Isn’t it Time for a Family Meeting at 2300 Jackson Street?

July 25th, 2012 - By Charing Ball

Source: TMZ.com

What the heck is going on at 2300 Jackson Street?

Here is a quick recap of the Jackson family drama:

Sometime last week, the Jackson siblings, including Tito, Jermaine, Janet, Rebbie and Randy, released a statement to the press that they were seeking to remove the executor of the will due to allegation of mismanaging and basically fraud. They alleged that the executors of the will have actually forged Michael Jackson’s last will in order to gain control of Michael’s estate  And that they had messed up so bad with the money that Katherine Jackson had a mini stroke from all the stress.

If that wasn’t bad enough, about a day and a half later, reports that Katherine, the matriarch of the Jackson family had gone missing.  Apparently someone forgot to tell the kids where their guardian was because Paris was all over twitter, debasing the Jackson siblings and accusing them of kidnapping her grandmother. A day later, Katherine surfaced in Arizona, playing Uno with Rebbie and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. That was until yesterday afternoon when new reports began to circulate of a fight at the Jackson family compound between Janet and Paris. According to reports, Janet and Jermaine went to the house, to retrieve the kids in order to take them to Arizona, possibly to be with their grandmother. But something happened, and allegedly fists were thrown, wrestling moves were put down and cell phones were broken.

And as of the time of writing this (i.e. before I went to bed) the latest news is that Tito Joe Jackson, the 34-year-old son of Michael Jackson’s brother Tito, is having his lawyer draft legal docs in a bid to become temporary guardian of MJ’s 3 kids – Paris, Michael Jr., and Prince, aka Blanket.  And Tito Sr., maybe now in cahoots with his son, is back-peddling away from the original letter and has released his own statement through TMZ saying, “I completely retract my signature from the July 17th letter sent to the Executors of my brother Michael’s estate and repudiate all the claims made against them.”

And suddenly, it seems Michael was a lot more normal than folks gave him credit for…

Anyway, I don’t know how much of these reports are true. For one, the whole Janet assaulted Paris thing does seem a little sensationalized. Snatching a cell phone from a teenager, while considered dangerous in some respects, doesn’t qualify as the aggressive assault that some in the media is playing it up to be.  That’s just what many old-schoolers call discipline. Plus after watching a suspicious surveillance video of the altercation, it was…weird but not that deep. And also contrary to popular belief, I don’t believe that the Jackson clan is trying to pull off some diabolical scheme to take the kids so that they can get their hands on MJ’s fortune – mainly because Latoya Jackson is nowhere to be found in this. IF she was involved, I’ll be like, oh yeah this is about the money.

No, I think this drama is about something less sinister and more relevant to what most families go through: a lack of communication. From all the shout-outs on Twitter and messages being passed through the media, it is clear that folks ain’t talking to each other directly.  As such, a whole bunch of nonsense is spewed because certain members feel they are being kept in the dark. But luckily for them, I know exactly what could fix this.  In short, The Jackson Family: It’s time to call a family meeting.

Family meetings are the backbone of every well adjusted, functional family unit. The meeting serves as times when family members – from the immediate to the not so immediate – gather together when a situation would arise and planning needed to be done.  There were death announcements and arrangements to be made; plans for family reunions and discussions about whose house would host the holiday dinner/BBQ. These gatherings are the time when everyone felt like they had a say and were being heard.  Like any meeting featuring a diverse group of opinionated folks, these meetings can sometime get contentious; especially when certain relatives get all hissy because things weren’t going their way. But in between the raised voices and hurt feelings, there is certainly to come some laughter too. And usually at the end of the 2 or several hour meetings, there are resolutions and compromises. And folks left somewhat happy – if not then they would talk Isht about each other over the telephone later that evening.

