ABC’s Family Confidential reveals Michael Jackson visited Robert Holmes à Court as part of sale of Beatles songs

Frosty … Peter Holmes a Court and wife Janet with Michael Jackson as part of the sale of Beatles songs.Source: Supplied

Watch the judge give Michael Jackson’s personal doctor, Dr Conrad Murray, four years in jail for causing the pop star’s death.

Day 2 of Conrad Murray’s trial and lawyers ask, what kind of relationship did Michael Jackson have with his doctor, the accused?

ONE for the “things you never knew” file.

e Holmes á Court dynasty is to feature in tonight’s episode of Family Confidential on the ABC, with the series unearthing an interesting factoid about family scion Robert and his (unlikely) meeting with Michael Jackson.

Snapped here with the late King of Pop in 1984, Holmes à Court (pictured also with wife Janet) had just agreed to sell Jackson his valuable catalogue of Beatles songs for about $48 million under the condition that Jackson visit the Holmes à Court mansion in Perth.

Though the meeting looks cordial enough – it wasn’t.

Jackson was “reluctant” to make the trip, according to Holmes a Court, and was equally unwilling to appear on the annual telethon aired on Channel 7 – the network which the then-media player also owned at the time.

He did appear, however.

Though the purchase deal was the most expensive publishing deal in history up to that point, Jackson’s share of the same catalogue was valued at $US5 billion by Jackson’s lawyer Thomas Mesereau.

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