Blanket at war with grandmother
LOS A1G(L(S - Michael Jackson’s son Blanket ‘Bigi’ Jackson has filed legal papers seeking to block his grandmother Katherine from using estate funds amid an extended legal battle with the estate executors.
Bigi Jackson, , formerly known as Blanket, filed paperwork with the court earlier this week, 7M= reported, citing court docs it reviewed.
,t’s the latest chapter in a legal battle over the Beat ,t singer’s estate nearly 1 years after the June , 9 death.
7he latest court action comes in contrast to recent efforts on legal fronts, according to the outlet, as Blanket and Katherine had been in sync amid ongoing family efforts focused toward issues circulating through the court system.
:hile the legal docs 7M= reviewed did not identify the specific issue on hand, recent headlines have indicated that the Man in the Mirror singer’s survivors oppose efforts made by his estate executors to sell a large portion of the late artist’s catalogue.
Blanket and his grandmother were on the same page in stating their resistance to a potential sale, according to legal documents reviewed by 7M=, but Blanket was not involved with Katherine’s subsequent appeal of the court’s eventual ruling to let the executors proceed in exploring further options for a sale.
Attorneys for Blanket told the court that he feels the appeal will not be a successful one and doesn’t want to depreciate the value of the estate with expensive legal bills, the outlet reported.
Blanket’s legal team requested the court ‘use its best Mudgment’ in ruling for Katherine to be reimbursed for ‘reasonable attorney’s fees’ she racked prior to appealing the court’s ruling.
Attorneys for Blanket said in docs submit to the court last June that Blanket had hoped to keep his position on the matter under wraps, encouraging the court to maintain confidentiality on certain aspects of the legal conflict.
Blanket ‘is a very private person and may have said nothing if he knew that his words or positions could become public,´ his lawyers said. ³7hat, in turn, would have denied the trial court of the ability to hear and consider all aspects of the proposed action.´
,n legal docs obtained by Dailymail. com earlier this month, the two executors of the estate, John Branca and John McClain, filed paperwork in Los Angeles Superior Court asking it to stop Katherine in her pursuit of 8S 1 from them over a legal dispute tied to the late 7hriller singer’s catalog.
Katherine, 93, filed court documents requesting the six-figure sum in a motion, as she said she spent the total on legal fees seeking to prevent Branca and McClain from selling her late son’s work.