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  • Guest360

    I don’t know if it’s about money or simply about control but I’m sorry. Either Ms. Katherine is being held hostage (physically and verbally) or she really is easily manipulated by her children. If you’re a guardian and you’re going to be away from the children for a period of time, your job is to tell these kids where you’re going, how long you’ll be gone, when you’re coming back, and who is to take care of them in the interim. You shouldn’t have one of them on Twitter 9 days later freaking out about the whereabouts of her grandmother. If she has the time to sit in AZ and play Uno, surely SOMEONE could have made a phonecall to these kids to let them know what was going on. Not to mention, you have to wonder why none of them wanted to leave the compound and go with Janet and Jermaine to AZ. Something is so off with this picture. I don’t know if it’s a lack of communication or because more than a few of them are purposefully being underhanded but whatever the case may be, I hope it gets resolved soon. MJ is rolling over in his grave watching his kids in the middle of a power struggle between idiotic adults.

  • Cat88L3

    Let’s not be naive here…I do believe that some of the Jackson siblings are after the money. Do you know that “Jergreezy”and Randy asked Michael’s estate to pay their child support because they are so behind on payments? Exactly!!! These 2 grown a$$ men asking their dead baby brother’s estate to pay their child support. Shameful. Yes, these are the same 2 men who share a baby momma.

    I’m all for family, but sometimes you have to leave some family alone bc they are shaft and trifling as heck. I think Janet and Rebbie got bamboozled by Randy and “Jergreezy” into going along with this.

    There is no reason why those kids shouldn’t have known the whereabouts or spoken to their Grandma for that long. She’s their legal guardian. Who was watching them? I’m glad Paris had Twitter. That was her voice and way of reaching out. She probably felt she had no other options. This girl wasn’t trying to get bamboozled. Who knows how long they would have been kept from their grandma if she hadn’t started talking.

    This whole situation is shady. MJ knew what he was doing when he kept his distance from some of his siblings and left that out of the will. That’s because they are shady leeches. Michael probably gave his kids the heads up and told them to be very cautious of his family.

  • Hello_Kitty81

    What, they’re in Gary now?! JK!
    2300 Jackson St. is on Gary, IN and their relatives live there, plus my aunt and cousins live down the street from them.

    Now to this story, it’s sad that money can tear a family apart, plus Randy and Jermaine have the same ex-wife, can you say “ugh!”.

  • RandomTandem

    Ummm…2300 Jackson Street is in Gary Indiana lol aint SHYT goin on ova der!

    • Hello_Kitty81

      My aunt lives down the street from that house in Gary and let’s just say I’m glad I live in Chicago.

  • Mrs. A

    Slick head Jermaine & Randy are always in the forefront of the drama it seems – don’t trust them two – Poor Katherine is too old to be involved w/ this mess. They need to find someone else to raise those children and let her just assist.

  • Alexa

    Randy is an ADULT and had the right ( wether you agree or disagree) to let the public know that they would be investigating Michaels will because I’m sure the media would’ve caught wind of the situation sooner or later. A child should STAY in a child’s place and Paris is barely a teenager airing out family business on social media. She had no right to do that, so give me a break. It’s evident that she’s just a spoiled brat.

    • Britney

      Her Grandmother disappeared that’s not “family business” that’s a cause for concern. Yall kill me with that “stay in a child’s place” “don’t air out family business” crap. That child has a voice and a right to use it. Stop trying to silence our children and listen to them.

      • bkabbagej

        The problem is not about listening to our children, the problem is why is their business any of our business. If Grandma’s missing call the police, why is it any of the people on twitter’s business? if she would have just called her aunt Rebe (where her grandmother was), she may have talked with her. Anyway she was thinking with a child’s mind so she did as a child would do!

        • sheane

          So what’s Randy’s excuse?

    • jessie

      A child would stay in a child’s place if the adults had enough sense to act like adults.

  • NSimonefan

    With all of this drama, I wonder if there are times when Katherine thinks that in retrospect, they should have never entered showbiz and stayed in Gary.

