Paris Jackson’s fight against the executors of her late father Michael Jackson’s estate continues.
According to The Grio, the 27-year-old submitted court documents on Tuesday calling out co-executors John Branca and John McClain’s accounting from 2021, alleging that she and her brothers—28-year-old Prince and 23-year-old Bigi—didn’t receive the financial documents until this September. Upon reviewing them, Jackson expressed concern.
Read on for more about Jackson’s recent filing and ongoing dispute with Branca and McClain.
Jackson accuses Branca and McClain of stealing money from the estate to fund ‘risk’ investments
In the recent filing, Jackson claimed Branca and McClain are sitting on “enormous sums of cash” that are not being used to benefit the Jackson family. She also alleged that the co-executors are not honoring her late father’s memory or legacy.
“Paris is increasingly concerned the Estate has become the vehicle for John Branca to enrich and aggrandize himself, rather than serve the beneficiaries’ best interests and steadfastly preserve her father’s legacy,” the filing reads.
Jackson claimed the co-executors are holding onto more than $464 million in cash reserves that have seen returns of “less than 0.1%” due to what she believes are “unproductive investments.” She estimates that the estate could have earned around $41 million in profits if the money had been invested more strategically.
Jackson also accused Branca and McClain of pocketing a large amount of money for themselves. She claimed that the co-executors paid themselves a $10 million salary in 2021—a figure that is allegedly “more than double the amount distributed to any beneficiary from the family allowance.”
The 27-year-old believes Branca and McClain paid themselves a total of around $148.2 million by the end of 2021 in addition to the $10 million, The Daily Beast reported.
The model is also criticizing the co-executors’ “risky” investments in entertainment ventures, including the highly anticipated Michael biopic. Paris argues that Branca, who is an executive producer on the film and cast Miles Teller as himself in the biopic, and McClain do not have the industry experience needed to pursue such a project.
“[The estate has] morphed into a private entertainment investment fund managed more for the benefit of Executors and their counsel than its beneficiaries,” the recent filing reads.
The filing also notes that Jackson has not received accounting for 2022, 2023, 2024, or 2025. She claims that these ongoing accounting delays are intentional, alleging Branca and McClain hope to keep the estate open “indefinitely.”
Jackson is asking the court to reject the 2021 accounting and require the co-executors to file a revised version that charts their “true acts.” The next hearing has been scheduled for Jan. 13, 2026.
A source close to the estate claimed Jackson’s filing is ‘misguided’
A source close to the estate argued that Jackson’s filing “is another misguided attempt by Paris Jackson’s attorneys to provide themselves cover.”
The source also referenced Jackson’s recent loss in court. According to People,, a Los Angeles judge granted a special motion to strike portions of Jackson’s July petition that questioned “premium payouts” made by the estate for unrecorded attorney time.
“The fact is, Paris Jackson’s lawyers lost their latest case against the Estate and have been ordered to pay the Estate’s attorneys’ expenses. All the beneficiaries are well taken care of by the Estate. This is a weak attempt to change the narrative of their loss,” the source said, The Grio reported.