The New York Post reported in March the Jackson clan had amassed and lost a fortune over the span of Michael Jackson's career, Michael being the main engine driving the Jackson family success. A string of failed ventures left the family bankrupt to the tune of $45 million, with Jermaine personally having more than $5 million in liens filed against him. Nearly al of the Jackson brothers live at least part-time at the family mansion in Encino, California, a property which teeters on the brink of foreclosure. Only Michael, who was beset by his own financial problems, Janet and, believe it or not, LaToya, are alleged to be financially solvent. The Post further alleges Michael wanted nothing to do with the family, perhaps resenting the family's 40+ years of exploiting Michael's talent to enrich themselves and lacking compassion for the family's rampant mismanagement of millions of dollars Michael generated for their well-being. The Post reports most of the Jackson brothers are unemployed or working menial labor jobs, with father Joe trying to promote singers in Las Vegas. The family is allegedly dependent on youngest sibling Janet to pay the bills at Hayvenhurst, their Encino compound, and alleges Janet has purchased a home for her parents in Las Vegas in anticipation of the family losing Hayvenhurst.

If the report is accurate, Michael Jackson's sudden death may provide yet another opportunity for the family to exploit him, as an aging Katherine is a major beneficiary named in Jackson's will, and the brothers doubtlessly planning ways to cash in on their estranged brother yet again. Joseph Jackson, Michael's father, is already pimping his new record label, likely financed by promises of a big cash payout from Michael's estate, telling most every TV camera he can find, in sadly broken, illiterate English, that he plans on releasing many tracks from Jackson's archives--a suspicious promise as the distribution rights to Jackson's music belong to Sony Music, to which Michael owed tens of millions of dollars at the time of his death. The Jackson clan, most auspiciously the father and brothers, have always been an embarrassment to Michael, who survived a torturous childhood at Joe's hands and whose amazing gift was exploited by everyone in the family, a practice that now continues past his demise..Apparently, he can't even rest in peace.