JACKSON ENDED FATHER'S BUSINESS PLAN AFTER HEATED SUMMIT

Last updated: Friday, August 7, 2009

JACKSON ENDED FATHER'S BUSINESS PLAN AFTER HEATED SUMMIT

MICHAEL JACKSON's father bullied the pop superstar into signing a new agreement with his own business manager, LEONARD ROWE, just three months before the King of Pop's death in June (09), according to a new Rolling Stone expose.

Michael Jackson and father Joe Jackson - circa 1972 (photo supplied by WENN)

The pop star's manager Frank DiLeo tells the publication Joe Jackson set up a meeting between the singer and Rowe in March (09), after telling his son that the promoters behind his comeback shows in London were cheating him out of millions.

DiLeo recalls the Thriller singer telling him he signed the document Joe Jackson put in front of him because "my dad was standing over me".

But, according to AEG Live boss Randy Phillips, who masterminded Jacko's ill-fated comeback, a second summit meeting at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles in mid-May (09) backfired on Joe, and prompted Michael to end his brief relationship with Rowe.

Phillips, who was present, tells Rolling Stone, "When Joe saw that it wasn't going his way, he got in my face. He said, 'If it weren't for me there wouldn't be a Michael Jackson."

The publication reports the King of Pop fired off a letter to Rowe after the heated meeting, writing, "You do not represent me and I do not wish to have any oral or written communications with you regarding the handling of my business and/or personal matters."

Source: WENN

| Friday, August 7, 2009

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