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The car will be fine However you will have to “export” the car from the USA by Faxing paperwork to the planned point of exit from the USA at least 3 days in advance of crossing.Requirements for exporting a vehicle (including: snowmobile, ATV and Motorcycle)If you fail to do this you will have to take the car back to the USA, file the paperwork and wait 3 days before taking it back into Canada.Until this paperwork is dome properly you cannot register the car in Canada.This is US law that Canada follows in order that cars stolen in the USA cannot be sold in Canada.This is the full processStep 1: Check if your car is admissible into CanadaThe first step is to make sure that the Registrar of Imported Vehicles (RIV) and Transport Canada has deemed “your” car importable. For the most part, our Canadian regulations line up with those of our southern neighbour. Many cars can be brought in “as is,” while some will need metric odometers installed and daytime running lights added. This is a comprehensive list of what you can and can not bring over the border.Please note that there is no mention on that list of any cars older than 15 years (2002 as publishing date). That’s because all cars 15 years old or older are completely exempt from these rules. So if you have a classic car to import, don’t worry about the list.Step 2: Check the titleThe title is the single most important document when importing a car. A title proves ownership of the car. Without a title, in the eyes of the law, you don’t own the car you’re importing. If the car has a salvage title when you are in Canada it will have to have a structural integrity examination. The car must have a clear title to import. Check with local U.S. Department of Motor Vehicle offices to learn how to spot a bad title and ensure that you are getting a clean and clear title.Step 3: The infamous 72-hour export ruleThe 72-hour rule is a wonderful bit of red tape designed to make life just a little bit harder for those exporting a car from the U.S. That’s right, before you can import into Canada you have to export it from the U.S. Failure to do this will result in massive trouble if you ever set foot in the U.S. again. You must contact (usually by phone because they never respond to emails) the exact U.S. border crossingyou will be using at least 72 hours before you show up with a car to be exported (see Step 5). You will need to send them two things:A digital scan of the front and back of the titleYour Internal Transit Number (see below)Step 4: Getting an ITNFive years ago, any Joe Blow could import a car simply by proving he owned it, how much he paid for it, paying some tax and showing his passport. Someone somewhere thought that was too darn easy and came up with the Internal Transit Number (ITN). As far as I can tell, an ITN is just another rubber stamp process that lines professional importer’s pockets with money. Nevertheless, you must have an ITN to export a car and there are two ways to get one: Be a professional, licensed importer, or pay one. Sigh.I’ve always used Auto Import USA; they will set you up with an ITN for $150. They are not the only company that offers this service but they’re the only one I’ve used. No, I don’t get paid to endorse them but I have been pleased with their service so far. To get an ITN, you need to send the importer all of the following:A digital scan of the front and back of the titleValue of the carYour full Canadian addressYour phone numberYour Canadian passport numberThe importer will send all that and the ITN to the U.S. border. The U.S. border, ever friendly, will never respond if they received your paperwork or if it was faulty. Their official policy is complete radio silence until you show up in person at the border. There is no way to check that your ITN has been received, or declined. Yes, it’s silly.(In 2010 when I did this I did not have to do this)Step 5: The exportIf you’ve already called 72 hours ahead, you have a clean title in hand and the ITN paperwork, then you are ready to export. But first you have to find out where! Not every U.S. border crossing has an export office; you’ll have to call the crossings yourself to find out if they do or do not (most major crossings have them). Then you need to find out where that office is located. The export office is usually a non-descript building at the edge of the compound surrounded by 18-wheel semi-trucks. You will have to call the U.S. border and get them to explain to you where to find this office. Once you actually find the place, it’s a very straightforward procedure and then you’ll be on your way to Canada!Step 6: Import and taxNow that you’ve exported, the actual import is a cinch in comparison. Upon driving through the Canadian customs gate, inform them that you are importing a car and they’ll direct you to an easy-to-find spot where you can park and then head inside to pay taxes. How much tax? You will pay GST (and HST, depending on your province of entry) for the full amount of the vehicle as listed in the bill of sale. Customs will always fuss over the amount. Bring a print-out of the winning eBay ad or a photo of the bank draft in that amount, or anything else you can use to prove that you paid what you paid. You will also pay a $100 fee if the car has air conditioning and a flat $200 fee if the car is newer than 15 years old.(My experience is that if you owned the car for more than 6 months you are exempt from paying GST, HST or PST. But there is a $200 RIV fee. The taxes ar eonly if you recently bought the car in the US.)Once the car is legally into the country, you have 45 days to actually go to a registry where you can register and plate the car.

