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« on: January 28, 2014, 12:31:01 PM »
It's been a long time. Stopping in to say hello and hope everyone is well. Missiong you. :compute:
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« on: April 02, 2013, 02:53:10 PM »
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« on: March 28, 2013, 02:05:10 PM »
Michael Jackson's daughter impresses lawyers with testimony BANG Showbiz | March 28, 2013 10:40 IST (New Delhi) ![]() inShare Print Michael Jackson's daughter is involved in the reported USD 40 billion lawsuit and the lawyers are pleased with her pre-trial testimony. Paris Jackson "impressed lawyers" when giving evidence in the wrongful death lawsuit relating to her father Michael Jackson. The 14-year-old daughter of the late King of Pop is involved in the reported USD 40 billion lawsuit his mother, Katherine Jackson, has brought against concert promoters AEG Live - which claims they mishandled the star before his death in 2009 - and lawyers are pleased with her pre-trial testimony. A source told RadarOnline.com: "Paris impressed all of the lawyers involved with her professionalism and demeanour during her deposition last week. Her older brother, Prince, had a rough time during his depo a week earlier, so allowances were made to make sure it didn't happen again. That's why Katherine's lawyers demanded that Paris' deposition take place at the court house so the judge could intervene if it appeared to be getting too tough for her. Luckily it didn't come to that. Paris will have to sit for another day of questioning but she is OK with that - she is an extremely intelligent, compassionate and thoughtful young lady." Michael Jackson's family have brought legal action against AEG Live - who sponsored his ill-fated This Is It tour - for the alleged negligent hiring and supervision of Dr Conrad Murray, who has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter for his role in Michael Jackson's death from acute Propofol intoxication in June 2009. However, Dr Murray had not formally signed an employment contract with AEG at the time of Michael Jackson's death, and they maintain that they aren't responsible for his tragic death. Michael Jackson's eldest son, Prince, is planning to testify at the upcoming trial, which is expected to last three to four months, with Jury selection expected to begin on April 2. :animal0017: So…. does this mean that AEG has changed their story from “we didn’t hire Murray’ to “we did, but it is voided because Murray didn’t sign the contract”.
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« on: March 24, 2013, 06:25:18 PM »
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Register or LoginBy Alan Duke, CNN updated 7:12 PM EDT, Sun March 24, 2013 Wass will files Murray's appeal on Monday Los Angeles (CNN) -- Dr. Conrad Murray defended his appellate lawyer from "a slew of disparaging remarks" just days before she files the appeal of the doctor's involuntary manslaughter conviction in Michael Jackson's death. CNN has obtained sections of that 300-page appeal, including the defense argument that the trial judge erred by not allowing the testimony of Dr. Arnold Klein, a dermatologist the defense contended addicted Jackson to Demerol in his last weeks. Murray's appeal, which will be filed Monday, also argues that prosecutors never proved Jackson was hooked up to an IV drip of the drug that killed him. The defense theory was that Jackson had administered the fatal dosage himself while the doctor was away. The coroner ruled that Jackson died from an overdose of the surgical anesthetic propofol in combination with sedatives on June 25, 2009. Murray told investigators he used propofol to induce sleep because Jackson was suffering from insomnia. Murray served as Jackson's personal physician as the pop icon prepared for 50 shows that were to debut in London in July 2009, but his patient was fighting a battle for sleep between rehearsals. A wrongful death lawsuit filed by Jackson's three children and his mother is set for trial next month. The family accuses concert promoter AEG Live of liability in his death by hiring and supervising the doctor, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in November 2011. Murray takes a side in lawyer dispute Murray -- during a phone call to CNN Saturday from the Los Angeles County jail where he's been held since he was sentenced to four years in prison -- said he was "impelled to stand up for" attorney Valerie Wass, who has been involved in a personal dispute with Murray's trial lawyer Michael Flanagan. Flanagan was helping Wass, who wrote the appeal, until the two lawyers were involved in a jailhouse argument last January. Flanagan dropped Murray as a client after the incident, but the appeals court later ordered him to respond to requests