Michael Jackson’s estate quietly paid $2.5mn in total earlier this year to five accusers who alleged the late pop star sexually abused them, according to cheques and correspondence seen by the Financial Times.
The payment completed a $16.5mn settlement agreement reached in 2020 with the accusers — now identified as members of the Cascio family, longtime friends of Jackson — whose claims are at the centre of a bitter legal dispute that has threatened to upend efforts to preserve the singer’s legacy.
A Los Angeles judge will next week weigh whether the Cascio siblings’ allegations can proceed in open court or must remain in private arbitration, according to filings seen by the FT.
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