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| Gruppe: Administrator Rang: ghost  Beiträge: 973 Mitglied seit: 01.09.2005 IP-Adresse: gespeichert  | No Christmas for Neverland Employees Thursday, December 22, 2005 By Roger Friedman No Christmas at Neverland The 50 or so people left at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch (I'm revising this number down from 100) are on the verge of filing a complaint against their employer. If they are not paid today, that will make four weeks without remuneration. On top of that, it's Christmas. So far things look bleak. I'm told that in the last week or so, a sedan with United States government plates visited the ranch. Sources there tell me they're pretty sure the car was from the United States Department of Agriculture. There is concern at Neverland about the welfare of the animals in Jackson's zoo. But there is concern about the people, too. Remaining loyal through many missed payroll checks, these staffers including maids, landscapers, etc. are dependent on Jackson for their livelihoods. They haven't seen him since June, though, and now they face the prospect of a bleak Christmas. "Not only that," says an insider, "but it's almost the first of the month again, which means rent is due for a lot of us." Sources tell me that in the last couple of weeks, many employees have just stopped coming to work. The remainder are now considering going to their local unemployment office, I am told, to ask what can be done. I myself posed that question yesterday. And sources knowledgeable about Jackson's failing finances told me that as of last night, there was no money to pay Neverland ranch workers for their last month. "They're trying to pull it together for Thursday afternoon," I was told, "but it's not definite. We'll have to wait and see." Interestingly, even the most loyal of the last hangers-on aren't in full attendance because of the situation. Joe Marcus, who's become a favorite of the staff as he's risen through the ranks, testified on Jackson's behalf at last spring's child-molestation trial. But I'm told that Marcus has only clocked in "about three times" since Thanksgiving. Hopefully, he's looking for work. Jackson's absence from the ranch, his break in communication with close family members and his seeming disinterest in his deteriorating financial situation all of this is starting to worry those who care about him. There have been reports from Bahrain lately that Michael has started taking Islamic instruction as his residency allowance period comes to an end. This would complete the plan begun two years ago when brother Jermaine introduced Jackson to the Nation of Islam, which then took over his life. Switching religions again would not be out of character, as Jackson was raised as a Jehovah's Witness and had a brief interest in Judaism five years ago. He seems gullible enough to believe anything is right if he thinks his host will bail him out. Jackson's latest savior is the Prince Abdullah bin Hamad al-Khalifa, the 30-year-old second son of the King of Bahrain, which means Islam is in until Jackson gets the check. Meanwhile, please do read our column from yesterday concerning the Department of Justice investigation into Jackson's obtainment of passports for his children. Another story ran on the wires yesterday that showed how media hysteria can grow from a kernel of information. That kernel was based on a "correspondent" for an unknown Web site called tmz.com, who happened to see the title page of a motion being filed in court. The title of that glimpsed document then became the basis for a story with no other facts. Wow! It doesn't take much to incite the world entertainment press, does it? But in fact, the story was much deeper than that. It's not just that Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe has claimed that Jackson "abducted" their kids. It's that he may possibly have lied to get them travel documents. And that now he's trying to stall in court long enough to establish his kids' residency in a foreign country. FOX411
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