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there is this one happy photo. it seems to be taken at the airport.
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LOOOOL! He was happy to leave :hee hee:
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there is this one happy photo. it seems to be taken at the airport.
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Here is an interesting blog:
Mesereau: "As far as the John Branca...investigation by Interfor, Interfor never
found any evidence that Mr. Branca...(was) engaged in any fraud with Mr. Jackson right?"
LeGrand: "I was given no credible evidence to support those charges. I would be
doing Mr. Branca a great wrong if I said otherwise."
There is much more to this testimony that the few lines that I wrote here, but it clearly maintains that Branca did not embezzle funds. Both Tom Mesereau and Michael Jackson were in that courtroom and both were fully aware that Branca was innocent of those charges. A link to the copy of the court transcripts is here: http://www.geniusmichaeljackson.com/court/Transcripts/Court Transcript 5 13 2005.txt
Here is an interesting blog:
Mesereau's Thoughts on John Branca
Mesereau: "Didn't you investigate Mr. Branca because you were concerned that he
and SONY had set up an offshore account to funnel money so they could defraud Michael Jackson?
LeGrand: "...I instructed the firm Interfor to investigate Mr. Branca because Mr.
Konitzer had indicated in several conversations that he was very concerned about Mr. Jackson and that Mr. Jackson had expressed concern about Mr. Branca's loyalty."
Mesereau: "As far as the John Branca...investigation by Interfor, Interfor never
found any evidence that Mr. Branca...(was) engaged in any fraud with Mr. Jackson right?"
LeGrand: "I was given no credible evidence to support those charges. I would be
doing Mr. Branca a great wrong if I said otherwise."
Minor quibble - the third quote is attributed to Mesereau - it was actually Prosecutor Auchincloss who posed the question as part of his re-cross examination. Doesn't change LeGrand's answer though.
This is another interesting exchange about the Interfor report between Auchincloss and LeGrand:
12 Q. That report was basically full of rumors and
13 unsubstantiated allegations, true, because it was
14 incomplete?
15 A. Ultimately that was my view.
http://www.geniusmichaeljackson.com/court/Transcripts/Court Transcript 5 13 2005.txt
Well a lot of people on this board said that even though there was suspicion about Branca in 2003 , the investigation did not show any proof as mentioned in the trial. Branca's rehiring in 2004 (and employment through 04-06) is also mentioned several times.. so having an "anonymous blog" makes the whole difference I guess.
:scratch: ..........................Third and last point...has anyone considered that Michael Jackson might have hired Branca 8 days before he died to PROTECT him? I've read on so many blogs that Michael KNEW...he knew and lived in fear that someone would murder him. Has anyone considered that he hired Branca and possibly DiLeo because he knew that in his fear and desperation, Jackson may have reached out to those who he felt would protect him and his best interests?
If Tom Mesereau believes in Branca's innocence, then what does that say?
Originally Posted by Dangerous Incorporated
Third and last point...has anyone considered that Michael Jackson might have hired Branca 8 days before he died to PROTECT him? I've read on so many blogs that Michael KNEW...he knew and lived in fear that someone would murder him. Has anyone considered that he hired Branca and possibly DiLeo because he knew that in his fear and desperation, Jackson may have reached out to those who he felt would protect him and his best interests?
If Tom Mesereau believes in Branca's innocence, then what does that say?
:agree:hmmm....very interesting. i have never thought of that before. BUT i still will not trust them fully until things become more clear.
What? I thought he fired Branca and he was never rehired.
Can you please show me where you read that?
January 12, 2004 :
While Jermaine gives a press conference outside Hayvenhurst to organise fans' support, Mark Geragos organises a big meeting of Michael's team at the Beverly Hills Hotel attended by Charles Koppleman, Leonard Muhammad, Al Malnik, John Branca, Alan Whitman, Zia Modabber & Kevin Mac Lin.
April 14 2006
Interestingly, it is almost the same deal that Jackson completely rejected a year ago. It turned out he was more comfortable making it with Arab advisers than with trusted old American friends who’d counseled and protected him through numerous self-created scandals.
The deal he’s agreed to make — and is still unsigned — was completed by two Arab lawyers in Bahrain and a mother-son team in Los Angeles. The mother is the daughter of Johnnie Cochran’s late mentor. The son is a lawyer who benefits from the mother’s status.
The mother, Gaynell Lenoir, is typical of the kind of people who’ve come and gone in Jackson’s business life over the years.
