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Judge: I Won’t Change the Guardianship of Paris Jackson

ParisJ-14.jpg Judge Mitchell Beckloff said yesterday that he will not change the legal guardianship of Michael Jackson’s children. Three of his children are being cared for by Katherine and T.J. Jackson—his grandmother and cousin. The judge explained that he made this decision after reviewing the reports from his special investigator, who had interviewed the children, and after speaking with the attorneys for their guardians. Previously, it was said that Paris’s actions might change the fate of her guardianship—but that didn’t happen. After Paris Jackson cut her hand with a hatchet on June 5 (news), the judge opened a case to examine Paris’s mental health and also the suitability of her guardians. After midnight, Paris cut her hand with a hatchet, took 20 ibuprofen pills, and requested help by contacting a counseling center. The center contacted emergency services at 911, and shortly after, an ambulance was sent to the children’s home. Paris was hospitalized for three days in the psychiatric unit of West Hills Hospital, and then transferred to UCLA. According to Yahoo News, the judge’s decision was announced in a session attended by Howard Weitzman, the attorney for the Michael Jackson Foundation. Weitzman said that if the judge decided to reveal the “sexual details” of the petition filed by Wade Robson, it could cause further harm to 15-year-old Paris. Read the proceedings of Robson’s petition in this. Beckloff said he would think about it and inform the attorneys of the outcome. Another hearing will also be held later so the judge can decide whether to allow Robson to present his claim in court. After Robson raised his claim, the Michael Jackson Foundation filed a countersuit and asked the judge to ignore his complaint and not give him the chance to present his claim. Regarding Michael’s children, the judge said no other action was necessary, and Perry Sanders, Katherine’s attorney, supported his decision. It has been reported that Paris’s physical condition is good and that she is receiving the necessary treatments until she fully recovers. It is not clear how long she will remain in the hospital. Los Angeles police said that, due to the nature of the incident (hand cutting and pill consumption), Paris’s actions were a suicide attempt, but they said Paris did not intend to say goodbye to life because if that were the case, she wouldn’t have asked for help. Since the day Paris carried out this act, online gossip newspapers have not stopped for a moment, reporting contradictory news all attributed to a “source close to the Jackson family.” They once accused Katherine, then accused Michael, and even accused her brother Prince. In the latest development, TMZ wrote on the anniversary of Michael’s death that after reviewing Paris’s photo blog (tumblr), it found that the teenager had been posting only photos related to cutting her hand or putting a gun tube in her mouth for a long time. TMZ had published a very heartbreaking photo piece that it claimed it had taken from Paris’s blog, showing a person using scissors to split their wrist. This is while Paris had long ago announced on her Twitter that, besides her personal Twitter and Facebook accounts, she didn’t have another page—and she specifically pointed out that the person operating on tumblr under her name is not her. It’s unclear whether TMZ had visited that page or not. In this same context, many other rumors have been circulated between websites. Some wrote that Paris would spend the summer months in another hospital, and in a contradictory report it was said that Paris would spend the summer on her mother’s horse farm. It has also been claimed that online harassment and people’s insults toward her and her father on social media like Facebook and Twitter caused her to take this action. Although Paris had honestly spoken about her distress with social media, in any case these reports are not reliable or confirmed. Also, the request by the attorney for the Michael Jackson Foundation to limit the publication of details from Wade Robson’s petition shows that this issue may have also influenced Paris’s actions. On the other side of the story, Mark Lester remains tirelessly active, jumping on the headlines of English newspapers. He claims he gave his sperm to Michael, and therefore he is the father of Michael’s three children. After Paris’s action, he told newspapers that are thirsty for interviews and pay well for his stories that he wants Michael’s children to live with him so they are safe from danger. Meanwhile, Debbie Rowe has recently made a very bold statement mocking Mark Lester and Arnold Klein—two claimants to Michael’s children—and clearly rejected their claims. Source: eMJey.com / Yahoo News