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Summary Court has taken away Michael Jacksons 3 children from custody of Jacksons mother.
Katherine Jackson, the late singers mother, had custody of Paris, Prince Michael and Blanket, but Judge Mitchell Beckloff suspended that arrangement because she had left the family home in Los Angeles.The family has been embroiled in legal and financial disputes since the pop stars sudden death in June 2009 from an overdose of Propofol, a powerful anesthetic.The matriarchs whereabouts were uncertain for days, with one member of the family reporting her missing -- but the singers brother Jermaine insisting she was well and resting in Arizona.I want to reassure everyone that Mother is fine but is resting up in AZ on the orders of a doctor, not us, Jermaine Jackson tweeted. Randy Jackson, another of the singers brothers, on ABCs Good Morning America Wednesday repeated that Katherine had left Los Angeles on her doctors orders.Her doctor wanted her to go somewhere where she couldnt be on the phone, and just cut off from the outside world for a few days, he said.Katherine Jackson herself has now said she is good and fine and on her way home to California, according to excerpts of an interview with ABC News released by the network ahead of its broadcast later Wednesday.However, her absence has sparked a flurry of angry Twitter messages from Jacksons 14-year-old daughter, Paris.On Sunday, she wrote: Yes, my grandmother is missing. i havent spoken with her in a week i want her home now.And then on Tuesday, she posted: 9 days and counting... so help me god i will make whoever did this pay.Her brother Prince Michael is 15, and Blanket is 10.Katherine Jackson however explained to ABC News: One reason I didnt call is I just gave up my phone and I didnt want to have any phone calls while I was here.Lawyers for TJ Jackson, the 34-year-old son of Michaels brother Tito, and for Katherine Jackson however told the judge they suspected the womans disappearance was not voluntary.TJ Jackson said he spoke with Katherine on Tuesday and that she was acting strangely.Ive never heard my grandmother talk like that, he said in court. Id ask simple questions and she wasnt sharp.Katherine Jackson said she was devastated about the change in the guardianship of her grandchildren, adding that the court ruling was based on a bunch of lies.Entertainment media have portrayed her absence as an abduction by Michaels siblings, who are allegedly furious they did not inherit any of the singers assets.But she insisted she was visiting a spa in Arizona to rest and that rumors of a kidnapping were false, saying My children would never do anything to me like that.On July 17, five of the siblings accused the estates executors of forging Jacksons signature on the 2002 will that excluded them.In a letter posted online, Tito, Randy, Jermaine, Rebbie and Janet write the will, without question, its fake, flawed, and fraudulent. Tito later withdrew from the group, according to celebrity news website TMZ.The siblings say they have evidence that undoubtedly supports and proves that Michael was absolutely not in Los Angeles, California on the date of his signature in the will.They demand the executors, John Branca and John McClain, resign effective immediately, accusing them of having failed to perform (their) duties.However, TMZ has reported that the executors had paid off nearly all of the singers $500 million debt with the income they generated from his assets.In a statement, Branca and McClain wrote they are saddened that false and defamatory accusations grounded in stale Internet conspiracy theories are now being made by certain members of Michaels family whom he chose to leave out of his will.
