Paris Jackson is escalating her legal dispute with John Branca, executor of the estate of Michael Jackson. In a filing submitted on Wednesday, October 28, in Los Angeles court, she claims Branca wants more than $100 million in compensation for two years of work without a proper explanation.
The filing says Branca has offered only “defective filings” in support of the request. It states that this instance is “particularly offensive” because those filings include a request for approval of more than one hundred million dollars in compensation. As a penalty for the alleged failures, Paris Jackson asks that Branca’s compensation be reduced from 15 percent to 10 percent of the estate’s gross entertainment-related income.
In a response statement, the Jackson estate called the request “nonsensical” and “absurd.” It said Branca had waived compensation from the start and has been paid only a separate, court-ordered management fee for operating the Michael Jackson business. The estate described the motion as “completely without merit.”
The dispute follows earlier claims. In November 2025, Paris Jackson said that Branca and estate co-executor John McClain had designed their work, including a Michael Jackson biopic, to “enrich and aggrandize” themselves rather than help the family. The executors later responded that her objections were “a profound waste of the court’s time,” and cited growth in the estate from roughly $500 million in debt to a current valuation of more than $2 billion.
In May, Paris Jackson won a court ruling against the executors. The judge ruled that $625,000 in bonuses paid to three outside law firms had been improper and must be returned to the estate.
Source: Billboard
