A regular reader, Sister Dallas Newton, wrote this piece entitled “Road To Murder: The Enslavement of Michael Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009)” to share the truth surrounding Michael Jackson’s death that’s been under wraps even three years later. It’s a powerful piece that must be spread.
“Road To Murder: The Enslavement of Michael Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009)”
By Dallas Newton
The title of this article may sound shocking, but I have come to suspect that it is probably more plausible than not. This is based on Information contained in the books written by Leonard Rowe; “What Really Happened to Michael Jackson”; Aphrodite Jones, “Michael Jackson Conspiracy”; and LaToya Jackson, “Starting Over”; This damning information which destroys the validity of the will and the credibility of the named executors, has yet to be disputed or challenged by those implicated in a fraud perpetrated on the court, and who are now in charge of Michael Jackson’s vast estate, serving as it’s executors. Who are these men?
They were at one time thought to be trusted employees of Michael Jackson, serving as his lawyers and advisors. John Branca, a lawyer, actually engineered the acquisition of Michael’s valuable music catalogue, which included the Beatles songs. The other executor is John McClain, who is an executive in the music industry. Both men had been fired by Michael Jackson in February 2003, for among other reasons, embezzlement of millions of Michael’s money and conflict of interest. “On February 3, 2003, Michael instructed Branca to turn over to his new attorneys all records, files, and papers dealing with his personal and business life…No will was ever turned over to Michael’s new attorney. In addition, it is reported that Michael’s Interfor investigators (A private investigation company) uncovered an improper relationship between Tommy Mottola and John Branca;”[1] “whereby Branca and Mottola were allegedly funneling Michael’s money to offshore accounts in the Caribbean. The Interfor report caused Michael Jackson great anguish and Michael demanded that Branca was never to have anything to do with him, his business, his family, or his personal life again.”[2] So how did these two men whom Michael dismissed from his life forever, come to be in charge of his billion dollar estate? How did control and thus ownership of his estate leave out his natural heirs?
According to the reading of Michael’s Contract with AEG, (the agency promoting his “This Is It Tour”) he had been made a virtual “economic” slave. He could be made to perform like a puppet at the command of AEG and receive little or nothing in the way of compensation. “….When a reasonable person takes a look at the contract between Michael Jackson and AEG, you ……will be left with the undeniable feeling that Michael Jackson had been placed on an economic plantation with AEG as the master and overseer of all that Michael Jackson did or could do.”[3] How was this done? Apparently, Michael was put into this situation, because he trusted two people: his business overseer, Dr. Tohme Tohme, who was referred to him by Jermaine Jackson, and his lawyer at the time, Dennis Hawk, who was to work in his best interest, where it involves contracts. These two employees of Michael Jackson’s appear to be instrumental in his “economic enslavement” to AEG, the agency that was promoting his “This Is It Tour”.
Dr. Tohme Tohme was responsible for running the Michael Jackson Company, LLC, when Michael died. Unbeknownst to Michael, Dr. Tohme Tohme entered into a separate agreement with AEG, involving his own company known as TT International, where he was being paid $100,000. Clearly, this was a conflict of interest. To add insult to injury, the $100,000 paid to Dr. Tohme Tohme was “considered an advance against Michael Jackson’s contingent compensation.”[4] Let’s get this straight. Dr. Tohme Tohme was being paid by Michael to look out for his best interests in doing business with companies such as AEG, and Dr. Tohme Tohme was also on the payroll for AEG, except Michael will ultimately be the one who pays for the betrayal.
We do know that Dr. Tohme Tohme blocked very lucrative deals being offered to Michael during this time. One such offer was for $15 million for one show. In addition, his mother would be paid $2 million dollars. Offers such as this would free Michael up from any financial hold AEG had on him at the time, including the outrageous amount being paid for rent for the estate he ultimately died at. Michael had to reimburse AEG for the months he stayed there at $100,000 a month contracted by AEG.
