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看了一下，如果是真的就不太好了。[em06]
文章说MJ的精神状态很不好，他的亲密朋友都担心他可能自杀。
说财政问题和审判的双重压力正在毁灭MJ。说一个内部人士称，MJ并不是背痛，那是编的。但人却真的很痛苦。说他一晚上没睡着觉。情绪很差。
说NEVERLAND的资金已经全数用完了。说工人们连续两周没有拿到薪水了，一些已经不再上班，离开了NL。昨天晚上全家人还在NL开会，严肃讨论这个问题。说MJ最怕被人说破产了，但现在可能是真的了。说MJ内部圈子的朋友都不愿借钱了。15万美圆现在都拿不出来，尽管以前他可以买几百万的古董。
内部消息说MJ用掉了900万，300万花在了诉讼费上，而现在的MJ辩护律师实际上也3个月没收到钱了。音乐版税上的收入会有，但不是现在拿的到。
说他背了3.5亿的美洲银行债务，已经无法再另外贷款了。
说弟弟RANDY很多事情处理不当，MJ发现了很恼火，要其出局
这个作家经常写MJ破产的故事，所以我们也不排除是谣言。除了FOX，其他新闻机构还没采用，但恐怕迟早又会炒做。
先给各位打预防针了。
虽然MJ的固定资产超过10亿，但流动资金也可能有些问题。
观望中。
如果MJ最终被迫卖了歌曲版权，那某些人的阴谋就得逞了。
到时他可以拿卖掉版权的几亿美圆还债，再让一切走上正轨
资金会短时间内非常充裕。但远期来看，损失也很大。
Insiders Fear Jackson Will Commit Suicide
Thursday, March 10, 2005
Insiders Fear Jackson Will Commit Suicide
Michael Jackson's close friends now really fear that he will commit suicide. I am not kidding. The scene this morning at the courthouse in Santa Maria has convinced people who ordinarily do not say these things that Jackson is in serious mental trouble.
One thing is for sure: the combined pressures of his financial peril and seeing his accuser on the stand have undone Jackson. My insider says: "He does not have back trouble," as Jackson claimed. "He's making it up. But he's definitely in pain. He's creating it."
Jackson's publicist, Raymone Bain, insists that Jackson called his lawyer, Tom Mesereau, at 5:15am PST this morning to tell him of his severe back pain. But I can tell you that Jackson also made other calls to a variety of people. He didn't sound like he was in pain. He sounded like someone who'd been up all night and was frantic.
That's because last night, as we reported earlier today, a meeting took place at Neverland concerning the dire financial picture. Staffers have not been paid in two weeks. Some have walked off the job. Others are holding on for the moment, but as one said to me today: "When does loyalty become stupidity?"
Another Jackson source put the dilemma succinctly: "Michael is most terrified of
people thinking he's broke. And now there's proof of it."
Yesterday, Jackson's brother Randy promised to come up with $150,000 to meet the arrears in payroll at Neverland. This did not materialize, and this morning Randy continues to be under the gun to find the money to keep the ranch going. Ironically, $150,000 used to be pocket change to Jackson, who routinely squandered millions on nonsensical, worthless souvenirs and tchotchkes. When he paid his 1993 accuser $20 million to avoid a court case, it was like a drop in the bucket.
But now a relatively small amount of money has driven him to wear pajamas and
slippers to court on the most important day of his trial. Ironically — as I
reported yesterday-- Randy Jackson tried to borrow $200,000 from another member of
the inner circle — and failed.
The Biggest Day of Jacko's Life Today may be the most important day in the 46 years Michael Jackson has moonwalked this earth.
In court, his 15-year-old accuser will make claims of sexual molestation and kidnapping. Because his cross-examination won't start until tomorrow, the icky allegations will come off as fact for at least one news cycle.
At the same time, Jackson must face a crisis at home. Members of his household staff at the Neverland Valley Ranch have walked off the job after not receiving paychecks for the second consecutive week.
Last night, members of Michael's family met at Neverland to discuss the situation.
This morning, Michael's mother may find herself feeding the llamas.
As this column reported yesterday, Jackson has actually run out of money. His household account at Bank of America is empty and Jackson is unable to make the ranch's payroll.
What happened? Jackson ate through $9 million available to him for basic
expenditures that the bank allowed. Another $3 million has gone to legal expenses,
but my sources point out that Jackson's lawyers haven't received remuneration in at
least three months.
What's not happening: Money isn't coming in from royalty payments and other sources of music income. It will come again, but not right now.
In Jackson's world, that has produced a dire situation. Neverland employs housekeepers, chefs, security people, groundskeepers, gardeners, painters, mechanics, horse handlers and irrigation experts. Many of them will not be reporting to work this morning.
I told you yesterday that Michael's brother Randy is being blamed for a lot of this, and that Jackson is probably removing many of his brother's responsibilities today.
But Randy can't be held entirely accountable for this situation. Jackson, my sources reminded us, created the problem himself by never dealing with the reality of his financial picture. Now he must pay up.
What will happen: Deals have been drawn up for Jackson to sell half of his remaining share in Sony/ATV Music Publishing. This would create instant income and set his ship right, at least for now.
Someone in his circle will come to him with an offer shortly. But there's no telling if he will accept it. He is backed into a corner.
