At a meeting in a bungalow at the Neverland ranch, Jackson said
he had his mother at his side when he fought off another
proposal.
"And I vehemently told them, 'No, I am not signing this,'"
Jackson recalled. "And I just remember how angry, the intensity
of the anger in the room. And so they marched out."
Jackson made his comments when he was grilled by lawyers for
the Hackensack, N.J., finance company that is suing the singer
in Manhattan Federal Court. The firm, Prescient Acquisition, is
owned by businessman Darien Dash, who claims Jackson stiffed
his company out of $48 million.
According to Dash's lawyer Steven Altman, Dash was due the
money for helping Jackson refinance a $272 million bank loan
and secure $573 million in financing to buy out Sony's half of
the Beatles' song catalogue that Jackson co-owned.
But Jackson claimed he's never heard of Dash, a cousin of
hip-hop impresario Damon Dash, and doesn't remember signing any
agreement.