Paris Jackson accuses Michael Jackson estate executors

Paris Jackson is criticizing the executors of her father Michael Jackson’s estate in a new lawsuit, saying they have “completely failed” to invest $464 million.

She filed a new legal document in the battle over her late father’s estate, this time claiming that the estate’s executors have abused their roles to enrich themselves, CE Report quotes Kosova Press.

Paris (27) submitted an objection in Los Angeles court on November 18, challenging the estate’s accounting for the 2021 calendar year, which she and her siblings received only in September — about four years late.

In the filing, Paris expressed concern about the “large amounts of cash” that remain uninvested by co-executors John Branca and John McClain, and said she feels their business decisions do not align with the estate’s best interests. She is a beneficiary of the “Thriller” singer’s estate along with her brothers Prince (28) and Bigi (23).

“Paris is increasingly concerned that the Estate has become a vehicle for John Branca to enrich and elevate himself, instead of serving the best interests of the beneficiaries and steadfastly preserving her father’s legacy,” the filing says.

A source close to the Jackson estate claims, “This is another misguided attempt by Paris Jackson’s lawyers to secure cover for themselves.”

Paris claims that in 2021 alone, the executors earned more than $10 million in compensation from the estate — twice the amount distributed to each beneficiary in family support.

She also estimates that the executors’ total compensation reached $148.2 million by the end of 2021, a number that “overshadows any amount distributed to Paris or her siblings.”

In the filing, Paris says the executors are holding more than $464 million in cash, earning less than 0.1 percent in returns due to “unproductive investments.” She claims that if the funds had been properly invested, they could have generated $41 million in profits.

The executors have yet to disclose accounts for 2022, 2023, 2024, or 2025, and Paris believes they are dragging the process out to keep the estate open “indefinitely” so they can continue pursuing high-risk investments.

Michael Jackson had more than $500 million in debt when he died in 2009, and in the lawsuit, the executors assert that they took the struggling estate and turned it into a “power and force in the music business.”

Previously, they disputed Paris’s claims that they gave $625,000 in gifts and bonuses to three different law firms, calling the accusation “knowingly false.”

Paris is asking the court to dismiss the accounting and order the executors to prepare and present a report that fully and accurately describes “their true actions.” A hearing is scheduled for January 13, 2026.