Wacko vs. Jacko: Actual Billie Jean Courts Pop Icon

Billie Jean Jackson claims to be Blanket's mommy, seeks $1 billion

By Breanne L. Heldman Dec 19, 2008 10:55 PMTags
Michael JacksonODuran/Fame Pictures

We know the kid actually is his son, but was Billie Jean, in fact, Michael Jackson’s lover?

A woman named Billie Jean Jackson (no, really) filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Wednesday claiming she is the mother of 6-year-old Prince Michael Jackson II—otherwise known as Blanket—and requesting joint legal and physical custody.

Additionally she is asking for visitations on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, participation in the child’s education and a whopping $1 billion (again, really...we have the documents to prove it).

Blanket is the youngest of Jackson’s three children. He was born in 2002 as the result of artificial insemination from a surrogate mother and Jackson’s sperm, and the child’s mother has never been identified.

Jackson, 50, is no stranger to bizarro claims regarding his brood. Last year, a British woman, Nona Paris Lola Jackson, lost a bid to be named mother of all his children, Blanket and older siblings Prince Michael Jr. and Paris Michael Katherine Jackson—even though the latter two kids were sired by Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe.

In recent weeks, the erstwhile King of Pop settled a breach-of-contract suit and then scheduled an April date for his infamous glitter glove to go on the auctioning block. Ironically, the glove was first worn during the video for one of the pop icon’s most famous videos, “Billie Jean.”