Bigi Jackson, 22 years old, asked the court to prevent Ms. Katherine Jackson, 93 years old, from taking Michael Jackson's money to pay for her personal lawsuit.
According to TMZ, Bigi (nicknamed Blanket) and his grandmother filed a petition with the Los Angeles Superior Court to stop the administrators of Michael Jackson's estate from making business transactions from the late artist's estate. This site believes that it could be an agreement to sell half of the music catalog - related to the artist's song publishing rights - for $600 million to Sony. The court rejected both requests.
However, Ms. Katherine continues to appeal. Blanket believes that the two have little chance of winning the case, so he does not want to spend money on expensive legal fees, according to Daily Mail. Balnket also did not agree with his grandmother using money from Michael Jackson's estate - of which he was the heir - to make payments.
January 22, above TMZ, Michael's estate administration said Katherine received a total of 55 million USD since Michael Jackson passed away in 2009 until now. On the other hand, Blanket's lawyer wants the court to issue a ruling so that she can be reimbursed for lawyer fees from the original lawsuit.
According to Daily MailPreviously, estate executives John Branca and John McClain wanted the court to approve a plan to sell off Michael Jackson's assets by 2022. This caused Ms. Katherine to protest, demanding that the two pay more than $500.000 to the estate. legal disputes, and at the same time use the money to pay court fees. Branca and McClain submitted an application to the Los Angeles court (USA) to dismiss Katherine's application.
Bigi Jackson, 22 years old, youngest child of the "King of Pop", biological mother unknown. Before Blanket, there was Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. (also known as Prince), 27, and Paris Jackson, 25. Both are Blanket's half-siblings. He pursued a career in filmmaking, receiving an award at the 2024 Santa Monica Film Festival for a short film Rochelles.
Phuong Thao (follow Daily Mail, TMZ)