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1 section 431.30(d), the Corporations generally and specifically deny each of the allegations
2 contained in the Fourth Amended Complaint. The Corporations generally and specifically deny
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3 that Robson has sustained any injury or loss by reason of any act or omission of the Corporations.
4 The Corporations generally and specifically deny that Robson has been damaged in any amount
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The Fourth Amended Complaint fails to state any valid or timely causes of action and the
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7 Corporations will be filing motions for judgment on the pleadings and for summary judgment in
8 due course so that this case is brought to its end with Robson recovering nothing.
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The Fourth Amended Complaint fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause
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AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES
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Under the specific and unique circumstances of this case, any recovery by Robson
25 would violate the Corporations' rights under the due process clauses of the state and federal
26 Constitutions and by other principles offundamental fairness embodied in those documents. In
27 particular, and by way of example only, Robson waited almost four years after Michael Jackson
28 had died before he made his scurrilous and frivolous allegations. The nature of these false
1 allegations necessarily makes it impossible for the Corporations to fully defend themselves
2 without the assistance of Michael Jackson himself. The impossibility of fully and completely
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3 defending against Robson's false allegations is further magnified by the fact that Robson himself
4 steadfastly denied these allegations during the entirety of Michael Jackson's life. Indeed, Robson
5 and his family denied the allegations under oath on multiple occasions, including in a 2005
6 criminal trial where Michael Jackson was frivolously accused of misconduct and then exonerated
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7 by a unanimous jury of twelve. Accordingly, the Corporations could not possibly have been on
8 notice, prior to Michael Jackson's death, that Robson would bring claims like those here and that
9 they should have been prepared to defend against such claims.
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15 associates, all claims in the Fourth Amended Complaint are barred in whole or in part by unclean
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Robson cannot show that any acts or omissions of the Corporations caused hiin any
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21 damages. In particular, and by way of example only, when Michael Jackson was frivolously
22 accused of wrongdoing in 1993 and investigated by authorities regarding such wrongdoing, both
23 Robson and Robson's family, including his mother Joy Robson, publicly and prominently
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24 defended Michael Jackson and rejected the allegations of wrongdoing out of hand, including false
25 allegations that Michael Jackson had engaged in wrongdoing with Wade Robson himself Given
26 that Joy Robson necessarily knew more than the Corporations about the relationship between
27 Wade Robson and Michael Jackson, and given that Joy Robson did not take any steps to "protect"
28 Robson (because no such steps were necessary), Wade Robson cannot possibly prove his absurd
THE CORPORATIONS' ANSWER TO FOURTH AMENDED COMPLAINT
1 allegations that the Corporations' supposed failure to take "reasonable steps" to prevent the
2 alleged abuse is what caused him damage.
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Wade Robson already petitioned to file a claim against the Estate of Michael
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8 1 prejudice on May 26, 2015, and held that Robson could file no such claim against the Estate as a
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In light of the above, and given the specific allegations of the Fourth Amended
13 Complaint and prior complaints, this action against the Corporations is truly an action based on
14 the alleged personal liability of Michael Jackson himself, and not an action based on any alleged
15 "corporate" conduct of the Corporations. This is a disguised action for money damages against the
16 Estate of Michael J. Jackson, deceased (the Corporations are a substantial part of the res of the
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Estate of Michael J. Jackson, deceased, under administration of the Superior Court, Case No. BP
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19 Estate of Michael J. Jackson, deceased, was precluded as a matter of law.
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24 waived any and all of the alleged rights asserted in the Fourth Amended Complaint and in each
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Robson's claims are barred because he has failed to join indispensable parties who
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Robson's claims in the Fourth Amended Complaint are barred in whole or in part,
23 because Robson suffered neither damages nor injury; any damages or injuries alleged are
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This action is barred by the doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel.
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22 whether it has additional, unstated affirmative defenses. The Corporations reserve the right to
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That Wade Robson take nothing by way of his Complaint and that judgment be
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For costs of suit incurred herein, including reasonable attorneys' fees due to the
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For such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.
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Howard Weitzman
Attorneys for Defendants MJJ Productions, Inc.,
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On every single cause of action and issue so triable, the Corporations demand a trial by a
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Attorneys for Defendants MJJ Productions, Inc.,
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