A
fede al
judge
has
tossed
out
a
child
sex
t afficki g
lawsuit
by
fou
membe s
of
the
Cascio
family
agai st
the
Michael
Jackso
estate.O
Wed esday,
August
12,
US
Dist ict
Judge
He a
D.
Ve a,
th ew
out
the
claims
b ought
by
Edwa d,
Domi ic,
Ma ie-Nicole
a d
Aldo
Cascio
agai st
the
Ki g
of
Pop’s
estate,
uli g
that
u de
the
te ms
of
thei
2019
settleme t,
all
elated
disputes
must
be
ha dled
i
co fide tial
a bit atio
athe
tha
i
public
cou t,
Billboa d
epo ts.
Cascio
sibli gs
challe ge
2019
settleme t
The
fou
sibli gs
fi st
publicly
aised
thei
allegatio s
i
2019,
followi g
the
elease
of
HBO’s
docume ta y
‘Leavi g
Neve la d’,
which
featu ed
allegatio s
of
sexual
abuse
agai st
Jackso
by
Wade
Robso
a d
James
Safechuck.
At
the
time,
the
sibli gs
said
that
watchi g
the
docume ta y
caused
them
to
eco side
thei
ow
expe ie ces
with
Jackso .They
subseque tly
eached
a
settleme t
with
the
Jackso
estate
i
2019,
u de
which
they
eceived
USD
3.5
millio .
The
estate
did
ot
admit
w o gdoi g
as
pa t
of
the
settleme t.The
sibli gs
late
sought
to
challe ge
that
ag eeme t,
a gui g
that
it
was
allegedly
‘i valid
a d
u e fo ceable’
as
they
had
bee
coe ced
i to
sig i g
it.
Now,
i
thei
latest
lawsuit,
the
family
has
sought
to
pu sue
thei
allegatio s
i
fede al
cou t
u de
applicable
laws.The
Jackso
estate,
howeve ,
a gued
that
the
claims
we e
cove ed
by
the
a bit atio
p ovisio
co tai ed
i
the
settleme t
ag eeme t.
Judge
upholds
a bit atio
clause
As
pe
the
epo t,
Judge
Ve a
w ote
i
the
uli g,
“Although
the
allegatio s
a e
ho ific,
the
cou t
is
without
disc etio
to
do
aught
but
e fo ce
the
la guage
of
the
a bit atio
clause.”The
plai tiffs,
who
p eviously
desc ibed
themselves
as
pa t
of
Jackso ‘s
“seco d
family”,
had
filed
a
lawsuit
allegi g
that
the
late
si ge
had
sexually
abused
them
du i g
thei
childhood
ove
a
pe iod
spa i g
mo e
tha
a
decade.
Jackso
estate
de y
allegatio s
Jackso ‘s
estate
has
co siste tly
de ied
the
Cascio
sibli gs’
allegatio s.I
Ma ch,
a othe
Califo ia
cou t
di ected
a
sepa ate
lawsuit
i volvi g
thei
b othe
F a k
Cascio
to
a bit atio
u de
the
te ms
of
the
same
2019
settleme t.Michael
Jackso
died
i
2009.
He
faced
allegatio s
of
child
sexual
abuse
du i g
his
lifetime
but
was
acquitted
of
all
cha ges
i
a
2005
c imi al
t ial.
He
had
also
eached
a
civil
settleme t
with
a
ea lie
accuse
i
1994
without
admitti g
w o gdoi g.