This answer may contain sensitive images. Click on an image to unblur it.When an extraordinarily talented boy is born, is robbed of his childhood, abused physically and emotionally by his overbearing and sadistic father, and given 750m- 1 billion dollars, Michael Jackson happens!!!!It is actually quite simple. Michael Jackson spent more money than he had. He lived beyond his means for many years. The King of pop lived indeed in a very kingly fashion. He was thus in a financial free fall. In 2005, he was was bringing in 10–20 million $ but he spent 30–40 million $ a year, twice or thrice his income, which kept adding layer upon layer of debt and that put him on cash poor position.No doubt Michael Jackson had a spectacular and larger than life lifestyle. He could spend 6 million dollars in one day, no object was unattainable for him. Anything he liked he bought it without a second thought!!! He spent millions of dollars on his mind blowing homes, out of this world vacation, exotic animals. He spent more money on security than any other pop star, he literally could not get out of his house without being mobbed by fans, he even had his own body double, Navi, whose full time job was to make people think he was Michael Jackson, for which he willingly went under the knife. Michael Jackson would either fly on private jets or on a concord, with the finest leather seats, Rolls Royce engines and its very own wine cellar (on a 12000 $ ticket).Jackson only stayed in the finest hotels, his posh hotel suites when he vacationed in the Bahamas cost a staggering 25.000 dollars per night!!!In 2002, Michael Jackson spent 62000 $ on a 5 day holiday in Paris. At Disneyland in L.A. Michael Jackson booked 3 floors all to himself!!! Michael Jackson ‘s personal chef Larry D. Banares at Eurodisney cost him an additional 2000 $ per day as he was on call 24/7!!! In Eurodisney he always stayed at the luxurious Sleeping beauty suite, cost several thousands $ per night.Also, he often booked an entire restaurant for himself, when others need to work a year to book a table!!! In 2001, Michael Jackson spent 500.000 dollars to have Tavern on the Green, one of the most profitable restaurants in New York, to himself and his 100 closest friends, for his post concert party to celebrate his 30th anniversary as a solo artist , after which he allegedly collapsed exhausted into his handlers’ arms.By 2005 however, Jackson had not released a new studio album since 2001, had not toured since 1997 and he kept spending like it was 1988 ( he made 125 million $ in 1988 alone ) !!! As a result, he could not pay his elecricity bills in Neverland in 2005 as he confessed to Ron Burkle, a billionaire friend of his , at Johnnie Cochran’s funeral. By 2000 his annual expenses totaled at least 20 million dollars, including 5 million dollars on security and Neverland maintenance, 5 million dollars on legal and professional fees, 7.5 million on personal expenses, 2.5 million dollars in miscellaneous costs and on top of that 11 million in interest on his massive loans!!!He spent thousands of dollars on mountains of toys and extraordinary jewellery. He could drop just 80.000 $ in just a few hours on toys. He spent 2 million $ on a diamond encrusted code of arms in 2003. Most of the time he never even asked how much something cost before buying it. When he went shopping the department stores closed down for him!!! He didn’t use shopping bags for his purchases, trucks showed up at the store the next day and picked up everything he bought. At some point he spent an outstanding 6 million dollars on jewellery, antiques, artwork in Las Vegas in only one day!!!Even though he owned ridiculously luxurious homes he often rented other places too. In 1999, he rented a 75.000 $ a month for nearly 2 years ( 2 million dollars) a 7 story, 12000 square foot, New York town house, with 6 bedrooms, a huge living room and a private elevator and just a few blocks away he kept a suite at the Four Seasons Hotel.He also wanted to buy a 1700 acres private village in Sicily, Italy for 31 million dollars!!! He never bought it but he had his eye on it!!!A forensic accountant , who testified in the 2005 trial, said that Jackson spent 15–20 million dollars per year more than he made. What did he spend it on? Artwork, antiques, jewellery, shopping sprees, utilities, legal fees, security, travel and charity. Michael Jackson supported 39 charities , more than any other celebrity , for which he was awarded with the World Record Guinness.He visited an orphanage and a children’s hospital in every city he toured, he made gigantic donations and often paid for sick kids’ medical expenses for years. Throughout his life he gave about 300 million dollars to charity, if not more. He donated 1,5 million dollars he got from Pepsi after he sustained 2nd and 3rd burn injuries during a pyrotechnic accident while filming a Pepsi commercial in 1984 to the hospital he was treated for his burn injuries for a burn center which was named after him and he donated all the money he made from his Victory tour in 1984, 4 to 6 million dollars , to charity, upon controversy for the expensive tickets. During the Victory tour Jackson traveled on a rental jet cost 1.3 million dollars. In 1984, the Jackson 5 signed a 5 million dollar endorsement deal with Pepsi. He gave his royalties from his single The Man in the Mirror from his Bad album in 1987 to charity. His Heal the World Project also helped many children in distress all over the world. In addition, he supported financially many of his family members. By the late 90’s his personal spending was estimated at 750.000 $ per month.The major problem was his extravagance, not the lack of income. He was still asset rich when he died but he had a cash crisis. He owed a lot of money, up to 400 million dollars. He borrowed 200 million dollars in December 1998 and an additional 70 million dollars in 1999 from Bank of America. The reason he took multi million dollar loans was firstly to pay off previous debts and to support his lavish lifestyle. Those loans defaulted in 2005 and were thus sold to Fortress, which charged him with double digit interest rates. In other words he paid at least 11 milion dollars per year only on loan interests!!!By the time he died in 2009 Jackson had not worked in a decade. His last World Tour was in 1997 and it only made a 10% cut of the profit because of the money he spent during the HIStory Tour on himself and its production cost. His ill fated comeback tour This is it, a lucrative 50 concert date residency at O2 Arena in London, would have secured him a 100 million dollar profit. The AEG tour promoter stalked him for a tour since 2007 but Jackson always refused. Though HIStory Tour was his highest in attendance tour ever it hardly broke even.He only made 10 - 20 million dollars on the History Tour ( 10% cut of the profit istead of 30%) , which grossed 165 million