*****'s dad: 'Will could be fake'
Joe Jackson questions son Michael's will
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By James Desborough, 13/06/2010
LIVID Joe Jackson has revealed how a team of legal experts are examining the validity of Michael's will and trust fund.
Currently lawyers John Branca and John McClain act as estate administrators with control over Jackson's assets - which on paper are worth around a billion dollars.
In the last year the estate raised an estimated £320m with movie, show, music deals, royalty payments and licensing agreements.
The respected Los Angeles-based lawyers have control along with Michael's mother Katherine after ***** signed a 2002 will.
READ: *****'S DAD BLAMES WIFE FOR SON'S DEATH
As part of that the singer set up a Trust fund running parallel with the estate to siphon profits for the benefit of his mum and three children.
Last summer L.A superior court judge Mitchell Beckloff sanctioned the papers as the most recent will.
But Joe is working on a challenge against the five page document - even though it appears to be *****'s signature and MJ initials all over it.
Joe's concerns were raised over a string of errors in the paperwork and questions over Michael's knowledge of the will.
Joe told us: "There are a lot of things that don't seem to be correct, which I want checked out by people in the know.
One key factor in his challenge is the signature date of *****. On the document it shows a black felt pen signature from the singer noting he agreed the documents on July 7 2002.
Joe and Michael's close friend Reverend Al Sharpton insist that the singer was in New York with him that day. The singer spent three days from July 6 to July 9 filing a petition against his record label boss Tommy Mottola in a long running court case with Sony music.
Sharpton is willing to swear an affidavit to say they were there together.
Joe's boffins have also drafted in handwriting experts to verify that the initials against each paragraph of the will match that of the superstar.
Oddly the first three paragraphs are not initialled in the final document. The size and shapes of *****'s pen strokes are also being analysed.
Other issues raised include mis-spellings and incorrect names for those close to the King Of Pop.
Second wife Debbie Rowe's middle name is printed as Jean - it is really Jeanne.
His daughter Paris's middle name is wrong. Lawyers had forgotten her middle name was Michael - Paris Michael Katherine Jackson.
Youngest son Blanket was listed by his nickname and middle named as Joseph - his birth certificate names him as Prince Michael Jackson II.
In 2007 Jackson gave a TV interview where he revealed that he signed a string of legal documents while under the influence of pain medication drugs in the previous decade.
*****, who died aged 50, confessed he was "impaired" by prescription pills in 2002 and 2003.
Joe added: "I don't know how strong my case will be, but I want to know the truth and I'm out for justice.
"I suspect that this will may be a fake. I want to know that my son's money is being looked after in the best way."
If Joe gives the green light to a legal challenge it will be one of the biggest court cases in American history.
Jacksons's assets made up of his song catalogue, half the Sony-ATV library, commercial rights and merchandising opportunities are vast.
The estate's on course to make over £2bn in the next decade - with that fortune growing to as much as £3bn by the time Blanket hits 40-years-old.
Two weeks ago we published the Trust document's paperwork outlining how MJ wanted his wealth distributed.
Katherine and the children shared forty percent, while the remainder was handed to charity.
As yet the estate has not handed over money to the Katherine from the Trust.
As we revealed she is bankrupt - and relies on handouts from the children's monthly allowance determined in court.
Currently that Trust fund's value means Katherine should bank £69m GBP.
"I just don't understand how the people who have run our son's business can make millions of dollars - but we the family - and especially Katherine -who is named in the Trust - hasn't gone a dime.
"Michael looked after Katherine throughout her life - he would be disgusted by this."
Tough Joe remains unaffected by the public's perception of him as an unemotional, callous tyrant. Unhappy Michael fired him as his manager, admitted he made him faint with fear and never felt any love.
Joe confessed: "I don't know why Michael said those things. If I wasn't strict Michael may have ended up in street gangs as a kid.
"I put an awful lot of work into getting him developed for show business. He knew I loved him. I regret that I didn't say goodbye properly.
"I want his legacy to live forever.
"I am hoping to do a museum and cultural centre in our home town Gary, Indiana in his honour.
" I'm working on a photo book with my wife called Never Can Say Goodbye showing his life in pictures. It gives fans a rare view of the man behind the fame - the boy we knew - and son we loved."
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