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Michael Jackson estate wins appeal in HBO ‘Leaving Neverland’ lawsuit

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Michael Jackson‘s estate has won an appeal that allows it to pursue arbitration after claiming the creators of Leaving Neverland violated a non-disparagement clause.The estate had sued HBO for $100 million, arguing that its 2019 documentary, which details accounts by Jackson’s alleged victims of child sex abuse, breaks a 27-year-old confidentiality clause.

By contrast, HBO accuses the Jackson estate of seeking to silence victims of sexual abuse.The media giant argues that the non-disparagement clause from a 1992 concert film from Jackson’s ‘Dangerous’ tour is irrelevant to the present dispute, Variety reports.Last year, a lower court granted the Jackson estate’s motion to take the dispute to arbitration, as provided by the contract.HBO.

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