dollars , petty cash for Jackson, as Neverland’s annual maintenance cost alone was 5–6, sometimes even 10 million dollars , as at times Neverland staff ballooned up to 150 people. Why didn’t the History tour make Jackson more money, if it was so successful? Because he paid himself production costs the tour promoters didn’t approve of worth several thousands dollars, like a stunt with a working jet pack, cost 10.000 $ a pophe chartered private jets for him and his entourage to fly around the world, he rented an entire floor of luxurious suites , cost several thousands$ per night ( 12.500 $ per night a suite ). The landing fees at military fields, as the planes he flew in were too big to land at many civilian airports, cost Jackson 200.000 $!!!! He also paid lodging fees for security guards, publicists and managers!!! By 1999, according to Frank Cascio, Jackson’s assistant then, Jackson paid for the mobile phone bills of 500 people who worked for his companies he had never even met!!! By then his financial advisors varied from sketchy ( Dieter Weisner) to random ( Al Malnick, a Florida real Estate Mogul , alleged mobster) . In 1992, Sony asked Jackson to add 6.4 million dollars himself on a series of music videos. He also seemed uninterested in dealing with money issues. He seemed disengaged.His last studio album Invincible released in 2001 was considered a flop, though it was the top selling album of the year. The problem was that Jackson kept spending based on the peak of his cash flow, which had by then dramatically diminished, and kept borrowing against his asset base, thus placed a severe strain on his finances.Invincible only sold 10–13 million albums worldwide, thus, the sales were very disappointing compared to his previous albums. Invincible was a comeback album for Michael Jackson, who hadn’t released any new material since 1997, and he was hoping it would be his most successful album ever. The production cost were up to 40 million dollars. Michael Jackson was haunted by Thriller’s success , which he could never repeat again. He blamed Sony for not promoting Invincible and accused Mottola, whom he called a racist and the devil, of deliberately sabotaging his album and thus his finances so he would have to sell his 50% atv catalog for petty cash. In 2005, he was very vocal that Sony was behind the allegations of child molestation, which led to a multi million dollar, highly publicized trial. Truth be told Sony was always after his atv catalog, worth now at least 1–2 billion dollars ( as of 2016, Branca sold the catalog to Sony for 750 million $), because indeed Bashir whose infamous interview triggered the 2005 trial released an album under the record label of Sony in 2010 and Branca was fired in 2003 for working for Sony behind Michael’s back. There was thus a conflict of interest. However, his main conflict with Sony started before Invincible as Sony would not rever to him the masters of his songs licenses until many years later, which he used to get out of his contract.Ironically enough, it was Jackson who supported Mottola over Walter Yetnikoff ( the Jewish, recovering alcoholic, with the foul mouth President of CBS). He fired Frank Dileo in 1989, his manager since 1984, urged by David Geffen ( the billionaire movie and music mogul, Yetnikoff’s biggest enemy ) and hired Allan Grubman, Bert Fields and Sandy Gallin ( David Geffen’s and Tommy Mottola’s people). In 1990, Jackson fired John Branca only to rehire him in 1993. It was Branca who negotiated Jackson’s 50% sale of the atv catalog to Sony for 115 million, which at first offered Jackson only 75 million dollars for the entire catalogue, but Branca demanded he was given as a fee in addition 5 % of the catalog. Jackson , who was sued for millions by his Dangerous Tour promoters for breach of contract, as he cancelled his concert dates, woefully agreed. In 2006, Branca would oppose to a multi million dollar loan Jackson was trying to secure from Sony that would have allowed him to remain solvent and thus avoid involuntary bankruptcy based on this 5% of the catalog Jackson gave him in 1993. Jackson then second mortgaged Neverland to buy out Branca’s share and never saw Branca again , who along with MacClain emerged as co executors of his Estate, but only 9 days before he died on 25 June 2009. By February 2008 Neverland Ranch was facing foreclosure for 24 million dollars.Jackson refinanced his loan through Colony Capital, which led to his ill fated This is it comeback tour, as the Colony Capital Ceo Thomas Barrack ( good friends with AEG owner Philip Anschutz) would not buy his 24 million $ loan unless Jackson produced a revenue. Michael Jackson was introduced to real Estate billionaire Thomas Barrack by dr Tohme Tohme, a con man who used to be married to Randy Philips’ sister, worked for Colony Capital and later worked as Jackson’s manager and took complete control over Jackson’s life. Jackson was terrified of dr Tohme Tohme ( whom he met through his brother Jermaine) and fired him in May 2009. According to Frank Dileo Michael Jackson trusted the wrong people a lot of times in life. I believe dr Tohme Tohme injected Michael Jackson with the lethal shot that killed him. Michael Jackson’s bodyguard Whitfield said that Michael told him about his This is it comeback tour : ‘'You're going to see the vultures come down. Everyone's going to want a piece." He clearly feared for his life.Again, Jackson woefully agreed to THIS IS IT , even though the last thing he wanted to do was perform live and even though he had essentially abandoned Neverland ( as he felt it was contaminated by evil after it was raided by law enforcement) since 2005, when he was unanimously acquitted of child molestation, accusations which emerged from the Arvizo family, who during the 4 month public jury trial, were exposed for the perjurers, profiteers, serial false accusers and liars they were. Jackson helped Gavin Arvizo and his family financially , he gave them a laptop, a van , they charged thousands of dollars on the Neverland account on spa treatments , dental work, shopping sprees, he bought cancer patient Gavin an expensive watch, he had his Neverland employees donate blood for Gavin , without knowing that the Arvizos were con artists , who hustled celebrities for money, the mother Janet was a psychopath , who coached her kids to lie and prior to Jackson she falsely accused two other men of guess what: sex abuse. Michael Jackson was extremely naive at times and many took his kindness for weakness.The media circus trial, a waste of both Jackson’s and taxpayers’ hard earned money, took its toll on Jackson who could not eat or sleep, lost a lot of weight and was literally a dead man walking. The 3 million dollar bail was returned to him upon his acquittal ( it was 3 times higher than what the USA give to a murderer and it would have been 400.000 dollars for anyone else, allegedly paid by Al Malnick) but the large legal fees were an additional burden on Jackson , who was by then 300 million dollars in debt due to overspending and financial mismanagement.His lawyer Tom Meseareau was owed money (a 6 figure amount) for years (thanks to Jackson’s publicist Raymone Baine, who even had the nerve to sue Michael for 44 million $ alleging breach of contract in May 2009, a lawsuit that was eventually dismissed) and Mesereau was finally paid by the Estate after Jackson died in 2009. John Landis and Ola Ray, his Thriller video director and co star ,who also sued Jackson for unpaid royalties in 2009, were also paid by his Estate after Jackson died.Upon his acquittal in 2005 Jackson self exiled to Bahrein as a guest of Sheikh Abdullah of Bahrain ( he was introduced to the Sheikh by his brother Jermaine), who bankrolled Jackson's costs if he recorded the sheikh's own compositions. But the deal came to nothing. Sheikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa sued Jackson for Dhs 5.7million ( 7 million $) in November 2008. In his lawsuit, Al Khalifa claimed he gave Jackson millions of dollars to help shore up his finances, cut an album, write an autobiography and subsidize his lifestyle — including more than $300,000 for a "motivational guru." The lawsuit was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount, allegedly 5–7 million $. Neither the album nor book was ever produced. Michael Jackson and his children were understood to have been planning to fly in to Luton Airport by private jet and were reportedly booked into the Dorchester Hotel with his permanent detail of five bodyguards at around 7000 pounds!!!! a night, had the case not been settled out of court.However, after a time as a guest at the palace, Jackson bought a house formerly owned by a Bahraini MP. He moved into a mansion in Sanad, about 10km south of Manama, after reportedly paying 8 million $ !!! for the property, even though at the time he was on the brink of bankruptcy. He left Bahrein for good in June 2006 and he never came back. He then moved to Ireland and he returned to the USA in 2007, but not in Neverland , which he considered tainted after it was raided by 70 police officers on 18 November 2003, when 13 year old cancer survivor Gavin , who appeared in Bashir’s interview and Jackson helped battle cancer, accused him of molestation, when his family were referred to the same civil attorney Larry Feldman, who got the 15 million dollars settlement for the Chandlers’ in 1993, charges on which Jackson was cleared on 13 June 2005. California state labour officials urged Jackson to close the Neverland Ranch and fined him 169.000 $ for failure to provide employment insurance in 2006.Michael Jackson bought his atv catalog for 47.5 million dollars in 1985, an investment that generated a steady stream of multi million dollar income per year. He sold half of it to Sony for 115 million dollars in 1995. He used his catalogue, his own music’s rights and his Neverland ranch as leverage for the loans he took in 1998–99 from Bank of America. Michael Jackson bought his Neverland Ranch in 1988, a 3000 acres ranch with a 1000 foot square Tudor mansion in Santa Ynez Valley, for 19.5 million dollar cash. Until then he lived in Hayvenhurst, where the Jacksons moved in 1971, half of which he bought from his father, who was having financial problems, for 500.000 dollars in 1981. He owned 75% of Hayvenhurst Jackson house in Encino, California and his mother Katherine co owned the remaining 25% . By 2009, this property was also mortgaged and facing foreclosure.Jackson renovated Hayvenhurst to his liking and thus spent thousands of dollars on it. Hayvenhurst was in fact a smaller version of Neverland. By 1980 Jackson’s net worth was 37 million dollars, as his Off the Wall album sold over 20 million copies. However, it was Thriller , released in 1982, that launched Jackson to a financial nirvana. By 1985 Jackson was worth at least 1oo million dollars and by August 1985 he owned one of the best music catalogues, including the Beatles’ songs.Hayvenhurst was a Tudor style mansion with a three tiered white fountain, with peacocks, deer, llamas, a boa constrictor and even a giraffe lived on the site, while swans swam in attractive ponds. An enormous swimming pool featured fountainheads carved to resemble bearded Neptune”, and the house itself boasted a 32-seat movie theater, a trophy room lined with gold and platinum albums, and a private Jacuzzi exclusively for Jackson’s use.Not bad for Jackson who started from a two bedroom house in Gary, Indiana , his father Joe Jackson worked at US Steel as a crane operator and his mother Katherine worked part time at Sears struggling to make ends meet and put food on the table for their 9 kids. In 1968, he made half a penny a record as a member of the Jackson 5. In 1983 he made 43 million $ on Thriller and an additional 91 million $ in 1984. His Bad album and tour in 1988 netted him a staggering 125 million dollars. Since 1983, his annual earnings would all be at least double digit numbers. The spending however was twice or thrice as much. His Bad, Dangerous and HIStory albums all debuted at #1 and grossed 150 million dollars combined. Also, he owned the rights of his songs, most of which he wrote, composed and produced himself!!! His endorsement with Pepsi earned him 12 million dollars!!! Michael Jackson made money as easily and as fast as he spent it and vice versa. Hence, his cash flow was an issue in the 90’s and the ‘00’s.Jackson at 25 ( 1983) was already a multi millionaire and a veteran in show bizz. Jackson made 16 million dollars on Captain EO in 1986 , a space 3D opera that featured at Disney theme parks, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and