January 9 : Janet is a guest on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno along with her trainer Tony Martinez.
January 26 : Prince, Paris, Blanket, Katherine, Jackie, Siggy, Brandi, Tito, Taj, TJ, Royal, Quincy Jones, Debbie Allen, Chris Tucker, Smokey Robinson & Justin Bieber attend the Michael Jackson ‘Immortalized’ hand and footprint ceremony held at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California.
January 27 : Prince, Paris & Blanket attend the Los Angeles premiere of Michael Jackson ‘THE IMMORTAL’ World Tour at Staples Center.
Late January : Janet goes to Paris to spend time with Wissam.
February 7 : Janet flies from Los Angeles to New York City.
February 13 : Prince celebrates his 15th birthday with family and friends
February 14 : Janet tapes an interview for the Anderson Cooper Talk Show in Manhattan with her trainer Tony Martinez & her Chef Andre.
February 20 : The Anderson Cooper episode with Janet is aired on CNN.
February 21 : Blanket celebrates his 10th birthday with family and friends.
February 23 : LaToya is a guest on the Wendy Williams Show in New York City to promote her upcoming appearance on 90210 season 4.
February 26 : Janet shoots a new commercial fot NutriSystem directed by Dave Meyers.
March 12 : Janet has dinner with Gil in L.A.
March 13 : La Toya is a guest on on 90210 season 4, episode 18 : “Blood Is Thicker Than Mud”. She plays a record executive.
March 26 : Janet has lunch with Preston in L.A.
March 27 : Janet is spotted at LAX leaving L.A for Dubai.
April 03 : Paris celebrates her 14th birthday with family & friends.
April 5 : A new NutriSystem commercial and picture is premiered.
April 7 : Janet & Wissam arrive in Paris on a flight from Dubai.
May 10 : Janet attends the Marco Glaviano “Supermodels” exhibition opening at the Keszler Gallery in New York.
May 12 : Katherine, Prince, Paris & Blanket tape interviews for a planned MJ documentary.
May 16 : Janet celebrates her 46th birthday with Wissam in Paris, France.
She tweets for the first time about Wissam sharing a picture of them in Paris.
May 18 : LaToya attends the 19th Annual Race To Erase MS Event at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City, California.
May 23 : Janet & Wissam attend the Grisogno Glam Extravaganza at Hotel Du Cap Eden-Roc in Cap d’Antibes.
May 24 : Janet & Wissam attend the 2012 amfAR’s Cinema Against AIDS at Hotel Du Cap Eden-Roc in Cap d’Antibes.
June 1 : Janet shoots her 3rd campaign for Blackglama in New York City.
June 7 : LaToya is a guest on Dr Drew talk show on HLN.
June 14 : Janet & Wissam are spotted at the Midori Sushi Restaurant in Doha (Qatar).
July : Janet, Randy, Jermaine, Rebbie & Tito sign a letter demanding the resignation of the exucotors of the Michael Jackson Estate and accusing them of forging the Will.
LaToya, Marlon & Jackie refuse to sign it.
July 2 : LaToya, Katherine and Rebbie attend a performance by Austin Brown at the 2012 BET Music Matters Showcase held at the Creative Artists Agency in Los Angeles, California.
July 12 : Janet sends Dr Metzger to Katherine’s house in Calabasas in order to take her to a resting place in Arizona.
July 15-20 : Janet & Wissam are spotted on vacation in Porto Cervio in Sardinia, Italy.
July 17 : The letter is leaked to the medias.
A big controversy rises up when Paris Jackson attacks Randy on Twitter about Katherine.
July 18 : Randy Jackson on Twitter : “Yes, the letter is authentic. We ask that everyone respects that this is a serious matter that will be handled by the proper authorities.
July 21 : Katherine’s nephew Trent files a missing report with the L.A County Sheriff’s Department because Prince, Paris & Blanket haven’t been able to speak to her since she left L.A on July 15th.
