LOS ANGELES — More than three years after Michael Jackson’s death, his youngest brother continues to raise questions about the validity of the pop superstar’s will.
On Twitter and cable TV, Randy Jackson has called the five-page document signed in 2002 a fake. The one place he hasn’t made the claims is a courtroom, where legal experts say he faces almost insurmountable hurdles to invalidate the will and stiff odds against ousting the men who run the lucrative estate.
In a recent letter, Randy Jackson and three of his siblings called on Jackson’s estate executors to resign and renewed charges that their brother’s will is a fake.
The letter states Jackson’s family – who other than his mother and three children receive no stake in his estate – was too overwhelmed after the singer’s death to meaningfully challenge the document. “At that time we couldn’t possibly fathom what is so obvious to us now: that the Will, without question, it’s Fake, Flawed and Fraudulent,” the letter signed by Randy, Jermaine, Janet and Rebbie Jackson states.
The delay, however, likely dooms any effort to invalidate the document, and if it was thrown out, would not alter the stake the King of Pop’s three children receive, experts say and an appeals court has noted.
Randy Jackson has since posted on Twitter that he believes the estate is trying to isolate his mother to the detriment of her health. “It is my fear and belief, that they are trying to take my mother’s life,” Randy Jackson wrote last week.
Jackson’s estate has denied the accusations. “We are saddened that false and defamatory accusations grounded in stale Internet conspiracy theories are now being made by certain members of Michael’s family whom he chose to leave out of his will,” the estate wrote in a statement.
Almost from the moment it was filed, the will has been a topic of controversy for some of Jackson’s relatives. The pop superstar’s father Joe Jackson attempted to get a stipend from the estate, but like the rest of his children, he was excluded from any share. His mother, Katherine, explored the possibility of challenging the executors and was given permission by a judge, but settled before a full hearing was held.
The estate benefits Katherine Jackson and the singer’s three children – Prince, 15; Paris, 14; and Blanket, 10.
The five-page document is straightforward and simple, and many key provisions of how Jackson’s estate is constructed are set out in a trust. That document has never been publicly released.
Many of the misgivings stem from the will’s final page, which bears the signatures of three witnesses who claim Jackson signed the document on July 7, 2002, in Los Angeles. Jackson’s family points out that the singer was in New York on that day, a point the Rev. Al Sharpton recently bolstered by showing video of the “Thriller” singer appearing with him at an event in Harlem that day.
“I don’t think that kind of extrinsic fraud would be enough to overturn the order admitting the will to probate,” said Marshall Oldman, a Los Angeles probate attorney who represented Peter Falk’s wife in a conservatorship proceeding.
He said Jackson’s siblings’ only valid argument is that they did not receive proper notice that their brother’s will had been accepted into probate. Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff accepted the will in November 2009. Any challenge would have had to been filed within four months, Oldman said.
The California 2nd District Court of Appeal noted in an October 2010 ruling against the singer’s father that the period to challenge the will had already expired. Even if the will were thrown out, the court noted, California law would require the estate to benefit Michael Jackson’s children.
“I don’t see how you come in three years later, and say, `oh, by the way, the will’s a fraud, a forgery, because he wasn’t in LA when he was purported to be,'” said Howard Klein, a probate attorney for nearly 50 years and partner in the Los Angeles firm Feinberg Mindel Brandt Klein Kline. “It’s something that should have been brought up a long time ago.”
Randy Jackson – in comments on Twitter and to Sharpton on his MSNBC show last week – has repeatedly accused the estate’s executors of criminal conduct. Both Klein and Oldman said even if the executors were charged with wrongdoing, it wouldn’t open the door for more of Jackson’s relatives to gain access to the estate. Jackson’s children are deemed his heirs without the will, and a 1997 version lodged with the court but never publicly released also doesn’t name the singer’s siblings as beneficiaries of his estate.
Klein said even if Jackson or other siblings try to challenge the document, their bid will likely be rejected because it is too late. The judge could also rule, as he did against family patriarch Joe Jackson, that because he isn’t a beneficiary of the will, he isn’t entitled to contest it.
“It would be a tough sell,” Klein said of any effort by another Jackson relative to challenge the will now.
The executors recently informed a judge that there have been $475 million in gross earnings for the estate since Michael Jackson died in June 2009 from an overdose of the powerful anesthetic propofol. Jackson died with more than $500 million in debts, but the earnings have been used to repay many of the singer’s creditors and provide a spacious hilltop home for Katherine Jackson and the children, private schooling, staff, security, vacations and other perks.
Katherine Jackson has requested and the estate is recommending approval of a nearly $35,000 per month increase in Katherine Jackson’s stipend so she retain her own attorney, accountant and homes in Indiana and Las Vegas, court filings show.
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Michael Jackson Pepsi Generation
Michael Jackson teams up with director Bob Giraldi in a Pepsi commerical for the “new generation”.
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Michael Jackson – Beat It
Music video by Michael Jackson performing Beat It. 1982 MJJ Productions Inc.
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Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
Music video by Michael Jackson performing Billie Jean. 1982 MJJ Productions Inc.
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Michael Jackson – Man In The Mirror
Music video by Michael Jackson performing Man In The Mirror. 1987 MJJ Productions Inc.
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Michael Jackson – Black Or White
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Michael Jackson – PYT (Pretty Young Thing)
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Michael Jackson – They Don’t Care About Us
Music video by Michael Jackson performing They Don’t Care About Us. (C) 1996 MJJ Productions Inc.