from Wass for case files, which she said he had withheld. Murray, who witnessed the January incident between his attorneys, issued a strong statement of support for Wass in his call from jail. "In recent weeks, I became keenly aware that a slew of disparaging remarks and personal information about my appellate attorney, Valerie Wass, were unjustly released to the media and the public," Murray said. "Because of this injustice, I am impelled to stand up for this woman, for whom I have the utmost respect and confidence." Wass completed work on the appeal even though "with the blink of an eye, all of her promised assistance vanished; they abandoned ship," Murray said. A call to Flanagan for comment was not immediately returned. "Although she needed help, she did not quit, did not jump ship, nor did she succumb to pressure while others abdicated their responsibilities," he said. "She held steadfastly to her professional and moral conduct, which was bolstered by her amazing mettle of mind and spirit." Murray said Wass "stood up for me amidst a most arduous and challenging series of obstacles, and whose loyalty remains indisputable. It is my belief that she took a personal hit for me, and I want to let her know that I'll forever be grateful." Murray's appeal: Jackson's Demerol addiction Although Murray could be freed in about seven months, he is seeking to clear his name and get his medical license back by having his conviction overturned on appeal. The appeal contends that Los Angeles Superior Judge Michael Pastor wrongly prevented Murray's trial lawyers from making their case that Jackson was going through withdrawal from a Demerol addiction the day he died. "The reason it sought to prove that Jackson was going through Demerol withdrawal on June 25th was to show his state of mind -- specifically, that his resulting physiological and psychological state, along with the pressure he was under from preparing for the upcoming tour, rendered him so desperate for sleep that he would take the extraordinary action of self-administering propofol when he was outside the presence of appellant," Wass writes. Defense experts testified at the trial that Jackson's insomnia could have been caused by the withdrawal. The defense wanted Klein and two staff members to testify about Jackson's 23 visits to their Beverly Hills clinic in the three months before his death, including five in June 2009. Jackson was given Demerol during those visits, the last time on June 22, three days before he died. "Michael Jackson could not sleep because of the Demerol," the defense said in pretrial arguments. "Dr. Murray did not know that. But Arnold Klein did. Michael Jackson needed sleep because he was withdrawing and addicted, both addicted and withdrawing from Demerol. That's important to our defense. In fact, it's absolutely vital." Pastor, however, ruled that testimony from Klein and his staff would be a "distraction and divergence" in the trial. "The defense was also unable to prove whether Jackson was addicted to Demerol and going through withdrawal at the time he died, because experts in the case articulated they could not reach conclusions based only on reviewing Klein's records," Wass writes in the appeal. If Klein or his staff had been allowed to testify at the trial, "It is reasonably probable that at least one juror on the panel would have found appellant not guilty of involuntary manslaughter," the appeal argues. "Accordingly, regardless of the applicable standard of review, appellant's conviction must be reversed." Murray's appeal: No proof of IV drip The prosecution's theory in the trial was that Murray hooked Jackson up to an unusual makeshift IV drip of propofol and then left him alone to make phone calls in an adjacent room. Murray was criminally negligent because he did not properly monitor his patient who later died from an overdose, they argued. The defense argued that the IV drip only sent saline into Jackson's leg to hydrate him and that Murray used a syringe to slowly push a safe dose of propofol into Jackson's blood while he watched him fall asleep. A frustrated Jackson could have awakened while Murray was away and administered the fatal dose himself, the defense said. "The propofol infusion theory offered by the prosecution's expert was not supported by the evidence, and in fact, was so absurd, improbable and unbelievable that a rational trier of fact could not have concluded that the evidence was sufficient to establish that appellant had placed Jackson on a propofol drip on the day of his death," the appeal argues. The prosecution built the IV drip theory based on testimony of one of Jackson's guards who said he saw a propofol bottle hanging above Jackson's death bed when he arrived to help revive him. An investigator also found a saline bag with a slit in it, which the