Jermaine tweets that Katherine is not missing. She is safe and resting in Arizona.
July 22 : Prince, Paris & Blanket attend The Jacksons’ concert at the Greek Theatre in L.A.
July 23 : Back in L.A, Janet goes to the Jackson family home in Calabasas with Jermaine & Randy and they triy to take Prince, Paris & Blanket to Arizona but the kids refuse to go along.
Trent calls the police and orders Janet & her brothers off the property.
July 24 : Janet goes to Arizona to visit her mother.
Katherine orders the security team to be fired and replaced by Janet’s security and she also orders Trent off the property.
Katherines phones to Prince, Paris, Blanket & TJ and promise to go home.
Marlon, Tito & Jackie give an interview to The Insider saying that they are not allowed to speak to Katherine and Marlon breaks down and cries.
LaToya remains silent on her social medias.
July 25 : An L.A Judge appoints TJ to become the temporary guardian of Prince, Paris & Blanket.
Katherine reads a statement to ABC News from the Miraval Spa in Tucson, Arizona surrounded by Janet, Jermaine, Rebbie & Stacee. She denies having been kidnapped and says she’s devasted to have lost guardianship of the kids.
At night she goes back home and is finally reunited with Prince, Paris & Blanket.
Randy Jackson on Twitter : “I was on the phone at 9pm in Los Angeles, with my sister Rebbie, when my mother FIRED Trent and Security. My mom told TJ that she was coming home tomorrow (which is today). He asked for temporary guardianship & she said -“NO its not necessary, I’ll be home tomorrow.” He asked again, and she said “NO TJ” I heard the conversation. His performance in court today breaks my heart. He knows his Aunts and Uncles would never hold their mother against her will. That’s ABSURD.He insisted upon knowing what time she was arriving today & now I know why. Trust me – the Executors are behind this. The “powers that be” use tabloid media to spin their lies and divide our family. Again.. WHY would it be necessary for TJ to take guardianship of the children away from my mother when they were already in his care?
July 26 : Prince Jackson on Twitter :
I would first like to start off this tweet by thanking the fans that have always stood by me and my family, my dad really appreciated your support and I still treasure it to this day. As I am sure everyone is well aware of the events that have been going on. I have not been backing up my sister and her tweets avidly because I was waiting for the time to reveal my side. As long as I can remember my dad had repeatedly warned me of certain people and their ways. Although I am happy my grandma was returned, after speaking with her I realized how misguided and how badly she was lied to. I’m really angry and hurt. The following image is of a group chat I had started to several family members. This group text message I had initially sent was replied to but they didn’t know that I could see the responses. For this whole time, we were denied contact to our grandmother. “If you continue with your lies I will continue with the truth”
-Michael Jackson Jr.
please RT this so it doesn’t leave twitter as well as the attached image
July 27 : Randy Jackson on Twitter :
1) When TJ asked my mother if he should ask for temporary guardianship, my Mother told TJ NO – twice.
2) The Estate denied Rebbie, Janet and Jermaine access to the house when they returned to home to Calabasas with a letter written by Howard Weitzman, attorney for the Estate, who is not a resident of the home.
3) The Estate is trying to isolate my Mother from her family JUST LIKE THEY DID TO MICHAEL, in order to propagate their lies, financial agendas and to protect a fraudulent will.
4) The same people that are trying to manipulate my mother are the same people that were involved with my brother when he died.
5) In order to obtain temporary guardianship, TJ lied to the court. Rebbie, Janet, Jermaine and I would never harm our mother and we are doing our best to protect her and the Estate knows that. I want to know why Perry Sanders would consider a negotiation based on lies.
6) It is clear that anyone who stands up against the Executors of the Estate – John Branca, John McClain and their attorney Howard Weitzman – is denied access to my mother.
7) It is my fear and belief, that they are trying to take my mother’s life.
August 1 : Janet is spotted at LAX airport in Los Angeles.
August 2 : Janet on Twitter : “Thank u for knowing fact from fiction. Thank u for all of ur support. I luv u all.”
