Four Siblings Sue Michael Jackson Estate Over Alleged Child Sex Trafficking

Four adult siblings from the Cascio family are now taking legal action against Michael Jackson’s estate, leveling accusations of child sex trafficking and years of abuse at the late music icon.

Filed on Friday in federal court out in Los Angeles, the complaint comes from Frank, Dominic, Marie-Nicole and Aldo Cascio, Rolling Stone broke the story. Within those 23 pages, Jackson is labeled outright as a “serial child predator.”

The siblings allege he subjected them to abuse stretching over more than ten years, starting when some were just seven. That’s incredibly young. If you look through their lawsuit, it lays out claims that this alleged abuse occurred at various locations,one being their own family home.

There’s more: they assert that Jackson used drugs as a means to manipulate and exert control over them throughout this period. This isn’t coming out of nowhere; just last month these same siblings showed up in Beverly Hills court trying to scrap an earlier financial settlement with Jackson’s estate. From their perspective. That deal was simply an illegal tactic meant to muzzle survivors of childhood sexual abuse. On the other side of things, attorneys for Jackson’s estate aren’t having it, they’ve flatly rejected all allegations..

Martin Singer (the estate's lawyer) spoke to Rolling Stone too: he called this case “a desperate attempt to extract money” and framed it as little more than “a transparent effort to forum shop for a favourable court.”

He pointed out something interesting,the Cascio family had spent over 25 years publicly defending Michael Jackson before turning around with these new claims.. For now. A judge has pressed pause on making any final ruling about whether arbitration will be required here or not (that decision is still hanging). Another hearing is set for March 5th, so we’ll see what happens next.