Overview
- Four adult siblings filed a federal complaint in Los Angeles on Feb. 27 alleging Michael Jackson groomed, drugged, and sexually abused them over more than a decade, beginning for some at ages seven or eight.
- The suit describes repeated assaults at Neverland Ranch and during interstate and international travel, including visits linked to tours and stays at Elizabeth Taylor’s home in Switzerland and Elton John’s residence in the United Kingdom.
- Defendants include The Michael Jackson Company and estate co‑executors John Branca and John McClain, with claims ranging from child sex trafficking to negligence, fraud, and breach of contract.
- The plaintiffs seek to void a prior confidential settlement they say silenced them after receiving $690,000 per year for five years, and their attorneys signal damages in the hundreds of millions.
- The estate categorically denies the allegations, calling the case a money grab and citing the family’s past public defenses of Jackson, while also pushing to force the dispute into arbitration.