Michael Jackson's daughter Paris looks carefree as she emerges in LA amid legal war with late star's estate executors

Paris Jackson looked carefree as she emerged in Los Angeles this week amid her contentious legal battle with the executors of her late Michael Jackson's estate.

On Wednesday, the musician, 27, was spotted running errands in her hometown with her beloved dog Malachai, who she adopted in 2024, on a leash.

For her day out, Paris, who recently celebrated six years of sobriety, wore cutoff denim shorts and cowboy boots styled with a loose brown T-shirt.

Her bleach blonde hair flowed out from under a brown baseball cap and she accessorized with various beaded bracelets and chain necklaces.

Paris and her pint-sized pup strolled side-by-side down the sidewalk as they exited a store.

She had a giant shopping bag in one hand and a stylish brown leather purse with studs over her right shoulder.

Paris' outing in LA comes nearly two weeks after she made a jaw-dropping public appearance at a Hollywood event.

On January 15, she attended the exclusive Bulgari Eternal Vimini Rooftop Party.

Paris looked picture perfect in a chic draped brown dress, enhancing her endless legs as she also wore glamorous gold open-toe heels with leaf embellishments.

The A-list soiree also saw the likes of Euphoria star Maude Apatow and Outer Banks' Rudy Pankow and Jonathan Daviss in attendance. 

Just days before her appearance at the Bulgari event, a new development in Paris' legal row with the executors of her late father's estate emerged.

John McClain and John Branca, who are the executors of Michael Jackson's estate, claim they're owed about $115,000 in fees directly tied to their legal squabbles with the King of Pop's daughter.

The pair's legal team entered paperwork into Los Angeles Superior Court earlier this month in connection with the request.

The court filing provided a detailed audit of the expenses the executors expect the estate to cover for their time and services, as the Daily Mail obtained the motion in the case. 

Among the specific expenses cited include an anti-SLAPP motion that accounted for $93,924.63 in fees and $1,238.39 in legal costs, court docs indicated.

It was tied to a motion that Paris filed in July of 2025, questioning the executors' efforts in managing the estate of the late Thriller singer.

The Daily Mail reached out to reps and attorneys for the estate and attorneys for Paris for further comment on this story but never heard back.

Paris said the focus of the co-executors should be to 'serve the beneficiaries' best interests and steadfastly preserve her father's legacy.' 

The filing was made after Paris fell short in a previous legal bid to audit work the executors have done managing the estate's finances.

Specific claims Paris pointed to in her latest legal filing include the co-executors 'apparently undertaking no effort to' properly invest $464million in cash the estate had on hand.

Attorneys for Paris said that the co-executors did not appear to make moves to 'make this substantial sum productive' to the estate's bottom line.

Paris also expressed her ire at the estate's distribution of money to lawyers handling varied affairs.

In legal docs, Paris said that 10 law firms had been awarded more than $4.5 million in 2021, a sum that exceeded the money given to any 'individual beneficiary that year'.

Paris said that between 2009 and 2021, executors were paid a total of $148 million.

Michael Jackson died at the age of 50 on June 25, 2009 after suffering a cardiac arrest in the Los Angeles mansion he was living in.

Authorities in February 2010 deemed his death as the result of acute propofol intoxication.

Jackson had been administered the powerful drug by his personal doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, who told investigators that the singer called the substance (which he took via an IV drip) 'milk' and said he needed it to sleep.

Jackson's death spurred a tidal wave of international tributes from fans both in person and on burgeoning social media platforms. 

Jackson's family, including his three children - who had not been seen publicly without masks on prior to that time - were on hand for a highly-viewed July 7, 2009 memorial at the Crypto.com Arena (then known as the Staples Center) in Los Angeles.

'I just wanted to say, ever since I was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine - and I just wanted to say I love him so much,' Paris, then 11, said at the emotional service.

A private funeral for Jackson's family and friends was held in Glendale, California at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. 

Eventually, Murray's care of Jackson fell under scrutiny after the singer's death, amid questions about his judgment in giving Jackson the substance in certain doses, and not meeting safety precautions in administering the drug. 

Jackson's death was ultimately deemed a homicide by investigators and in November of 2011 - more than two years after his death - Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to four years in prison.

Jackson had an unprecedented career in music, as one of the best-selling artists of all-time, who won 13 Grammys over 38 nominations.

Honors included Best Male R&B Vocal Performance on Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough in 1980, Album of the Year for Thriller in 1984 and Record of the Year for Beat It the same year.

He was also given the Grammy Legend Award in 1993, and posthumously, The Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. He had been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.