Woman’s Day goes inside the epic custody battle for Jacko’s children, and investigates the true biological parentage of the late King of Pop’s three heirs.
With Michael Jackson’s fortune hanging in the balance, and a number of competing claims over who are the rightful guardians of to his three children and heirs – Prince, 12, Paris, 11, and Blanket, 7 – the battle for custody is set to be one of the ugliest in living memory.
In a will filed last week, Michael stated he wanted his mother Katherine to care for his children in the event of his death. But other women — including Prince and Paris’ birth mother Debbie Rowe — are positioning themselves for possible custody.
The situation is complicated by competing claims about the true biological parentage of the kids. We examine the three possible fathers, as even Debbie’s claim to motherhood comes under question – with the former nurse angrily denying claims she was just a gestational carrier.
The drama is all the more disturbing since Michael’s children are now without the most important person in their lives.
“Michael was a mother, a father and a best friend all rolled into one,” reveals Michael’s friend and the children’s godfather Mark Lester.
“They were a tight family and were always together.”
Another friend, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, agrees. “They would cry whenever he had to go do anything. They were very attached to him.”
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