Jermaine Jackson in trouble

In the suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Rita Barrett accuses Mr. Jackson, 69, of sexual abuse, sexual battery, sexual assault, harassment and rape relating to an incident that she says happened at her Los Angeles home in 1988. In the court papers, Ms. Barrett says that Mr. Jackson forcefully entered her home and assaulted her, inflicting “severe emotional, physical and psychological injury, including humiliation, shame, and guilt, economic loss, economic capacity and permanent emotional distress.”

Ms. Barrett’s court filing says she came into contact with Mr. Jackson through her role as a musician’s contractor and as a member of a union that represents musicians. The complaint says she also knew Mr. Jackson through Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown Records, who had a personal and business relationship with Mr. Barrett’s husband.

In her suit, Ms. Barrett says that she told Mr. Gordy what happened the following day, but he “withheld and concealed the acts, further perpetuating the coverup and allowing Mr. Gordy, Defendant Jackson and others in the business relationship to continue to reap profits derived from Mr. Jackson’s work and reputation for years to come.”

Ms. Barrett is requesting a jury trial.

Michael Pellegrino, president of Artists Management Agency, which has represented Mr. Jackson since 2014, said the agency would be parting ways with the musician because of the suit.

“We have a zero-tolerance policy concerning these matters,” Mr. Pellegrino wrote in an email to The Times on Friday. “We wish him well but we must feel comfortable about who we represent and unfortunately at this moment we must take in consideration our other clients who do not feel comfortable with the current allegations.”

Jeff Anderson, a lawyer for Ms. Barrett, said that his client decided to file the suit after learning that California’s Sexual Abuse and Cover-Up Accountability Act allows certain sexual abuse claims to be revived that would otherwise be barred by the statute of limitations.

“The first thing that she and we want by having brought this case is for it to be known that Jermaine Jackson committed a very serious crime,” Mr. Anderson added.

Guess being a disgusting perv runs in the Jackson family

Ms. Barrett says that Mr. Jackson forcefully entered her home and assaulted her by playing his latest CD, inflicting “severe emotional, physical and psychological injury, including humiliation, shame, and guilt, economic loss, economic capacity and permanent emotional distress.”

No he didn’t! do it!!! I have to go see him! Mrs. Garrett PLEASE!!!!!!!!

The whole Jackson family are crooks, grifters, sexual predators and paedophiles - not to mention paedophile apologists and defenders.

And she’ll never get that shoe polish off her skin.

Jermaine is not scared to go to jail because it's dynamite!

R7, or her pillowcases.

[quote] Accused of sexual assault in law suit.

Oh my god, did he rape his own lawyer???

Who?

R8 Wtf did I just watch? That was the weirdest fucking music video.

I loved it.

His management dumps him. so much for loyalty and innocent until proven guilty.

What would "management" of Jermaine Jackson entail, exactly?

Anyway, I think his lawyers will make a deal with the DA for Jermaine to plead guilty to the lesser offense of intentional infliction of emotional distress with a jheri curl.

1988? Girl, fuck off.

I think there is no statute of limitations on a sexual assault charge.

I am confused as to why attorneys take cases where the offense happened so long ago. Are they reading the room and thinking it will work, why? Courts and politics are so inconsistent.

Maybe the defendant tried repeatedly to get a payout from the family and got sick of them saying no.

i meant the plaintiff.

OP is a complete moron for not including a link. Do your work, doofus.

Happy?

"happened at her Los Angeles home in 1988"

WTF? Damn people sure hold on to this for a long time. Good grief.

r21 No - it's a paywalled article. Let's do better.

MSN article.

JJ, has always seemed creepy.

That cock of his must have hurt. It looks pretty big, based on the bulge at the :30 mark in his "Perfect" video.

R26 It looks even bigger starting at 1:58.

He has 3 ex-wives and 7 children. The monthly alimony and child support must be a killer.

R13, I had the same reaction. Someone levels an accusation from over 35 years ago and it’s instant grounds for severing professional relationships?

Anyone capable of naming their child Jermajesty is probably capable of anything. The prosecution should use this in their opening arguments.

G-d bless the DL dick detectives.

This family has kept auto-tune in business.

"Michael Pellegrino, president of Artists Management Agency, which has represented Mr. Jackson since 2014, said the agency would be parting ways with the musician because of the suit."

Mr. Pellegrino added, "That $72 we have budgeted towards representing Mr. Jackson in 2024 can now be put towards something else. Like a couple new lamps for the office."

