MJ’s lovechild relaunches legal bid

Washington (ANI): A 24-year-old man who claims to be Michael Jackson's lovechild is going back to court in the hope of getting a slice of the singer"s fortune, even though he was already turned down by officials in charge of MJ"s estate.

Two months after the King of Pop's death, Prince Michael Malachi Jet Jackson submitted a California birth certificate listing Michael Joseph Jackson as his father in August (09) in a bid to prove he's the singer's offspring, reports Contactmusic. Officials in charge of Jackson's estate turned down his bid, but Prince Michael, who shares the same name as Jackson's son with Debbie Rowe, is still determined to lay claim to his share of the star's fortune.

TMZ.com reports that he has filed "objections of rejection" paperwork in Los Angeles County Superior Court, asking a judge to determine that he is "the biological son of decedent Michael Joseph Jackson." Prince Michael claims he should be get "whatever benefits he is entitled to" as the 'Thriller" hitmaker"s son.