マイケル・ジャクソン財団、元マネージャーのトーメ・R・トーメを告訴

金曜日、マイケル・ジャクソン財団はマイケルの元マネージャーであるトーメ・R・トーメ氏に対して訴訟を起こした。トーメ氏は2008年1月から2009年3月までマイケルのマネージャーを務めたが、フランク・デリオが復帰した後、マイケルの元マネージャーは解任された。

トーメに対する告発は、マイケル・ジャクソンの晩年に、彼が自分の個人的な利益のために不当な契約に署名するようマイケルに勧めたというものである。

財団はトーメ氏が誤って寄付したとも発表した マイケルの作品 画家のブレット・リビングストン・ストロングに。 (続きを読む)

Taking out loans by putting the Neverland ranch as collateral, and the London concert contracts that were set to provide Tohme with $100,000 per month, are among the accusations against him. During the Neverland case, Tohme forced Michael to pay him $2.4 million, only so that he could introduce the company Colony Capital to Michael. In addition to these two cases, there are other financial contracts in which Tohme made a great deal of profit.

In 2009, Michael signed a contract for the sale of Neverland’s household items with the Julien’s auction house. After some time, Michael presented a lawsuit to the court and sued Darren Julien, canceling the deal. No reason for this was stated by either side, but fans believed that Tohme had arranged the terms of this auction without considering Michael’s situation, and that after Michael became aware of it, he sought to void the contract. For example, all of Neverland’s ranch assets — including artworks, awards and medals, clothes, and other valuable items — were priced for sale, even though Michael had never intended to sell such assets. Darren Julien immediately complied with Michael’s request, and the auction was canceled.

The Foundation’s lawsuit is filed one year later, after Tohme claimed that 15% of the Foundation’s $310 million income should belong to him. In this lawsuit, the Foundation is asking that Michael’s assets be returned along with compensation from Tohme, and that he be required to turn over financial details. The Foundation says that Tohme has no share in the income earned after Michael’s death.

Howard Weitzman, the Foundation’s lawyer, said in an official statement:

“The マイケル・ジャクソン Foundation is suing Tohme for mismanagement during the short period he worked for Michael. We expect that Mr. Tohme will also sue the Foundation in return. We believe that Mr. Tohme’s claims are baseless and incorrect, and we are waiting for this matter to be examined in court.”

Source: eMJey.com / NY Daily / MJ Online Team