Debbie Rowe Drops Custody Fight After $4M Payoff: Report

New York Post:

Michael Jackson's baby mama Debbie Rowe has sold her kids again -- this time squeezing about $4 million from her former mother-in-law in exchange for giving up her parental rights, a family source told The Post yesterday.

"It's one final payday," the disgusted Jackson confidant said.

Read the whole story: New York Post

Comments

[Dave H]

Maybe she has some "leftovers" in the freezer she can thaw out and have another.
Then she can sell a third kid or sue for a huge child support case.

[dimplesmile7]

Debbie is no mother. I hope they have a clause to prevent her for ever trying to take custody of the kids. I hope this payoff is the final one.

[montecarlo408]

The fact that this is even is issue is totally disgusting. She SOLD her children once, which is one time too many. What kind of negotiations are needed? You either want them or you don't, and she obviously wasn't interested in having them before Jackson died. I hope she didn't expect better treatment.

[Dave H]

The article says she already sold the children twice, this would be the third time.

First time 8 million plus .9M per year for 5 years (12.5M)
Second time 4 Million plus .9M home (4.9M)
Third time "roughly 4 Million"

Total sale "roughly" 21.4 Million dollars (so far)

Maybe she needs to hire Gloria Allred and sure for mental stress now?

[sexyrexy]

oh you forget-- SHE CALLED IT FOR LOVE.. THE ULTIMATE LOVE CHILDREN BECAUSE SHE LOVES MJ SO..

isn't just so obvious-- those are NOT her kids. why she's capable of this rubbish?!

[crossoverwriter]

Don't believe all the gossip.

[dlvme2]

Debbie lives a very quiet life. She is not a flashy person. She does not go out seeking attention from the press. Everyone is so very quick to judge her and this story has been refuted. I really do not want Joe Jackson to have any rights to raising these children - otherwise hopefully they will wind up where they are meant to be with people that love them. The two older children are pretty much formed as far as personalities goes. Blanket is not. I hate to see them separated - but this is between the families and not the public as we do not know any of these people really. Why does someone always have to be the villian? At times there is not one. Debbie had an agreement with Michael none of us know the facts and probably never will and her true feelings on this only she knows.

[PoliSci2008]

Everyone knows she not doing this for the fame. But she soldout to have the babies, soldout to regain parental rights, and tried to sellout after MJ intentionally excluded her from the will. A sellout is a vilian!

[january01748]

You have got to be KIDDING!!! I don't care how quiet she is.....the bottom line is she SOLD her children. How can this be "between the families" when the family has made it sooooo public.
And how do YOU know that she had an agreement with Michael...­...maybe she threatened him???? Did that ever occur to you? NOT a villain...­..the lady is a freak!!!! Katherine Jackson and the rest of her children seem to have an interest and lots of love to give these children.

[smark]

Not a flashy person, but just an opportunist who wants millions and millions of dollars in exchange for her own flesh and blood. What a joke of a mother!!

[Blahdadee]

Journalism is dead. Does HuffPo do any fact-checking before posting salacious gossip? Are you competing with TMZ and all the other gossip rags out there? This story was apparently proven false.

[LesaLesa]

All of this brou-ha-ha over custody battles makes me wonder if Rowe is the real mother. Just a surrogate.

[ElBruce]

Yeah, so what? Should she have gone cheaper? If you're going to buy some kids, it's going to cost you.

[DrJohnnySkeptic]

MJ had already paid her off. This was her double dip.

[fame]

Now she's sold them twice.

[dengal]

saw that coming from a mile away - she was only in it for the cash from the start

[PoliSci2008]

KJ: Raised 9 kids
DR” Raised none

KJ: Has Principals and Morals
DR: Has none

KJ: Does it for the love.
DR: Will do it for the money.

KJ: offers a ranch and a compound of aunts, uncles, and 23 cousins to MJ kids
DR: offers a ranch of animals, including Dr. Arnold Klein!!!

And finally, if Joe Jackson’s past as a disciplinary is an issue, then a court-order for impromptu supervision of child-parent should be granted to Joe and Kate like any other domestic case.

[gladys46]

Joe & Katherine are estranged and have been for years ! The children have been in Katherine's care & custody much of their lives in Michael's absences .... anybody suggesting that those children are visibly very well mannered, loving and just ordinary children is stoopid !

[gladys46]

" are NOT visibly ...."

[Siobhan11]

In the past I have to some degree felt that Debbie Rowe was a surrogate mother like others, just that her amount was way higher because Michael Jackson was, at the time, very wealthy. But at this point, if she is threatening a custody battle and will take a payoff to give it up, then she is nothing but a ---- I don't even know what word applies. I can't articulate it.

Think of her children, old enough to understand now. Perhaps they were brought up to believe their birth mother did an altruistic thing for their father. Now, if this story is true, it looks almost as if they are being sold. I really, truly hope she is not trying to get a buyout. Just for the psychological well being of the children.

[PoliSci2008]

And I bet Kate Jackson's lawyers has it all on tape Debbie's willingness to compromise, but the final payola was the deal breaker. That'll sit well for the judge.

[gladys46]

True.

[frenchbulldog]

The real hideous speculation is Joe getting his hands on Michael's children: 'Jackson 3'. Katherine better show a lot more backbone protecting these kids than she did protecting Michael's childhood.

Sure Debbie is a money grubber -- but what about the brothers putting Michael's memorial footage in their reality show that no one would pay much for or watch otherwise. That's much worse in my view.

There's plenty of greed to go around in this bunch!

[gladys46]

Oh Plu .. eese .... the children have been in Katherin's custody much of their lives ... do they look in any way unusual to you !

The real hideous FACT here is Rowe ... period ! One day those children will know what she wanted most !

[TabbyJ]

Exactly, Rowe is a poor excuse for a mother....­......

[LiberalBuzz]

Don't believe it for a second.

[dlvme2]

And LiberalBuzz you were right - her attorney has denied it and asked that the Post retract it's story. I am not sure why people believe every bit of gossip that is printed but they seem to. All they want to hear is dirt on a person. No one knows Debbie - heck I do not, but I am not going to judge someone I do not know based on gossip - I never have and never will.

[Texas4Obama]

CNN front page story

Debbie Rowe's lawyer: No deal in Jackson case

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/14/jackson.children/index.html

[gladys46]

Hmm ... "quietly and amicably".­... negotiating ... what does that mean, 4 million is not enough ?

[sexyrexy]

it's called.. damage control.. so she doesn't appear SO GREEDY!

[Texas4Obama]

RadarOnline dot com is saying that THERE IS NO DEAL and the custody hearing is still on for next Monday. They are saying that the reports of deal is false
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/07/exclusive-no-deal-debbie-rowe