executive produced by George Lucas, sold over 50 million albums of Thriller, 22 millions albums of Bad and his Bad tour had a record breaking profit of 125 million dollars!!! His cut on the Bad tour, attended by 4,5 million people, was 70 million dollars!!! In 1988, he released his autobiography Moonwalk, which immediately became a best seller. The 80’s was his golden era. Everything he touched in the ‘80’s turned into gold. In 1990, his fortune was estimated at least at 300 million dollars. After 1997 Jackson stopped touring and his album sales began to fall dramatically, however.He gifted his attorney John Branca , who negotiated the terms of the purchase of the Sycamore Valley Ranch in 1988, which he renamed to Neverland, with a Rolls Royce. He also gifted him with a Rolls Royce when Branca helped Jackson buy his atv catalog in 1985, arguably his best investment ever. Jackson was the best man in Branca’s wedding in 1987, where he appeared with his pet chimp Bubbles dressed in similar outfits. Bubbles the chimp, which Michael Jackson bought in 1984, was dressed in designer clothes and slept in a crib in Michael’s room. He also bought his mother Katherine a Rolls Royce in 1984. He bought his mother Katherine and Elizabeth Taylor diamonds worth million dollars!!! In 1991, Jackson insisted he paid 1.5 million dollars to host Taylor’s 7th wedding in Neverland.She gifted him with an elephant for his menagerie zoo to show her appreciation, which Jackson named Gypsy. After Elizabeth Taylor defended him in the documentary The Michael Jackson Interview: The footage you were never meant to see in 2003 , Jackson bought her a $600,000 necklace as a little thank you.He bought Debbie Rowe, his second wife and biological mother of his two eldest children Prince and Paris a car in the 80’s and he paid for her college tuition. Upon divorce in October 1999, Rowe also got an 8 million $ cash settlement, paid on thousands of dollars on an annual basis by Jackson, based on the prenup they signed before Jackson married 6 month pregnant Rowe in November 1996 in Australia. He also gifted her with a 2 million $ Beverly Hills mansion. Debbie Rowe said about Michael ‘’ He was magnanimus, he truly was’’.Prior to Debbie Rowe Michael Jackson married Lisa Marie Presley in the Dominican Republic in May 1994. The marriage was a publicity stunt.His talent manager, Sandy Gallin, talked him into the marriage to quell gay rumors after the 1993 scandal but he was in fact as ridiculed as ever. Nobody bought the marriage which ended in January 1996. Lisa Marie Presley was paid her royalties for the YARNA video, in which they appeared half naked based on Gallin’s idea, and whatever else they agreed. Both Lisa Marie Presley and Sandy Gallin dissed him later out of bitterness and vengeance. Lisa Marie Presley, whose romantic ideations for Jackson were unrequited, because he rejected her and Sandy Gallin because he fired him in 1997. Meanwhile, he spent crazy money on Diana Ross, the love of his life.fake marriage certificateJackson met Rowe through dr Arnold Klein, who diagnosed Jackson with discoid lupus and vitiligo in 1983, as she was his medical assistant since 1981. David Geffen, who obviously had influence on Jackson, introduced him to dermatologist dr Arnold Klein, aka the King of Botox, who like Geffen, was also openly gay and Jewish, and like Jackson, also liked living lavishly. Klein administered Demerol to Jackson since the early 90’s and again in 2009, under several different aliases, which caused his insomnia and thus his addiction to propofol, of which Jackson died in 2009, at the hands of his 150.000 $ per month debt ridden physician dr Conrad Murray. Another addiction of Jackson’s was plastic surgery, on which he allegedly spent 300.000–500.00 dollars, enabled by greedy and unethical doctors. Jackson started seeing dr Arnold Klein again in 2007 after he returned to the USA. Dr Arnold Klein who was broke at the time convinced him to have botox implants and Jackson spent thousands of dollars on Dr Klein per month, paid by his advances from AEG, who filed for bankruptcy after Michael died. In the 2013 AEG wrongful death trial Debbie Rowe tearfully testified how doctors exploited Jackson’s low tolerance to physical pain and thus triggered his painkiller addiction.Jackson spent millions to make the sprawling ranch he called Neverland his dream home. It was certainly inspired from Disneyland, which Jackson visited frequently.Jackson spent tens of millions in renovations to Neverland. Neverland featured a huge floral clock, a faux victorian railway station, an amusement park ( he bought 10 rides from 1990 to 1997, most of which were custom made and especially desinged for Jackson, a second hand ride cost 650.000$, the ferris wheel he bought in 1990 cost 300.000 dollars )., a menagerie zoo with a massive collection of exotic animals (such as chimpanzees, alligators, llamas, elephants, tigers, reptiles, giraffes, an albino python ), cost 1 million dollar a year to maintain,, a 50 seat theater room ( with adjustable hospital beds for sick and bed ridden kids he often invited to the ranch), a games room, a tennis court, a swimming pool, the main house and a guest house.The interior of the 25 room mansion was full with works of art and memorabilia, and featured 18th century floors that had been shipped to the US from a French chateau. As if the railway, amusement park, movie theater and zoo weren’t enough, there were a host of other amenities on-site at Neverland. This included Teepee Village, a mock Indian campground complete with carpeted teepees with underfloor heating and interior sound systems. A bonfire area could be used for roasting marshmallows and storytelling. Neverland even had its own fire department, complete with a small fleet of working engines and full-time firefighters. Occasionally, the firefighters were dispatched to help contain brush fires on neighboring ranches. Close to the kitchen there was a life-size figure of a butler in a swallowtail coat. The kitchen itself was enormous, housing a large dining table, and looked capable of serving a restaurant rather than a private home.The library contained a huge number of leather-bound books. Once Jackson paid 100.000 dollars cash to buy an entire book store as he was an avid