After Tito & Jermaine decided to take off their name from the letter, Janet, Randy & Rebbie are barred from the family home in Calabasas by the MJ Estate…
August 3 : A STATEMENT OF BLAIR G. BROWN ON BEHALF OF JANET JACKSON, RANDY JACKSON & REBBIE JACKSON is posted on Janet’s Twitter & Facebook pages :
Janet, Randy and Rebbie Jackson say the executors of Michael Jackson’s will are causing harm by damaging “fundamental family relationships” and isolating matriarch Katherine Jackson “from anyone questioning the validity of Michael’s will.” The Jackson siblings released a statement late Friday through an attorney amid a fight over their brother’s will with the executors of his estate. On Thursday a judge named TJ Jackson, a cousin to Michael Jackson’s three children, as co-guardian with Katherine Jackson, who was named their sole caretaker in the disputed will. Janet, Randy and Rebbie Jackson accuse the executors of a “relentless” negative media campaign and say they have been barred from visiting their 82-year-old mother or Jackson’s children. “The effect of that notice not only is to damage fundamental family relationships, it is also to isolate Katherine Jackson from anyone questioning the validity of Michael’s will,” reads the statement by Janet Jackson’s attorney, Blair G. Brown, released on behalf of Janet, Randy and Rebbie Jackson. They say they will continue to contest Michael Jackson’s will because “the executors have never explained how Michael could have signed his will in California on a date that irrefutable evidence establishes that he was in New York.”
Representatives for the executors of the will did not immediately respond to calls and emails requesting comment. However, representatives for executors John Branca and John McClain released a statement some weeks ago saying, “Any doubts about the validity of Michael’s will and his selection of Executors were thoroughly and completely debunked two years ago when a challenge was rejected by the Los Angeles County Superior Court, the California Court of Appeals and, finally, the California Supreme Court.” Janet, Randy and Rebbie Jackson say they will continue to contest Michael Jackson’s will, adding, “they stand nothing to gain financially by a finding that the will is invalid.” “The individuals who have the most to lose by a finding that the will is invalid are, of course, the executors and those on the executors’ payroll.” The siblings say they will “press forward in their search for the truth in order to carry out the wishes of their brother Michael.”
Michael Jackson’s mother Katherine has been re-instated as guardian of his three children by a court in Los Angeles. She will share custody with their cousin TJ, who was made temporary guardian last week after the 82-year-old was reported missing. A hearing on 22 August will decide if the arrangement will be made permanent. Tito Jackson Jr, the 34-year-old son of Michael’s brother Tito, stepped in as guardian for Prince Michael, 15, Paris, 14 and 10 year-old Blanket. However, his lawyer Charles Shultz said he “in no way was trying to displace his grandmother” as “they respect each other”. Under the new agreement, TJ Jackson remains as co-guardian, with control over the staff and day-to-day operations of the family home. Perry Sanders Jr, Katherine Jackson’s lawyer, has said the arrangement will allow his client to focus on the children’s upbringing and not on financial or logistics issues. The co-guardianship arrangement would also allow either adult to serve as sole guardian if the other were no longer able to serve
August 8 : Janet & Gil tweet “LET’S DO THIS” & Gil reveals that Janet will be back in a dance studio next week!
August 9 : Janet is spotted in Armani Cafe in Doha, Qatar.
August 12 : Back in L.A, Janet has lunch with make up artist Preston and hair dresser Cassie.
August 16 : Janet attends WWE Summer Slam Kick-off party in Los Angeles.
August 25 : Janet attends her nephew Austin’s show at Hunnington beach with Rebbie, Yashi & Genevieve.
August 28 : Motown releases “Come And Get It: The Rare Pearls”, a compilation album of previously unreleased tracks by American family group The Jackson 5.
August 29 : A 3rd campaign for Blackglama featuring Janet begins.
LaToya starts shooting her upcoming TV reality series “Life With LaToya”.
