Catching Up on Jackson Family Drama

While I’ve been trying to ignore the Internet to avoid being spoiled on Olympic gymnastics, apparently the Jackson family drama has rolled on without me. Katherine, Janet and Jermaine have made some public statements while I’ve been watching Law and Order marathons and trying to shake this summer cold or whatever it is ailing me. So here is what you might have missed.

Katherine went back to court to have guardianship of the kids reinstated. She is now co-guardian with TJ. They have another court appearance on August 22 regarding keeping TJ on as a permanent guardian. It seems everyone is fine with that.  In order to get guardianship back, Katherine had to make a statement to the court regarding her disappearance. In a 180 degree turn from what I call “the hostage video” she made surrounded by her kidnappers for ABC, Katherine now admits she was tricked into going to Tuscon, that she thought she was going to New Mexico to see her sons in concert, and that her phone and iPad were taken from her. She also stated for the court record that her phone in her room would not dial out and that despite repeated requests to have the TV fixed, she had no picture for her entire stay. Apparently she did have sound at some point and heard a news report that she was missing which is what prompted her to insist on calling home.  In other words, everything I’ve been saying here has now been corroborated by KJ herself.

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And then there were three. An attorney for Janet Jackson released a statement stating that Janet, Rebbie and Randy will continued to disrupt the family as much as possible attempt to have the will invalidated. But they swear it has nothing to do with money. Their attorney stated that,
“It is important to stress that Janet, Randy and Rebbie have questioned the validity of the will with no financial motive whatsoever – the stand to gain nothing financially by a finding that the will is invalid. What will be gained by a finding of invalidity is that the executors will be replaced and the estate and the guardianship will be managed in a manner that is in the best interests of the children, which is what Michael wanted.”

So now it is about the best interest of the children. I thought it was because the evil lawyers were trying to kill Katherine. Are we not concerned that Katherine’s life is on the line anymore? What about evil Trevor who they claim is beating poor Katherine and making her live on stale bread and tap water? Should we be expecting new stories on how Paris is forced to wear last year’s fashions and eat produce that is not organic? I can hardly wait for the news on the poor deprived and mistreated children. I suppose I should keep my eye on X17 for the next batch of tall tales from the Jackson 3.