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The executors of Michael Jackson\u2019s estate have asked for more than $100,000 in costs and attorneys\u2019 fees for their ongoing legal dispute with Paris Jackson. In a January 9 filing obtained by People<\/a> and Us Weekly<\/a>, John Branca and John McClain told a judge that they\u2019re owed around $94,000 in past legal bills. This comes after a judge threw out parts<\/a> of Paris\u2019s petition in November, granting a motion from the executors that invoked California\u2019s anti-SLAPP statute, which is meant to prevent retaliatory legal action. The ruling found that some parts of Paris\u2019s petition were based on protected court filings made by the executors, and noted that the estate was entitled to an award of attorneys\u2019 fees. In this week\u2019s filing, Branca and McClain are reportedly also asking for $21,000 to account for future legal expenses.<\/p>\n Previously, Paris filed<\/a> an August motion asking a judge to order the executors to submit certain financial paperwork and prevent them from making full payments without court approval. She had also previously raised transparency concerns regarding past payments made by her late father\u2019s estate. \u201cThese payments appear, at least in part, to consist of lavish gratuities bestowed upon already well-compensated counsel,\u201d her motion argued. \u201cAs painful as it is to say in print, the present records suggest a group of closely-knit, highly-compensated lawyers is exploiting Executors\u2019 lack of oversight to skim money from the Estate, in plain view.\u201d (In layman\u2019s terms, she\u2019s alleging that smooth criminals<\/a> are taking funds from the Jackson estate that they shouldn\u2019t be.) The executors have denied Paris\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n A representative for Paris said the court\u2019s denial of her request to block the executors from making certain payments was a \u201cminor procedural issue\u201d that had no \u201cbearing on the substance of the case,\u201d and a spokesperson suggested in a statement to People that the executors\u2019 filing just comes back to money. \u201cFor months, Paris Jackson has worked to address what appear to be troubling discrepancies and financial irregularities in the administration of her father\u2019s estate,\u201d the statement reads. \u201cIt\u2019s no surprise the executors and their lawyers are using every tool at their disposal to take even more money from the Jackson family and use it to line their own pockets. Paris remains undeterred and will continue fighting for transparency, accountability and fairness for her family.\u201d<\/p>\n Related<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Kimberly White-POOL\/Getty Images, Marc Piasecki\/WireImage The executors of Michael Jackson\u2019s estate have asked for more…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,921,93,76481,61,60,39478,43,38668,124114,29895,124115],"class_list":{"0":"post-246808","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-celebrity","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-family-business","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-michael-jackson","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-paris-jackson","17":"tag-the-jackson-estate","18":"tag-the-law","19":"tag-the-michael-jackson-estate"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}