Last month Paris Jackson filed a petition to remove the executors of Michael Jackson’s estate after accusing them of skimming money.
According to PEOPLE, her attempt to challenge the executors managing her father’s vast estate has suffered a setback — and a court order that leaves her responsible for paying some of the estate’s attorneys’ fees.
Los Angeles Referee Mitchell L. Beckloff, a retired judge specially appointed to decide the dispute, granted the estate’s special motion to strike portions of Paris’ petition on Monday, Nov. 10, siding with executors John Branca and John McClain. According to PEOPLE, the decision found that many of her legal claims targeted the estate’s own court filings, meaning they received special deference under California’s anti-SLAPP statute. The statute shields much legal petitioning activity from retaliatory lawsuits.
The ruling disposes of a portion of Paris’ filing.