Michael Jackson - Child Abductor?

[Elvira]

tmz.com
December 20, 2005

EXCLUSIVE: Jacko -- Child Abductor?
Debbie Rowe files abduction papers in court
By TMZ.COM STAFF

(Dec. 20) -- A secret hearing was held Monday near Palm Springs, Calif., in which Debbie Rowe, Michael Jackson's former wife and the mother of two of his children, filed legal papers accusing the singer of abducting the children.


Rowe has filed a custody suit against Jackson, which has been removed from the courts and handled through private arbitration.


TMZ was present for the hearing. Before it began, TMZ producer Patti Bartos-Fellows was shown a legal document entitled "Children Returned to US; Surrender Passports and Child Abduction Order." This document was filed by Rowe, requesting that the judge sign an order requiring Jackson to return the children to the United States.


TMZ has confirmed through sources that Rowe is going full force in her custody battle, arguing that Jackson underhandedly took the children to Bahrain to thwart her effort to obtain custody. We're told Rowe is concerned for the children's safety and that she has been denied contact with them.


Jackson had been paying Rowe a hefty annuity until last year when he cut her off for allegedly violating their confidentiality agreement, a move she is currently contesting in court.


Rowe surprised many people, including prosecutors, at Jackson's child molestation trial earlier this year by taking the stand and praising her ex. This led some observers to wonder if her testimony would pave the way for a settlement between the two. That clearly did not happen.


Before the proceedings began, both sides vigorously objected to TMZ's presence in the hearing room and Judge Lachs asked producer Bartos-Fellows to leave. The Judge did not rule on the abduction motion.

[darksithbunny]

He is out of money so she is out too. Getting the children would ensure some kind of child support. That is my first feeling on this. BUT maybe she really is concern for those kids. Knowing how hard it will be for the little girl over there.

[buttmunch]

Wait a sec, didn't she change her story at his trial at the last minute to save his ass? This woman is screwier than him....almost.

[Tiara]

Its all about the

[Elvira]

I guess she didn’t receive her payment from Michael for testifying at the trial.

[chupacabra]

man....there are so many shitty people involved with michael

[cheray]

Its not always about money. Some people actually care about things other than money. If I get a bug in my meal at a restaurant I wouldnt think of sueing them, BUT I do accept the free replacement meal. If I get bitten at work by a snake I dont sue the company that gives me a job. I say "you motherfu......etc., " spend the night in hospital and get free food and a bed and some cool pain killers. I am happier for not wanting much and yet I get things in return that make me happy anyway. Debbie Rowe never struck me as money hungry at all.

[Tiara]

^^ Yes but this is the woman that had the children and gave them to Michael for money.

[cheray]

She wanted to give him kids. He wanted to give her money.

[slurikaine]

I could never, ever give my children away to my ex. Never. I don't care how much money is involved.

They're both stupid and insane and the best thing for those children is to be put into foster care so someone who will actually care and love them, instead of someone who'll treat them like circus freaks with blankets on their heads all the time, can.

[Cate]

Originally Posted by slurikaine

I could never, ever give my children away to my ex. Never. I don't care how much money is involved.
They're both stupid and insane and the best thing for those children is to be put into foster care so someone who will actually care and love them, instead of someone who'll treat them like circus freaks with blankets on their heads all the time, can.

No kidding. There is NFW that my ex would get my kids, and he's not even HALF as sick as MJ.

She will never get those kids back from the Middle East, though. Hasn't she watched that Sally Fields movie?

[A*O]

Those poor kids have been exposed (?!) to Mad Mikey for so long now I doubt they can ever lead 'normal' lives because they have absolutely no idea of what 'normal' is. The psychological damage they have suffered being brought up by a pedophile lunatic and no mother is incalculable.

There is no point suing MJ for child maintenance because clearly they are not his biological kids and on the basis that Neverland is about to be repossessed and his Beatles song rights seized by creditors, MJ is no longer the free meal ticket he used to be. I am not sure why Debbie is suddenly so concerned about the childrens' welfare. She was perfectly happy to give up all her parental rights in exchange for $$$ so I'm not sure why she cares now.

[Elvira]

foxnews.com
Dec. 21/05

Jacko Under Investigation by DOJ
By Roger Friedman
Jacko: A DOJ Investigation Over False Passports?

Where do I start? In the middle of Michael Jackson’s complex and pending financial disaster, the singer faces new trouble in a more serious venue.

Sources tell me that Jackson is being investigated by the Department of Justice for lying to get his kids new passports and taking them out of the U.S. illegally.

At the same time, Jackson’s lawyers asked the private ex-family court judge they hired last year to step aside in their custody battle with the singer’s ex-wife, Debbie Rowe.

Jackson and Rowe hired retired Judge Stephen M. Lachs to adjudicate their long-running and unique conflict over Prince Michael and Paris Jackson.

But according to sources, now Jackson’s lawyer Michael Abrams has filed a motion with Lachs asking him to recuse himself from the case, even though he was hand-selected.

The reason? Abrams is saying that Lachs is predisposed to Rowe. Sources on Rowe’s side, however, find that laughable, since the case has taken more than a year and gotten almost nowhere, thanks to Jackson first being on trial for child molestation and then leaving the U.S. with no intention of returning.

The Rowe-Jackson situation is complicated by the fact that Rowe is the only biological parent of the two kids. She married Jackson, had the children and then agreed to divorce and a settlement that contained a confidentiality agreement.

Jackson stopped paying her last year, claiming she’d broken the agreement by giving an interview about her horses to a syndicated TV show.

And there’s more: Rowe, according to sources, has filed a motion with Lachs claiming that Jackson took Prince and Paris to Bahrain in the United Arab Emirates without her permission.

This part of the story is tricky: at the time that Jackson decided to take the kids abroad, their passports were being held by the family court, thanks to the pending custody case.

Jackson -- according to Rowe -- lied to the passport service by saying he had sole custody in order to get new passports. This brought in the Department of Justice, which is taking the complaint seriously.

A source there told me, “We can’t comment on investigations or whether there is one going on. But there are specific laws about parents taking kids out of the country.”

The source also conceded that it’s easy for one parent to commit fraud by lying to the passport office and removing children illegally. Rowe, Jackson’s lawyers will argue, had no rights. But Rowe’s side can show that she had her parental rights restored by Judge Lachs about two months before Jackson split for Bahrain.

The judicial recusal is another thing, however. Judge Lachs has 10 days to decide if he will step down. If he chooses to stay, the matter goes to judicial review. One theory for Abrams and Jackson’s possibly next move is to buy time.

Jackson, sources tell me, is hoping to soon claim residency in Bahrain when his six-month stay is completed.

Meanwhile, I have to say how amused I am to see dozens of articles concerning Michael Jackson in the last two days based on reporting from this column. Almost none of them gave us any credit. But readers of this column know better, and not to trust other outlets. Many of them got the story completely wrong.

[ourmaninBusan]

This part of the story is tricky: at the time that Jackson decided to take the kids abroad, their passports were being held by the family court, thanks to the pending custody case.

Jackson -- according to Rowe -- lied to the passport service by saying he had sole custody in order to get new passports. This brought in the Department of Justice, which is taking the complaint seriously.

A source there told me, “We can’t comment on investigations or whether there is one going on. But there are specific laws about parents taking kids out of the country.”

If this unfolds the way I think, MJ could be the Polanski of our era--
living in permanent exile outside of the states. Except MJ is an
American, of course...

[A*O]

Either way, sooner or later, karma is going to catch up with MJ. He's doomed....... I just hope he doesn't take those poor kids down with him.