Jacko Shuts Out Closest Aides
Thursday, November 10, 2005 By Roger Friedman
Jacko Fires Closest Confidantes, Shuts Web Site
Michael Jackson's world is one of constant upheaval. But the latest news from Jackson is more disturbing than usual. Sources tell me the disloyal, capricious ex-King of Pop has fired both of his closest confidantes. More headaches: His Web site, http://www.mjjsource.com, which had been run by his brother Randy and former stylist Karen Faye, is gone as well, leaving subscribers and fan club members high and dry.
Now I'm told that Faye has been dismissed along with aide-de-camp/keeper of all secrets, Evvy Tavasci. The loss of Tavasci, more than Faye, is a huge blow to Jackson's equilibrium, even if he doesn't know it. She's been the backstop for all of his kookiness as well as his legal and personal wrangling. In the past couple of years, she'd moved Jackson's MJJ Productions out of rental offices in Los Angeles and into her own home. When Jackson got into trouble with the Arvizo family, it was Tavasci who kept track of them. Her name came up in court last spring dozens of times.
Faye is a different story. She's operated as Jackson's confidante also, and appears with him in the outtakes of Martin Bashir's documentary. Toward the end of the trial last spring, it was rumored that Faye was no longer doing Jackson's makeup because her fee was too high. But she continued to help run the Web site.
Unfortunately, that site is now shut down for the second time this year. There isn't even a page left up to explain what happened. The site was the invention of Michael's brother Randy, who had two assistants. "They're all gone," including Randy, says a source.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,175138,00.html
Why did Michael Jackson fire Karen Faye?
Michael Jackson fired Karen Faye, Evvy Tavasci and Randy Jackson's then girlfriend, Tanya Zilkie because Randy and Karen had put together a Michael Jackson fan club membership site without Michael's knowledge in which members were to receive a package of Michael goodies upon ordering a subscription ($49.95 a month). This was going on during Michael's trial and by November, fans began complaining that they never received what they paid for. Michael found out and refunded their money and fired Karen Faye and her assistant Evvy Tavasci along with Randy's girlfriend Tanya who had been running the web site in place of Randy.
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