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以下是引用samurai00在2005-3-10 11:07:24的发言：
我刚才在foxnews上看见了些不好的消息,是关于Michael的弟弟Randy在财政问题上欺骗了他,Michael已经解雇了他.我们这里的CNN台也报道了,不知是不是真的
你说的就是这篇文章。这个作者经常传言MJ要破产的话，一直都是他。他好象对MJ的财政问题特别着迷，虽然他说的这些财务上的危机一次都没发生（至少表面上）。他在新的文章说MJ穷疯了，弟弟RANDY也没帮他借到贷款，连给工作人员发薪水的钱都没了，交电费的钱都没有了,工作人员都散伙了。
是不是有财务危机我们等着看看吧。个人觉得MJ的流动资金可能有点问题，虽然固定资产价值10亿。这就要逼他卖点东西？也许正如很多阴谋和记者算计的那样？再说吧。我相信MJ的团队会解决这个问题的。
Jacko's Bro Fails to Borrow Needed $$$
The word from the Neverland ranch isn't good.
Randy Jackson, working toward a deadline of tomorrow, has been on the phone frantically calling members of the extended Jackson inner circle asking for financial help. He solicited a loan for $200,000 from one major insider who turned him down.
Other potential lenders are not materializing. And there's a problem: Michael Jackson, it's pointed out, is not allowed to borrow any more money per his agreement with Bank of America. He has outstanding loans there of $350 million, not $270 million as erroneously reported on another Web site.
I'm told the still-unpaid house staff staged a walkout last night at midnight. According to my sources, this is just a preview of what's to come if there are no paychecks tomorrow morning at Michael's fantasy playground estate.
This morning, according to sources, a furious Michael Jackson — who was finally filled in on these subjects — announced that his brother Randy was "out" as his overseer. If his decision sticks, Michael would be absent a manager of any kind for the first time in several years.
Jackson of course has another option: his sister Janet, a multimillionaire in her own right thanks to many hit records and sold-out tours. Janet, according to insiders, already makes substantial contributions to the family finances and is unlikely to help out this time.
"This is just a Band-Aid approach," said a source. "Even if they get the money this week, how will they meet the next payroll?"
Jack Money Runs Out at Neverland
Lisa Marie Presley had a hit called "Lights Out in Memphis," but she never could have dreamed up this scenario concerning her ex-husband: the lights could be out at Neverland today.
It seems that Michael Jackson's famed ranch and retreat, the site of many good works and also some nasty allegations, could be losing its staff.
Sources have confessed to me that last Friday, for the second week in a row, the payroll was not met.
Many operating expenses, including the phone and electricity bills, have gone unpaid as well.
The blame for all this is being laid at the feet of Randy, who took control of the pop star's finances and life about a year ago when brother Jermaine and the Nation of Islam got the boot.
Randy is highly unpopular among Michael's loyalists, but what took place last Friday seems to have been the breaking point.
Staffers who went home again without checks were told that Randy would make good on salaries by yesterday. When that didn't happen, he was given a deadline of this morning to come through — or else.
I'm told that chaos ensued on Friday when Michael came home after a long day in court.
He had to face his father, Joseph Jackson, who'd been summoned by Michael's accountant Alan Whitman.
Joseph and his wife Kathryn have remained at the ranch ever since, keeping the peace among ranch workers who are ready to walk.
So what's going on?
This column was first to write about Jackson's financial woes back in July 2001. As others have speculated about his ownership of the Beatles catalog and of Neverland itself, we've been on the case trying to untangle the mysteries of his accounting.
Randy has too. About three months ago, he hired his own accountant and instructed Whitman, who has long tried to rein in Jackson's wild finances, to answer to him.
According to my sources, it takes around $350,000 a month to run the 2,700-acre ranch, including the costs of staff, maintenance and the zoo. That breaks down to roughly $75,000 a week.
Jackson got a long-term loan of $350 million from Bank of America a few years ago. He also gets royalties, both from album sales — he's still selling about 15,000 CDs and DVDs a week, mostly of "Thriller" — and the publishing rights on his own music.
About two weeks ago, I'm told, Whitman became concerned that the Neverland operating accounts were running dry. The CD and publishing income was not appearing in Jackson's Bank of America account.
"There was nothing to draw on," my source reports.
Afraid that the usual intermediaries wouldn't alert Jackson, Whitman contacted Michael's father, I am told.
Joseph Jackson, who had been in London, immediately went to Neverland last Friday when he returned Stateside. The result was a showdown that has still not been resolved as of this writing.
The big question of course is: Where did the money in the Neverland operating account go?
I am told that when Bank of America receives payments on behalf of Jackson, it sends the money directly to Whitman.
"It would be impossible for someone to get between them in the process," my source said.
Even more intriguing is the report of Randy's promise to make good on the missing funds. Where would he suddenly find the kind of money needed to cover the ranch's operating expenses?
Speculation is that Randy, Michael's younger brother, has been cutting deals for the pop star without his knowledge. Believe it or not, sources tell me, offers in the half-million dollar range come in almost daily for endorsements.
The word from Neverland is that since Randy assumed control of Michael's world about a year ago, the younger brother has purchased a penthouse for himself in Miami and moved one of Michael's Bentleys there for his own use.
"When Michael found out about that, there was a huge blowout," my source said.
Calls to Randy Jackson and Alan Whitman were not returned.
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