14 DAY TRIAL // A few days ago, Joe Jackson, the estranged father of late singer Michael Jackson, instructed his attorneys on his desires as regarded the Michael Jackson Estate. Consequently, they filed a petition asking the court to grant him a monthly allowance, on the grounds that the Estate made over $100 million off Michael’s death alone – and that just in the first week. A judge has just denied Joe’s request, TMZ informs.
However, first Joe moved on to making threats and saying that he would initiate a legal action that would take down the current executors of the Estate, two attorneys that Michael knew, trusted and personally appointed for the task. Moreover, Mr. Jackson also claimed his estranged wife, Katherine, struck a deal with the Estate and got paid off in exchange for a promise that she would not challenge the will Michael left behind.
Because of all this, Joe threatened to file a creditor’s claim against his son’s Estate, unless a judge granted him a monthly allowance to cover his expenses. The judge clearly did not see things the same way, saying that not only would Joe Jackson not get said allowance he was hoping for in the first place, but that he didn’t even have a right to make any financial claim at that point in time, given the relationship he had with Michael before he died.
“The judge in the Michael Jackson estate case just put a quick stop to Joe Jackson’s objections to the will and to the executors – in a nutshell, the judge said Joe had no dog in the fight... no legal standing. The judge indicated the way is now cleared to formally appoint John Branca and John McClain co-executors of Jackson’s estate.” TMZ writes in light of the recent developments.
As we also reported a few days back, Joe Jackson said that he should be given an allowance because the Estate basically had more money than it could use. To further illustrate his case, he also included a list of monthly expenses in the court documents, saying he needed “$15,425 in total: $2,500 eating out, $2,000 for air travel, $3,000 for hotel bills, $1,000 for groceries, $1,200 for rent, $50 in charitable contributions.”