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MIJAC’S DIVORCE MESS ALL IN THE STREETS: Plus, singer is house hunting in UK; will make “first official public appearance” in Japan.
*A flurry of activity is spilling out of the Michael Jackson camp.
A California judge ruled Wednesday to allow papers from his divorce/custody case to be made public, the singer tells a British paper that he plans to move to the U.K., and his publicist Raymone Bain says he will travel to Japan Saturday in his “first official public appearance” since being acquitted of child molestation charges last June.
Jackson is to receive MTV Japan’s “Legend Award” Saturday for his career achievements as part of the MTV Japan Video Music Awards ceremony. During his stay in the country, Jackson will also visit orphanages, take a tour of Tokyo and meet with members of the Asian business community – spearheaded by Broderick D. Morris, CEO, Positive Productions Yokohama, an entertainment promotions company.
"I look forward to my visit to Japan because I have so many fond memories of my visits there,” Jackson said in a statement released by Bain. “I thank MTV Japan for this honor, and Mr. Morris for spearheading this visit. I look forward to seeing old friends, and saying hello to my huge fan base in Japan, who, like my other fans around the world, have for so many years consistently shown their love and support to me and my family."
Speaking of his family, all the dirt regarding his custody and divorce battle with ex-wife Debbie Rowe will be exposed to the public, thanks to a judge’s ruling Wednesday that all papers be unsealed.
According to Fox411 columnist Roger Friedman, the filings “may also reveal the true parentage of Prince and Paris.” He adds: “I also told you a year ago that even though Rowe is their biological mother, Jackson is not their biological father. Toward the end of the child molestation case last year, Jackson attorney Robert Sanger suggested as much to Judge Rodney Melville when he argued that a Jackson TV interview not be offered to the court because of its truthfulness on certain matters.”
Friedman also says that the papers contain Rowe’s complaint regarding the shuttling of her children to Bahrain, where Jackson has been living since his acquittal.
He writes: “Jackson had faked passports for them because he couldn’t get her permission to take the kids abroad and no longer had the original documents. The original passports had been filed with the court. Rowe tried to get the FBI and other government organizations involved to stop Jackson, but to no avail. Rowe has had one visit with her kids since 2001 — late last summer, when Jackson’s nanny, Grace Rwarmba, brought them to Los Angeles. Rowe was not allowed to tell the kids she was their mother, however. Jackson has told them they have no mother.”
Meanwhile, Jackson is now expressing interest in moving from Bahrain to a permanent residence in the U.K.
"I'm here in London on business for a couple of days. I love it here,” he told Daily Mirror reporter Fiona Cummins. "I'm looking for a place to live. I've always liked the U.K. and I just love the fans here."
As for the “business” he’s conducting in London, at least part of it is a legal matter regarding a $4 million lawsuit filed against him by former partner Marc Schaffel. According to Friedman, he “‘giggled’ and responded to few answers during a daylong deposition in London on Monday.
Speaking to the Mirror reporter at Harrods, owned by his friend Mohamed Al Fayed, Jackson also said he’s looking to build a new Neverland in either Scotland or Ireland. Giving props to the Harrods owner, Jackson added: "I'm also visiting my good friend Mohamed – ‘cause he's the man."
Asked about his health, Jackson insisted: "I'm fine - very well thanks. I'm feeling good."
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