Post by sunsetdriver on Feb 22, 2006 15:45:08 GMT 1
Jackson: Llamas, Alpacas Are First To Go
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
By Roger Friedman
Michael Jackson’s fabled llamas, long the subject of jokes, are gone. So are his camel, an alpaca and a bunch of other animals from Jackson’s private zoo at the Neverland Valley Ranch.
They were removed over the weekend, says a source, and it’s not clear which facility took them. Last week, I told you that representatives from Marine World had come to look over Jackson’s menagerie.
Jackson is being sued by his veterinarian, Dr. Martin Dinnes, for $91,000 in owed fees.
At the same time, tomorrow will mark nine weeks since any of Jackson’s California employees have received pay checks. Electricity and gas at the ranch have been cut back severely, and many of the employees have gone off in search of second jobs.
Nevertheless, Neverland still has elephants, tigers, and orangutans in cages. It’s not clear how much longer they will stay on the premises.
Jackson, meantime, parties on at the four-star Dorchester Hotel in London, as bankers, lawyers, and record executives try to resolve his huge financial issues. I’m told there may be a severe glitch in the deal that would move Jackson’s $270 million loans from Fortress Investments to Citigroup. Sources say that Fortress now has some interest in remaining in the music publishing business, although why they would want to continue having this headache when they could get out with a profit is a mystery. Or does Fortress have something else up its sleeve?
(Reporter’s note: I say, get out while the going is good. Michael Jackson is like quicksand. Anyone who’s tried to stick it out with him, hoping for some big future windfall, has sunk deeper and deeper into the muck. If it weren’t already taken, Jackson’s biography could be called "No One Here Gets Out Alive.")
In other Jackson news, here’s a little tidbit: his latest advisor is a woman named Gaynell Lenoir. She is not an attorney, but the daughter of Johnnie Cochran’s late mentor, famed Los Angeles lawyer Gerald Lenoir. Some sources claim that Lenoir was advising Jackson as much as a year ago, but her name has surfaced only recently in Jackson’s latest negotiations.
Good luck to her! She joins a long and prestigious list of people who thought they could make sense of this situation, only to wind up jet lagged, out of pocket, consulting an attorney of their own, and cursing under their breath!
source: foxnews.com
Enrico
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
By Roger Friedman
Michael Jackson’s fabled llamas, long the subject of jokes, are gone. So are his camel, an alpaca and a bunch of other animals from Jackson’s private zoo at the Neverland Valley Ranch.
They were removed over the weekend, says a source, and it’s not clear which facility took them. Last week, I told you that representatives from Marine World had come to look over Jackson’s menagerie.
Jackson is being sued by his veterinarian, Dr. Martin Dinnes, for $91,000 in owed fees.
At the same time, tomorrow will mark nine weeks since any of Jackson’s California employees have received pay checks. Electricity and gas at the ranch have been cut back severely, and many of the employees have gone off in search of second jobs.
Nevertheless, Neverland still has elephants, tigers, and orangutans in cages. It’s not clear how much longer they will stay on the premises.
Jackson, meantime, parties on at the four-star Dorchester Hotel in London, as bankers, lawyers, and record executives try to resolve his huge financial issues. I’m told there may be a severe glitch in the deal that would move Jackson’s $270 million loans from Fortress Investments to Citigroup. Sources say that Fortress now has some interest in remaining in the music publishing business, although why they would want to continue having this headache when they could get out with a profit is a mystery. Or does Fortress have something else up its sleeve?
(Reporter’s note: I say, get out while the going is good. Michael Jackson is like quicksand. Anyone who’s tried to stick it out with him, hoping for some big future windfall, has sunk deeper and deeper into the muck. If it weren’t already taken, Jackson’s biography could be called "No One Here Gets Out Alive.")
In other Jackson news, here’s a little tidbit: his latest advisor is a woman named Gaynell Lenoir. She is not an attorney, but the daughter of Johnnie Cochran’s late mentor, famed Los Angeles lawyer Gerald Lenoir. Some sources claim that Lenoir was advising Jackson as much as a year ago, but her name has surfaced only recently in Jackson’s latest negotiations.
Good luck to her! She joins a long and prestigious list of people who thought they could make sense of this situation, only to wind up jet lagged, out of pocket, consulting an attorney of their own, and cursing under their breath!
source: foxnews.com
Enrico
