Paris Jackson’s Legal Team ‘Feels Good’ About the Outcome of Her Battle With Executors of Dad’s Estate

Paris Jackson and her legal team are feeling hopeful after a court appearance in the legal fight with the co-executors of her father Michael Jackson’s estate – John Branca and John McClain.

“Paris spent yesterday in court as her legal team raised fact after fact that proved the executors were failing to meet their fundamental obligation to be transparent and accountable,” a source close to Paris, 27, told the National Enquirer on Thursday, March 12.

According to court filings obtained by the National Enquirer, Paris and her siblings first raised concerns about legal fees tied to their father’s estate in 2018, requesting that “no ‘bonus’ attorney fees” be paid to lawyers billing hourly rates.

The parties later agreed to an “across-the-board $1 million write-off of legal fees.” However, the filing claims that days after signing that agreement, the executors paid $625,000 in bonuses to several law firms — payments that were not disclosed to beneficiaries until 2025.

The filing accuses Branca of “doling out gifts to his colleagues” and says his actions show he has “lost sight of his fiduciary obligations.”

“We think these unacceptable six-figure bonus payments are just the tip of the iceberg,” the source continues. “It was contentious at times — these cases always are — but the facts are on our side. There’s no way to be sure until the judge issues a ruling, but we feel good about how today went.”

As the National Enquirer previously reported, Paris’s siblings, Prince, 29, and Bigi, 24, have finally joined the legal battle that she has been waging for months.

“Paris is totally aware of what she is doing,” a source previously told the National Enquirer earlier this year. “She wants to get rid of the executors, and she wants to claim the inheritance and keep it all under the control of the Jackson family.”