prosecution contended was used to hold the bottle on the IV stand. Defense propofol expert Dr. Paul White testified such an IV drip set up was "befuddling" because a propofol bottle comes with a hanging device. The hanging tab on the bottle was not used, both sides agreed. "The prosecution concocted the novel and ridiculous method of placing the vial into the bag through the slit, hanging the bottle upside down at an angle using the bag for support, and then hanging the bag from the IV stand," the appeal argues. A piece of tubing key to the IV drip was never found, but the prosecution suggested Murray could have slipped it into a pocket before leaving the bedroom to ride to the hospital with Jackson. Wass argues that is "pure speculation, and the absence of evidence of a long IV line with propofol residue is fatal to the prosecution's theory." "If an IV line used in a propofol infusion had been placed in appellant's pocket, it would have been dripping propofol, and resulted in a messy wet pocket," the appeal argues. "Such a result is not reflected in any photograph, testimony, or statement of any witness." Murray's appeal: Jackson gave himself fatal dose Michael Jackson got little sleep the morning he died, despite Murray's bedside efforts using sedatives, according to Murray. "It is likely that Jackson's heightened insomnia on June 25th was exacerbated by his surreptitious Demerol addiction and the resultant acute withdrawal syndrome therefrom," the appeal says. "Jackson's last Demerol injection was on June 22nd, less than 72 hours before his death, which could have been a peak period for the occurrence of withdrawal symptoms." But he did fall asleep at 10:40 a.m after a single dose of propofol, he told investigators. After watching him for 15 minutes, Murray left him alone, the appeal says. "The evidence is consistent with a scenario in which Jackson quickly self-injected the lethal bolus dose of propofol while appellant was outside the bedroom," the appeal contends. "Based on the toxicology results, it appears that the rapid injection lead to cardiac arrest and a quick death." He may have had access to a bottle of propofol without Murray knowing, the appeal says. "Jackson was very familiar with propofol, as other doctors had administered propofol to him," Wass writes. "It is conceivable that Jackson had obtained a secondary source for the drug, especially because Jackson had been receiving nightly infusions from appellant for the previous two months, and appellant had Sunday nights off." If Jackson -- not Murray -- administered the final and fatal dose, then it was not the doctor's fault the patient died, the argument says. Murray's appeal disputes the prosecution argument that Murray was criminally liable even if Jackson had administered the fatal dose himself because Murray should have known that leaving the drugs near Jackson's bed posed a risk. The risk was "not reasonably foreseeable," it said. The prosecution will have a chance to respond to Murray's arguments before the California appeals court makes a decision.
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« on: March 23, 2013, 08:44:44 PM »
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Register or Login :fresse: But I know we must have. Ex-Jacko Accuser in Court Against Dad Written By Roger FriedmanPublished August 19, 2006FoxNews.com Email Share Ex-Jacko Accuser Gets Court Order | Billy Preston: Labor of Love Jacko: $20 Mil Kid Gets Order Against Dad A strange turn of events among the peripheral people in Michael Jackson’s odd world has taken place. According to court papers obtained by this column, the young man who, in 1994, settled with Michael Jackson for $20 million was allegedly physically assaulted last year by his own father. Jordan Chandler, now 26, filed a request for a restraining order against his father on August 5, 2005. The reason for the order was that Evan Chandler, formerly a dentist and an aspiring screenwriter, had allegedly hit Jordan over the head from behind with a twelve and a half pound weight. He’d also allegedly sprayed him in the face with mace and tried to choke him. Click here for the Michael Jackson Content Center The two men, according to court papers, were living together in a luxury apartment in New Jersey. The bizarre case was remanded to trial by a pair of appellate judges on June 8th of this year. This followed a reversal of the restraining order by another judge who felt that Evan Chandler’s actions did not represent a pattern of abuse and didn’t qualify as domestic abuse. The appellate judges disagreed, reinstated the restraining order, and sent the case to trial. These last judges sounded a little surprised in their ruling that the restraining order had been lifted in the first place. “The judge also found that the weight could cause serious bodily