Michael Jackson’s fabled Neverland Ranch home in California is to be auctioned off to the highest bidder next month - unless the pop star pays his bills.
"The Thriller" singer vowed never to return to the Santa Barbara-area estate, where he once housed a zoo and theme park, after detectives ransacked the property for evidence to use against Jackson in his 2004 child molestation trial.
In a recent televised flyover, U.S. TV news show Access Hollywood revealed Neverland is now sad, deserted and dilapidated, although many of Jackson’s theme park attractions and his empty zoo still stand.
And now he has received word from the trustees of the estate, Financial Title Company, that the home and all fixtures, fittings and theme park rides will go under the hammer unless he pays off more than $24.5 million by 19 March, according to U.S. columnist Roger Friedman.
The notice of sale, which has appeared in the Santa Barbara County Recorder newspaper, states all personal property will be sold at the auction, including "all merry-go-round type devices."
Source: World Entertainment News Network
"The Thriller" singer vowed never to return to the Santa Barbara-area estate, where he once housed a zoo and theme park, after detectives ransacked the property for evidence to use against Jackson in his 2004 child molestation trial.
In a recent televised flyover, U.S. TV news show Access Hollywood revealed Neverland is now sad, deserted and dilapidated, although many of Jackson’s theme park attractions and his empty zoo still stand.
And now he has received word from the trustees of the estate, Financial Title Company, that the home and all fixtures, fittings and theme park rides will go under the hammer unless he pays off more than $24.5 million by 19 March, according to U.S. columnist Roger Friedman.
The notice of sale, which has appeared in the Santa Barbara County Recorder newspaper, states all personal property will be sold at the auction, including "all merry-go-round type devices."
Source: World Entertainment News Network
