Published: 09:39 AM, 26 April 2026
New sexual abuse allegations against Michael Jackson
The estate of the late singer Michael Jackson is facing new allegations of sexual abuse against the pop star. Four siblings have filed a suit against the singer’s estate, alleging sexual abuse, claiming that the many handlers in Jackson’s entourage ‘willingly enabled it all’. While the suit was filed in February, it gained widespread attention this week as the alleged victims gave an interview to The New York Times, right before the singer’s biopic, Michael, hit the screens.
The four siblings - three brothers and a sister - are from New Jersey, according to the court filings. Their complaint alleges abuse at the hands of Michael Jackson in the 2000s when they travelled with him on concert tours, and even at their own home, which he visited with his own children. According to the complaint, the plaintiffs came into contact with the singer through their father, described as having worked “at a luxury hotel where Jackson frequently stayed.” The complaint states that the children’s parents were unaware of the alleged abuse at the time. The complaint names the Jackson estate, the attorneys who lead it — John Branca and John McClain — and private investigator Herman Weisberg as defendants.
The complaint reads, “Michael Jackson was 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. Jackson’s attacks on these siblings went on for extended periods, including in locations around the world and when Jackson and his children were guests in Plaintiffs’ family home. Jackson groomed and brainwashed each Plaintiff, without the knowledge of the others or their parents, throughout their childhood years.”