As mentioned earlier, Dennis Hawk was Michael’s lawyer, who should have been looking out for the interest of his client when it came to contracts. Quite to the contrary, the contract drawn up for Michael’s “This Is It Tour” was totally one-sided in favor of AEG and reduced Michael to a virtual Slave.
The term of Michael Jackson’s contract with AEG went well beyond the London O2 Arena shows from July, 2009 until February, 2010. The AEG contract, however, doesn’t end until December 31st, 2011. To extend Michael’s contract beyond the O2 London shows, make no sense, since Michael’s awesome drawing power precluded any risk on the part of AEG. In addition, all expenses incurred by AEG on Michael’s behalf were subtracted from ticket sales. AEG also took out an insurance policy in the event of Michael’s death worth millions of dollars. Michael was responsible for paying the premiums on this insurance, where AEG was the sole beneficiary. This insurance policy covered all AEG’s losses, but the contract still put claims on his estate after his death. The terms and conditions of this lopsided contract were to be kept “strictly confidential.” This makes sense in light of the fact that the contract called for Michael to assume all cost, production and artist cost, leaving AEG in essence assuming no risks. This contract also allowed AEG to withhold Michael’s money made from the tour for an extra 60 days. According to Leonard Rowe, it is customary for an artist on tour to be paid every Monday morning. This creates an even further financial straitjacket for Michael and a dependency on AEG. Two months of figuring out an artist pay after they have already earned it seems ridiculous and criminal. It is even more ridiculous and criminal that Michael’s attorney, Dennis Hawk, would allow any contract putting up as collateral, The Michael Jackson Company, LLC.. But this is exactly what happened in return for a $15 million advance AEG gave Michael for the purchase of a house in Las Vegas.
By owning the Michael Jackson Company, AEG would own his publishing rights and catalogue, investment holdings, his memorabilia, and his many grammy awards. AEG essentially would own Michael Jackson. Under this contract even if Michael filed bankruptcy he would be in default, and he would summarily lose his entire fortune to AEG. After putting Michael into this financial straightjacket, John Branca and Frank DiLeo were brought back into his life under threat that if he did not go along with this, AEG would pull the plug. John Branca was literally forced back into his life days before he died. At this time, Michael was quite sick, including brain swelling. A doctor had previously advised that Michael should be brought to the hospital right away after he learned of his symptoms. The doctor said they were classic symptoms of poisoning.
In conclusion, it is not a stretch to compare Michael’s last month’s alive to major aspects of sharecropping, a form of slavery. We have a few white men who totally disrespected any rights under the law that Michael was entitled to. These include the duties and responsibilities a lawyer and business overseer is bound to in the course of employment by another. In ruling on Dred Scott v. Sanford, Justice Roger Taney said “A Black man has no rights; a white man is bound to respect.” This certainly seems to be the standard applied in the case of Michael Jackson. In particular, the withholding of pay for two months after a contract has been fulfilled, while AEG figures out what Michael is entitled to is reminiscent of the sharecropper working the season, and by the time the landowner deducts credit extended the poor sharecropper is entitled to nothing. And in most instances, he actually owed the landowner. There was no recourse for the poor sharecroppers, because they were not protected by the court system. The blatant disregard by his lawyer and business overseer for Michael’s rights makes one wonder if Michael and his estate would have been protected by the courts. In this scenario, Michael Jackson was worth more dead than alive.
Footnotes:
[1] Rowe, Leonard, What Really Happened To Michael Jackson, p.238
[2] Ibid. page 187
[3] Ibid. page 161
[4] Ibid. page 166
Onitaset:
Call me crazy(or crazier) but I’ve always suspected Jermaine to be deeply envious of his brother. I never brought the brotherly solidarity he preached. Also, this isn’t the first time I heard of Michael’s Murder.
Dr. C. Murray was but a pawn in their game of chess.
