Michael Jackson is dead, so he can’t really defend himself against these accusations.
I am not sure the estate really has a leg to stand on unless there was a written agreement that HBO would never say anything bad about Jackson, I think this is more to try to scare them into not showing the documentary, but likely will just give it more attention.
“The Jackson Estate will seek all damages proximately caused by HBO’s reprehensible disparagement of Michael Jackson, which could exceed $100 million should HBO succeed in the damage it is intending to cause to the legacy of Michael Jackson,” said an injunction and arbitration seeking breach of contract complaint filed today by lawyers from Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert LL and Freedman + Tailtelman LLP in L.A. Superior Court.
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