When Rashida Jones was just nine years old, she was subjected to a vicious attack by Bubbles, Michael Jackson's chimp, which was out of control and had no control over its behavior.
The 48-year-old actress from "Parks and Recreation" claimed that the irritated primate chewed her hand "like a sandwich" while she was in Michael Jackson's residence with her father, Quincy Jones, who was responsible for producing the extremely successful albums "Off the Wall, Bad, and Thriller" by the King of Pop.
“Bubbles was in a cage, and he took my hairband out of my hand. Everybody else had left the room, and I was, like, ‘Give it back!’ He was playing with it and wouldn’t give it back to me. So I opened the cage, and he came out. Then he started running around the room and throwing books,” Rashida recalled, as per The National Enquirer.
For the reason that she had witnessed Michael attempting to discipline him in such a manner, she stated that she had told him "No! No!" and given him a little tap on the head. At that moment, the enraged monkey grabbed her hand and promptly began chomping down on it.
Rashida continued by saying that Bubbles appeared to be entirely unaffected by the fact that he had left her bloody and injured. “[He] looked me dead in my eye while he was biting me. He was like, ‘I’m the man,’” she stated. The savage assault left a scar on her hand, which she now carries with her.
“It was my fault. Well, no, it’s not my fault. I am not the one who put a chimpanzee in overalls and a diaper!” Rashida stated. It is a joke that she made that the vicious beast has retired "from biting children."
Currently, Bubbles is 41 years old and resides at the Center for Great Apes, which is a sanctuary in Florida that provides a safe haven for chimpanzees that have been retired or rescued from the pet trade, research facilities, or entertainment venues. “I saw that he’s the alpha male of his group, in whatever chimp retirement home he’s at,” Rashida said.
Meanwhile, a tentative court order has been granted to Michael's estate, which would allow it to proceed with a $600 million sale of the singer's catalog to Sony Music. This ruling was successful in overcoming objections from Michael's mother, who had attempted to prevent the deal from being taken.
Katherine Jackson had contended that the enormous purchase was in violation of the rules of Michael Jackson's will; however, a California appeals court made a provisional ruling on July 17 that she had "forfeited" that argument by failing to present it before a lower probate court.
Even if she had presented that argument in an appropriate manner, the appeals court stated that the executors of the estate had the authority to execute the deal. It was said by the court that Jackson's will had given the executors, John Branca and John McClain, the ability to "sell, invest, or otherwise manage estate property" while they were in control of the estate.
“The court is tentatively inclined to affirm the probate court’s order granting the executors’ request to proceed with the proposed transaction. We tentatively conclude that Katherine’s challenge fails on the merits because the probate court’s order does not violate the terms of Michael’s will,” the appeals court wrote in its ruling, obtained by Billboard.
Despite the fact that these "tentative" orders must be finalized before they are actually recorded, they provide a clear indication of the manner in which the court intends to decide. A request for comment that was made on Thursday was not responded to by an attorney representing Katherine. The Jackson estate's representative declined to comment on the matter.