He looks

So

Greasy.

R14 all you have to do is to keep track of the Baja Fresh coupons. Nice work if you can get it.

His website hasn't been updated in 9 years.

Jermaine's message to Rita. Don't take it personal.

He always looked so nasty. Jheri curl mess

What the fuck is JELEPHANT TOURBILLON?

Jermaine's special watch.

After so long, is Jermaine really germane?

Billy Jean is not his lover.

Tito!!!!

Why does half of this family have freak names?

I hope Pia supports him in this time of rain.

Why, r45? It's not like his hair is going to get wet.

While we wait for Jermaine's team to mount his defense I must admit to not understanding the narrative of When the Rain Begins to Fall. It seems Pia decides they cannot be together because her boy dancers don't like him. Is that it?

That’s also what I got out of it r47 very strange

Let's hope the prosecution does not mention this music video where a woman gets manhandled and shunted out of his house after trying to kill him.

That family is so fucked up full of Predators and victims

R45 It's a post apocalyptic Romeo and Juliet story.

R45 They won't let him near her because he's a n***er!

They already know R13 & R29. The entire Jackson family is rotten to the core.

Pia is too short for those gestures.

Note the demographic and family legacy.

Can't he arrange for Jermajesty to pardon him?

I will protect my brother with my instinctual insect powers.,.,

Her special powers don't include the ability to dance.

She's better in this one.

I admit to finding Jermaine kind of hot. At least he was sexier than Michael ever was. The family must be relieved that it's a WOMAN who is accusing Jermaine.

It might just be locker-room talk™, but he sounds super creepy (and very immature):

[quote]Jermaine’s mind had one track. On one visit to New York, where he was crashing with a friend, Jermaine was interviewed by the Fox News anchor Rita Cosby — then spent the rest of the weekend talking about how it was his mission to “do” her in a hotel bedroom.

[quote]The next time we spoke of Cosby, Jermaine shocked me by adding that he wanted to “bang Nancy Grace,” who is viewed as a family nemesis.

[quote]“Just one time with that heifer,” he said. “I bet she won’t say anything bad about Michael anymore. She’ll just be thinking about her one night with the man! Jermaine.”

[quote]Jermaine did have many a conquest. In New York in 2001, for Michael’s 30th Anniversary Special concerts, Jermaine’s cellphone rang. Someone on the line told him Whitney Houston, a former lover of his, needed help. He hung up and turned to me. “She’s like Michael. She’s messed up on those drugs,” he said. “You know I used to wear her a– out. I know she’d take me back and get rid of that (expletive) Bobby Brown. Plus, I should just get with her before she loses all that money she’s made.”

[quote]“I feel it’s my duty with Whitney, man,” Jermaine said. “She told me she never stopped loving me. I can get with her and I should. I just don’t know how she’d act to have me in that bed instead of Bobby. I might be too much for her. But I’d get her off the drugs. She’d be high, but only on Jermaine.”

Wow he certainly has a high opinion of himself

[quote]After a chance meeting as a young fan, Stacy Brown became friends with the bizarre family of Michael Jackson.

Bizarre family is underplaying it in describing the Jackson family.

Jermaine's song about Michael.

"The only reason I wrote this song was to help my little brother get a grip on reality,’ he says.

While I am certainly no apologist for Michael and his pedophilia, plastic surgery, and other insanity, I do believe he probably suffered with the burden of the rest of his showbiz family (the exception being Janet), most of them being nobodies by the mid 80s when he was at his peak. Jermaine always seemed jealous of Michael, and also seemed to think of himself as being a much bigger star than he actually was. At best he was D List by the 80s and virtually a non-entity thereafter. Nothing surprises me about these allegations, though it is a bit late to be going after him now, so long after the fact.

[quote]While I am certainly no apologist for Michael and his pedophilia, plastic surgery, and other insanity, I do believe he probably suffered with the burden of the rest of his showbiz family (the exception being Janet)

Rebbie was not dependent on Michael financially. While he did write and produce her only big hit, she was a married woman with her own family. LaToya had a recording contract and did her own thing. The rest of the brothers were probably living off of publishing and residuals. They also continued touring throughout the '80s, and still do. Michael (and Janet) just made sure that their mother was ok financially.

Jermaine in concert Feb 24.

who the fuck is that guy never heard of him

Not likely r67. They have had money issues for years. It came out a few years ago Katherine Jackson was giving money to Jermaine, Latoya, Rebbie and Randy from the stipend she was getting from Michael’s estate.

