Overview
- Following Monday's publication of previously unseen 1990s photos by the Daily Mail, Dominic, Edward, Aldo and Marie‑Nicole Cascio filed a federal lawsuit in Los Angeles alleging years of sexual abuse, drugging and manipulation.
- The photos are said to date to January and February 1996 in a New York hotel and during a Brazil video shoot, and Dominic, then nine, now says he "sees the fear and confusion" in his younger self.
- The estate denies the allegations as a "desperate money grab," pointing to years when the Cascios publicly defended Jackson, including a 2010 Oprah Winfrey interview.
- The complaint seeks damages and proposes a victims' fund of up to €434 million, and the family's lawyer says Jackson told the children their relationship was a secret.
- Earlier state‑court claims were sent to arbitration, a new complaint is now before federal court, and filings describe prior settlement talks in a hotel pool to avoid recordings, which the estate condemned in a petition as extortionate.