I agree with you that Dr. Murray was just a pawn in this devilish plot against Michael Jackson. I believe he has been duped as to what the final outcome will be for him in this “game of chess”.
not much to do with anything, but remember, “they don’t really care about us.” (btw, anyone else here remember the song MJ did with B.I.G.?)
@omalone1 This has everything to do with understanding what our relationship and place is in this country. Michael Jackson, proclaimed to be the greatest talent on the planet was still outside the protection of the courts. Indeed, it was that branch of government that tried to make a case against him that would send him to prison for the rest of his life. It is also worth noting that, even though the facts pointed to Randy Phillips of AEG as being present when Michael Jackson died, this was totally ignored. Instead, Dr. Murray, a Black man was charged with “manslaughter”.
In the end, one Black man was accused of killing another Black man, and all the Whites involved are the one’s who control and own Michael’s billion dollar estate. This is instructive for Blacks on many levels. Michael represents all of us.
Sister truthbetold,
The author of this piece, Sister Dallas, is sittinducks. :)
Biographies are informative if one knows how to read them. The betrayal of a Brother as per Occidental influences and an African as a pawn–this has been written before and can be written again so long as we do not separate.
Though “Michael” and “Jermaine” are mentioned, this is not a narrative of individuals but laws. This is the meaning of History.
I’ve always wondered about Jermaine. He was envious of Michael.Especially when he recorded the song Word to the Bad. All you have to do is listen to the words of the song, straight up hate. And I’ve always wondered about that Tohme Tohme something was sinster about him, Tommy Motola and Michael had bad blood when Michael called him out on his unscrupulos business practices and his ethics as a record producer. Micheal was afraid of these people. It was my belief that AEG was also culpable in Michael’s demise. Conrad Murrary was a fall guy. Michael’s mistake was trusting these demons. May his sweet soul rest in peace.
Following the release of the song “Word to the Bad” according to Jermaine in his book “You Are Not Alone”, a meeting was called by Michael’s parents where Jermaine and Michael met to discuss the release of the song. Michael was quite upset. In his naivety Jermaine explained to Michael that he recorded those words in anger with no intention that they would ever be released to the public. Without his knowledge he was tricked by L.A. Reid and Babyface. He has also explained that he also was duped by Dr. Tohme Tohme, who was introduced to him by people he trusted.
Michael also called out Tommy Motola as a racist. Saying that Tommy Motola referred to another artist as a nigger. AEG and all these evil white people only wanted to use him like a slave and profit off of him. Everybody wanted something from him in one way or another.
Tommy also told the Mulatto, Miss Carey, to hide her African self from the masses.
Michael referred to Tommy Mottola as a devil as did his former wife Mariah Carey. What is interesting is that Michael never sought redress in the courts to recoup the tens of millions of dollars Branca and Mottola reportedly stole from him.
@Truthbetold You are certainly right about that as well.
“freaks and the American Ideal of Manhood” comes to mind as I read of the fate of this “great.”
There seems to be two classes of white people, when it comes to Michael Jackson: His fans who connected to his soul and those whites who called him freak, wacko jacko, etc.
Michael Jackson was neither racist nor misogynistic . Therefore, it is impossible for anyone to perceive him as the “American Ideal of Manhood.”
justice must come for michael……..it is only fair!!
The following stories should be of interest as we contemplate justice for Michael. They highlight the same racist judicial and governmental administrations, Michael was up against. Coupled with these handicaps is dependence upon legal representation that is actually part of the racist system. A Central part of this racial impotence is the lack of effective African-American organizations to combat organized injustice.
White man stole this Guyanese woman’s business in front of her face. Then hired an assassin to kill her.
http://www.blackstarnews.com/news/123/ARTICLE/7142/2011-02-25.html
See images here: http://christinenyfl.blogspot.com/2010/10/christine-persaud-story.html
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/20010775/taxpayers-may-be-on-the-hook-for-12m-after-contractor-accuses-state-of-ruining-her-business