Lenoir, who is not an attorney, is the daughter of Gerald Lenoir, the late former partner and mentor of Cochran. Her son, Frank Correa, was described yesterday in the Wall Street Journal as an attorney. But there’s no listing for him on the Web site Findlaw.com, and a Sony insider who worked on the Jackson deal says he did not think Correa was a lawyer of any kind.
They also claim to have a firm called Omni Global, although there’s no record of any business like that in California.
Nevertheless, the pair, who inveigled themselves into Jackson’s business affairs last year, will pick up a fee of around $2 million just for acting as go-betweens in the process.
The Lenoir-Correas didn't have to do much except encourage Jackson to accept a deal similar to the one he was offered a year ago(2005). That group included John Branca, the lawyer who structured the Beatles deal in the first place in 1985; Charles Koppelman and Al Malnik, who saved Jackson from the chopping block several times in 2003-2004; and the bankers at Bank of America, who tried to help him even as Jackson lied to them and cut deals behind their backs.
But late yesterday, as the deal concluded, Branca's 20-year association with Jackson ended as he was bought out entirely. No numbers are available, but it's likely he walked away with anywhere between $10 and $20 million.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,191760,00.html
Rwaramba is credited with bringing Londell McMillan — the man who manages and counts as clients Stevie Wonder, Prince and Chaka Khan — to be Jackson’s new attorney.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,201294,00.html
Raymone Bain, Michael Jackson's former general manager, said she hired Peter Lopez in 2006 as Jackson's entertainment attorney when she was reorganizing the singer's business affairs.
"I'd known Peter for 20 years," she said. When she was searching for a new legal team she said another of her clients, R&B singer Babyface, recommended Lopez.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2...kson_lawyer_found_dead_in_.html#ixzz0q5bjQMru
then goes on with the auction of Michael's items. Michael wanted a museum.
That pic could have been taken before RATner and Malnik showed their true colours.
Karen Faye did not say nice things on facebook, twitter and bla bla bla. I do not trust any of these people who were working for Michael and all those others who were close to him. There are so many lies in this whole story that is hard to say what is true or false, or who to believe. :thinking:
so we can only imagine what Michael had to go through.
Do we know for sure that the Malnik's are "Evil"...or is this all just based on tabloids and rumors??
Tommy Mottola
$ony
Al Malnik
Bret RATner
Frank Dileo
Jermaine, Randy, LaToya and Joseph Jackson
AEG (as a whole)
Uri Gellar
Rabbi Schmuley Botech
David Gest
Diane Diamond
Roger Friedman
Arnie Klien
Jason Pfieffer
I dont think of Michael Bush as a shady character. At least Ive never had any reason to think so.
another blog with information about branca
John Branca 2003-2006
Enough is enough. I have seen blogs everywhere that maintain that John Branca was fired by Michael Jackson, never to be rehired again. Had any one of them bothered to delve deeper than their "one-source-research", they would realize that John Branca was both fired and rehired by Michael Jackson in 2003, and worked for him until 2006. This blog covers the timeline of 2003 through 2006, and the professional relationship between Jackson and Branca.
I am only going to cover the firing of John Branca in a limited manner in this blog, because it would be repetitive. My other blog with regard to Branca's firing by MJ is here. In that blog, it is already established that Michael Jackson began to have doubts about John Branca's loyalty and believed that Branca may have been funneling MJ's money into offshore accounts. Jackson fired Branca and replaced him with Las Vegas attorney, David LeGrand. The infamous letter that has circulated the Internet thousands of times dated February, 2003, can be seen here. In the letter Jackson asks Branca for "all of my files, records, documents, accounts for myself and all companies I own or control which may be in your possession. You are to deliver the originals of all such documents to Mr. LeGrand immediately. He will arrange copies to be returned to you."
After the investigation, Michael must have realized that John Branca did not embezzle any money, because in November of 2003, Branca was once again Michael Jackson's attorney. In November of 2003, Neverland was raided by the Santa Barbara Police Department. On November 19, 2003 a New York Times article regarding the raid stated that "John Branca, Mr. Jackson's lawyer, did not return a phone call seeking comment."
