Autumn II
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Re: Wrongful death lawsuits - Katherine and MJ's kids sue AEG / Murray responds to Joe's lawsuit
Not a surprising response. I doubt this lawsuit will fly, but to be accurate, this doesn't have to depend on hearsay, but on Joseph's financial records. If there are deposits made which cannot be accounted for by income from investments, Social Security, or whatever, a case can be made that they were funneled to him from Michael, through Katherine. Her bank records might show the same. (unless it was all cash, in which case, Joe is screwed).
Whether or not Rowe was Michael's "advisor" can be proven, probably, by the FIRING letter Michael wrote. One doesn't fire someone who is not employed?
I think this lawsuit is counter-productive, but what really matters is the documentation, if any, that exists.
How is Murray paying for his defense of this, anyway? Just wondering.
Conrad Murray to Joe Jackson: Objection!!!
3 minutes ago by TMZ Staff
Dr. Conrad Murray is making it clear -- he will fight Joe Jackson tooth and nail in the Michael Jackson wrongful death lawsuit.
In new legal documents -- obtained by TMZ -- Dr. Murray's lawyer, Charles Peckham, is asking the judge to throw out statements attributed to Michael Jackson ... that Katherine Jackson was acting as an agent -- a go-between -- in funneling support money to Joe.
Peckham says the claims that Katherine was Michael's agent -- made by Joe's lawyer, Brian Oxman, and Leonard Rowe, the self-proclaimed former MJ advisor, are nothing but rank hearsay.
For example, Oxman said in legal papers filed last week, "[Michael Jackson] supported his father, Joseph Jackson, by making payments to his mother, Katherine Jackson, on a monthly basis." Peckham calls Oxman an "incompetent legal expert."
Peckham also claims there is no proof Rowe ever served as Michael's advisor.
Not a surprising response. I doubt this lawsuit will fly, but to be accurate, this doesn't have to depend on hearsay, but on Joseph's financial records. If there are deposits made which cannot be accounted for by income from investments, Social Security, or whatever, a case can be made that they were funneled to him from Michael, through Katherine. Her bank records might show the same. (unless it was all cash, in which case, Joe is screwed).
Whether or not Rowe was Michael's "advisor" can be proven, probably, by the FIRING letter Michael wrote. One doesn't fire someone who is not employed?
I think this lawsuit is counter-productive, but what really matters is the documentation, if any, that exists.
How is Murray paying for his defense of this, anyway? Just wondering.
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