CNN story recap and Alan Duke transcript
News anchor said we’re getting conflicting reports on Katherine Jackson, Michael Jackson’s mother. The 82 year old was reported missing Saturday. They reference Jermaine’s tweet (BEFORE the missing report was file), where he said she was fine and resting in Arizona. They then mention the missing report coming just a few days after learning of a big fight going on between Mrs. Jackson’s advisers and some of her children over money, finances and legal affairs. Some developments are coming via tweeter, but Mrs. Jacksons lawyer is saying she fears for Mrs. Jackson’s safety.
Joining us on the phone is Alan Duke with the latest on this…
“Do we really know if she is okay, Alan?”
Alan Duke: Well, we don’t know if she’s okay. What we do know is a missing report was filed late Saturday night by her nephew Trent Jackson. Trent Jackson is closest to her because he’s her driver, her assistant, essentially her valet, and just handles a lot of her business. He has been concerned the past week since he hasn’t seen her since then, but what most concerns him, the lawyer, and her business manager is the fact that the three children who live with her, Michael Jackson’s three children, Prince, Blanket and Paris have not been able to speak to their grandmother. In fact early this morning, Paris took to her twitter account, and said ‘yes, my grandmother is missing. I haven’t spoken to her in a week. I want her home now. If anybody sees grandmother, please call authorities with this number’, then she gave her security guards number. She’s very upset. I understand she even got in a shouting match of sorts on the phone with Janet Jackson, who told her she couldn’t talk to her grandmother because her grandmother was resting. Now, it sounds like if she’s resting, she is okay. But what the lawyer says, what the manager says, and what Trent says is that they’re concerned because it’s not like Katherine Jackson to not talk to them in a 24 hour period. Now it’s been a week. She left her Calabasse home a week ago with her oldest daughter, Rebbie, and was bound for a concert in Albuquerque…she didn’t show up for that. So they want to know, what’s up with that?