reader!!! Neverland had a staff up to 100–120 people on an annual payroll of 1 million $ . Th e petting zoo, the gardening, utility bills, salaries, maintenance cost of Neverland was a staggering 5 million dollars a year!!!! thus it put a strain on Jackson’s finances.Jackson's private Jacuzzi was located in his bedroom and overlooked the ranch. The floor outside Michael Jackson’s bedroom was wired so that whenever anyone came within five feet of the entrance, dingdong noises would sound. Inside, a movie screen dropped down from the ceiling, and Jackson’s pet rat lived in a cage. The room was connected by a secret staircase to a special guest room, the Shirley Temple Room.Jackson, though a shrewd businessman at first, later in life had no grasp of money and had out of control spending habits. He bought anything he liked regardless how much it cost. Michael Jackson was a shopaholic and a spendaholic. He self indulged to his every whim and he spent millions on the 1939 Oscar for Gone with the Wind (1.5 million $) , a 40.000 $ king size miniature castle he imported from Germany,on paintings that depicted him life-sized, elaborately costumed, in heroic poses with cape, sword, ruffed collar, crown,a fortune teller in the games room, which sat in a separate building at the rear of the house. This contained a huge variety of arcade-style video games, pinball machines, a penny press machine and a photo booth. Candy and ice cream were readily available. All of the games featured slots for quarters, but none of them required actual payment. Everything at Neverland was free to enjoy. Jackson didn’t skimp on details. The games room, for example, featured door knobs shaped like miniature basketballs, baseballs and soccer balls. Jackson imported a king size castle from Germany, a gigantic golden chess, bronze statues of children he installed all over Neverland, hebought the scissors from the Tim Burton film Edward scissorhands ( were auctioned at 5300 $) , mannequin children, as well as other gadgets worth million of dollars. He wouldn’t mind spending 750.000$ on two animatronic figures and an antique clock he had taken a liking to, which led his financial handlers to call for a financial intervention, most of whom were vultures, pariahs, yes people, sycophants. In 2005, Jackson discovered that his manager Dieter Weizner embezzled his money.In other words, he bought whatever he liked. His enviroment were indifferent at best, opportunists, self serving, liars at worst . He did not want to face his financial problems. He was clearly in denial. His spending showed no signs of slowing. His compulsive spending was the main problem, he always made millions annually even if he didn’t work because of his publishing rights. Many of his financial advisors could not even reach him.In addition, further disasters followed - flurries of actions against him from former lawyers, managers and advisers over deals gone sour and unpaid invoices. Most of the time he settled out of court for several thousands of dollars. He spent million of dollars on legal fees.Jackson also owned a stretch Rolls Royce, among other luxurious cars ( SUV, Mercedes, Bentley). Starting 1985, Michael Jackson used to travel the 19-mile (31 kilometers) distance from his Encino home to his Los Angeles studio in his Mercedes-Benz 500 SEL. Later, he gave the car to one of his aunts, for her birthday. Jackson was generous to a fault. In 2000, his ex-wife Debbie Rowe confirmed, in the divorce papers, that Michael had a thing for cars. And he would lavishly spend for them.Therefore, he left behind an impressive car armada made up of a total of 75 vehicles!!! Some of them are:Cadillac Escalade. He said the SUVs felt safe and it was even better as his Escalade had tinted windows to keep him sheltered from the flashes of the paparazzi.A 1999 Rolls Royce Silver Seraph, with a Palais of Versailles-like interior, all crystal and 24-carat gold, was exclusively designed by Michael Jackson himself ( 500.000 $ worth).A 1990 Rolls Royce Silver Spur II Limousine. The limo was trimmed in contrasting black and white leather and also provided with a full-service bar and dark tinted windows.A 1988 Lincoln Town Car Limousine, with a much more tamed interior for which gray leather and fabric trims were used, together with walnut paneling.A 1993 Ford Econoline E150 van. The pop star’s tastes extended from limousines to vans. His Ford came with a video game player, a TV screen located at the front of the passenger seats and high-end leather upholstery.A 1954 Cadillac Fleetwood. This car also starred in the “Driving Miss Daisy” motion picture. Elvis Presley had an older version of the Fleetwood.A 1988 GCM V Jimmy High Sierra Classic. As strange and unfit it may seem for a king, this is a fire truck Michael Jackson purchased just for fun.By 1993, Jackson was already 24–30 million dollars in debt, mostly because of the money he was pouring into Neverland, cancelled video shootings and million dollar shopping sprees. Hence , he sold 50% of his ATV catalogue to Sony in 1995 for 115 million $. His ATV catalog, purchased in 1985 for 47.5 million dollars and 50% of it sold to Sony in 1995 ( 5% of it given to Branca in 1993) , was his financial lifeline and used it as collateral for multi million dollar loans. His Estate, run by John Branca and John MacClain, sold it to Sony for 750 million $ in 2016.Jackson only gave two sold out concerts in MSG in New York in September 2001, when he celebrated his 30th anniversary as a solo artist. He performed heavily sedated. In 2002, Jackson had a new baby, Blanket, via an anonymous surrogate, who was allegedly paid 25000 $ and whom he lavished with expensive gifts. He took his children’s with Debbie Rowe full custody upon their divorce in 1999, she gladly relinquished her parental rights in 2001 but in 2006 Rowe took Jackson to court to have that decision reversed. Jackson was ordered to make her the payments she was owed 50.000 $ on living expenses and paid her 195.000 $legal fees. She was also given visitation rights. Allegedly, Debbie Rowe, who defended Jackson in 2005, though a witness for the Prosecution, sued Jackson, not for the children, but to get his attention, as she had a crush on him, which Lisa Marie Presley admitted herself.Previously, he gave two charity concerts in