Paris Jackson's legal dispute against the executors of her late father Michael Jackson's estate took a dramatic turn. On 10 November, Los Angeles Referee Mitchell L Beckloff, a retired judge tasked with resolving the dispute, struck down significant portions of her petition, effectively handing a procedural win to the estate's executors, John Branca and John McClain.
Referee Beckloff ruled that many of Paris's claims challenged the estate's own court filings—and those are protected under California's anti-SLAPP statute, which prevents legal petitions from being used as grounds for lawsuits in retaliation. As a result, a number of her major allegations were removed from her petition, including her objections to filing practices and irregular payouts.