One person who may know what's happened to the Neverland money is accountant Don Stabler, who was hired by Randy to manage Michael's affairs.
Stabler, according to my sources, was brought in so Randy could bypass Michael's longtime accountant Alan Whitman.
Yesterday, Stabler first told me that nothing was wrong and that everyone had been paid.
When I insisted that this wasn't true, Stabler replied, "You should keep an open mind."
As for the testimony today of the accusing boy: Linda Deutsch, the excellent Associated Press reporter covering the trial, has described the expression on his face as a "sneer."
So far in his testimony, the boy has said Jackson instructed him to call him "Daddy" when Martin Bashir was filming his documentary. But defense attorney Tom Mesereau will comb the boy's grand-jury testimony for inconsistencies with his current version of his story when the cross-examination begins.
Jacko's Bro Fails to Borrow Needed $$$
The word from the Neverland ranch isn't good.
Randy Jackson, working toward a deadline of tomorrow, has been on the phone frantically calling members of the extended Jackson inner circle asking for financial help. He solicited a loan for $200,000 from one major insider who turned him down.
Other potential lenders are not materializing. And there's a problem: Michael Jackson, it's pointed out, is not allowed to borrow any more money per his agreement
with Bank of America. He has outstanding loans there of $350 million, not $270
million as erroneously reported on another Web site.
I'm told the still-unpaid house staff staged a walkout last night at midnight.
According to my sources, this is just a preview of what's to come if there are no
paychecks tomorrow morning at Michael's fantasy playground estate.
This morning, according to sources, a furious Michael Jackson — who was finally filled in on these subjects — announced that his brother Randy was "out" as his overseer. If his decision sticks, Michael would be absent a manager of any kind for the first time in several years.
Jackson of course has another option: his sister Janet, a multimillionaire in her own right thanks to many hit records and sold-out tours. Janet, according to
insiders, already makes substantial contributions to the family finances and is
unlikely to help out this time.
"This is just a Band-Aid approach," said a source. "Even if they get the money this
week, how will they meet the next payroll?"
Jack Money Runs Out at Neverland
Lisa Marie Presley had a hit called "Lights Out in Memphis," but she never could have dreamed up this scenario concerning her ex-husband: the lights could be out at Neverland today.
It seems that Michael Jackson's famed ranch and retreat, the site of many good works and also some nasty allegations, could be losing its staff.
Sources have confessed to me that last Friday, for the second week in a row, the payroll was not met.
Many operating expenses, including the phone and electricity bills, have gone unpaid as well.
The blame for all this is being laid at the feet of Randy, who took control of the pop star's finances and life about a year ago when brother Jermaine and the Nation
of Islam got the boot.
Randy is highly unpopular among Michael's loyalists, but what took place last Friday
seems to have been the breaking point.
Staffers who went home again without checks were told that Randy would make good on salaries by yesterday. When that didn't happen, he was given a deadline of this morning to come through — or else.
I'm told that chaos ensued on Friday when Michael came home after a long day in court.
He had to face his father, Joseph Jackson, who'd been summoned by Michael's
accountant Alan Whitman.
Joseph and his wife Kathryn have remained at the ranch ever since, keeping the peace
among ranch workers who are ready to walk.
So what's going on?
This column was first to write about Jackson's financial woes back in July 2001. As others have speculated about his ownership of the Beatles catalog and of Neverland itself, we've been on the case trying to untangle the mysteries of his accounting.
Randy has too. About three months ago, he hired his own accountant and instructed Whitman, who has long tried to rein in Jackson's wild finances, to answer to him.
According to my sources, it takes around $350,000 a month to run the 2,700-acre ranch, including the costs of staff, maintenance and the zoo. That breaks down to roughly $75,000 a week.
Jackson got a long-term loan of $350 million from Bank of America a few years ago.
He also gets royalties, both from album sales — he's still selling about 15,000 CDs and DVDs a week, mostly of "Thriller" — and the publishing rights on his own music.
About two weeks ago, I'm told, Whitman became concerned that the Neverland operating
accounts were running dry. The CD and publishing income was not appearing in
Jackson's Bank of America account.
"There was nothing to draw on," my source reports.
Afraid that the usual intermediaries wouldn't alert Jackson, Whitman contacted Michael's father, I am told.
Joseph Jackson, who had been in London, immediately went to Neverland last Friday when he returned Stateside. The result was a showdown that has still not been resolved as of this writing.
The big question of course is: Where did the money in the Neverland operating account go?
I am told that when Bank of America receives payments on behalf of Jackson, it sends the money directly to Whitman.
"It would be impossible for someone to get between them in the process," my source said.
Even more intriguing is the report of Randy's promise to make good on the missing funds. Where would he suddenly find the kind of money needed to cover the ranch's
operating expenses?
Speculation is that Randy, Michael's younger brother, has been cutting deals for the pop star without his knowledge. Believe it or not, sources tell me, offers in the half-million dollar range come in almost daily for endorsements.
The word from Neverland is that since Randy assumed control of Michael's world about a year ago, the younger brother has purchased a penthouse for himself in Miami and moved one of Michael's Bentleys there for his own use.
"When Michael found out about that, there was a huge blowout," my source said.
Calls to Randy Jackson and Alan Whitman were not returned.
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