Seoul and in Munich in 1999, Michael and Friends. During the Munich concert he got badly injured, which triggered a vicious circle of painkiller addiction. In 1993, Jackson cut short his Dangerous Tour to go to rehab, as he developed an addiction to painkillers and sedatives, with which he was first acquainted in 1984, when his scalp got badly burned during a pepsi commercial. In 1991, Jackson made 31 million dollars on the Dangerous album, which was faster selling than both Thriller and Bad and has sold so far 40 million albums. The cancellation of the remainder of the Dangerous tour was however a huge financial loss. Thus, by 1993 he was 24 million dollars in debt.In August 1993 he faced molestation allegations from Evan Chandler, whose son Jordan Jackson met and befriended in 1992, when his car broke down in Wilshire Boulevard and Jordan’s step father David Schwartz, who ran a car rental agency Rent-a-Wreck, came to his rescue and instead of charging Jackson for his services Schwartz asked him to call his step son Jordy, which sadly he did.Jackson traveled around the world with Jordan’s mother June Chandler Schwartz, a stunning Asian former model, and her two kids, Lilly and Jordan,and gave her expensive jewellery like a Cartier love bracelet.Evan Chandler, Jordan’s father, was a dentist by trade but also an aspiring screenwriter who blackmailed Jackson for money using his 13 year old son Jordan, when Jackson refused to finance his screenplays. Chandler suffered from bipolar disorder, he killed himself in 2009 and nobody attended his funeral , sued Jackson for 30 million dollars in 1993 , who settled the civil lawsuit out of court as the judge violated his rights for a fair criminal trial by not deferring the civil trial and not allowing the criminal trial to go first.It is a myth he paid the settlement ( about 20 million dollars ) by himself . His insurance company Lloyds of London negotiated the terms of the civil settlement and paid for it , in spite of Jackson’s protests, who did not want to settle. Had a civil trial occurred the legal fees would have been twice as much and it could take up to 7 years and would have been paid by Lloyds of London. Hence, his insurance carrier, pressured him to settle, which he later regretted. However, the highly publicized allegations tarnished his image. In 1994, Blanca Francia, a former Neverland employee also accused him of molesting her son Jason because she too wanted to secure an easy payday like the Chandlers did. This time, Jackson did pay her 2.4 million dollars ( chump change for Jackson) and this settlement was also signed that it was by no means an admission of guilt or wrongdoing on his behalf. Blanca Francia sold the story to Hard Copy for 20.000 dollars, she never went to the authorities and she was not found credible by the jury when she testified in 2005. How could the jury believe a woman who gave a sworn deposition she never witnessed any wrongdoing, was refuted by Mac Culkin and Wade Robson, by her own admission profiteered from the allegations, only alleged impropriety that took place in 1990 in 1994, after the Chandler scandal, which she never however reported to the Police and her own son Jason, whom Jackson allegedly molested, told the Police in 1993 he was not inappropriately touched? The Francias, the Chandlers and the Arvizos were all money hungry leeches. Among many in Michael Jackson’s life. His own family members included.Why did Jackson pay this money hungry leech Francia who remembered in 1994 her son was molested in 1990 , when word got out the Chandlers got millions by accusing Jackson of molestation? Because he wanted to finish and promote his HIStory album, on which Sony spent 30 million dollars merely for the promotion. He had a bigger fish to fry, in other words. HIStory album sold 20 million copies in spite of the negative publicity and became the biggest selling double disc ever. In addition, had he not settled and gone to court the legal fees would have by far exceeded the cost of the 2.4 million $ he paid Francia. Obviously, he didn’t buy her silence since she gave a paid interview to tabloid tv anchor Diane Dimond for 20000 $, whom Jackson sued for libel and defamation for 100 million dollars. That was a common problem for Jackson with his Neverland employees, who in addition to selling fabricated, salacious stories to the tabloids for money also stole him money and valuable art work, thus Jackson fired them and sued them.Kassim Abdool, Ralph Chacon, Adrian McManus, Sandy Domz and Melanie Bagnall sued Jackson in the 90s alleging wrongful termination. Three of these five people – Abdool, Chacon and McManus – testified for the prosecution at the Jackson’s 2005 trial in support of their “prior bad acts” case. None of these people ever reported or even mentioned what they had allegedly seen at the time that the alleged molestations and improprieties supposedly occurred. These stories first surfaced in the spring of 1994, more than half a year after the Chandler scandal went public. At that civil trial the Neverland 5 and their attorney were sanctioned $66,000 for lying during their depositions and on the stand and for discovery violations (ie. for hiding evidence from Jackson’s lawyers). Judge Zel Canter, who presided over the civil trial, left the bench after stating he was disgusted . The jury rejected the wrongful termination lawsuit against Jackson and ordered the Neverland 5 to pay him damages. The court also imposed attorneys fees and costs of $1.4 million against plaintiffs. Tom Sneddon, a corrupt D.A. who was after Jackson since 1993, helped Dimond get out of the lawsuit and thus Dimond became his closest ally. Dimond’s best source on slandering Jackson was Victor Guituirrez, the Chilean journalist, a pedophile and public advocate for NAMBLA, who was ordered to pay Jackson 2.7 million dollars when he won a slander suit in 1998. Guituirrez filed for bankruptcy, left the USA and never paid Jackson.By early 2000, Jackson’s biggest expenses were no longer private jets and flash cars, but the interest on his enormous borrowings. According to one ‘executive involved in his affairs’, Jackson was making monthly payments of about $4.5 million in 2005 on a debt of $270million. That works out at an annual interest rate of about 20 per cent.By 2005, when