Why Michael Jackson’s daughter, Paris, won’t stop ‘til she gets enough from his estate

By: Reid Kress Weisbord, Rutgers University - Newark and Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: April 1, 2026

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Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

By Reid Kress Weisbord, Rutgers University - Newark and Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia

When Michael Jackson died in 2009, his fairly straightforward 5-page will left everything he owned to a family trust – an estate planning technique for giving away property that allows for privacy. The trust benefits Jackson’s three children and his mother, but nearly two decades later, Jackson’s estate, now worth an estimated US$2 billion, still hasn’t been …

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