injury or death,” they wrote, indicating that they felt Evan Chandler meant to harm his son. This means that soon enough Evan and Jordan Chandler will be in a public dispute in a New Jersey courtroom. For Jackson watchers, this is nothing short of shocking: the Chandlers have done everything possible to remain out of the public eye since settling with Jackson in 1994 for a little over $20 million. In what has now been a much-reported story, Jordy Chandler, then 12 years old, alleged that Jackson molested him on numerous occasions between 1991 and 1994. His uncle, Ray Chandler, published a book about the case in 2005, as did Jackson’s longtime PR man, Bob Jones. Both books detailed Jackson’s inappropriate relationship with the boy; Ray Chandler’s book also recounted the negotiations with Jackson’s attorney, Bert Fields, and his investigator, Anthony Pellicano, by which his brother and nephew got the $20 million. At the time of this episode, Evan Chandler was divorced from Jordy’s mother, June, who had custody of their son and conceded that she’d let Jackson sleep in the boy’s room in her house for months without supervision. Jackson was then about 35 years old. Subsequently, June Chandler was cut off from her son and as of last year had not seen or spoken to him in a dozen years. She testified to all of this in Jackson’s 2005 child molestation trial. A falling out between Jordy and Evan Chandler of this serious a nature immediately reveals a couple of things: that at the age of 25 Jordy was still living with his father, and that they had settled into a luxury apartment in New Jersey with panoramic views of Manhattan. Prior to this they had owned a beach house in Westhampton, New York, and had had an apartment in New York. Public records show, however, that Jordy sold the beach house for $2.9 million in 2003. He bought a condo for $775,000 in West Harlem in June 2005 one week after Jackson was acquitted of child molestation and about six weeks before he accused his father of attacking him. At the time he purchased the coop, Jordy gave a PO Box in Jersey City as his address. It’s only conjecture, but it’s likely that Evan Chandler—whom his brother Raymond had said in interviews was seriously ill in 2005—didn’t want his son to leave him. News of the Chandlers’ domestic dispute comes as Jackson remains on the down-low somewhere in Europe, either in London or Dublin, as his lawyers try to work out what will become of his languishing career. Having beaten the child molestation charge, Jackson turned himself into a self-exiled celebrity. His Neverland Ranch was shuttered after California officials fined him for not paying his employees for four months and letting their insurance lapse. A $25 million lien was placed against Neverland in June in order to pay off one of Jackson’s attorneys. And a group of investors in Rancho Palos Verdes, California is currently holding a $2.2 mortgage on Jackson’s parent’s home in Encino, California. More to come…
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« on: March 21, 2013, 06:47:01 PM »
Another strange death in the wake of June 25, 2009 Jack Wishna Found Dead In Las Vegas You are not allowed to view links.
Register or Login Posted: November 28, 2012 Jack Wishna, a man known for making connections in Las Vegas, was found dead today at his home in Sin City. According to the Denver Post, police have determined that Wishna committed suicide in the garage of his Las Vegas home. Clark County Coroner Michael Murphy said Wednesday that Wishna died of carbon monoxide intoxication. He was 54-years-old. He is survived by his wife Donna. Wishna was known as a deal maker in Las Vegas. He was partly responsible for bringing Wayne Newton, Donald Trump, and Michael Jackson to Las Vegas. He also consulted or worked with blockbuster music acts like Brittany Spears, Madonna and Michael Flatley. Wayne Newton said in a statement: “It comes as a tremendous surprise. Jack and Donna have been longtime friends. Our thoughts and prayers are with Donna during this time of great loss. Jack will be missed.” According to Mercury News, Wishna helped orchestrate the multi-million dollar deal that brought Wayne Newton to the Stardust Casino. He introduced Donald Trump to Treasure Island owner Phil Ruffin. The two would build the Trump International Tower together in Las Vegas in 2008. He also tried to persuade Michael Jackson to become a permanent fixture in Las Vegas much like Wayne Newton. After the singer’s death, Wishna established a Michael Jackson-themed Cirque du Soleil show.
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« on: March 21, 2013, 02:05:53 PM »
Paris Jackson Deposed In Katherine Jackson’s Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against AEG Posted on Mar 21, 2013 @ 11:38AM | By jenheger You are not allowed to view links.
