The estate of Michael Jackson has initiated legal action to recoup $1 million in goods that they claim were taken from the singer’s residence following his passing in 2009.
According to a TMZ post published on Tuesday, the late pop star’s estate alleged that Jeffre Phillips was unlawfully in possession of the home.
Phillips, 55, was previously engaged to La Toya Jackson, 66, the sister of Michael Jackson.
Jackson’s estate claims in court documents that Phillips broke into Jackson’s home on Carolwood Drive in the posh Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles and stole private and personal belongings by taking advantage of the grief and commotion surrounding the singer’s 2009 passing.
The estate claims to be aware of their location and has requested assistance from the judge in locating them.
Any wrongdoing by Phillips has been refuted.
Jackson passed away on June 25, 2009, at the age of 50 from an overdose of the anesthetic propofol that was given to him by his personal doctor Conrad Murray, who was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in 2011.
His siblings, parents Joe and Katherine, and children Paris, Prince Michael Jackson II, and Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. survive the singer.
At the time of his passing, Jackson was getting ready for his This Is It tour.
He relocated to Los Angeles, where he practiced in the weeks before the concerts, which were planned to take place between July 13, 2009, and March 6, 2010.
