For those incredulous that wrongful death lawsuit by Michael Jackson’s family against AEG Live is now in its fourth month of trial, consider that the United States government’s attempts to seize a Jackson glove from a dictator’s son is now in its 28th month, headed for an important hearing on Monday.
In April 2011, the government filed a complaint for forfeiture in rem, hoping to take away an estimated $71 million worth of prized possessions of Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, the son of the president of Equatorial Guinea who once went on a celebrity memorabilia buying splurge in the U.S.
The caption of the case is United States of America v. One White Crystal-Covered “Bad Tour” Glove and Other Michael Jackson Memorabilia, and the dispute has been a totally epic thriller.
As more than 70 percent of the population ofEquatorial Guinea lives in poverty, Nguema is said to have “amassed over $300 million in net worth, all while earning an income of less than $100,000 per year as an unelected public official appointed by his father.”
Read the full story at The Hollywood Reporter.
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