Register or LoginWENN Michael Jackson‘s daughter, Paris, is being deposed Thursday afternoon in Los Angeles in connection with a wrongful death lawsuit her grandmother, Katherine Jackson, filed against concert promoter, AEG, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting. Katherine contends that AEG was responsible for her son’s death because they were responsible for hiring Dr. Conrad Murray to be his physician. “The deposition will take place in a private interview room that is big enough to accomodate lawyers for Katherine, and AEG, beginning at 1:30,” a source tells RadarOnline.com exclusively. “The deposition could go all day. Even though Paris isn’t expected to testify at the trial, AEG wanted to take her deposition because she is a co-Plaintiff in the case. Prince Jackson, Michael’s oldest child, “was also deposed last week, and it didn’t go well for him. In fact the proceedings grew so intense for Prince, that a break was called, and it had to resume the next day,” the insider tells us. PHOTOS: Paris Jackson Shows Off Really Edgy New Look As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Prince plans on testifying at the trial, which is scheduled to begin in April. Katherine suffered a huge legal setback recently when a California court dismissed all but one of her claims against AEG and its president, Tim Leiweke. PHOTOS: Paris Jackson Patrols The Field The defendants have filed legal documents with the Court of Appeal in California to dismiss that one claim, on the question of whether AEG Live negligently hired Murray, Jackson’s long time personal physician. Additionally, all but one of her claims against the remaining defendants were dismissed and the California Court of Appeals ordered Michael’s medical records unsealed. Murray was convicted in 2011 for the involuntary manslaughter death of Michael after administering a fatal dose of propofol to help the pop singer sleep.
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« on: March 15, 2013, 02:51:21 PM »
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« on: March 03, 2013, 07:08:01 PM »
Alleged 'smoking gun' e-mail revealed in Michael Jackson death suit By Alan Duke, CNN updated 7:14 PM EST, Sun March 3, 2013 STORY HIGHLIGHTS Michael Jackson's mom and kids accuse AEG Live of pressuring Dr. Conrad Murray A "smoking gun" e-mail ties AEG Live to Murray, Jackson attorney says Concert promoter AEG Live argues it did not hire or supervise Murray Murray is serving a prison sentence for Jackson's 2009 death You are not allowed to view links.
Register or LoginLos Angeles (CNN) -- A "smoking gun" e-mail allegedly connecting a concert promoter to Michael Jackson's death was revealed this week as a judge unsealed documents in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Jackson's mother and children. The trial next month in Los Angeles could shed new light on the pop icon's last days as Dr. Conrad Murray, who did not testify at his own involuntary manslaughter trial, and Jackson's oldest son Prince, 16, are on the witness list. Jackson died two weeks before his "This Is It" comeback concerts, organized by AEG Live, were to have debuted in London in the summer of 2009. E-mails suggested that the promoter was worried about Jackson's missed rehearsals and they sought Murray's help in getting him ready. Prince, Paris and Blanket Jackson and their grandmother, Katherine Jackson, contend that AEG Live's pressure on Murray to have Michael Jackson ready for daily rehearsals despite his fragile health led to his death from an overdose of surgical anesthetic. The judge ruled Wednesday that Jackson lawyers have shown enough evidence that AEG Live hired and supervised Murray to warrant a jury trial. She also ruled there was evidence to support the Jacksons' claim that AEG Live executives could have foreseen that Murray would use dangerous drugs in treating the pop icon.
