{"id":53859,"date":"2026-07-20T08:50:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T08:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/53859\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T08:50:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T08:50:55","slug":"paris-jacksons-lawsuit-accuses-michael-jacksons-estate-manager-of-financial-mismanagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/53859\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Jackson\u2019s lawsuit accuses Michael Jackson’s estate manager of financial mismanagement."},"content":{"rendered":"

Being the daughter of the King of Pop comes with plenty of perks but apparently, a smooth relationship with his estate isn’t one of them. Paris Jackson is heading to court over what she says is years of financial mismanagement tied to her father Michael Jackson<\/a>‘s estate. According to a new filing exclusively obtained by Us Weekly<\/a>, the 28-year-old is demanding nearly $3 million back for her family, taking direct aim at John Branca, the longtime executor who controls the King of Pop’s fortune.<\/p>\n

Part of the dispute traces back to Paris’ own legal bills. She claims Branca “over-litigated” a prior disagreement between them, sticking her with $1.1 million in legal fees that she now wants reimbursed. But the bigger number in the filing comes from something else entirely: Paris alleges Branca funneled $2.85 million in estate funds toward unauthorized gifts<\/a> – money she says should have gone to the family instead.<\/p>\n

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CAP D’ANTIBES, FRANCE – MAY 22: Paris Jackson attends the amfAR gala Cannes 2025 presented by Chopard at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc on May 22, 2025 in Cap d’Antibes, France. (Photo by Mike Marsland\/WireImage)<\/p>\n

A source close to Paris’ legal team suggests this fight has been building for a while. “All Paris has ever wanted is fair treatment for her family, but the Estate has tried to block her at every turn,” the source told Us Weekly<\/a>, describing Branca’s handling of the estate as “wasteful spending” and “financial mismanagement,” and calling for real accountability going forward.<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, the estate isn’t taking these allegations lying down though its lawyers have been careful about what they’ll actually say publicly. In their response, they leaned on attorney-client confidentiality, arguing they have a duty to protect details of their legal strategy rather than litigating the dispute in the press. It’s a reminder that even decades after Michael Jackson’s death, his legacy (and the fortune behind it) is still very much a family affair, drama included.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Parade<\/a> on Jul 17, 2026, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Being the daughter of the King of Pop comes with plenty of perks but apparently, a smooth relationship…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[34338,34556,1465,11158,30,500],"class_list":["post-53859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-paris","tag-estate-funds","tag-financial-mismanagement","tag-john-branca","tag-king-of-pop","tag-paris","tag-paris-jackson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}