  • bkabbagej

    Well, it appears that the family has treated Paris like she’s an adult, she came from obscurity to being in the forefront of family affairs; doing interveiws, acting and using twitter to communicate with her own family. When evryone knows she would NEVER be in the public eye if her father was still alive, too much too soon. I say leave the media and public out of family matters, circle the wagons, put on your veils and put up the curtains, shut up on twitter, treat children as children do for them what they can’t do for themselves. Janet and that whole family knows about the vultures out there, what the lack of a childhood can do to a person and what so wrong with Michael’s money going to his immediate family, someone’s going to spend it so why not his family; if they don’t some slick, crooked thief (like those lawyer estate guardians), and leave the entire Jackson broke!!! I’ve seen up close what the courts allow those estate manager/lawyer to do.

  • Alexa

    I don’t think all this drama is solely based on michaels estate/ money. First off Janet has her OWN money and a boyfriend who’s a billionaire! Rebbie doesn’t strike me as the money hungry type either considering the fact that she always stayed low key and out of the spotlight. Now jermaine and randy, I’m not so sure about their motives. Anyway if there was some fraudulent mess going on with his will I think his siblings have a right to investigate. And lastly, Paris had NO right to go on twitter and air out family business. That was uncalled for and it just shows that she has absolutely no discipline. She acts way too grown!

    • bri

      Randy made it public when he tweeted about the letter. Don’t try and blame all of this on Paris. If the adults would’ve acted like adults maybe Paris wouldn’t have to act like the adult.

      • cat

        What happen to let talking on the phone. This tweeting thing has gotten out of hand. Tweeting is a cowards way out of facing the matter at hand. Face the issue head on face to face not on Twitter. The old way of doing things is not bad it makes you a better person and you know how to handle life.

        • Kenedy

          I personally don’t think anyone should be airing out their family issues like that for the world to see…they should deal with them in private….she’s only 14 & tweeting recklessley…& everyone’s blaming Janet for trying to take her phone away from her……somebody better keep a ckose eye on this girl…..she seems like the type to cry wolf on twitter

  • IllyPhilly

    Where’s the video?

    • Guest

      I actually did see the video on Inside Edition yesterday where Janet and a brother cornered Paris and were trying to grab her hands to go with them while they both held their phones videoing the scene. Finally Paris saw an opening and ran away and they followed.

      • Guess

        Im sorry I have to say this, If you never been a parent you will not know how to handle teenagers in this day and time. An experience person that has kids whether they are yours or not and you are around them all the time you would know how to get their attention, but if you never been around, never took care of them, spend quality time with them ( not spend time I do mean quality time to get to know them) to step in and try to be a parent it not going to work. Sorry

  • quest

    Who is with the kids since grandma is in AZ?

  • ieshapatterson

    wow all of this nonsense and craziness for MONEY?!? I MEAN WOW,I KNOW THAT THE JACKSONS HAD PROBLEMS,BUT I REALLY DIDN’T THINK IT WOULD BE THIS BAD.but i do have a theory.take Jermaine and randy out of the picture,and things MIGHT be okay.they seem to be the main ring leaders of this whole operation.plus,i just read on bossip,that they need some of mj’s money,to take care of child support payments.smdh big time.

  • Trisha_B

    Or Joe could come back out swinging that belt *shrugs*
    This whole thing is messy. What made janet, jermaine, & Randy think the kids would go w/ them after they ran thru the gate & just snatched them up? Smart thing to do was have Katherine on the phone, tell the kids their aunt & uncles are gonna bring them to her, then they probably would have went. Paris has been doing a countdown on how long it’s been since she spoke to her grandmother, 9 days. Micheal was most def the normal one in the family. He was a lot smarter than people want to believe. Prince should be 18 soon, so i’m hoping nothing too crazy happens before than so he could take over

    • cat

      Even at 18 years old you don’t know how to do things you still need directions from a civil adult and maybe the Cousin Trent could be that person.

      • Trisha_B

        Just read the judge granted Tita Joe Jackson (TJ) guardianship of MJ’s kids. I hope he’s a good person