The Jackson’s wrote none of their Motown hits and post Motown Michael wrote their biggest hits with the exception of enjoy yourself.

Those Stacy articles never get old…

Is it true he named two of his kids Jermajesty?

Randy and Jermaine have kids by the same woman, so that makes the kids sibling/cousins.

[quote] post Motown Michael wrote their biggest hits with the exception of enjoy yourself.

Not so. Gamble and Huff wrote their early post-Motown hits, and some of their biggest hits as The Jacksons (Can You Feel It, Shake Your Body…etc.) were co-written by Michael and other brothers.

Jermaine could cash in if he wrote that tell-all book but the family might punish him.

I did enjoy this song by Jermaine...but the only reason it became a hit was because Michael was on it.

Jermaine had some good tracks. He’s def third in line when it comes to Jackson sibling solo careers.

Who is second?

I'm sure he did it. But, this happened in 1988?? It's time to get over it and move on. This is a he said/she said situation that can't be proven because there is no evidence.

[quote]Who is second?

Janet would be second, although she’s the Jackson family act (solo or group) with the longest-running Hot 100 #1 hit and the only one with 7 top 5 Billboard pop hits from one album. Her albums are also deeper and more introspective than Michael’s, but that’s a story for another time.

[quote]Who is second?

You'll find her in the KFC drive-thru.

[quote]You'll find her in the KFC drive-thru.

Your mother is a Jackson?

Jermajesty is Jermaine's seventh child, his second child from Alejandra Loaiza who was the former girlfriend of his brother, Randy. Alejandro married Jermaine to become his second wife and later divorced her.

Imagine, if they were alive today and would take the reality TV show like the Kardashians did...

He looks demonic.

Which wife was murdered?

He murdered his wife?

Oh Jermaine already wrote a book about Michael.

My bad - it was Jackie’s ex wife Enid, who died of a stroke in the swimming pool. It’s all coming back to me now

I found an old music video the other day that now appears to have been taken off YouTube. It looks like it was shot in a carpark basement with Christmas lights and Jermaine in a Bob Mackie style bodysuit.

They had 3 top 10 hits after leaving Motown R74. Can you feel it peaked at #77. With the exception of enjoy yourself Michael co wrote both of three other top 10 hits.

[quote]They had 3 top 10 hits after leaving Motown [R74]. Can you feel it peaked at #77. With the exception of enjoy yourself Michael co wrote both of three other top 10 hits.

They had three top 10 pop hits as The Jacksons - one of which was written by Gamble & Huff and the other two which were written by Michael and someone else - one of those being “Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground),” which was co-written with Randy. Your post at R70 insinuates that Michael wrote all of their big hits post-Motown by himself with the exception of one, which is incorrect.

Please call me Mohammad Abdul Aziz Sharif

Vin Diesel and Tommy Lee hit with the same lawsuits under CA accountability law.

^ For a second I thought you were talking about Tommy Lee Jones and I was like "Noooooo! I love him!"

R65 the lyrics to ‘word to the Badd’ are kind of poignant.

“ Jermaine’s song includes lyrics such as: Reconstructed. Been abducted. Don’t know who you are. Think they love you. They don’t know you. Lonely superstar . . . .”

I think that upbringing and his extreme success did him no favors. It’s a sad story and I think the rest of that family got messed up too.

So, why these woman years and years later ‘so upset’ but don’t file right away usually. I suspect it’s about getting some money for themselves.

And here’s that song, R65. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I found it very moving. Michael never stopped thinking about Michael. Paid the ultimate price.

I believe the Tommy Lee accuser.

Did Jermaine and Whitney have a secret affair?

There was an allegation that Whitney Houston and Jermaine Jackson were together for a year and that Houston's hit song Saving All My Love for You – about a woman hooking up with a married man was about Jermaine Jackson.

Maybe if she had married a Jackson things might have turned out differently for Whitney.

R101 Nah. If her family had approved of Robin, she'd have been okay. Even Bobbie Brown said so after her death.

True r102. Cissy played a role in Whitney’s dysfunction. Can’t forgive her for that.

Jermaine dumped from Jackson's concert.

I assume it’s HOMOSEXUAL assault because he seemed as GAY as Michael Jackson.

1988? I'm not saying it didn't happen, but how can you prove it now? I'm not defending him, but it's scary to think that someone can make life destroying accusations so many years later. It's not hard to believe it happened, though.

She should have offered him some Baja Fresh. It soothes the savage beast.