Michael Jackson's son Bigi, 22, formerly known as Blanket, surfaced in Los Angeles this week ahead of his father's 15th death anniversary.
His latest sighting comes amid a legal drama over his father's estate, involving Bigi, his siblings Prince, 27, and Paris, 26, and Michael's mother Katherine, 94. Prince, Paris and Bigi are beneficiaries of the late Billie Jean hitmaker's trust, while his mother Katherine is a sole beneficiary of a sub trust in his will.
'The Estate has a very cooperative relationship with Michael's children and whenever they need anything, the Estate works with them to ensure that they are very well taken care of, just as Michael would have wanted.' Michael's three kids, Prince, 27, Paris, 26, and Bigi, 22, will not be receiving any money from his trust until his estate settles a dispute with the IRS; The trio seen in March
After the value will be determined, the estate and IRS will have to agree on the value of the deduction, before a final judgement can be made. Prince, born in 1997, is Jackson's first child with ex-wife Debbie Rowe, 65. His godparents are Macaulay Culkin and Elizabeth Taylor.Jackson and Rowe divorced in 1999 and he was given full custody of the kids.
It's the latest chapter in a legal battle over the Beat It singer's estate nearly 15 years after his June 25, 2009 death at the age of 50, from an overdose of the surgical anesthetic drug Propofol. In March Bigi filed legal papers seeking to block his grandmother Katherine from using estate funds amid an extended legal battle with the estate executors; Pictured in October 2022
Bigi 'is a very private person and may have said nothing if he knew that his words or positions could become public,' his lawyers said. Last month the estate announced a partial sale, as Sony purchased the rights to half of Jackson's material for $600 million amid Katherine's objections.