Michael Jackson’s Companies Had No Duty to Protect Boys, Judge Rules

MJ, the new musical inspired by the life of Michael Jackson, will begin performances on Broadway December 6, with an opening night set for Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at the Neil Simon Theatre, producers announced today.

READ MORE: Michael Jackson was 'shocked' by audience's response to himDavid went on: "[Michael] had not recorded it. He hummed it to me as I sat at the keyboard in his pool house and we figured out the chords.

Michael Jackson's estate won a major, years-long court battle after a U.S. tax court found the IRS inflated the value of his assets and image at the time of his death.

taxes on the estate, whose heirs are Jackson’s mother and three children, about $200 million of it a penalty for underpaying.A new tax bill will now be calculated using Holmes’ figures, and it will include no penalties.Also in dispute were Jackson's 50% stake in Sony/ATV Music Publishing, a catalog that includes 175 Beatles songs; and his interest in another catalog that includes the songs he wrote.The IRS expert had put those assets at a combined total of about $320 million.

Michael Jackson has been given a legal win against the US tax authority regarding how much the late artist was worth at the time of his death.As covered by The Hollywood Reporter, the court case centered on how much tax Jackson’s estate owed the Internal Revenue Service following his death in 2009, based on his assets, image and likeness.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterMichael Jackson’s image was worth just $4 million at the time of his death in 2009, a U.S.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA federal judge ruled Monday that a man who claims Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted him when he was 14 years old must reveal his name in order to proceed with a lawsuit.The man, now in his 50s, has already indicated to the court that he would drop the suit if forced to reveal his name.The man, who is identified in the complaint as C.D., filed suit last September, after the state of New York temporarily suspended the statute of limitations for such cases.

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Being in a room with snakes isn’t the usual songwriting process for Lionel Richie.

READ MORE: Michael Jackson's brothers defended the star's plastic surgeryClarke continued: "Michael came up to me, and he goes: 'What are they screaming at?' In this almost childish voice. "And I was looking at him like this: 'Eh, 'cause you're Michael Jackson?' I couldn't believe he didn't get it.

LOS ANGELES -- A judge on Monday dismissed the lawsuit of a man who alleged that Michael Jackson sexually abused him as a boy.Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark A. Young granted the Jackson estate's request to dismiss the suit brought in 2013 by Wade Robson.

A judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a man who accused the late Michael Jackson of sexually abusing him as a boy in the documentary "Leaving Neverland."  Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark A. Young granted the Jackson estate's request to dismiss the suit brought in 2013 by Wade Robson.The judge said two Jackson entertainment corporations targeted by the lawsuit had no legal duty to protect Robson from Jackson.

Michael Jackson‘s estate has been thrown out by a judge in Los Angeles.Choreographer Robson sued Jackson’s estate in 2013, alleging that the pop icon had sexually abused him for almost 10 years, with the singer’s MJJ Productions and MJJ Ventures playing a role in facilitating the abuse.The lawsuit has now been dismissed by LA County Superior Court Judge Mark A Young, who upheld an earlier tentative ruling and agreed with the estate that it had no legal duty to protect Robson from the alleged

READ MORE: Michael Jackson's brothers defended the star's plastic surgerySpeaking about this moment in the documentary Lansley said: "So, this is a spontaneous correction, which is a reliable indicator of truth-telling. "When someone makes a spontaneous correction to the fact that Michael Jackson says 'I was in a sleeping bag,' and then this young child has said 'no, no, you pulled the blankets down and you slept on the blankets on the floor,' is typical of the truth.

Wade Robson is considering a Supreme Court appeal after an L.A. judge decided that he can not sue Michael Jackson’s estate over alleged childhood sexual abuse. 

Michael Jackson’s body language "tips the scales in favour of him telling the truth" when passionately denying child abuse allegations, behaviour experts claim. In a bombshell documentary, old footage is poured over by specialists analysing the consistency of the King of Pop's behaviour, vocal tone and choice of words, among other clever 'tells'.