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Legal
MJ prankster gets cease and desist
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 5 July 2011
An online prankster who claims to have a recording of a prank phone call he made to Michael Jackson in 2007 says he has been sent a legal letter from the late king of pop’s estate demanding he stop distributing the recording online.
Ralphige seems quite pleased with the cease and desist because, he claims, it proves the call is genuine. While still alive Jacko seemingly insisted that the prank phone conversation, in which Ralphige pretends to be Akon and mocks the pop star over the child molestation charges he had faced, was a fake, with his voice provided by an impersonator. But, Ralphige says, why would the Michael Jackson Estate take legal action if they didn’t believe the call was the real deal?
He told TMZ: “The letter, if anything, it at least proves to the doubters that the prank call is real. I am afraid the estate is not aware Michael personally gave me permission to release the phone call. This is something that I am sure will be discussed in the near future”.
Why Jackson would have officially sanctioned the distribution of a prank phone call he was publicly denying was genuine I’m not sure, but he was a crazy guy.
