Michael Jackson’s kids to go to school for the first time

After living most of their lives behind closed doors, being schooled by tutors and wearing veils in public, Michael Jackson’s three children will go to school for the first time.

Almost a year after their dad’s sudden death on June 25 last year, Prince, 13, Paris, 12, and Blanket, 8 have been enrolled in a private school, their grandmother and legal guardian Katherine Jackson tellsThe Mail on Sunday.

“I’d say I’m a little less strict but I’ve tried to follow the way Michael was raising them,” the 80-year-old says in her first interview since Michael’s death.

“But they don’t have friends. They don’t go to school. They have private lessons at home.

“They’ll be going to a private school in September for the first time.”

Katherine adds that all three children take after Michael in their own ways. Paris plays the piano and wants to be an actress, Prince is interested in the arts and wants to be a film producer and Blanket shares his dad’s sense of playfulness.

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Michael Jackson’s Kids Are “Doing Wonderfully”

Judge Says Michael Jackson’s Kids Are “Doing Wonderfully. All seems to be well at Grandma Jackson’s house.

During a hearing Friday, the judge overseeing custody matters for Michael Jackson’s three children declared the kids to be “really doing wonderfully with the grandmother as the guardian.”

Katherine Jackson was granted permanent custody of Prince Michael, Paris and Prince Michael II (aka Blanket) in August. Debbie Rowe, biological mom of Paris and the other Prince, agreed to visitation rights after initially making it seem as if she was going to go after a more substantial role in their lives.

Attorneys for Jackson and Rowe were in court today.
“It was an excellent report,” L.A. Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff said of the status report he received. “I am not inclined to set another date” on the guardianship matter.

Also today, Beckloff extended Jackson estate executors John McClane and John Branca’s administrative powers until at least Jan. 4, 2010, which allows them to accept or reject creditors’ claims against the estate.

Katherine has objected to Branca and McClane’s status as administrators, and another hearing is set for Nov. 10 to discuss whether there should be a trial.

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Indictments Are Coming in Jackson Case

With the various angles of the Michael Jackson cases slowly building up in court, many people are wondering just when charges will come down and even why they haven’t yet. PopEater was able to speak with best-selling Jackson biographer Ian Halperin as well as Judge Larry Seidlin, who presided over the equally public and dramatic Anna Nicole Smith case in 2007. Seidlin tells PopEater that investigators are “traveling on the same roadmap” in the Jackson investigation that they were in the Smith case, while Halperin tells us that “indictments are coming down against more than one doctor.

In reference to word that Katherine Jackson is possibly planning on filing a wrongful death suit in the Jackson case, Halperin tells PopEater that “the reason Katherine is now preparing a wrongful death suit is that she and the family have been informed by the LAPD that indictments are coming down against more than one doctor. Conrad Murray is broke so a lawsuit against him won’t net much, but some of the other doctors are rolling in money and they are fair game.”

Halperin says that “Katherine is just as concerned at this point with the money of the guys who surrounded Jackson, who she is convinced looted her son’s assets in his final years.” As for the estate control part of the Jackson’s case, Halperin says he’s “learned in the last few days that Michael definitely didn’t want [co-executors John Branca and John McClain] to control his estate at the time of his death. I’ve learned that from key sources close to Michael. That’s why Katherine is pursuing this in court.”

Seidlin tells PopEater that “the Michael Jackson case is Anna Nicole 2,” and even says he’s “willing to volunteer out of my own pocket and go to California and be a mediator to resolve this case. with Joe Jackson, Katherine Jackson, the executors of the estate and [Debbie] Rowe, and bring these parties together. These three children of Michael Jackson need stability. They need a stable, healthy environment.”

Seidlin agrees with Halperin about upcoming charges, saying that “criminal charges are going to flow from this case. I’m prepared to predict with certainty that people will be charged with crimes. They want to dot every I and cross every T. ”

Seidlin says the Los Angeles Police Department has “their suspects twisting in the wind. Their knees are shaking … All the stars line up in the sky and then that pinball machine completely lights up and then they hand down charges against doctors, enablers, pharmacies. At the end, there wil be a number of people wearing striped pajamas.”

He also tells us that it may “take a year, year-and-a-half to slam the folks they have as targets.”

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