THR is reporting that Michael Jackson’s Estate has won again in the courts: they convinced an L.A. judge that the late performer’s businesses can’t be sued by Wade Robson over alleged childhood sexual abuse.
Robson’s lawyer says they will be appealing the decision.
Recall that Robson sued in 2013 claiming Jackson sexually abused him for nearly a decade and that his companies MJJ Productions and MJJ Ventures facilitated the conduct. The estate argued it owed Robson no legal duty and had no ability to control Jackson’s behavior.
The L.A. County Superior Court judge Mark A. Young agreed with the estate that had no relationship with Robson that would create a legal duty for it to protect him from the alleged molestation.
“There is no evidence supporting Plaintiff’s contention that Defendants exercised control over Jackson,” writes Young. “The evidence further demonstrates that Defendants had no legal ability to control Jackson, because Jackson had complete and total ownership of the corporate defendants. Without control, there is no special relationship or duty that exists between Defendants and Plaintiff. In addition, there is no evidence of misfeasance by Defendants.”
This comes after Judge Mitchell Beckloff dismissed Robson’s suit in December 2017, finding that it was filed outside the statute of limitations.
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