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Paris Jackson rolled the dice against her father’s powerhouse estate — and it turned out to be a bust.
The only daughter of pop king Michael Jackson has been ordered to pay the same high-powered attorneys she accused of mishandling money in a court filing last month.
A judicial referee struck nearly the entire petition she filed and granted the estate’s request for attorney fees, according to a Nov. 13 ruling filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Paris, 27, had accused longtime estate co-executors John Branca and John McClain of showering outside lawyers with “lavish gratuities” and keeping the estates beneficiaries — herself, brothers Prince and Bigi, and Michael’s mother Katherine — in the dark.
She claimed the pair operated “like the Wizard of Oz,” controlling the flow of information while rewarding lawyers with six figure bonuses.
The estate’s team, music executive John McClain and attorney John Branca, had denied the allegations, saying their payments to lawyers were all as agreed and in line with managing the estate, which has been in probate since Michael’s untimely 2009 death.
A court referee found most of Paris’s allegations were legally improper because they targeted protected court filings and granted the estate’s Anti SLAPP motion, ruling Paris could not show “a probability of success” of her claims.
Further to her own legal costs, she was ordered to pay the executors’ legal tab. The final amount has yet to be determined.
Family insiders note Paris sued the very people who turned her late father’s financial collapse into a billion dollar empire.
“Michael died more than five hundred million dollars in debt. The estate not only cleared that, it built a fortune. For her to turn on them now is shocking,” a longtime Jackson family associate told The Post.
Since Michael’s death from acute propofol intoxication in 2009, the McClain and Branca have negotiated lucrative blockbuster deals, including “MJ: The Musical,” which continues to draw crowds on Broadway, and the half-billion-dollar sale of Jackson’s music catalog to Sony.
The estate, once in crisis, is now estimated to be worth well over $3 billion, according to estimates.
Sources pointed to Paris’ attorney, Craig M. Peters of Altair Law. While a heavyweight trial lawyer, he has little experience with estate management litigation which is a “specialized world,” the sources explained.
The result, observers say, was a legal faceplant with Jackson’s petition falling at the first hurdle in the court system. However, sources say her battle is not over yet.
“She’s not going to just give up,” a family associate told the Post. The associate said they felt Paris’ claims against the estate are likely driven by a third party — one who is steering her in the wrong direction.
“She’s stubborn and she’s getting disastrously bad advice,” they alleged.
A rep for Paris declined to commment to The Post.
Public records show Paris, who has received more than $65 million from her father’s estate, has spent her fortune freely, as reported by The Post.
In recent years, insiders say she’s purchased several multimillion-dollar homes across California, often selling or moving shortly after.
Paris’ brothers Prince, 28, and Bigi, 23, have largely remained silent on matters of the estate.
The courts in Los Angeles oversee the estate until a judge rules it is concluded, at which point the trust will pass on to Michael’s kids as its beneficiaries.
Meanwhile Paris — who has been clean and sober for nearly six years — showed off the lingering effects of her previous drug use in a social media post this week.
The “American Horror Story” actress, 27, showed off her perforated septum, a hole in the middle of the nose between the nostrils, which she said has been that way since she was 20.
“Everyone is going to have the experience they need to have with life. I’m not going to tell anyone what to do. But I don’t recommend [doing drugs] because it ruined my life,” she said.