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Michael Jackson is facing new allegations amid the release of his biopic movie, Michael. The late King of Pop’s second family, the Cascios, including Dominic and Connie Cascio, has filed a lawsuit against him. They have accused him of abusing four of their kids at Neverland Ranch during trips and tour stops.
Michael Jackson facing abuse and grooming allegations from ‘second family’
The Cascio family has accused Michael Jackson of sexually assaulting their kids. According to The New York Times, the family had made allegations against the Jackson estate years ago. The parties eventually agreed on a secret deal where the Cascios will be paid $16 million over five years. In 2025, the payments stopped, and fresh negotiations didn’t fall in place. Now, a new lawsuit has been filed.
The lawsuit claimed that the “Beat It” hitmaker was “constantly under the influence of drugs and frequently intoxicated.” They called Jackson “a serial child predator who, over the course of more than a decade, drugged, raped and sexually assaulted each of the Plaintiffs, beginning when some of them were as young as seven or eight.” The suit continued that the singer’s “attacks on these siblings went on for extended periods.”
This included “locations around the world and when Jackson and his children were guests in Plaintiffs’ family home.” The filing further added, “Plaintiffs reject the Jackson Estate’s morally bankrupt efforts to control and silence them.” The family was reportedly partly motivated by watching the now-shelved Leaving Neverland, where Jackson was accused of sexual misconduct. Moreover, the suit mentioned, “a deceptive and unconscionable document that the Jackson Estate created to attempt to prohibit Plaintiffs from talking about the years of abuse they endured.”
Subsequently, the estate’s lawyer, Marty Singer, has described the complaints as a “desperate money grab.” Singer continued how the family “defended Michael Jackson for more than 25 years, attesting to his innocence of inappropriate conduct.” The attorney described the filing as “a transparent forum-shopping tactic in their scheme to obtain hundreds of millions of dollars from Michael’s estate and companies.”
Originally reported by Ritika Singh on Mandatory.
