They say everyone has a price, but Michael Jackson‘s ex gets hers in installments!
Debbie Rowe, the pop star’s former wife that acted as a surrogate for Jackson’s two oldest children, was paid $4 million from her former mother-in-law to relinquish her parental rights – for good.
“It’s one final payday,” said a source. “They felt it was like a ransom-type thing. [Rowe] jumped back into the picture because she wanted money.
This is the third time Rowe has been given money to disappear from the children’s lives, and she does not seem to mind.
After the birth of Prince Michael and Paris, she agreed to step aside and let Michael raise them in exchange for $8 million, plus $900,000 annually for five years.
It’s like winning the soul-sucking lottery!
The second time was in 2001 when Jackson was in the midst of his child molestation case. Rowe wanted to exercise her parental rights but ended up giving Michael full custody for another $4 million plus a $900,000 home.
Pathetic!
“This would be it. This takes away any rights she has to challenge custody at any given time,” says a source regarding this final payday for Debbie. “If something happens to Katherine, [Rowe] can’t challenge the next [guardian], whether that be Diana Ross or someone in the family.”
You’d think she would have signed something earlier!!!
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