The King’s Ransom

Though years of excessive spending had left Michael Jackson deep in debt, the star's estate should eventually be profitable.

By Johnnie L. Roberts | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Jun 26, 2009

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  • Posted By: Cornholio From Titicaca @ 08/04/2009 7:26:22 PM

    wtf??

  • Posted By: Cornholio From Titicaca @ 07/12/2009 2:44:24 AM

    suck my white scabby nads

  • Posted By: snookie @ 07/09/2009 6:00:53 AM

    IMACOON your a JACKASS.Michael Jackson is not a pervert.your probably the pervert.you stupid DUMBASS.AND MAYA ANGELOU.YOU FAKE NAMED UGLY FACED FAT TUBAWEARING BITCH.you can shut your *** up.your both jealous because you could never be famous.

  • Posted By: Maya Angelou @ 07/01/2009 5:54:55 AM

    Farewell fair Michael. May you sleep in peace with the rest of the Tupperware.

  • Posted By: cooldude09 @ 06/26/2009 6:07:13 PM

    The only reason he wasn't convicted of child molestation is because, like OJ, he had the financial means to get away with it. Can you name one person you know of who admits to sleeping with 8 - 12 year old boys that aren't their children? Didn't think so...dude was a child molester, so I really don't mourn his loss.

    • Posted By: Wiseguy2+2 @ 06/26/2009 6:16:36 PM

      Who in the world cares WTF you have to say clown.

      • Posted By: cooldude09 @ 06/26/2009 6:25:52 PM

        I guess you do since you keep responding to my posts. So were you one of the "molestees" of Michael that actually liked playing with him?

        • Posted By: bigrick827 @ 06/26/2009 7:46:59 PM

          So what does the black population think of Obama now? He was acquitted of those charges.. So now Obama is going to take his kids estate away so he can give it to another bank or car company.. When will this country wake up.

          • Posted By: Headache2009 @ 06/26/2009 7:59:00 PM

            What?!! Your comment makes no sense. What in the hell does Obama have to do with Michael Jackson? Nothing!! Wake up is right.

            • Posted By: Maya Angelou @ 06/29/2009 1:44:53 PM

              What would they care? Mikee is now a WHITE DEVIL. He may as well be one of the Winter brothers...Johnny, Edgar, and Michael...them's the three whitest dudes on the planet.

        • Posted By: GenXSoccerMom @ 06/26/2009 8:11:36 PM

          You're a moron. Grow up.

          • Posted By: cooldude09 @ 06/29/2009 12:35:09 PM

            hah, grow up. Judging by your screen name you have kids, but yet you defend a pedophile. What kind of idiot are you?

        • Posted By: bigrick827 @ 06/26/2009 7:46:59 PM

          So what does the black population think of Obama now? He was acquitted of those charges.. So now Obama is going to take his kids estate away so he can give it to another bank or car company.. When will this country wake up.

          • Posted By: Headache2009 @ 06/26/2009 7:57:11 PM

            What?!! Your comment makes no sense. What in the hell does Obama have to do with Michael Jackson? Nothing!! Wake up is right.

      • Posted By: GenXSoccerMom @ 06/26/2009 8:08:03 PM

        "cooldude09" -- NOT COOL. MJ's innovation as an entertainer had an undeniably profound effect on the entire music industry. Why not let his soul find the peace in his final resting place that he was never able to obtain here? Your opinoins, to which you're admittedly entitled, mean very little to anyone except yourself anyway...

  • Posted By: Maya Angelou @ 06/29/2009 1:43:00 PM

    Only 100 pounds when he died? Sounds like he was half the man he used to be.

  • Posted By: Cornholio From Titicaca @ 06/28/2009 1:49:11 AM

    Okay...nothing serious here

    I'm just checking so I might test a couple of tangents

    Can you say:

    *** and ***?


    just checking


    pease don't tak it personal.






    yet

    • Posted By: Cornholio From Titicaca @ 06/28/2009 1:51:04 AM

      Okay you can't say *** and ***.

      Thank you.

  • Posted By: drjalee52 @ 06/28/2009 1:23:23 AM

    The sad thing about is his lack of education. We should encourage all people to become better educated to avoid some of the pitfalls that hurt very talented people who are poorly educated at best. Micheal Jackson will make a great deal of money while dead. I feel sorry for his family especially his brothers.

    • Posted By: Cornholio From Titicaca @ 06/28/2009 1:45:55 AM

      Dude!

      Seriously


      What in the hell is wrong with you?


  • Posted By: Cornholio From Titicaca @ 06/27/2009 2:55:26 PM

    THIS IS A HOAX!!!!

    MICHAEL IS ALIVE!!!!!

    I SAW HIM TODAY.

    HE WAS MANNING A FIREWORKS STAND JUST OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN TEXAS.

