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Neverland, The Mysterious Dr. Tohme, President of Michael Jackson Productions?
July 5, 2009
By LBG1
“Neverland is gone,” Dr Tohme has said. “Neverland is finished.”
March 2009
Just who is the mysterious Dr. Tohme Tohme, and what are his ties to Michael Jackson and Neverland? In the latest interviews Tohme claims he’s just an unpaid adviser and spokesperson for Michael Jackson, but in court records we found a different story, where Tohme claims he’s President of Michael Jackson Productions.
Jermaine Jackson press conference after Michael Jackson’s death with “Dr. Tohme” seated to the left
“I won’t live there again. It’s a house now. It’s not a home anymore.”
Michael Jackson, speaking about Neverland after being acquitted of child molestation charges in 2005
On March 19, 2008, Michael Jackson’s Neverland estate was slated for auction after Jackson defaulted on his loan. Jackson was informed that unless he forked over $24,525,906.61 by March 19, Neverland would be sold in a public auction on the steps of the Santa Barbara County Courthouse. The auction would also include “everything that wasn’t nailed down” such as personal items, furniture, appliances, and “merry-go-rounds”. The rides had already been dismantled, the numerous exotic animals sold and relocated. Jackson hadn’t lived at Neverland since 2005 when he departed for Bahrain after being acquitted of child molestation charges.
In May of 2008 it was reported that the investment company, Colony Capital, had bought the loan shortly before the date set of the auction. A private equity firm, Colony Capital, run by Los Angeles billionaire Tom Barrack had brought the property. Barrack had written a check for 22.5 million to “save” Neverland.
On November 13, 2008, ABC News reported Jackson had filed the grant deed of Neverland to an entity called the Sycamore Valley Ranch Co. LLC., with Sycamore Valley Ranch Co. a joint venture between Jackson and an affiliate of Colony Capital LLC. The deed did not indicate who now “owned” Neverland.
According to the LA Times, the owner of Neverland is Barrack’s Colony Capital and that Jackson entered into a joint “partnership” where Colony Capital owns the property with Jackson getting a “cut of certain profits” if the property were “developed”.
Painting of Jackson from Neverland that was slated to be part of the auction
In the spring of 2009 it was announced that Jackson would be auctioning off some 2,000 items of personal property, most of which were from Neverland on April 22. On April 14 it was announced that plans to hold the auction were halted after Jackson “successfully” sued Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles.
Tohme’s ties to the Nation of Islam came to light when the auctioneer of Jackson’s items, Darren Julian, filed an affidavit in the Los Angeles Superior Court. Julian alleged that during a meeting with Tohme’s business partner James R. Weller, Weller had threatened Julian:
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