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Janet Jackson Denies She Needs Michael’s Money to Care for Mother

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A report claiming that the Estate of Michael Jackson filed documents in the probate court requesting that the estate be permitted to “foot a portion of the bill on Janet’s mortgage on her posh Las Vegas Condo” is false, according to her lawyer.

According to Blair Brown, Jackson’s attorney, Jackson’s Las Vegas home was purchased outright 10 years ago for her mother Katherine Jackson. Jackson has “provided financial support unconditionally to her mother before and after Michael’s death and will continue to do so,” said one of her representatives.

Brown offered that any implication that Jackson has demanded money from the estate are “false and outrageous.”

“She is a successful artist and very high net worth individual who has never had financial problems. She has no need for any such payments from the estate,” said Brown.

The Jackson family has recently been in the spotlight for its ongoing dispute over the legitimacy of Michael Jackson’s will – which currently leaves everything in the estate to his mother and his children.

Five of Michael’s siblings have recently claimed that the will was fake, demanding that the executors of the estate be dismissed.

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