2006 Conspiracy To Unwillingly Bankrupt Michael Jackson
By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Michael Jackson has stumbled across a conspiracy by former attorneys, associates and advisers to force him into financial ruin, his spokeswoman said on Monday.
The plot was discovered after someone leaked documents to Jackson showing that unnamed former lawyers for the 47-year-old singer tried to recruit others into a petition that would drag him unwillingly into bankruptcy court, his spokeswoman and manager Raymone Bain said.
"In what could be one of the biggest conspiracies in entertainment history, documents have been sent to Michael Jackson and his representatives which reveal a deliberate plan by some former attorneys as well as associates and advisers to force Mr. Jackson into involuntary bankruptcy," Bain said.
During his four-month trial on child molestation charges last year, prosecutors asserted that the self-styled "King of Pop" was in perilous financial shape due to mounting debt.
Bain declined to name the conspirators, saying that Jackson had ordered his current legal team to investigate the scheme and file lawsuits in multiple jurisdictions.
"In addition, there is a strong possibility that these documents will be forwarded to the U.S. Attorney General for review and possible involvement," Bain said.
Bain also declined to say who provided the documents to Jackson, who she said was busy shopping for a home in Europe and recording material for his first studio album of new material since 2001.
Jackson, who has made few public appearances since his acquittal on child molestation charges in 2005, announced in June that he had severed ties with his longtime business managers as part of a "sweeping restructuring" of his affairs.
In March, state authorities ordered Jackson to close his Neverland Valley Ranch in the California foothills for failing to pay the staff or maintain proper insurance. In April, Jackson reached a deal to finance more than $200 million in loans secured by his stake in the Beatles song catalogue.
Bain said it was not yet clear why Jackson's former attorneys and associates would want to force bankruptcy on the onetime child star, who ruled the pop charts during the 1980s with such albums as "Off the Wall" and "Thriller."
"That's what we'd like to find out," Bain said. "But Michael Jackson was neither shocked nor surprised. He's always been suspicious that some of those whom he entrusted to act on his behalf ... may not have acted in his best interests."
謝謝fulfill328的關心
坦白說，我不舉報他是因爲念舊，因爲他曾經幫過我
我很感激他在我剛進來這傢公司時候的栽培，正因爲這樣我才沒有什麽報復行動
況且I'M A LOVER AND NOT A FIGHTER （借借MJ的statement用一用）
這傢公司是不錯，但是已經沒意思待下去了
天下無不散之筵席，或許真的是時候換換環境了
我選擇離開不是因爲怕他，或是認輸，而是不想糾纏下去
我反而覺得是他的損失，我對他絕對是忠誠，沒有半點反叛之意，是他自己心中有鬼，勢必要剷除知道内情的人而已
他最近就故意不批准我們的leave application
新年能休假多少天還是未知數
A group of dancing Philippine prisoners has created a new internetvideo hit with a spectacular routine led by Michael Jackson's choreographer dancing to the title track of his posthumous DVD.
The clip has generated more than 600,000 hits on the video sharing website YouTube since it was uploaded on Friday by Sony Entertainment ahead of Tuesday's global release of the late superstar's This is It DVD.
The four-minute, 26-second film shows Jackson choreographer Travis Payne leading 1,200 inmates clad in regulation orange prison trousers and black shirts featuring the DVD's logo through a well-synchronised jail yard routine.
Sony said Payne and his crew spent two days this month at the maximum security jail in the central Philippine city of Cebu to record the dance as part of the promotion for the launch of Jackson's DVD.
The King of Pop died on June 25 last year in Los Angeles and an investigation into his death has focused on unlawful prescriptions of the powerful anaesthetic propofol.
The Cebu inmates, including murders, rapists and drug traffickers, achieved instant cult fame around the world when a clip of them dancing to Jackson's Thriller hit was posted on YouTube in 2007.
The Thriller clip has since generated 37.5 million hits on YouTube, while other dance routines have also been posted and fuelled the prisoners' cult aura.
Officials at the jail began the dance exercises as away to ease tensions among the inmates and improve their chances at rehabilitation.
They, and prisoners who have been previously interviewed, say the program has been a huge success, with fighting among inmates down markedly since the dancing was introduced.
发表于 23-1-2010 04:14 PM
很容易表达心情！
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