On Tuesday, an attorney for Michael Jackson’s ex-wife Debbie Rowe angrily denied reports that she had agreed to take millions of dollars to give up parental rights to her two children.
In a letter to the New York Post, attorney Eric George said that Debbie Rowe “has not and will not” give up her parental rights. Nor will Rowe, whose attorneys have been in talks with lawyers for Michael Jackson’s parents, Katherine and Joe, take any money beyond the spousal support to which she and Michael agreed upon years ago, George’s letter states. It also states that no agreement has been reached between Rowe and the Jacksons on custody or visitation and that the report “can only have been concocted with reckless disregard for the truth.”
“Among the several contenders for overzealous and inaccurate sensationalism, the New York Post has now seized top honors,” George wrote to the paper. “It would be easier to identify those few background facts that are accurate than to catalog the number of blatant falsehoods in your story.”
The New York Post reported on Tuesday that Rowe had agreed to take about $4 million to give up her parental rights to children Prince Michael Jr. and Paris.
Her attorney has asked the newspaper to publish a retraction.
In a statement, New York Post editor in chief Col Allan said, “The Post stands by its story.”
A custody hearing on Michael’s three children is set for this coming Monday.
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