Michael JacksonMJ’s family is embroiled in a complex legal battle… and not everyone is on the same side in this one – because MJ’s son Blanket is trying to stop his own grandmother from using the estate’s money in her ongoing fight.
Here’s the deal… Blanket – MJ’s youngest son, whose real name is Bigi Jackson – filed documents this week, obtained by TMZ, asking the court not to allow his grandmother Catherine use money from Michael’s estate to fund an appeal of a previous decision.
Basically, Blanket and his grandmother recently worked together to stop the executors of Jackson’s estate from carrying out a huge business transaction that they were completely against.
The documents don’t say exactly what the transaction was – it’s been shrouded in mystery throughout this saga – but based on recent reports, it appears it may be related to the deal the estate made with Sony to sell about half of Catalog Michael’s songs for $600 million.
Blanket explains that he and his grandmother presented their arguments against the settlement… but in the end the court ruled against them – seemingly ending the legal issue.
However, Katherine has decided to appeal the decision… a decision Blanket says he doesn’t want to be part of – and, more importantly… he doesn’t want his father’s estate to pay for his legal bills. As you know, he is heir to the property… so this money is very important to him.
The way Blanket explains it in the docs… the appeal has little chance of winning, and he says he doesn’t think it will actually benefit the trust’s beneficiaries to continue the fight – so he simply doesn’t want the estate to foot the bill. ..something Katherine wants.
Blanket also asked the court to use its best judgment to award Katherine reasonable attorney fees incurred in the pre-appeal battle – which he agrees she is entitled to… at least to some extent.
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It is not surprising that Blanket’s lawsuit against Katherine… just yesterday, the executors of Michael’s estate supposedly claimed that she receives a seven-figure allowance a year — money that Blanket would likely prefer she use for the appeal instead of money from the estate.
It seems the family isn’t completely on the same page about this…a judge hasn’t ruled yet.