Did Janet Jackson Hold Up Michael’s Funeral?

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Did Janet Jackson Hold Up Michael’s Funeral?

Michael Jackson’s burial was delayed for nearly three months, because of Janet Jackson wanted her $40,000 deposit she gave to Forest Lawn cemetery for her brother’s burial spot returned.

Details of the row are revealed in a new biography of the star by Rolling Stone writer Randall Sullivan.

The claims are made in an excerpt of the biography Untouchable and published in November’s Vanity Fair.

Sullivan reports that Michael’s mother Katherine Jackson also arrived that night and entered the house, where she telephoned Grace Rwaramba, the recently terminated longtime nanny to Michael’s children.

The book says La Toya and her boyfriend, Jeffrey Phillips, brought a moving truck to Michael’s home and removed valuables before his executors arrived.

The author also claims that Katherine did not have the money to bury Michael and Janet, who is the only member in the Jackson clan with money, refused to pay for the funeral, so Katherine went to Michael’s estate to get the money to bury him.

Sullivan says all together Katherine borrowed almost $1million for Michael’s funeral.

Janet's attorney, Blair Brown fired off a letter to Vanity Fair's editor, Graydon Carter, demanding a retraction of the story. In the letter, which is posted on the singer's website, her lawyer says: "The article states that according to Untouchable, Ms. Jackson put down a $40,000 deposit to secure a burial plot for Michael Jackson but refused to let the funeral take place until that money was repaid. This is untrue. Ms. Jackson never delayed the funeral in any way. In fact, she paid for the funeral and was reimbursed for some of those expenses by Michael Jackson's estate in the year after the services took place.

"In addition, there were other private costs associated with Michael Jackson's passing that Ms. Jackson incurred and for which she has never sought reimbursement. To falsely accuse Ms. Jackson of holding up her brother's funeral over money is outrageous. This story is particularly hurtful and distressing because of Ms. Jackson's strong desire to serve her brother, whom she loved dearly, and her wish to stand with and support her family...I demand that Vanity Fair retract its statement that Ms. Jackson 'refused' to let Michael Jackson's funeral take place until the money she put down as a deposit on his burial plot was repaid...The article is replete with additional false and defamatory statements regarding Ms. Jackson. All statements regarding Ms. Jackson should be retracted and all other media website notified of the retractions."

"It's just absolutely sad that there are those in the world who are still trying to exploit Michael Jackson by writing false books about his life and death," the source says. "The Jackson family has been through enough and Michael's kids should be remembered before these ridiculous and false stories are released. No, this family isn't perfect, and they have a lot of issues, make no mistake about that… It just doesn't help to rehash and rewrite history for sensational headlines and to make money." 

I PERSONALLY BELIEVE JANET!