{"id":671490,"date":"2026-05-15T16:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/671490\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T16:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:15:10","slug":"jermaine-jackson-ordered-to-pay-rape-accuser-6-5-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/671490\/","title":{"rendered":"Jermaine Jackson Ordered to Pay Rape Accuser $6.5 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Jermaine Jackson<br \/>\n                          Hit With $6.5 Million Judgement<br \/>\n                          &#8230; After No-Showing Rape Case<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              May 15, 2026<br \/>\n                            6:31 AM PDT<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                                                                Updated<br \/>\n                                  May 15, 2026<br \/>\n                                8:54 AM PDT\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260515_fc64c0782daf493c8f6983a24a93fe55\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:67920380-83c0-4662-b579-924811077962\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fc64c0782daf493c8f6983a24a93fe55_md.png\" alt=\"main jermaine jackson getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jermaine-jackson\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jermaine Jackson<\/a> has been ordered to cough up millions to his rape accuser &#8230; apparently without ever stepping foot in court about the case.<\/p>\n<p>According to new court docs, obtained by TMZ, Rita Butler Barrett obtained a default judgment against Jermaine for just over $6.5 million in damages and court costs &#8230; years after she accused him of violently raping her in the spring of 1988. The amount also covers medical expenses Rita asserted she incurred.<\/p>\n<p>The wild thing is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/michael-jackson\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Jackson<\/a>&#8216;s older brother apparently never even responded to the lawsuit, hence the entry of the default judgment.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260424_b2147c4bd0b241afbf82f131355e0f5b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:67920380-83c0-4662-b579-924811077962\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b2147c4bd0b241afbf82f131355e0f5b_md.png\" alt=\"jermaine jackson sub getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>We told you all about it &#8212; Rita <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/24\/jermaine-jackson-could-owe-millions-rape-lawsuit\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">filed<\/a> the lawsuit in December 2023 under California&#8217;s Sexual Abuse and Cover Up Accountability Act, claiming the star unexpectedly showed up at her Encino, California home one day and &#8220;violently&#8221; raped her. She claimed the assault lasted several minutes &#8230; but says Jermaine abruptly stopped and left her residence, leaving her traumatized.<\/p>\n<p>Rita&#8217;s lawyers say they were unable to track Jermaine down to serve the suit but ended up getting court approval to execute service via legal notice in the Los Angeles Times.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve reached out to Jermaine&#8217;s team for comment &#8230; so far, no word back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jermaine Jackson Hit With $6.5 Million Judgement &#8230; After No-Showing Rape Case Published May 15, 2026 6:31 AM&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-671490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}