"Now that the court has ruled that there is evidence that it was foreseeable that AEG's actions resulted in Michael Jackson's death, the Jackson family feels vindicated from the public smear campaign that AEG has waged against them," Jackson lawyer Kevin Boyle said Sunday. "The truth about what happened to Michael, which AEG has tried to keep hidden from the public since the day Michael died, is finally emerging. We look forward to the trial where the rest of the story will come to light." A cornerstone of the Jacksons' case is an e-mail AEG Live Co-CEO Paul Gongaware wrote 11 days before Jackson's June 25, 2009, death. The e-mail to show director Kenny Ortega addressed concerns that Murray had kept Jackson from a rehearsal the day before: "We want to remind (Murray) that it is AEG, not MJ, who is paying his salary. We want to remind him what is expected of him."Jackson lawyers, calling it a "smoking gun," argue the e-mail is evidence that AEG Live used Murray's fear of losing his $150,000-a-month job as Jackson's personal physician to pressure him to have Jackson ready for rehearsals despite his fragile health. Ortega, who had worked closely with Jackson on previous tours, sounded a loud warning about his health after Jackson showed up for a rehearsal shivering just over a week before his death. He wrote in an e-mail to AEG Live President Randy Phillips: "It is like there are two people there. One (deep inside) trying to hold on to what he was and still can be and not wanting us to quit him, the other in this weakened and troubled state. I believe we need professional guidance in this matter." Phillips responded with a glowing endorsement of Murray: "This doctor is extremely successful (we check everyone out) and does not need this gig so he is totally unbiased and ethical." Jackson lawyers point to another e-mail exchange as evidence that Phillips was directly involved with pressuring Murray to have Jackson at rehearsals. The e-mail was sent by AEG Live tour accountant Timm Woolley to an insurance broker two days before Jackson died: "Randy Phillips and Dr. Murray are responsible for MJ rehearsal and attendance schedule." Murray told investigators two days after Jackson's death that he used the surgical anesthetic propofol every night for two months to help him rest for rehearsals. It was a procedure Jackson demanded, he said. The Los Angeles County coroner ruled that Jackson had died from an overdose of propofol in combination with sedatives. Murray is serving a prison sentence for his involuntary manslaughter conviction. AEG Live argues it has no liability in Jackson's death because Murray was not its employee. AEG lawyer Marvin Putnam did not respond Sunday to CNN calls for comment, but he did give a short statement last year: "Defendants did not hire Dr. Murray nor were they responsible for the death of Michael Jackson." The lawsuit seeks a judgment against AEG Live equal to the money Jackson would have earned over the course of his remaining lifetime if he had not died in 2009. If AEG Live is found liable, it could cost the company several billion dollars, according to estimates of Jackson's income potential. AEG Live is a subsidiary of AEG, a global entertainment company that is now for sale with an $8 billion asking price. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazuelos, in her ruling rejecting AEG Live's request to have the case thrown out, said she agreed that the Jackson lawyers provided evidence that AEG Live didn't do "a sufficient background check of Dr. Murray, which would have established that Murray was deeply in debt." Jackson's previous relationship with Murray, who treated him and his children for minor illnesses in Las Vegas, did not relieve AEG Live of liability, "although the fact may be relevant in determining proportional liability and damages," she said. While the AEG Live lawyers argued the company could not have foreseen that Murray might use dangerous drugs on Jackson in preparation for the tour, Palazuelos said there was evidence that Gongaware had "previous tour experiences" with Jackson in which "tour doctors" gave "large amounts of drugs/controlled substances to him." Gongaware testified in Murray's trial that he worked as tour manager for Jackson's "Dangerous" and "History" tours before joining AEG Live. The judge cited "Gongaware's general knowledge of the ethical issues surrounding 'tour doctors' and the practice of administering drugs to performing artists." "There is a triable issue of fact as to whether it was foreseeable that such a physician under strong financial pressure may compromise his Hippocratic Oath and do what was known by AEG Live's executives to be an unfortunate practice in the entertainment industry for financial gain," the judge wrote.
