Michael Jackson had a weird life so it's not surprising that the story about the battle over his estate is getting stranger by the day.
Now we are told that no will for Jackson has emerged and that his father, Joe Jackson, has issued a statement saying he and his wife, Katherine, have the sole personal and legal authority to act on behalf of "our son and his children." Even his burial, The Independent tells us, is caught up in a legal battle.
Stephen J. Silverberg, a New York attorney who specializes in estate planning and who has represented other celebrities has told USA Today that it could take years to settle his estate. Keep in mind that Jim Hendrix died in 1970 and his estate wasn't settled until 2005. If Jackson's liabilities outweigh his assets, we can expect messy bankruptcy proceedings. Then there is the question of the publishing rights to a music catalog that includes Beatles songs. How do you put a value on music in this market?
What's clear is that bloodsuckers are zeroing in. First we have the claims from alleged mobster Al Malnik that Jackson had made him executor of his estate. But without a will, Malnik will have his work cut out proving that one. He has said however that there is something in writing, so let's just wait and see.
Mike Lubica from the New York Daily News puts it best: "Everywhere else the real show is watching the bloodsuckers from Jackson's life looking for ways to keep scoring off him in death the way they did in life,'' Lubica writes."Already there is talk that there might be a CD and DVD in Jackson's last L.A. rehearsal before he was to leave for London. So you know promoters and producers will line up with Jackson's family members, all of them wondering how much money is left and where it might be, how much money there is to be made off unpublished songs that Jackson apparently has left for his children.
"You also know this "cardiologist" that Jackson had with him all the time at the end will be looking to sell his story to the highest bidder now that he has told it to the police. There was a nanny in the London papers Sunday almost bragging about how many times she had to pump his stomach. And the papers here were lousy with other writers acting as if the only way they could have been closer to Jackson is if they'd had sleepovers with him in the big bed at Neverland."
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