No doubt two faced Tohme is part of this tangled web. Here's some of my notes from conversations with Kitty & friend last year:
At the death announcement, why was he there? How did he know so quickly and to pretend to be a representative? What's up with the money he took & returned? Hand caught in the cookie jar?
Quotekittycat
MJ took the precaution of having Rev. Gatlin tape conversations where he expressed fear and distrust of Tohme, and the fact that he'd done a background check. Evidence and a bit of insurance, I think Phil Anschutz and Tom Barack have shady business pasts too, and apparently go back a long ways. I think MJ was coerced into this from the beginning. Did you know Barak (Colony Capitol) owns 1200 acres adjacent to Neverland, that he is heavily invested in gambling in Nevada and had plans for "Thriller themed" casinos on Neverland? Think MJ went along with that?
kittycat
Forgot to add that it all started with Tohme who, it seems, was already working for Colony when he "suggested" MJ meet Barak and discuss refinancing Neverland. This preceded by Jermaine introducing MJ to Tohme as a potential financial advisor. Tohme said he'd talked MJ out of a 6 month residency in Vegas and into the AEG concerts in London. He "convinced MJ that summer in England would be better for the kids than summer in Las Vegas." The Vegas shows would have paid MJ $100M. Tohme is on the payroll of one of the backers of This Is It. (Colony Cap) From the London Eve.
I think MJ went to someone high up in law enforcement for help--coercion & racketeering (one of the criteria for Witness Protection), then the request for a favor in return-assisting the DEA. Putting the 2 together explains everything & nothing else does.
kittycat
Business time line MJ is BRILLIANT!! Watch the dates. mj_dance/
Michael Jackson's original loan holder, Fortress Investment Group, slated Neverland Ranch for public auction if the loan, exceeding $24M, remained unpaid on March 19, 2008. MJ managed a last-ditch deal with Fortress by March 13, 2008. In May 2008 Colony Capital buys the loan - this is where Tohme introduced MJ & Tom Barrak of Colony. I don't know when Tohme met Jermaine, but I'd bet he pursued him as a way to get to MJ. Part of the deal with Colony was that MJ could put off making payments for a while in exchange for more $$ down the road. In Sept 2008 MJ has Rev June Gatlin record conversations where he expresses fear & distrust of Tohme. In Nov 2008 MJ transfers ownership of Neverland to Sycamore Valley Ranch Co. LLC - Neverland was called Sycamore Valley Ranch when MJ bought it. A listing on the CA Sec of State web site does not ID the owners of SVR Co but it has the same Century City address as Colony Capital. USA Today reports MJ filed a grant deed on the ranch showing SVR Co as the owner of Neverland, and that SVR Co is a joint venture between MJ & Colony Capital. So 2 months after the Gatlin phone recordings MJ retains part ownership of Neverland, which his estate now controls. Tom Barrak cannot develop the land without their participation. End of 08 or beginning of 09 MJ rehires trusted legal/mgmt team. These lawyers turn out to be executors of his will Oh What a Surprise. Jan April 2009 Nurse Lee treats MJ as nutritionist. She runs blood tests & gives vit/mineral IV-sees no sign of drug use. Feb 2009 MJ passes ins physical/drug test. lolol/
April 2009 Tohme sends James Weller of TRW Advertising (Tohme Rogich Weller) to see Darren Julien of Julien's Auction House Beverly Hills. Long story short ask if you want it -on Tohme's instructions Julien's life is threatened if he goes ahead with the auction of MJ's possessions taken from Neverland on Tohme's authority. LAPD are involved & the dispute is settled, sort of. As of Sept 2009 Tohme had not returned these items to the estate. May 2009 MJ fires Tohme with Frank DiLeo's help. It is assumed the Auction House incident is the last straw, but maybe it was EVIDENCE! On being fired the next month Tohme threatens MJ & his family. May 2009 is when Dr Murray starts work for MJ . Kai Chase is rehired. Aug 2009 Chief Bratton's surprise departure from LAPD-now heads a co that provides Justice Dept program support. E Taylor once described MJ as cunning. Now I see what she meant! mj_bad/
...and I bet MJ set Tohme up at the Oliver event, to have Dr. Tohme's abusive behavior, get caught in pictures. What do you think?
Tom Barrak is One of Tohme Tohme's many identities is of a US citizen of Lebanese decent raised in LA. Fresh out of USC law school Barrak was sent by his employer to Saudi Arabia for 4 1/2 years. Tohme has another identity as an orthopedic surgeon from Saudi Arabia. Both men are in their early 60s. Tom Barrak/Colony Capital is heavily invested in gambling. Very long story short, those investments were not paying off. According to NBC he was charged with realestate fraud and making threats in the 90s. He goes on to tell AP he was working with others to renegotiate the terms of MJs main assets: the Sony/ATV catalog & the MiJac catalog that owns MJs own music.
Tohme says he talked MJ into the AEG deal saying summer in Vagas would be better for the kids than summer in England. Remember TRW Advertising? Tohme, Rogich, Weller. James Weller was the one who, on Tohme's orders, threatened Darren Julien of Julien's Auction House. LAPD had to get involved. Tom Barrak held 2 days of tours & lavish parties (at Neverland) to tell locals he had no plans to make Neverland a West Coast Graceland (despite Tohme's claims that's just what MJ wanted), lawyers for one of his companies filed 20 trademark applications for the names Neverland, Neverland Ranch...Thriller themed casino. This on Aug 12. This request was hurriedly abandoned Sept 8 after the story leaked & Joe Jackson told the media Colony Cap cannot do this without our permission.
I watched that entire Elvis series--so glad you sent it, mmlj is watching it now. If you read my entire channel you know she and I got together from my asking her medical opinions....I had concluded MJ was being forced into more than he could or wanted to do with TII by AEG & Colony. It seemed that with his background check on Tohme that he mentions to Rev Gatlin, so conveniently on tape, he found proof of coercion and racketeering. Mmlj had thought from day one that he was somehow involved in a DEA sting, something she knows about first hand. She just couldn't figure out why. We put out theories together and it seemed to explain everything. Then to see that Elvis most likely did the same thing! It really does look like "they" tried to correct the flaws in Elvis' death with MJs.
If fans didn't pay such close attention and have the internet, it might have worked. elvis_/