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Michael Jackson – Earth Song
Music video by Michael Jackson performing Earth Song. 1995 MJJ Productions Inc.
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Michael Jackson – Remember The Time
Music video by Michael Jackson performing Remember The Time. (C) 1992 MJJ Productions Inc.
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Michael Jackson – You Rock My World (Extended Version)
Music video by Michael Jackson performing You Rock My World. (C) 2001 MJJ Productions Inc.
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Michael Jackson – Bad
Music video by Michael Jackson performing Bad. 1987 MJJ Productions Inc.
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Michael Jackson – Scream
Music video by Michael Jackson performing Scream. 1995 MJJ Productions Inc.
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Michael Jackson – Dirty Diana
Music video by Michael Jackson performing Dirty Diana. (C) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment
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Michael Jackson – The Way You Make Me Feel
Music video by Michael Jackson performing The Way You Make Me Feel. 1987 MJJ Productions Inc.
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Michael Jackson – Thriller
Music video by Michael Jackson performing Thriller. (C) 1982 MJJ Productions Inc.
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Moonwalk – Michael Jackson – Billie Jean – The First Moonwalk King Of Pop
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean (Motown 25th Anniversary Yesterday Today Forever ) The First Moonwalk King Of Pop on ” Billie Jean ” at the 25th anniversary of Motown. A moment of anthology ! 1983 Le premier Moonwalk du King Of Pop sur ” Billie Jean ” l’occasion du 25me anniversaire de la Motown. Un moment d’anthologie ! 1983 Der erste Moonwalk des King Of Pop von ” Billie Jean ” anlsslich des 25. Jahrestages der Motown. Ein Moment der Sammlung ! 1983 Moonwalk La Primera King Of Pop sobre el tema ” Billie Jean ” en el 25 aniversario de Motown. Un momento de antologa ! 1983 Jeudi 25 juin 2009 : La plus grande star de tous les temps nous quittait Il tait l’homme de tous les superlatifs Le plus dou, le plus mystrieux, le plus touchant, le plus gnial, le plus fou, le plus gnreux, le plus grand de tous les artistes. Michal Jackson nous a quitts le jeudi 25 juin 2009, terrass par un arrt cardiaque. Bon nombre d’entre nous aimaient Michael Jackson, les ventes d’album parlent pour lui. Lui, l’artiste recordman aux de 750 millions d’albums vendus. RIP Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” is a 1983 hit single from Michael Jackson’s Thriller album. A number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100, the song was also the number-one RB single for nine weeks in the United States and is one of Jackson’s most critically acclaimed songs. It was voted best single of the year in The Village Voice Pazz Jop critics’ poll, and received two Grammy Awards in 1984 in the categories Best Male b…/b
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Michael Jackson – Who Is It
Music video by Michael Jackson performing Who Is It. (C) 1993 MJJ Productions Inc.
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Michael Jackson – Ghost
Music video by Michael Jackson performing Ghost. (C) 2000 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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Michael Jackson – This Is It
Music video by Michael Jackson performing This Is It. (C) 2009 MJJ Productions Inc.
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Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson’s Vision)
Music video by Michael Jackson performing Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson’s Vision). (C) 2010 MJJ Productions, Inc.
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Michael Jackson – Hollywood Tonight
Music video by Michael Jackson performing “Hollywood Tonight.” (C) 2011 Optimum Productions
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Michael Jackson – Human Nature (Full Music Video)
“Human Nature” is an RB song by American recording artist Michael Jackson. It was written by Steve Porcaro and John Bettis, and produced by Quincy Jones for the singer’s sixth solo album, Thriller (1982). Initially, Porcaro had recorded a rough demo of the song on a cassette, which was then given to Jones. Enjoying the demo, Jones had the ballad included on the Thriller album. The song was the last selected for the album, ousting “Carousel” from the final track listing. “Human Nature” was released on July 3, 1983, as the album’s fifth single. Although not released in the UK, the song achieved moderate chart success in the US. Reaching number two on Billboard’s Hot Adult Contemporary chart and number seven on the Hot 100, the song became Jackson’s fifth Top 10 hit from Thriller. In New Zealand the single reached number 11. The ballad garnered many positive reviews from music critics. “Human Nature” has been covered and sampled by numerous artists, including Miles Davis, SWV, Nas, Jason Nevins and Boyz II Men….. read more info at: wikipedia.org ((((((Human Nature lyrics)))))) [1st Verse] Looking Out Across The Night-Time The City Winks A Sleepless Eye Hear Her Voice Shake My Window Sweet Seducing Sighs [2nd Verse] Get Me Out Into The Night-Time Four Walls Won’t Hold Me Tonight If This Town Is Just An Apple Then Let Me Take A Bite [Chorus] If They Say – Why, Why, Tell ‘Em That Is Human Nature Why, Why, Does He Do Me That Way If They Say – Why, Why, Tell ‘Em That Is Human b…/b
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Michael Jackson – Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
Music video by Michael Jackson performing Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough. (C) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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SMILE- Michael Jackson
A great mj tune and a touch heartbreaking. follow me on Twitter rickyjaxon
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Michael Jackson – Leave Me Alone
Music video by Michael Jackson performing Leave Me Alone. (C) 1987 MJJ Productions Inc.
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August 2nd, 2012 
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