    I KNOW IT WAS HIM BECAUSE I HAD TO TELL HIM THREE TIMES I WANTED BOTTLE ROCKETS NOT BUTTSEX!!!

    • Posted By: leighanne21 @ 06/28/2009 12:36:19 AM

      You are a pig. Michael Jackson changed history with his influences on pop music and dance. He deserves the utmost respect and compassion. What have you contributed to society? Oh yeah, you are a waste of oxygen. Way to go pig.

      • Posted By: Cornholio From Titicaca @ 06/28/2009 1:36:30 AM

        YOU'RE the one who' has gained 10 pounds in the 2 days Michael's been dead...not me.

        I may be a pig but you're a freaking COW!!!!!!

        Jesus Christ woman..show somw restraint.


        I know Mikee made your giney all tingly down there but you simply are NOT going to replace that feeling by eating WHOLE loaves of bread!!!!

        Next time bring your A game instead of your B cup.

        NEXT!




    • Posted By: leighanne21 @ 06/28/2009 12:37:07 AM

      You are a pig. Michael Jackson changed history with his influences on pop music and dance. He deserves the utmost respect and compassion. What have you contributed to society? Oh yeah, you are a waste of oxygen. Way to go pig.

      • Posted By: Cornholio From Titicaca @ 06/28/2009 1:20:46 AM

        Calm down Leighanne....you aint that cute.

  • Posted By: Cornholio From Titicaca @ 06/27/2009 6:47:35 PM

    MIchael Jackson Theorom:

    If there's grass on the field, play ball.

    If not, turn him over and play in the mud.


  • Posted By: The Messiah @ 06/27/2009 5:31:16 PM

    Must auditors hold their crotch while trying to unravel MJ's finances?

  • Posted By: Calypso722 @ 06/27/2009 3:15:51 PM

    You all need to seriously grow up!! A person died and all you can do is bad mouth him.. You all are truely pitiful

  • Posted By: old man from Houston @ 06/27/2009 1:45:59 PM

    I am surprised by all the nasty comments. Michael was found not guilt, so I would believe he was innocent. He probably never grown up and behaved childishly. He was a great artist and probably a good person, with a tragic life.

    • Posted By: Cornholio From Titicaca @ 06/27/2009 2:49:02 PM

      Nixon was never convicted but everyone knows he's a crook.

  • Posted By: Alaska_minn @ 06/26/2009 11:33:35 PM

    Michael was a great performer that will go down in history and his music will live forever. His music as well as his life are up lifting and inspiring. We all have grown up with him on the radio. May he rest in peace. We all end up in the same place in the end he just sooner than us. RIP Michael.

    • Posted By: Cornholio From Titicaca @ 06/27/2009 12:17:57 AM

      not only will he go down in history...he'll go down on anything under the age of 12.

      • Posted By: Alaska_minn @ 06/27/2009 1:46:54 AM

        Michael has reached judgement day God knows all our sins yours and mine. Remember life is not forever. There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: Let God sort it out. Michael God bless You are and will always be missed.

        • Posted By: GOOD GIRL GONE BAD @ 06/27/2009 2:38:04 PM

          WHAT HAVE YOU GONE DOWN ON?

        • Posted By: tired and old @ 06/27/2009 10:39:54 AM

          YOU MUST BE AN ADMIRER OF ALL CLOWNS.

          YOU MUST REALLY LIKE " THE BARRACUDA " SARAH PALIN.

          YOU PROBABLY THINK IT IS COOL FOR YOUR DAUGHTER TO GET BANGED UP IN HER TEEN YEARS.

          FOR ONE WHO TALKS SO MUCH ABOUT " GOD ", WHERE DO YOU STORE YOUR MORAL VALUES ?

  • Posted By: davidwayneosedach @ 06/27/2009 2:25:51 PM

    Michael Jackson died in abject poverty. owing $400 million. His creditors will have to fight the mighty Sony for whatever they can get.

  • Posted By: kjulius05@aol.com @ 06/27/2009 11:03:24 AM

    May Michael Jackson's soul finally rest in peace and his musical legacy live on, and may the media get back to the real news. These are not peaceful times. There is news to report.

  • Posted By: Cornholio From Titicaca @ 06/27/2009 10:51:57 AM

    Dear Michael...having buttsex with Satan is gonna burn your pee pee off.

  • Posted By: territx @ 06/27/2009 2:01:07 AM

    and does anyone care about his children.

    • Posted By: tired and old @ 06/27/2009 10:35:21 AM

      DID JOE JACKSON CARE ABOUT HIS CHILDREN ?

      HOLDING YOUR BABY SON BY HIS ARM OVER A BALCONY, CARRYING YOUR BABY CLOSE TO AN ALLIGATOR; INCREDIBLY STUPID THINGS TO DO.

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