Another New Book About Michael Jackson’s Life

Vanity Fair magazine wrote that the reason Michael Jackson’s funeral ceremony was delayed was because his sister demanded money. Michael died on June ۲۵, ۲۰۰۹, and was buried on September ۳. His burial took three months because his sister wanted the money.

Jannet had paid a forty-thousand-dollar deposit for her brother’s grave to Forest Lawn. But she would not allow the funeral and burial to take place unless she got her money back. The source of this claim is a person named Ronald Williams, the manager of a private security company, who on the night Michael died, along with a group of employees, went to Michael Jackson’s home in Holmby Hills. Another person named Randall Sullivan used his information alongside other data in a biography book written for Michael Jackson. Part of this book will be published in the November issue of Vanity Fair, and a preview of it has also been placed on the magazine’s website.

Roger Friedman has questioned the accuracy of what is said in this book:

"The reason Michael’s funeral was delayed was that family members couldn’t agree on where to bury him. All the expenses related to Michael’s ceremony were paid by his foundation."

Several family members, including Jermaine, wanted Michael to be buried at Neverland, and many others opposed this.

Sullivan also wrote that Janet Jackson forced Michael’s daughter Paris to give a speech at her father’s memorial ceremony, though this claim is false.

Friedman wrote: "It doesn’t mention the atmosphere of the Jackson family’s father, Michael’s father, who four days after his son’s death brought one of his admirers with him to the BET awards ceremony. Because Sullivan wasn’t there in those days to know these things. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about."

In another place, Sullivan writes, quoting Ronald Williams, that on the night Michael died, his sister Latoya returned to Michael’s house along with her boyfriend Jeffrey Phillips. They said: "We are his family, so we have permission to enter the house."

Michael’s mother Catherine also returned home that same night and called Grace Rwamba, Michael’s former children’s nurse who had been fired. The alleged conversation between them is as follows:

"Grace, the kids are crying all the time, they want you. They don’t believe their father is dead. Grace, do you remember where Michael kept his money? I’m at home—where is the money?"

Grace tells Catherine that Michael used to hide his money in trash bags or under the carpets. That night, Latoya and her boyfriend left the house carrying piles of trash bags and took all of Michael’s money with them. However, Latoya claimed that when they got home, most of that money had been taken from the house by someone else or other people.

The next morning, Janet arrived by a box truck and asked to be allowed in. A few hours later, the truck left through the parking lot entrance. Latoya’s boyfriend drove it, but Janet and Catherine had decided to stay at home and not leave the house anytime soon. This comings and goings continued for a week.

Sullivan also provides some repeated information about the recent controversy involving the Jackson family. Catherine was taken on a trip by some of her children, and those same people prevented Michael’s children from contacting her. Catherine was unaware of what was going on and thought everything was following the usual routine, while Michael’s children were searching for her with concern. After Catherine returned home, the entry of these brothers and sisters of Michael into her children’s home was banned.

Based on what Sullivan wrote from the statements of one of Catherine Jackson’s representatives, Janet asked Dr. Alan Metzger on July ۱۶ to go to her home in Calabasas to take care of her mother’s situation. Metzger, as a representative sent by Catherine Jackson’s personal doctor, entered the home, but in reality it was just a trick, and Catherine’s personal doctor did not know anyone named Alan Metzger. After a brief examination, Metzger told Catherine that because of high blood pressure, she should avoid traveling by land. Catherine had decided to travel by land with Trent Jackson to Albuquerque to watch her sons’ concert. Catherine left the house the next morning along with her daughter Rebbie, her grandson Stacy (Rebbie’s daughter), and her secretary. At the airport, Catherine learned that their destination was not Albuquerque, but Tucson. Catherine was taken there to a hot-spring hotel. When Catherine arrived at the place, Janet was already there.

Alan Metzger had previously been reprimanded by the medical board for writing prescriptions for Janet Jackson under false names.

After some time, TJ and the others realise that Randy and Jermaine are also present in Tucson with Janet and Rebbie. These people had previously sent a letter to the Michael Jackson Foundation asking for the resignation of the trustees. Sullivan writes that these people were seeking to take over guardianship of Michael’s children and manage Michael’s wealth.

All of this information had previously been published by Roger Friedman.

Sullivan also looks into the will, and writes, quoting a lawyer named David Legrand, that Michael had not prepared any will before his death. This is while, not long ago, Forbes wrote in an article that Michael had prepared wills four times.

In another section, the author brings back a memory of the day Branca Mehr opened Michael’s will in front of his family. Branca had recalled that day with happiness and said that the Jackson family welcomed the will with open arms and, after hearing its contents, applauded. But Sullivan says Catherine has a completely different memory of that day. According to her, when the sisters and brothers heard the will, they chose silence and their mouths turned bitter.

Sullivan writes in the book that Michael had told his mother and children that he did not want Branca to have any role in his financial and business affairs. But in reality, Branca’s name is listed as the trustee of the Michael Jackson Foundation in all four of his wills, and Catherine Jackson had said for a long time that the foundation would support her son.

Regarding Sullivan’s book, Roger Friedman wrote that he had placed his sources with unworthy people. Brian Oxman, Michael’s fired lawyer and a person who had recently been banned from working due to violations and had lost his law license, is one of his sources. Another source is Howard Mann, Catherine Jackson’s former business partner, who was forced to pay a heavy fine to the Michael Jackson Foundation due to a violation of copyright law. Howard Mann is also the person who leaked confidential information about AEG’s contract with Michael for the This Is It tour in London, as well as private information about Michael’s health status, to newspapers. Dr. Tami Tami, a former tour manager who was dismissed by Michael and whose foundation has filed a case against him, is another source for Sullivan’s book.

Friedman has questioned the statements Sullivan attributes to the Jackson family and/or people connected to them in this book, and wrote that according to his research, none of these people had ever spoken with Sullivan.

"Sullivan was never part of Michael Jackson’s life and work, and now he has suddenly appeared and claims to be an expert in matters related to Michael Jackson."

He also pointed out that part of the information in this book, for example the recent chaos in the Jackson family, was taken from his website.

In another section, Sullivan writes that, based on the autopsy report, Michael Jackson had an artificial nose. When last year, during the Conrad Murray trial, the full autopsy report of Michael Jackson was published in the newspapers, nothing was said about this artificial nose. This is just one of the strange rumours from the yellow press that found its way into Sullivan’s book.

Some time ago, on this same page, you read that Michael Jackson’s former bodyguards had run into problems in order to publish a book about him because their publisher’s proposal to make the book controversial and full of lies was rejected. With that in mind, it’s not surprising that Sullivan’s book enters the market so easily.

Source: eMJey.com / Vanity Fair & Showbiz۴۱۱