Latoya attends a candlelight vigil at the childhood home of Michael Jackson in Gary, Indiana (she came with Katherine).
August 30 : Prince, La Toya, Blanket and Paris attend the St. Paul Saints Vs. The Gary SouthShore RailCats baseball game at U.S. Steel Yard in Gary, Indiana.
August 31 : The Bad 25 documentary directed by Spike Lee is premiered at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. Later, the film is shown for a limited time in New York and Los Angeles theaters on October 19, 2012. The film makes its television premiere on German television channel VOX on October 20, 2012 and in the United Kingdom on BBC2 on December 1, 2012. A 90-minute edited version of the film, running for 64 minutes without commercials, premieres in North America on ABC on November 22, 2012. The film is released on Blu-ray and DVD on July 2, 2013.
September 8 : Janet & Wissam attend the Dylan’s Candy Bar Opening in Los Angeles.
September 16 : Ian Cross, Janet’s longtime sound engineer posts a picture on his FB page of what it seems to be Janet’s feet in the studio with a legend : “Oh. this is the start of something good. Don’t you agree?”.
September 18 : Sony and the Michael Jackson Estate release “Bad 25”. Bad 25 is the 25th anniversary edition reissue of American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson’s seventh studio album Bad (1987). Along with the original album, Bad 25 contains demo recordings recorded during the Bad era, with the deluxe edition also containing a live CD and DVD of Live at Wembley July 16, 1988, Jackson’s performance at Wembley Stadium in the United Kingdom during his Bad world tour. To implement a new “Live for Now” campaign, Pepsi planned to promote the 25th anniversary of Bad by printing one billion Pepsi cans with a photo of Michael Jackson from the “Smooth Criminal” video (which is not to be included on the CD or DVD itself).
Sony Music and the Estate of Michael Jackson in partnership with BET broadcast a two-hour TV special titled Bad 25 : The Short Films of Michael Jackson, which shows the short films from Bad, which like Thriller revolutionized the industry, and also features interviews with fans, journalists and critics.
September 28 : Janet attends Bebel Gilberto’s concert in Los Angeles.
October 1 : Janet is spotted at LAX airport where she takes a flight to Paris.
October 2-11 : Janet is in Paris with Wissam.
October 11 : Paris, Prince, La Toya, Blanket Jackson and Monica Gabor attend the Mr. Pink Ginseng Drink launch party at Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California
October 12 : LaToya attends the ‘Celebrity Apprentice All Stars’ Season 13 Press Conference at Jack Studios in New York City.
October 13 : Janet & Wissam are spotted having dinner at the Diplomatic Club in Doha, Qatar.
October 16 : LaToya is filming on location for ‘Celebrity Apprentice All Stars’ in New York City.
October 25 : Janet & Wissam attend Kira Plastinina’s fashion show in Moscow, Russia.
November : Janet & Wissam get married in a private secret ceremony in Doha, Qatar. The Jackson family is not invited.
November 6 : Janet is spotted in L.A on US Election Day.
November 15 : LaToya attends Henri Bendel holiday window unveiling 2012 at Henri Bendel in New York City.
November 18 : Janet attends her nephew Austin Brown’s birthday celebration in L.A.
November 22 : The Bad 25 documentary directed by Spike Lee is aired (in a edited version) on ABC.
November 24 : Prince, Paris & Blanket spend pre Thanksgiving dinner at their Calabasas home with Katherine and their cousins.
November 30 : Janet tapes a video message for World AIDS Day.
December 4 : LaToya attends ‘Donny & Marie Christmas In Los Angeles’ opening night at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California.
December 5 : Janet is back in a dance studio with Gil, Preston & Whyley.
December 13 : LaToya attends the ‘World Of Wonder’ book release party at Universal Studios Backlot in Universal City, California.
December 16 : Janet & Wissam are spotted shopping in L.A.
December 24/25 : Prince, Paris & Blanket spend Christmas at Disneyworld with Omer Bhatti and their cousins.
