{"id":2506538,"date":"2026-07-17T20:03:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T20:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2506538"},"modified":"2026-07-17T20:03:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T20:03:24","slug":"paris-jacksons-lawsuit-accuses-michael-jacksons-estate-manager-of-financial-mismanagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/paris-jacksons-lawsuit-accuses-michael-jacksons-estate-manager-of-financial-mismanagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Jackson\u2019s lawsuit accuses Michael Jackson’s estate manager of financial mismanagement."},"content":{"rendered":"

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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<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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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<\/strong> is heading to court over what she says is years of financial mismanagement tied to her father Michael Jackson<\/a><\/strong>‘s estate. According to a new filing exclusively obtained by Us Weekly<\/strong><\/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

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><\/strong>, 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 <\/em>Parade<\/a><\/em> on Jul 17, 2026, where it first appeared in the <\/em>News<\/a><\/em> section. Add Parade as a <\/em>Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Fri, July 17, 2026 at 4:45 PM UTC 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) Being the daughter of the King of Pop comes with plenty of perks but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2506541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2506538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Paris-Jacksons-lawsuit-accuses-Michael-Jacksons-estate-manager-of-financial.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2506538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2506543,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506538\/revisions\/2506543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2506541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2506538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2506538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2506538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}