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John McClain, a veteran music executive and co-executor of the Michael Jackson estate, died at 71 from complications after a fall. He helped rebuild Jackson’s legacy into a multibillion-dollar enterprise alongside John Branca, driving projects such as the This Is It documentary, the MJ musical, Cirque du Soleil productions, and major catalog sales that transformed the estate’s finances.
Paris Jackson won a major victory in her ongoing dispute with the Michael Jackson estate, with a judge ordering executors John Branca and John McClain to repay $625,000 to the estate for outside counsel payments, and Paris being entitled to attorneys’ fees and costs. The decision increases transparency around how estate funds are spent; Branca and McClain say the ruling reflects ordinary legal-fee processes, while Paris has long criticized their use of funds and has clashed with them over her father’s legacy, including the film project.
Paris Jackson won a bid to claw back $625,000 in bonuses paid to three lawyers handling Michael Jackson's estate, after a judge ruled the payments weren’t justified and ordered them returned; the ruling also imposes safeguards on future fees and withholds a portion of billed fees until approvals.
A Los Angeles judge ordered the return of roughly $625,000 in bonuses paid to outside counsel by Michael Jackson's estate executors, John Branca and John McClain, and mandated greater transparency in how the Jackson family’s money is spent—a win Paris Jackson has framed as a major step toward accountability for the estate.
Paris Jackson filed a scathing pre-hearing brief accusing estate co-executors John Branca and John McClain of self-interested gifts and inflated fee payouts, intensifying the ongoing Michael Jackson estate battle ahead of a Century City probate hearing, with the executors defending their fiduciary duties.