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« on: February 05, 2013, 08:03:37 PM »
This was briefly discussed in 2011 right after Frank died. It strikes me that McClain & Branca refused to comment when asked and gave a snippy reply. Boy oh boy, they are some cold, shrewd characters. It seems odd that Frank, who had vowed that he was going to spill some beans, also died before it came to fruition. :computer-losy-smiley: :ghsdf: :Crash: From reading this it seems that McClain who stays out of the public eye is the decision maker. Frank Dileo's final days were reportedly darkened by feuds with the late Jackson's co-executors. ![]() RELATED STORIES Aide to Michael Jackson manager Frank Dileo plans a musical with 'some of the dirt' based on real-life drama Frank Dileo touts tell-all book about MJ Frank Dileo rests in peace - though we hear he was pretty agitated about Michael Jackson's estate before he died. As the music world mourned the loss of Jackson's old-school cigar-chomping manager, who died on Wednesday, friends of Dileo tell us that his last healthy days were darkened by a growing disenchantment with the late pop star's co-executors. One source says that early this year, Dileo even fired off an angry email to one of those executors, entertainment attorney John Branca, to complain about co-executor John McClain. "He told Branca that he was very disappointed," says the friend who adds: "They were cutting Frank's power" and money he received as a consultant to Jackson's estate. "He felt he wasn't getting his fair share financially and that McClain was undermining him," says the source. Dileo, who managed the King of Pop from his "Thriller" years in the mid-'80s until the end of the decade and reunited with him shortly before Jackson's death in 2009, was particularly incensed with McClain's reaction to new Jackson tracks that were released posthumously on the album "Michael" last year. McClain, who had briefly managed Jackson in the early '90s, was among a Greek chorus that claimed an impostor was on the tapes. (Forensic experts concluded they were legit.) Dileo told us he had brought the songs to the attention of Jackson's record label, Sony, and in his email to Branca, the source says he accused McClain of spreading "negative spin" about him and the record. According to the source, Dileo also accused McClain of "standing in the way of the marketing plan" for "Michael" by "not letting anyone hear the record." In January, Dileo told us he was writing a memoir in which he would set the record straight about Jackson and the controversy behind "Michael." Shortly after our story ran, the source says the estate paid Dileo "a bonus." Now it's unclear if the book will see the light of day. After undergoing heart surgery in March, Dileo experienced complications and never recovered. He was 64. Calls to McClain and Branca were not returned by deadline. In response to our questions, a spokesman for Jackson's estate wrote: We believe it is appropriate to limit our comments" to "those we have already expressed ... We will always be grateful for Frank's contributions to Michael Jackson's career and to the estate, and our hearts go out to the Dileo family." Read more: You are not allowed to view links.
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« on: February 04, 2013, 12:09:14 AM »
This is just an observation. After reading the well publicized details of Michael’s 1st and 2nd estate accounting, I decided to look for others to compare. However. I don’t find anyone else’s accounting records for public inspection on the web. That is odd and speaks volumes. Why is everything made public regarding Michael? There might be a summary of a deceased artist’s earnings and spending, but not a detailed line by line expense statement. It seems it’s all being done to appease the public when really, it should be private to the family and not anyone else’s business. That the family does not complain about this full public disclosure tells me that is because it’s not real.
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« on: January 07, 2013, 04:04:10 PM »
I tried to go onto the Bravado site to check on MJ merchandise. Does not compute :WTF: It appears not to be selling any MJ stuff anymore. Is this a consequence of the fake merchandise sold during auction?
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« on: January 06, 2013, 02:07:43 PM »
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Register or LoginMICHAEL JACKSON's former personal assistant has filed a claim against the deceased singer's estate claiming he is still owed money for his expenses. Michael Amir Williams filed a claim with the Thriller hitmaker's estate for £17,700 for payments he made on behalf of Jackson while the superstar was living in Las Vegas. Williams has demanded payment and includes in his list of expenses an £6,800 electricity bill, a £8,000 vehicle lease and almost £620 in phone bills, according to TMZ.com. The claim comes more than three years after the King Of Pop passed away in June 2009. Last year (12), Williams also filed lawsuit against bosses at concert promotion company AEG, the firm behind Jackson's doomed London comeback shows, claiming they failed to act responsibly by hiring Dr. Conrad Murray as Jackson's personal physician. Murray is currently behind bars serving a four-year sentence on an involuntary manslaughter charge after he was found to have administered the fatal dose of anaesthetic which killed Jackson just weeks before his concerts kicked off.
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« on: December 31, 2012, 08:43:53 PM »
Was this discussed :animal0017: I remember we mentioned the possibility of the signatures not being authentic, but did anyone know that they were being investigated? I didn’t. :icon_pale: You are not allowed to view links.