Jackson’s financial problems became public during his 2005 trial, he made ridiculous payments on loan interests, at least 4.5 million dollars on loan interests monthly !!! By 2008, he owed 400 million dollars. In July 2008, Julien ‘s auction house organised a sale with his memorabilia in Neverland ranch, on Jackson’s request who desperately needed cash. Nearly 1400 items were selected from his elaborate, over the top belongings, from Jackson’s tour bus to a painting of Michael with Bubbles the chimp, one of his famous handmade gloves covered in Swarovsky crystals even the front gates of Neverland. Michael Jackson , needless to say, did not reveal the reason of his memorabilia sale was his financial problems. By 2007, he defaulted on his 24 million $ loan on Neverland , which was thus facing foreclosure.He clarified that he didn’t want 3 of his Rolls Royces sold , because he wanted to give them to his kids when they got married. However, he stopped the auction the last minute!!! The sale, which would have generated thousands of dollars, was called off and once again Jackson settled out of court with Julien’s House. Instead of making money, he lost money!!!From 2007 and until he died a 27,259-square-foot estate was a sanctuary for Jackson and his three children . Nicknamed the ‘Thriller Villa,’ the home features seven bedrooms, 12 full baths, and a 2,983-square-foot guest house. The king of Pop did not own that house, he rented it for several thousands dollars. He did however want to buy a house in Las Vegas, where he resorted upon his return from Ireland. Neverland still bled money but Jackson would not sell it. In January 2006, Jackson was fined with 169.000 for failing to pay his employees salaries’ and insurance for 2 months, most of whom were laid off soon after. Neverland stood abandoned. His bodyguards were also unpaid for months, though they never blamed him. They said he was mismanaged. Indeed, it was Raymone Bain’s, Jackson’s publicist’s, fault. His credit cards were declined and thus they were evicted from hotels!!!One of the most striking features of the estate is its two-story Medieval-style chapel, with 74 seats and a hand-painted ceiling. Other highlights included an opulent salon with a huge stone fireplace and a Murano glass chandelier, a bell tower, and a large outdoor courtyard for entertaining. The large basement also featured a secret passageway that Jackson used to reach his car without being spotted by the paparazzi.Before he died he rented a 100.000 $ per month mansion at Holmby Hills in Los Angeles, where he took his last breath, paid for by his advance from AEG. His physician dr Conrad Murray and later convicted killer was also paid 150.000$ to knock out Jackson , a chronic insomniac, to sleep. As he missed rehearsals from his This is it Comeback tour , due to his deteriorating health ( he was legally blind, suffered from osteoarthritis, his lungs were collapsing, had Demerol withdrawal symptoms) Randy Philips, the AEG CEO, who was fired shortly after the 2013 wrongful death trial, visited Jackson late at night at his home, reminding him who paid for his house rent, threatening to pull the plug, after which Jackson cried, as his son Prince testified in the 2013 trial.Jackson’s death on 25/06/2009 cleared his finances. He was the best selling artist the year of his death ( he sold 9 million albums, twice what Taylor Swift sold). His debts have all been paid off and his Estate is now worth over 1 billion dollars. His unimaginable wealth is again a magnet for further opportunistic vultures like Wade Robson and James Safechuck who alleged in 2012 they were molested by Jackson and thus sued his Estate for money even though they previously denied several times any wrongdoing on his behalf. Wade Robson testified under oath as an adult twice in Jackson’s defense, once in front of a jury, and in 1993. Their lawsuits were thrown out of court. Brett Barnes, whom they bullied to back up their bogus story, posted this on Twitter.In other words, Barnes called Robson and Safechuck ( whose lawyers dropped him as he was lying and there was no way winning the case ) greedy and liars. Indeed, by Robson’s mother’s admission Robson had financial problems when he made those allegations and Safechuck was also from a poor family ( his father was a garbage collector).Before you judge Michael Jackson please bear in mind that he was a great humanitarian, he gave a lot of money to charity, he left 20% of his Estate to various charities and even on his death bed he talked about building a hospital for children. He was completely innocent of anything they ever accused him of , which is proven by medical evidence, judicial documents and court testimonies. Hundreds of children visited Neverland over the years, only 3–4 made such accusations, coerced by their proven mentally ill parents, motivated only by greed.Michael Jackson was surrounded by leeches all his life, he was non stop ridiculed by the media, he went through an unnecessary trial in 2005, hence he was cleared on all counts, he is the most heavily and unfairly attacked celebrity ever, and mostly the same people , who now successfully run his Estate, based on a void will, allegedly signed on 7 July 2002 in Los Angeles, deliberately ill advised him into a complex web of debt when he was alive. Michael Jackson sells more tickets dead than most artists do alive. He is the biggest selling artist on i tunes, he has sold approximately 50 million albums since he passed away, he was the breadwinner for his family since he was 6 years old. Please bear in mind that John Branca worked for Sony behind Michael’s back, he still does and he sold to Sony the atv catalog for 750 m$ in 2016 even though the Estate was more than solvent. Sony would not have bought it for 750 m$ had it not been worth 3–4 times as much. Had Michael Jackson not died in July 2009 he would have been free of Sony in July 2009.RIP Michael Jackson.sources:Michael Jackson Died Deeply In DebtMichael Jackson’s 10 most extravagant purchasesThe Prosecution’s Witnesses – Ralph Chacon, Kassim Abdool and Adrian McManusDan Glaister on Michael Jackson's divorceThis is What Became of Michael Jackson's Private Neverland Theme ParkMichael Jackson - the man who blew a billion. The mind-boggling spending of the world's wackiest pop star