Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe claims the singer owes her a fortune and that she desperately needs money now because she "sits on the brink of bankruptcy." In the legal papers recently filed, Rowe claims she needs $50,000 a month from Jacko for living expenses, plus another $195,000 in legal fees so she can fight the singer for custody of the couple's two kids.
According to TMZ.com, Rowe filed documents detailing the couple's financial settlement agreement from their 1999 divorce case. The agreement provides that Rowe was to receive $1 million up front, and an additional $1 million dollars a year for the next three years. After that, Rowe was to receive $750,000 a year for the next six years. Rowe's total take: $8.5 million. Rowe claims Jackson has not lived up to the agreement.
Under the settlement, Rowe also acquired the couple's Beverly Hills mansion. TMZ pointed out that the agreement also allowed a peek into Jackson's lavish lifestyle which detailed a list of 59 vehicles the singer owns, including a Rolls Royce limousine, four tractors and firetrucks.
The motion also includes the custody arrangement, which provides that Rowe was to get visitation once every 45 days, from 10 a.m. to 7p.m.
Rowe is currently challenging the custody and visitation agreement and says that if she does not get the money to pay her lawyers, she will have to represent herself in the custody battle.
