Paris Jackson, the daughter of the late pop icon Michael Jackson, has vowed to persist in her legal fight against the executors of her father’s estate. This decision comes even after a judge dismissed her petition alleging financial misconduct by the executors.

At 27, Paris raised alarms about suspicious “irregular payments” she believed were made by the estate’s executors, John Branca and John McClain, back in July. She filed a formal petition against them, but on November 10, Los Angeles Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff dismissed most of her claims.

The magazine People reported that the dismissal was due to procedural issues within Paris’s filing. It was ruled that her allegations could not legally challenge the estate’s court documents, which are shielded from retaliatory lawsuits under California’s anti-SLAPP statute.

On November 13, a representative for Paris told Us Weekly that despite this setback, she and her legal team remain committed to contesting the executors’ actions.

“This ruling addresses only minor procedural matters and does not affect the core issues: the executors’ and their attorneys’ conduct raises serious concerns,” the spokesperson conveyed to Us Weekly. “Paris is determined to ensure her family receives fair treatment, and we plan to submit a revised filing soon.”

Paris Jackson launched a new attack on the two men running her late father Michael Jackson’s estate — and compared them to the “Wizard of Oz” as she fights them over money, Us Weekly can exclusively report. In response, the executors revealed the estate has spent over $65 million on Paris. On Friday, October 3, […]

Earlier this year, Paris accused Branca and McClain of exploiting her father’s estate by skimming money in “plain view,” according to documents seen by Us in August. A rep for the estate adamantly denied the claims.

In their roles as the late pop star’s estate executors, Branca and McClain have full control over Michael’s finances, business deals and payments to the family. The beneficiaries of his estate are Paris and her brothers, Prince and Bigi.

The Jackson 5 alum died at age 50 in 2009 of cardiac arrest associated with a lethal dose of propofol, a powerful sedative. Following his death, Michael’s physician, Conrad Murray, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

In Paris’ filing, she raised concerns about how the funds were being used and asked the judge to order the executors to submit paperwork for legal fees to third party firms from 2019 to 2023, so she can review what they paid. In addition, she wants an order stating that the executors can only make partial payments until the court approves invoices.

She said her petition was made “to protect the rights and interests” of her and the other beneficiaries.

In the filing, Paris’ lawyer raised concerns about large sums being paid as “gifts to Counsel.”

“Executors’ profound delay in seeking Court approval for extraordinary fees and costs, and lack of oversight with regard to large non-contractual payments Counsel bestowed upon themselves, is concerning,” the lawyer said. “The five-year and growing lag inherently prejudices the ability of the Court and the beneficiaries to provide effective oversight. But the fact that this delay obscured the payment of non-contractual $125,000 and $250,000 gifts to Counsel is even more troubling.”

Paris’ attorney added, “No client would give such gifts to her lawyers out of her own pocket. Worse still, Counsel made the payments knowing that the beneficiaries long ago objected to the practice, and were less than forthcoming in their belated disclosures.”

The executors of Michael Jackson’s estate fired back at the late pop star’s daughter, Paris Jackson, after she claimed to have “serious” questions about payments, Us Weekly can report. On June 15, lawyers for John Branca and John McClain, who have run the estate since Michael died in 2009, filed documents in response to Paris’ […]

Paris said that “at a minimum, these gratuities, and counsel’s preposterous declarations in support of them, raise red flags.”

Per People, the executors denied mismanaging the funds in their own filing and argued that they transformed the estate into “a powerhouse and a force in the music business today” after inheriting an estate “burdened with hundreds of millions of dollars in debt.” They claimed Paris “received roughly $65 million” in benefits.

“Few have benefited more from the Executors’ business judgment than Petitioner herself,” the filing alleged. “She would have never received that had the Executors followed a typical playbook for an estate like this one in July 2009.”