Paris Jackson Slams Dad Michael Jackson’s Estate Executors in New Filing, Says They’ve ‘Completely Failed’ to Invest $464M

Paris Jackson has filed a new legal document in the fight over her late father Michael Jackson’s estate, this time claiming that the singer’s estate executors have abused their roles in order to pad their own pockets.

Paris, 27, filed an objection in Los Angeles court on Tuesday, Nov. 18 balking at the estate’s accounting for the 2021 calendar year, which she and her siblings only received in September, some four years late.

In the filing, Paris expressed concern with the “enormous sums of cash” that remain uninvested by co-executors John Branca and John McClain, and said she feels as though the pair’s business decisions do not align with the best interests of the estate. She is the beneficiary of the “Thriller” singer’s estate alongside her brothers Prince, 28, and Bigi. 23.

“Paris is increasingly concerned the Estate has become the vehicle for John Branca to enrich and aggrandize himself, rather than serve the beneficiaries’ best interests and steadfastly preserve her father’s legacy,” the filing says.

“This is another misguided attempt by Paris Jackson’s attorneys to provide themselves cover,” claims a source close to the Jackson estate. “The fact is Paris Jackson’ lawyers lost their latest case against the Estate and have been ordered to pay the Estate’s attorneys’ expenses. All the beneficiaries are well taken care of by the Estate. This is a weak attempt to change the narrative of their loss.”

Paris alleges that in 2021 alone, the executors pocketed more than $10 million in compensation from the estate, which was “more than double the amount distributed to any beneficiary from the family allowance,” according to the filing. She also estimates the executors’ total compensation to be $148.2 million just through the end of 2021, a number that “dwarfs any amount distributed to Paris or her siblings.”

In the filing, Paris says the executors are holding onto more than $464 million in cash, with gains of less than 0.1% due to “unproductive investments.” She claims that had the money been invested properly, it could have generated $41 million in profits.

The singer-songwriter’s filing expresses additional concern about the executors’ decision to invest in “risky” entertainment projects without the necessary industry experience, including the upcoming Jackson biopic titled Michael, in which Branca, an executive producer, cast Miles Teller as himself.

“[The estate has] morphed into a private entertainment investment fund managed more for the benefit of Executors and their counsel than its beneficiaries,” the filing says.

The executors have not yet disclosed accounting for 2022, 2023, 2024 or 2025 to date, and Paris says she believes they are dragging their feet in order to keep the estate open “indefinitely” so they can continue pursuing high-risk investments.

Her filing comes after the executors filed a motion in court in October that claimed Paris has received approximately $65 million in benefits from the estate.

Jackson was over $500 million in debt when he died in 2009, and in the filing, the executors claim to have taken the struggling estate and turned it into a “powerhouse and a force in the music business.”

They previously pushed back against Paris’ claims that they’d given $625,000 worth of gifts and gratuities to three different law firms, calling the allegation “knowingly false.”

Paris is asking for the court to disallow the account, and order the executors to prepare and file an account based on and fully describing their “true acts.” A hearing in the case is set for Jan. 13, 2026.