{"id":13571,"date":"2017-07-27T13:25:06","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T13:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/?p=13571"},"modified":"2017-07-27T13:25:06","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T13:25:06","slug":"statement-estate-of-michael-jackson-quincy-jones-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/statement-estate-of-michael-jackson-quincy-jones-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement Estate of Michael Jackson Quincy Jones Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ESTATE.png\" alt=\"estate\" width=\"1778\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ESTATE.png 1778w, https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ESTATE-300x101.png 300w, https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ESTATE-768x259.png 768w, https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ESTATE-1024x346.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1778px) 100vw, 1778px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Statement from the Estate of Michael Jackson about the results of the Quincy Jones Trial<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Statement from Howard Weitzman and Zia Modabber, attorneys for The Estate of Michael Jackson:<\/p>\n<p>While the jury denied Quincy Jones $21 million &#8211; or more than two-thirds of what he demanded &#8212; from The Estate of Michael Jackson, we still believe that giving him millions of dollars that he has no right to receive under his contracts is wrong. This would reinterpret the legal language in, and effectively rewrite, contracts that Mr. Jones  lived under for more than three decades, admitted he never read, referred to as &#8220;contract, montract,&#8221; and told the jurors he didn&#8217;t &#8220;give a damn&#8221; about. Any amount above and beyond what is called for in his contracts is too much and unfair to Michael&#8217;s heirs. Although Mr. Jones is portraying this is a victory for artists&#8217; rights, the real artist is Michael Jackson and it is his money Mr. Jones is seeking.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2017 The Estate of Michael Jackson, All rights reserved.<br \/>\nMJOnline The Official Online Team of The Michael Jackson Estate\u2122 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statement from the Estate of Michael Jackson about the results of the Quincy Jones Trial Statement from Howard Weitzman and Zia Modabber, attorneys for The Estate of Michael Jackson: While the jury denied Quincy Jones $21 million &#8211; or more than two-thirds of what he demanded &#8212; from The Estate of Michael Jackson, we still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-michael-jackson-estate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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