Michael Files a Complaint Against Julien’s Auction House

While a catalog of Michael Jackson’s assets put up for auction has been published online—and these items are scheduled to be auctioned in Beverly Hills from April 22 to April 25—Michael Jackson is trying to stop the auction of his own property by filing a lawsuit. MJJ Productions filed a lawsuit against Julien’s Auction House in the Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday, stating that Julien, the person responsible for holding the auction, had promised Michael that before taking any action, he would show him the list of assets selected for auction. But the King of Pop has not allowed many of these items to be auctioned. The lawsuit claims that many of these items are extremely valuable and irreplaceable, and that attempting to sell all of them is malicious, fraudulent, excessive, oppressive, upsetting, unacceptable, and lacks any legal authorization. In December last year, Julien’s Auction House announced that it would auction more than 2,000 items of Michael Jackson’s assets in April. Among them were listed: the American Music Award Michael received for the Thriller album; a father’s day gift cape from Michael’s children; a pair of beaded socks Michael wore in 1981; a basketball hoop signed by Michael Jordan; platinum and gold records Michael received in honor of the very high sales of his albums; a Harley-Davidson motorcycle; a Rolls-Royce limousine; and artworks created by Michael himself. MJJ Productions says Julien’s Auction House is only authorized to sell assets belonging to the Neverland estate. But not without Michael Jackson’s permission. Read past news related to this auction in the archive. Source: eMJey / Associated Press