Michael Jackson parties in London as his zoo is dismantled and money problems grow

[buttmunch]

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 his 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 paychecks. 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 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. 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!

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I wonder where Bubbles is...

[CherryDarling]

It makes me sick when I think about those poor animals still in cages...only adds more fury to my hatred for Jacko.

[UndercoverGator]

I'm surprised there are still animals. I thought the former chef had taken them off to serve them as the main course at his "International" cafe.

This whole Jacko mess is unbelievable.

[LynnieD]

Those poor kids......and animals.

[Glasgow53]

Does anyone else smell a suicide in Jacko's future?

[Bellatheball]

Michael Jackson and party have never before been used in the same sentence. Is anyone else shocked that someone thinks the man parties?

[buttmunch]

I bet he's downing the jesus juice by the gallon.

[LynnieD]

Originally Posted by Glasgow53

Does anyone else smell a suicide in Jacko's future?

Absolutely! I would go as far to say that there are Vegas odds on him offing himself and HOW. I give another 2 yrs of downword spiral and self pity and he's a goner...

[UndercoverGator]

Originally Posted by LynnieD

Absolutely! I would go as far to say that there are Vegas odds on him offing himself and HOW. I give another 2 yrs of downword spiral and self pity and he's a goner...

You think that long? I predict within a year and that the slime tries to take his kids with him.

[Grimmlok]

I predict another nosejob to boost his spirits, at which time his face will collapse upon itself like the house in 'Poltergeist'

[UndercoverGator]

Originally Posted by Grimmlok

I predict another nosejob to boost his spirits, at which time his face will collapse upon itself like the house in 'Poltergeist'

Some German plastic surgeon will just fashion him a new one from his other ear.

[A*O]

I think it's rather tragic that people seem more concerned for the animals' welfare and are actually DOING something about it, yet he seems immune from any intervention by the Child Protection authorities to remove his kids from that toxic environment.

[Lobelia]

Originally Posted by Glasgow53

Does anyone else smell a suicide in Jacko's future?

Seriously, I think he loves himself way too much for that. Narcissistic people find it really hard to do away with themselves. I could easily see him doing a suicide gesture in a bid for sympathy and attention, though.

He has given no indication that I can recall that he has ever been sorry for anything at all. Nothing is ever his fault, he's a victim, all the bad people are gunning for him because he is so good. He wants all the power and none of the responsibility for his career, his finances, and his actions in general.

[pacific breeze]

^^I agree with Lo.

As for the animals, this is exactly why I am against private zoos, and zoos in general for the most part.

An elephant in a cage? A creature that roams miles and miles a day in its natural habitat? What the fuck is wrong with people for allowing this sort of thing? Why aren't there laws against it in a civilized country like the U.S.? And why is it still legal to hunt caged animals? Releasing an animal habituated to human contact from birth into a pen so rich asswipes like Cheney can plug away at them, now that's sportmanship.

Still, it's better than having them come to BC and other parts of Canada to blast away endangered species.

[Grimmlok]

See, if I had a huge sprawling estate on my own private island, THEN i would have elephants and other roaming animals.. not locked up in a 30 by 30 pen.