Michael Jackson's Estate Executors Want to Make Paris Jackson Pay

""These payments appear, at least in part, to consist of lavish gratuities bestowed upon already well-compensated counsel," her motion argued. "As painful as it is to say in print, the present records suggest a group of closely-knit, highly-compensated lawyers is exploiting Executors' lack of oversight to skim money from the Estate, in plain view.""

"A representative for Paris said the court's denial of her request to block the executors from making certain payments was a "minor procedural issue" that had no "bearing on the substance of the case," and a spokesperson suggested in a statement to People that the executors' filing just comes back to money."

John Branca and John McClain, executors of Michael Jackson's estate, filed on January 9 seeking about $94,000 in past legal bills and $21,000 for future legal expenses. A judge in November struck parts of Paris Jackson's petition after granting the executors' anti‑SLAPP motion. The ruling found parts of the petition relied on protected court filings and held the estate entitled to attorneys' fees. Paris filed an August motion seeking financial records and to prevent certain full payments without court approval. Paris alleged lavish gratuities to well‑compensated counsel and accused lawyers of exploiting the executors' lack of oversight; the executors denied those allegations. A Paris representative called the denial of her payment‑blocking request a "minor procedural issue" without bearing on the case's substance.

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