Register or LoginNBC News Investigates Julien's Auction's Michael Jackson Autograph Scandal Posted by Steve Cyrkin on December 18, 2012 at 11:30pm View Blog NBC News Los Angeles aired an investigative report on Julien's Auction's Tompkins & Bush Michael Jackson sale on Tuesday, Dec. 18's 11:00 News. Watch the report and read the accompanying article on NBC Los Angeles's website. Julien's held the Tompkins & Bush Michael Jackson auction on December 2, but outrage has flooded Michael Jackson fan sites and the world of rock autographs since mid-November, as fans, dealers and collectors alike told Julien's CEO, Darren Julien, that almost all of the autographs in the sale were obvious forgeries. Only one dealer has supported Julien's: Todd Mueller, of Todd Mueller Autographs in Colorado Springs, Colo. The pleas to cancel the sale fell on deaf ears. All 290 lots of autographs were sold for a total of almost $1.5 million. The only autograph in the sale commonly believed to be genuine brought $896. A discussion on this site about it, Michael Jackson Signing Styles in Julien's Tompkins and Bush Sale, was started on November 19. At 153 pages to date it is the longest discussion in the history of Autograph Magazine Live. Scores of suspected forgeries from the sale have been analyzed in the discussion. The consensus is that the most of the autographs were likely forged by the consignor, Jackson's long-time friend and costume designer, Michael Bush. The autographs have many of Bush's handwriting characteristics. Julien's filed a copyright infringement claim against Autograph Magazine Live on December 13. On Dec. 17, our website company removed all the images Julien's claimed violated their copyright from this site pending our response and any further actions Julien's may take. We are legally allowed to use the images under Fair Use laws, and will file our counterclaim this week. We will have uncontested images of autographs from the auction up starting tomorrow. UPDATE: According to NBC, Darren Julien said that any client who questions the authenticity of the Michael Jackson autographs they bought in the Tompkins & Bush auction can return them for a refund. If Julien's will cover shipping both ways, that's the best news possible.
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« on: December 20, 2012, 02:15:45 PM »
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Register or Login![]() December 20, 2012 -- Updated December 19, 2012 18:16 HKT Michael Jackson Family Deal Brings Big Buyers to Parafin Corp. (ISIN US69912M4006) (PINKSHEETS:PFNO) Resource Development Group, Inc., the Strategic Partner of Parafin Corp. (ISIN US69912M4006) and Katherine Jackson signed a letter of intent Annecy, 18.12.12 – The Resource Development Group, Inc. is internationally oriented and active as an advisory and investment company. The company develops new business concepts for the economy and public infrastructures, offers, as an independent advisor, know-how and capital for start-ups as well as small businesses and develops investment concepts for the financial service sector, banks, re-insurers and pension funds. The Resource Development Group is happy acknowledge receipt of a signed letter of intent from the Matriarch of the First Family of Music, Mrs. Katherine Jackson. The Parties agreed not to disclose information’s as to terms and conditions. Resource Development Group has consequently given its legal counsel the mandate to begin work on drafting a contractual agreement for Mrs. Katherine Jackson’s legal counsel’s review. A contractual agreement should be reached quickly for a unique venture in 2013. You are not allowed to view links.
Register or LoginResource Development Group, Inc. Trolley Square, Suite 20 C 19806 Wilmington, Delaware USA Kontakt: Niederlassung Europa Kurfürstendamm 69 10709 Berlin Telefon: (+49) 30 89006655 Fax: (+49) 30 89009885 E-Mail: info@rd-group.net Website: You are not allowed to view links.
Register or LoginThe Potsdamer Treuhand und Wirtschaftsberatung GmbH is convinced that the current assets of the Resource Development Group, Inc., in the short, medium and long-term areas constitute a highly profitable investment which will be reflected in the price of the Paraffin Corp. shares. The Potsdamer Treuhand and Wirtschaftsberatung GmbH therefore started to buy up free trading shares of the Paraffin Corp. on the market some time ago. The companies have agreed, in addition to the 5% participation in the Resource Development Group, Inc., to continue to buy up the available free float shares of the Paraffin Corp.
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