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What really happened to Katherine Jackson?
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'Geraldo at Large' traces the back-story leading up to the disappearance
- Duration 5:38
- Date Aug 6, 2012
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'Geraldo at Large' traces the back-story leading up to the disappearance
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Legendary King of -- My returns.
Have to -- okay.
June 25.
2000.
-- -- -- -- The special report the kidnapping of Katherine Jackson begins with -- son Michael's sudden death at age fifteen.
Leading three young children and a mountain of debt.
As his estate across this -- by licensing an extraordinary records that.
Katherine as -- worth a king's ransom -- on the King of Pop has left their 40%.
His kids 40% it's the 20% of the estate remaining going to children's charity.
Additionally Michael has named Katherine guardian of his three -- -- Now Michael's will and Catherine's guardianship are under attack from relatives who have been cut out but a family -- struggle is one thing.
Kidnapping.
Another.
Late Saturday night mom Katherine who is raising his kids.
-- reported missing Sunday July 22.
Michael's daughter Paris tweets.
Yes make -- others missing -- haven't spoken with her in a week I want her home now.
At this point the -- it's prince fifty Paris fourteen.
Blanket ten years old had not seen their grandma for seven days.
Rejecting explanations for her uncles and aunt Janet Jackson.
Paris -- directly to the public.
If anybody sees my grandmother please call the authorities where this number.
81887601.
Where is Graham.
The teens -- set -- a nationwide search.
We took data reports.
And we've been attempting to contact her.
A bizarre family drama then plays out in full -- at the heart of the struggle is Michael's money.
And the hard fact that his father Joseph and his siblings including the four involved in this escapade.
Randy Jermaine.
Janet and -- have been cut out.
As for Katherine is mysterious disappearance.
Jermaine -- It's let me put to bed two days nonsense.
As I make clear some days ago my mother is safe and well in Arizona.
And the doctor to order Christian group.
-- -- -- -- And million bad and he won't -- and also where we should be -- -- couldn't be on the phone in this kind of from from the outside world -- appreciate.
But Paris is skeptical of her uncles and -- The same doctor that testified on behalf of doctor -- saying my father was a drug addict ally is caring for my grandmother just saying.
-- -- Monday July 23.
Still no contact with a grandmother Paris streets again.
Eight days and counting something is really off this isn't like her at all I want to talk directly to my grandmother.
Day nine Tuesday July 24.
Video -- an altercation -- Catherine's home involving Jermaine Randy Janet and Paris.
Deputies did.
Determined and that a minor scuffle occurred.
-- -- Janet -- slapped Paris Jackson in the face after the slap Janet Jackson told Paris Jackson you're spoiled little and.
It wasn't a slap but rather -- by -- to -- -- Smartphone.
Again Paris tweets ninety's -- counting so help me god I will make who ever did this pay.
Day ten Wednesday July 25.
Reeling from reaction to the teens please the -- Jackson's -- let.
It.
Go to live from the left cursed in news troops can go in -- -- -- is it would have.
Or talk to their -- any true.
But now even some of Michael's siblings share his children's concerns.
We've been told that a mother -- She's doing well.
But we have not spoken with him.
We have not talked with him.
And I don't know women that.
I don't know who among us.
Finally ten days after her disappearance.
Katherine Jackson re emergence and speaks to the world.
Think it's going around about me -- I've been kidnapped and held against my real.
I'm here today to let everybody know that I'm -- I'm fine and I'm here with my children and my children would never do things like that told me against my will.
But whether -- ten day disappearance was voluntary the courts disapprove.
Temporarily stripping -- of custody of her three grandchildren.
-- in court today was about the guardianship.
And I think it was based on the front lines and devastated and Thailand in a way that my children my grandchildren have been taken away from me.
Find late Thursday August 2 a California court restores Katherine to custody.
But with a catch an adult grandson Tito Jackson junior is awarded -- guardianship.
When his grandmother came home -- james' grandmother had discussed.
What she would like and what she had decided after the meeting live.
Prince Paris and blanket was that they would like to formally recognized PG as a -- party.