No, it means the dispute will go into arbitration, which means it will be handled behind closed doord, not in public and a judge will decide, not a jury. Sort of like the HBO lawsuit. Remember the contract MJ signed with HBO in 1992 had an arbitration clause. So a judge sided with the Estate on it, and so we never heard of it again because it was handled behind closed doors.
Si "long" ? J'ai dû en poster 3, très courts !
Thanks!
So this would mean that whatever the family were paid in 2019/2020 could have to be be paid back? They broke the "contract" by speaking out this week.
Yes, if the Estate wins in arbitration, the Cascios will have to pay back every penny AND then some….AND……and here comes the reply to the second part in your comment:
You’re probably not the only one here who doesn’t perfectly understand English. But if you use Google Translate to understand things better, the least you can do is also use it to post in English. No one wants a forum where there are as many languages as nationalities in every post.Si "long" ? J'ai dû en poster 3, très courts !
Je ne parle pas anglais, désolée. Mais j'ai compris le message, je supprime mon compte alors
Merci pour "l'accueil". Bonne journée et bonne continuation à vous.
The Cascio brothers wanted a public hearing to keep putting pressure on the Estate, also using the media to continue publicly damaging Michael’s image, hoping the Estate would eventually cave and agree to a settlement. That was their all-or-nothing move. But they don’t have any chance left.
This is what I have always thought, Mike helping him out for that reason
If it’s true that Frank was shopping a mini-series based on his book and the Estate was planning a biopic, it would make sense that they would want to get ”life rights” to their name and character to be able to possibly use them in a future project. Could have also meant that they wanted to squash the mini-series, at least for now, in favor of the biopic. If the Cascios would’ve played it right and would’ve been patient instead of greedy, they could’ve made money afterwards by doing TV interviews. I mean imagine the interest after the biopic and especially if they were included in a possible sequel, or if the Estate would’ve went on to do the mini-series after the biopic?! The interest in them could’ve been huge and they could’ve done the rounds as MJ’s friends and made tons of money from interviews etc.. But, as it is with greed…now they will just be known as grifters and as the family that betrayed Michael in the worst kind of way.
Anyone can see through that. Especially since Geragos and the Cascios are in an attorney-client relationship, so the Estate couldn’t even question them about it because both would just say ”Can’t answer, attorney-client privilege”. But that what they are doing in regards to that too should be very transparent to any judge. I mean, the judges aren’t stupid. If the judge is someone who holds ethics in high regards, he will not be a willing to participate in Geragos’s ganes and will not be taking it lightly and is going to be extra vigilant. And the Cascio’s extortion game and sudden flip is SO apparent that I can’t see any judge with any sense of ethics and justice going along with it!! So I’m hoping the judge who will decide will be one who has high morals and high regard for ethics and justice. 
Someone who won’t support all this bullshit and extortion attempts! Well, I doubt MJ would make someone ”slow” his personal assistant though. I think Karen thinks she is helping but she hasn’t exactly thought of what she is posting publically through. Unless she is on the Cascio’s side.
I never got the impression that Frank would be ”slow”. He wouldn’t be negotiating a $50 million dollar deal to buy a soccer team if he were ”slow”. Also, the fact of him even negotiating or planning to buy a soccer team with that much if money PROVES that he knows EXACTLY how contracts work. But of course he is now playing to be ”oh so dyslexic and slow and innocent” to get out of the contract. Same with Marie. She is a friggin’ CONSULTANT for K-11 education facilities. As a consultant she will know how contracts work. The 2020 contract wouldn’t be the first one to sign in her life. Aldo also has a university degree. So he isn’t some high school drop out either who is ”barely able to read or write” or some imbecile with an IQ of 40 who would not be capable of thinking for himself and knowing what a contract or signing a contract means. Also, being dyslexic does not equal being ”slow” or ”stupid”. There are LAWYERS and teachers who are dyslexic!! Erin Brokovic was dyslexic! Besides, from what we heard, they are saying the contract was also READ out loud to them, so not only did Frank get to read it, it was also READ to him, so his dyslexia shouldn’t be an issue. Unless he has a hearing impairment also (watch him use that as an excuse in 3,2,1 .if it ever comes up! ). 
“‘Michael’s assistant’ is a big word, ultimately meaningless when it comes to Frank. Frank Cascio has no education, no talent; he was part of MJ’s circle out of friendship and charity. All the contracts he claims to have negotiated and finalized for Michael—he, unsurprisingly, is never credited: Take 2 at Fox in 2003, the Private Home Movies, the 30th anniversary concert at MSG… Not to mention certain merchandising projects and other profits he claims to have negotiated that were supposedly worth billions (it was actually people like Dieter Wiesner who even provided proof regarding the ‘MJ Universe,’ which involved billionaires like the Sultan of Brunei’s son).Well, I doubt MJ would make someone ”slow” his personal assistant though. I think Karen thinks she is helping but she hasn’t exactly thought of what she is posting publically through. Unless she is on the Cascio’s side.
Anyways, point is, there is EVIDENCE of all of them being educated and very faniliar with how business and contracts work. I mean their PARENTS who are friggin’ BUSINESS OWNERS were present, FFS!!!!! They have owned and run a restaurant for DECADES, so I wiuld be very interested in hearing THEIR excuse as to apparently not knowing how a contract works and ”being pressured to sign”. As I said….even if someone says take it or leave it…if you feel pressured or rushed, you always have the option of saying ”Nah, no thank you!”
Well I doubt that Frank was signing or organizing business deals for Michael either, but I mean still, as a personal assistant, he would have come into contact with a lot of people and if he were really slow..I doubt he would’ve gotten the title. But even if he did just give him a title to be nice and to help him get an income….Frank wouldn’t be negotiating a $50 million dollar soccer team deal if he was slow. I’m not claiming he’s a rocket scientist and I have no clue what his education is…but someone who is slow is not going to be even discussing multimillion dollar business deals. There’s no way anyone in those circles would even entertain that thought. So he isn’t an idiot with an IQ of 50 or someone incapable of reading or writing or signing a contract and thinking for himself. I mean, he signed a book deal and wrote a book, so…clearly he is capable of making and signing a contract..THAT was my point. ALL of them have had previous experience with signing a contract and as I said…ESPECIALLY the parents as decade long business owners certainly do know how that works. I mean the dad was a hotel manager for a luxury hotel in NYC FFS!!! He wasn’t a manager for some one star bed & breakfast but for a five star luxury hotel!! You need to be business savy for the job. And the parents were PRESENT! So if the kids were too stupid or felt too ”pressured” to sign, their parents with DECADES of business experience were also there!! So them acting all innnocent and as victims….sure…victims my a**!!!
Well, Marie is married to James Porte, one of those who was involved in selling the fake songs. He will most likely never work again in the music industry after the fake songs or anywhere else, because his credibility us gone. So their income is gone (unless Marie does all the work). And besides, if you have a chance of getting a piece of the $213 million pie…apparently all of them want a piece of it. I just wobder how they will explain MJ making them warch him raping their sister and ”only realizing after Leaving Neverland” that they all were abused. I mean, how can you all be ”isolated and not knowing about each other’s abuse until after LN when you started talking about it to each other”…but at then also at the same time all were in the same room being abused and watching the abuse?
Make it make sense!! I would give anything to see the judge’s face when all of their bullshit comes out. Like ”Excuse me….didn’t you just say you were all isolated and didn’t know about it? Isn’t that why you are claiming it took you until 2019 (well actually 2024-2025 until your payments stopped) to ”realize” you were all abused? But now you’re also saying you were all in the same ROOM and WATCHED….?….Oh **** off!!”
