Paris Jackson is turning up the pressure on the people who control her father’s fortune, accusing the longtime overseers of the Michael Jackson estate of putting their own interests ahead of the family. In a new court filing in Los Angeles Superior Court, she is not just questioning strategy or taste, she is alleging outright mismanagement of hundreds of millions of dollars that were supposed to protect Michael Jackson’s legacy and his children’s futures. The clash has turned a once largely private dispute into a very public reckoning over who really benefits from one of pop culture’s most valuable estates.
At the heart of her latest move is a simple but explosive claim: the estate’s current setup no longer looks like a trust built for heirs, it looks like a business machine built for its managers. That argument, sharpened over a series of petitions and objections, now lands in front of a judge who will have to decide whether the Executors and their decisions are entitled to deference or overdue for a reset.
Inside Paris Jackson’s new accusation
In her newest legal documents, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Paris Jackson argues that the people running the Michael Jackson estate have stopped acting like neutral fiduciaries and started behaving like dealmakers chasing their own upside. She claims the estate has effectively “morphed into a private entertainment investment fund” that is managed “more for the benefit of Executors and” insiders than for the beneficiaries or her father’s legacy, a charge laid out in detail in a prior filing over alleged mismanagement of $464 million. The new petition builds on that theme, accusing the same leadership team of steering the estate’s vast catalog and business ventures in ways that pad fees and payouts at the top while leaving heirs in the dark.
Those concerns are not just philosophical. Paris Jackson has also accused the estate of mishandling a reported $789Million fortune, arguing that the Executors are “enriching themselves” instead of maximizing long term value for the trust. In the latest round of filings, she points to what she sees as a pattern of aggressive deals, slow disclosures and opaque accounting that, in her view, all tilt toward the same outcome: a healthier bottom line for the estate’s managers than for Michael Jackson’s children. Her decision to press that argument in Los Angeles Superior Court signals that she is no longer willing to treat those concerns as a family matter handled quietly behind closed doors.
A long simmering fight over control and cash
The new filing did not come out of nowhere. Paris Jackson has been clashing with the estate for months, if not years, over how the money is handled and who gets to call the shots. Earlier, she raised alarms about “premium payouts” and other spending decisions by the Michael Jackson estate, only to see a judge partially grant a request to strike portions of her petition, finding that some of her complaints touched on protected “statements made before a judicial proceeding” and long running probate issues dating back to July 2009. A related ruling underscored that even her criticism of the “glacial pace” of filings had to be weighed against legal protections for how lawyers and Executors communicate in court, as outlined in a companion discussion of those statements.
Instead of backing off, she escalated. In a separate petition, Paris Jackson accused Michael Jackson’s estate Executors Of Abusing Funds, arguing that the people in charge had crossed from aggressive management into outright misuse of trust resources and deepening her dispute with key figures like John Branca and John McClain, a conflict detailed in her broader fight against the Estate Executors Of. She has also complained that the Estate has yet to provide full accounting for 2022, 2023, 2024 or 2025, a delay she believes leaves beneficiaries flying blind while major deals are cut, concerns laid out in a filing that said the Estate was mismanaging hundreds of millions.
Why this latest move raises the stakes
What makes the newest accusation feel different is how bluntly Paris Jackson is now framing the alleged failures. In one filing, she said the current Estate Executors in a New Filing, Says They have “Completely Failed” to invest $464 million in a way that would protect and grow the trust, a criticism that goes beyond quibbling over strategy and instead paints a picture of systemic neglect of the beneficiaries’ interests, as captured in her claim that the Executors in a New Filing, Says. A related account of that same filing echoed her view that the Estate Executors have not yet delivered on their basic obligation to prudently invest the $464 million, a point repeated in coverage that noted how she Slams Dad Michael Jackson’s Estate Executors in a New Filing and Says They Completely to invest that sum.
Her latest petition also lands in a family context that is anything but simple. Alongside Paris, Michael also had two sons, and all three have grown up under the shadow of a global brand that still generates massive revenue, even as the circumstances of Michael Jackson’s death and the role of his doctor, Conrad Murray, who was later found responsible, remain part of the public record, a backdrop noted in coverage of her new filing in Los Angeles Superior. Her decision to accuse the Executors of mismanagement in such stark terms, including in fresh documents that say the estate has been run more like a private fund than a family trust, reflects a belief that the only way to force change is to challenge the entire structure, a stance echoed in reporting that she has now formally accused the estate’s leaders in new legal documents. Whether the court agrees or not, Paris Jackson has made it clear she is prepared to keep fighting until she believes the estate is being run for Michael Jackson’s heirs, not just the people signing the checks.
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