On December 25, 2003, Michael Jackson did an interview with Ed Bradley on 60 Minutes, to deny the molestation charges against him. There was a lot of drama that ensued over this interview. CBS refused to air the special "Michael Jackson's Number Ones" until there was a public denial of the charges by Jackson. This was when an offer was made to CBS to do an interview with Ed Bradley. Dieter Wiesner took the credit for contacting and making the deal with 60 minutes, but an MTV article dated January 4, 2004, states that "lawyer John Branca and...Charles Koppelman negotiated the interview with CBS in exchange for the network putting Jackson's 'Michael Jackson's Number Ones' back on its programming schedule." Roger Friedman's article dated December 31, 2003, states that the Bradley interview emanated from MJ's advisors, John Branca and Charles Koppelman. Part 1 of the 60 minutes video can be seen below. There are several parts to the interview, part 2,part 3 and the transcript. Although it breaks my heart to hear Michael talk about this ordeal, it was imperative that Michael's side of the story was heard. According to several sources, John Branca negotiated this deal with CBS, in late 2003.
So it is safe to believe that Branca was working for Michael Jackson in 2003, only months after he had been fired. In January of 2004, a group of Michael's advisors met at the Beverly Hills Hotel to plan their strategy for their employer and show their support through solidarity. Michael's senior advisor at the time, Charles Koppelman, stated that "it so happened that we were all in the same place, and thought it would be great to sit down together." This same article reported that despite the rumors, "John Branca, one of the singer's business attorneys, stated 'Michael is in charge.'" Below is a picture of that meeting. Branca can been seen at the table, on the left.
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In April, 2004, the Los Angeles Times wrote an article which I could only access when I paid for it. However, this article was written when Michael was gearing up for the trial. Many were counting on the downfall of Michael Jackson, as most of us realize now. Yet, the LA Times states that "Jackson's longtime attorney, John Branca says it would be a mistake to count him out. Michael was counted out once before, when the Jackson Five lost popularity and came back bigger than ever, Branca said. Michael speaks to a worldwide audience like no other artist in history."
In October of 2004, the New York Post stated that "the role of Jackson's long time lawyer, John Branca, have been greatly diminished to make way for Brian Oxman and Thomas Messereau." We have to take this statement with a grain of salt. First, the source is the NY Post. Secondly, the statement is ridiculous. John Branca is an entertainment attorney, not a criminal defense lawyer. Branca's specialty is entertainment law and publishing rights. Oxman and Mesereau were brought in for Michael's criminal defense, and therefore did not diminish Branca's role as Michael's entertainment lawyer. However, the Post does maintain that Branca was employed with Michael Jackson as of Oct. 2004.
Logic would tell us that since Branca covers the entertainment legalities of Michael's life, we would not hear a lot about him in early 2005, while the molestation trial was going on. Most of the articles are exploitative in nature regarding Michael Jackson in early 2005. There are few that are objective. A Times Online article maintains that Branca was advising Michael Jackson in early June of 2005 regarding the ATV catalog. The article states that Michael "is being advised in the matter by John Branca, a well-known music industry lawyer, and Charles Koppelman..."
After Michael's acquittal in 2005, he was sued by the scam artists, Prescient. The financial group Prescient claimed that they helped Michael to find a way to refinance his loans and sued him for $48 million; the claim turned out to be false. Newsday, dated July of 2005, stated that "John Branca, a lawyer representing Jackson, could not be reached for comment." In December 2005, while Michael was in Bahrain, refinancing occurred again, and the Daily News reports that John Branca, Michael's attorney, could not be reached for comment.
And so we arrive at the beginning of 2006. At this point, we have established that Branca was fired in early 2003, and rehired in late 2003, and worked for Michael Jackson until the end of 2005. Since it is late and early 2006 is complicated with regard to the Jackson/Branca working relationship, I will continue this tomorrow.
There are a lot of blogs and articles that seem reliable, but they are not. Again, I urge MJ fans to
dig deep before passing judgement on Michael Jackson's business partners and friends.
Posted by Michael Jackson: And Justice for Some at 11:52 PM
http://mjandjustice4some.blogspot.com/2010/07/john-branca-2003-2006.html
Tommy Mottola
$ony
Al Malnik
Bret RATner
Frank Dileo
Jermaine, Randy, LaToya and Joseph Jackson
AEG (as a whole)
Uri Gellar
Rabbi Schmuley Botech
David Gest
Diane Diamond
Roger Friedman
Arnie Klien
Jason Pfieffer
I dont think of Michael Bush as a shady character. At least Ive never had any reason to think so.
"In the days after Jackson's June 25 death, I was inundated with questions and concerns from many who were close to the superstar throughout his life and career. They killed him, they would say to me. They finally did it.
What did they mean? Who were "they?" And who would stand to gain at the death of a legend?" Bryan Monroe