8:10 PM PT — Lawyer Marty Singer tells TMZ … “This lawsuit is a determined cash seize by extra members of the Cascio household who’ve hopped on the bandwagon with their brother Frank, who’s already being sued in arbitration for civil extortion.
The household staunchly defended Michael Jackson for greater than 25 years, testifying to his innocence of inappropriate conduct. This new courtroom submitting is a clear forum-shopping tactic of their scheme to acquire a whole bunch of thousands and thousands of {dollars} from Michael’s property and corporations.”
He continues … “Statements by the Cascios, together with these showing in dozens of passages all through Frank Cascio’s 2011 ebook, in addition to in interviews with Oprah Winfrey and others, immediately contradict what’s being alleged now. All through, the Cascios persistently and repeatedly asserted that Michael by no means harmed any of them or anybody else.”
Michael Jackson‘s former household mates, the Casciosare suing his property for sexual abuse … alleging he intercourse trafficked them.
Edward Cascio, Dominic Cascio, Marie Porte and Aldo Cascio are suing The Michael Jackson Firm for intercourse trafficking kids by pressure, fraud or coercion … claiming that over the course of a decade he “drugged, raped, and sexually assaulted every of the Plaintiffs, starting when a few of them had been as younger as seven or eight.”
The siblings say Jackson pushed his means into their lives with presents, entry to his movie star life-style and declarations of affection … earlier than isolating every of them from each other and their households and abusing them.
There are quite a few claims within the doc … together with that every of the kids had been abused “on interstate and worldwide journeys” in locations as different as Switzerland, Florida, South Africa and the UK simply to call just a few.
One of many Plaintiffs — Edward — alleges he was abused in Elizabeth Taylor‘s Switzerland Home and Elton John‘s United Kingom residence.
The Cascios declare Michael normalized the abuse by displaying them “pornography and photos of unclothed kids” which they are saying he known as “candy.”
They are saying Jackson was continually underneath the affect of medication … like Xanax, Vicodin, and different prescription.
Jackson’s help system enabled his alleged abuse, the Cascios declare … and, they went to the Jackson property for compensation after watching the documentary “Leaving Neverland” — which they are saying acquired. Every of the siblings acquired $690K per 12 months for 5 years. They now imagine that to be an inadequare sum.
Value noting … the Cascios — represented by Mark Geragos and Howard King — flew to Los Angeles final month to nullify the settlement. Marty Singerthe property’s lawyer, claimed the siblings had been simply making an attempt to extort the property.
We spoke to King after the listening to … and, he informed us his purchasers deserved $200 million.
The Cascios are suing The Michael Jackson Firm and several other different plaintiffs for intercourse trafficking, negligence, emotional misery, breach of contract and fraud amongst different claims.