Rowe Blasts NY Post over Custody Report

Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe is firing back at a NY Post story claiming she's forfeited her parental rights to the deceased pop star's two kids in exchange for $4 million from the Jackson family.

In a letter to the Post Tuesday, Rowe's lawyer demanded a retraction to the story and said the report of an agreement between Rowe and the Jacksons was "unequivocally false."

The Post, citing anonymous family sources, reported earlier Tuesday that Rowe was looking for "one final payday" in exchange for not pursuing custody of Jackson's children. Rowe gave birth to the singer's two oldest - Prince Michael I, 12, and Paris Michael, 11.

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Katherine Jackson, the singer's mother, was named in Jackson's will as the beneficiary of his estate and guardian of his children. She is petitioning for formal custody rights.

Eric George, Rowe's attorney, said there has been no agreement over custody or visitation between to two camps and called the Post's contrary report a "reckless disregard of the truth."

The Post claims Rowe cashed in on not seeking custody twice before. After Paris' birth, Jackson gave Rowe an $8 million lump sum plus $900,000 annually for five years so he could raise them by himself, according to the report. The paper said Rowe resurfaced in 2001, following accusations of child molestation against the singer, and got $4 million and a $900,000 home from Jackson in return for full custody.

George said Rowe "has not accepted - and will not accept - any additional financial consideration beyond the spousal support she and Michael Jackson personally agreed to several years ago."

[michealtheangel]

can not believe CBS so much false news.
debbie is a nice person who loved micheal much i think.maybe after divorce she got moeny from Mj, but i dont think that was the deal.
she has several interview tried to protect MJ . she burst into tears when talk about how Mj was mistreated by the media.
pls ,dont believe any text media report, unless it is a video intervieuw.
media lied too much ...toooo much about MJ.
it is time to stop !

[barbaraf4]

George said Rowe "has not accepted - and will not accept - any additional financial consideration beyond the spousal support she and Michael Jackson personally agreed to several years ago."
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I thought spousal support ended at the death of either party.

[get_down]

Clearly all this woman so-called Debbie Rowe can see and want is Money and nothing else including her own kids.

[IThoughtItWasFunnyNOPE]

The media has gone honking mad, the Jackson POS family is in a money frenzy, and who cares about this woman as long as she doesn't get hands on those children to sell them to sombody else.

[picklepants7]

4 million dollars is cheap compared to what the kids are worth. if this story is true, debbie rowe and/or her lawyer are horrible negociators. she should have hired sports agent scott boras.
also, poor kids. how would you feel if your biological mom said hell no i don't want my kids. sad. but then again, maybe the kids don't want her.

[sddemocrat]

I think this is a matter between Mrs. Jackson and Ms. Rowe. I wonder who the unidentified family sources are that they quoted. It's a Dan Rather situation again.

[gravyboat4000]

Rowe is a liar, and NOT the mother of these children. She's signed custody away before for money, so I wouldn't be surprised if she was going for,"one last payday".

She gave birth to the two oldest children, but her DNA isn't in them.

But then again, niether is any Jackson DNA.

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[spiritwalk]

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by gravyboat4000 July 14, 2009 5:29 PM EDT

Which pretty much is the potential list of the possible biological parents of the kids.

It all goes to the creepy circumstances of how and why these kids were conceived in the first place.

These poor kids would be better off being placed in a good foster home than left in the hands of the sick individuals that are around them now.

[bobnjersey]

[The Post claims Rowe cashed in on not seeking custody twice before. After Paris' birth, Jackson gave Rowe an $8 million lump sum plus $900,000 annually for five years so he could raise them by himself, according to the report. The paper said Rowe resurfaced in 2001, following accusations of child molestation against the singer, and got $4 million and a $900,000 home from Jackson in return for full custody.]

no wonder michael was broke ... looks like many of his problems were created by the quest for money ... and those same problems were mitigated by his free distribution of it to whomever.

[jxknowles]

The press should report on something else. The National Enquirer can cover the Jackson story.

[fedupredneck]

LOL- They might get it right.

[sandog1960]

What's the difference anymore, really?

[fedupredneck]

Proof-wheres the proof? Is the NY Post right?Proof-Or is the dumb money grubbin Bi---h right?