed in her court case against her father’s estate. The same judge, Mitchell Beckloff, approved Paris’s […] The post Thriller: Paris Jackson Wins Major Court Case Against Michael Jackson’s Estate — They Must Return $625,000 fro…
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