# Paris Jackson Wants No More “Smoke & Mirrors” Over MJ Money After Estate Trashes Her “Nonsensical” Latest Claims

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/paris-jackson-wants-no-more-smoke-mirrors-over-mj-money-after-estate-trashes-her-nonsensical-latest-claims/
- Published: 2026-10-29T01:08:42+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/10/michael-jackson-estate-lawsuit-paris-1237207483/
- Topics: Film

## Key points

- Paris Jackson wants the executors’ fee cut from 15% to 10%.
- Her lawyers say recent estate accounts are incomplete.
- A court hearing is scheduled for 4 December.

## Summary

Paris Jackson is asking a Los Angeles court to reduce the Michael Jackson Estate co-executors’ management fee, saying executor John Branca has missed disclosure deadlines and filed incomplete accounts. The estate has called her claims and request for financial consequences “nonsensical”; the dispute centres on whether beneficiaries can get a clear account of the estate’s finances.

In a motion filed on 23 October, Jackson seeks to cut the fee from 15% to 10% of gross entertainment-related income for 2023, 2024 and each following year until a complete 2026 account is filed. Her lawyers say the 2023 filing is incomplete and the 2024 document is only a placeholder, despite a request for approval of more than $100 million in compensation for the co-executors and a law firm. A hearing is scheduled for 4 December; Jackson has reportedly received about $65 million from the estate.

## Coverage

- [Deadline: Paris Jackson Wants No More “Smoke & Mirrors” Over MJ Money After Estate Trashes Her “Nonsensical” Latest Claims](https://deadline.com/2026/10/michael-jackson-estate-lawsuit-paris-1237207483/)
- [Billboard: Paris Jackson Says Michael Estate Executor Failed to Justify $100M Fee: ‘Particularly Offensive’](https://www.billboard.com/pro/michael-jackson-daughter-paris-jackson-slams-estate-fee/)

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