Debbie Rowe was paid off by Jackson.

Debbie Rowe and Michael Jackson are going through a bitter custody battle over their 2 kids. She has been granted joint custody of the kids even though she had signed away her parental rights in 2001 to Michael Jr. and Paris. Her petition cited accusations of child molestation and drug abuse. According to TMZ, she was paid four or five million dollars upfront for a mansion in Beverly Hills and $900,000 a year for a confidentiality agreement of silence about Michael. He stopped the payments when she broke her silence.