We live in a world where you can’t mentally and physically abuse one of your children without getting crossed off the will. Frankly, it’s unfair. If it wasn’t for those constant ass-whuppings, Michael Jackson would never have sung so good in the Jackson 5, right?
And now, poor ol’ Joe has seen all that hard work he put into absolutely terrifying his son half to death, thrown back in his face. All those long, gruelling hours threatening to kill him and tear Michael a new arse with the buckle end of the belt, now mean nothing.
That’s right. A mere 24 hours after Michael Jackson was crowned as the top-earning corpse celebrity, a California appeals court rejected a bid by Joe Jackson to challenge the administration of his son’s estate.
Completely forgetting all those blister shaped favours Joe did for him, Michael excluded his father from his affairs in favor of making attorney John Branca and music executive John McClain the executors of his will.
Basically, this means that Joe ‘Just say you walked into a door, okay?’ Jackson won’t be getting any money from the late singer’s estate.
This of course, didn’t stop him from trying to wrestle some control over post-death financial affairs involving his famous son. It seems that you can’t thrash the legs of the legal system in the hope it will cry and do whatever you tell it to.
Anyway, when the appeals court heard arguments in the estate case, it questioned several steps taken by Joe, including withdrawing his request for a monthly stipend and conveniently failing to mention that he planned to file a wrongful death lawsuit against Dr. Conrad Murray.
Quite why Joe Jackson needs money now, other than shark-eyed greed, isn’t clear. He’s got a bunch of other famous sons who can help him out and, surely, he’s made enough cash over the years to never work again… right?
Either way, Joe Jackson’s lawyer, Brian Oxman, said he plans to appeal to the California Supreme Court. Because that’s exactly what a still grieving family needs isn’t it?
Michael Jackson’s estate has earned $275 million in the past 12 months, which is clearly making this family turn on each other like rabid dogs in a pen.
Michael Jackson’s kids are probably loving all this, eh? From one very famous and upset child who grew up damaged to three more.
Joe Jackson must be thrilled with his lot in life.
Next week: Back to goading MJ fans with lame, unsubstantiated jokes about his alleged blah blah blah…
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“Next week: Back to goading MJ fans with lame, unsubstantiated jokes about his alleged blah blah blah