Lawyer: ex-wife of Michael Jackson deciding whether to seek custody

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-07-03 09:04

Asked if he would be shocked or surprised if Michael's drug use was proven, Jermaine Jackson said, "I would be hurt." He said he had heard about prescription drug use in the 1980s when his brother was hurt in an accident filming a commercial but did not know if drug use was a possibility more recently.

"I don't know about these things, because I hate anything with drugs," he said, adding that it hurts the family for people to say things about drug use "because we don't know."

The Los Angeles Police Department asked the DEA to help in the probe, a law enforcement official in Washington told the AP on condition of anonymity because of the investigation's sensitivity.

On the legal front, a person familiar with the details of the Michael Jackson Family Trust said it would be shared between his mother, who gets 40 percent, his three children, who get 40 percent, and charities for children, which would receive 20 percent. The charities will be determined later by the trust.

The person, who was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity, said there were no competing wills.

Since Jackson's death, Sony Music has been deluged with requests for record rereleases, while fans have also been clamoring for copies of "Moon Walk," Jackson's 1988 autobiography.

Copies of the out-of-print book were being offered on Amazon.com for as much as $2,100 for a signed copy.

Jackson's 7-year-old will was filed in a Los Angeles court, giving his entire estate to the trust and naming his 79-year-old mother and his three children as beneficiaries. The will also estimates the value of his estate at more than $500 million.

The will doesn't name father Joe Jackson to any position of authority in administering the estate. Also shut out is Rowe.

Jackson owned a 50 percent stake in the massive Sony-ATV Music Publishing Catalog, which includes music by the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, Lady Gaga and the Jonas Brothers.

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