Paris Jackson Calls Executor’s $109 Million Fee Request ‘Offensive'
Rolling Stone • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Paris Jackson has filed a motion accusing John Branca, executor of Michael Jackson’s estate, of “persistent incompetence” and is seeking to reject his nearly $110 million fee request for work from 2023 to 2024.
- She claims Branca missed his self-imposed deadline for submitting complete financial accountings and instead provided incomplete or placeholder documents, questioning how he could justify such a large compensation without accurate accountings.
- Paris is requesting the court reduce Branca’s compensation from 15% to 10% of the estate’s gross entertainment income retroactively to 2003, to remain until full and accurate accountings are submitted through 2006.
- A spokesperson for Branca’s team denied the claims, stating the executors waived compensation and only receive a court-ordered management fee for running Michael Jackson’s business.
- This motion follows a previous legal victory for Paris in April, where a judge ordered three estate lawyers to return $625,000 in bonuses authorized by Branca, citing lack of evidence that the payments were justified.
