On what would have been the singer’s 60th birthday, court papers reveal his estate netted $74million in a year.
It means his children Paris, 20, Prince, 21, and Blanket, 16, are living their lives in luxury they were denied in the last three years of his life.
Jackson said they were like “vagabonds” months before he died in 2009 with debts of $500million [£388million].
The 73-page document filed at a Los Angeles court by executors, including close friends John Branca and John McClain, showed publishing rights from hits like Thriller delivered $2,448,584.99.
But his merchandising arm Triumph International brought in the most – $18.8million in the same period.
Spending included $10.8million on a house for the children and $85,297.65 for a top-of-the-range Cadillac Escalade for their security team.
Budding film director Prince was given a $70,000 truck and a Chevron fuel card on which he spent $9,000.
The children enjoyed five holidays, including to Hawaii, for which they got $28,500 in spending money alone.
Jackson’s mother Katherine, 88, collected around $1million to cover health bills, allowance and expenses, and $257,379 to run her own home.
When she temporarily handed over their guardianship to Michael’s cousin TJ, he got $5,790 every two weeks.
Hayvenhurst, where Michael lived before he bought Neverland, cost $157,000, including $60,000 on rebuilding the main house and installing an alarm.
The court papers state the executors have “disposed of most of the creditors’ claims”, but some debts still remain.
The accounts are so complex that the figures are only for the year of 2015.
They have emerged as Jackson’s estate faces claims he owes $500million in back taxes. The estate is trying to negotiate a deal on his bills for the last decade and “true value” of his estate.
It is understood gross earnings since Michael’s death exceed $900million.
Michael Jackson’s music videos have been watched one billion times on YouTube so far this year, with 41 million viewers from the UK.
Sad! Woman Raped By Anaesthetist Shortly After Having A Breast Surgery
Erika Bykova, a fashion designer, said she felt helpless when Dr Yury Chernikov, 59, allegedly began raping her minutes after she came round from the operation.
The 35-year-old waived her right to anonymity and told Russian TV audience she was moaning in a bid to stop the alleged attack.
Chernikov admits to having sex with the married woman minutes after her surgery but claimed it was consensual, and alleged in a statement to police that the woman patient had told him she was “feeling good”.
But the mother-of-one patient said “I was moaning. But I was moaning because I couldn't scream.”
“It was the very first surgery in my life. I saw him before the surgery.
“He came to my ward to talk about the results of my pre-operation checks.
“My husband was against the surgery - he believed that I was beautiful enough already.
“I was shaking crazily after the operation, and I heard a voice telling me: ‘Girl, everything will be okay, everything will be fine’.
“He was touching me, it was the anaesthetist’s voice.
“Then he allowed himself to do things that a doctor must not do.
“He was commenting on what he was doing.
“He raped me. I was in a helpless state.
“At that moment I could understand everything but my eyelids were very heavy, I even couldn’t open them fully.
“I tried to push him away with my legs but I couldn’t do that."
She was unable to scream for help, and they were alone in an ante-room to the operating theatre, she said.
"I absolutely trusted the doctor," Erika continued. “I trusted him with my life and body.
“For a long time I couldn't pull myself together and talk to my husband about it.
“I even filed a complaint to the Investigative Committee (in charge of probing serious crimes) and asked detectives not to interrogate my husband - at least for some time.
“I had gone to the police station and filed the complaint to the Interior Ministry in (Samara) the very day when I was released from the clinic.”
She alleged: ‘He offered me money - he didn't specify how much - to take back my complaint.”
Hitting back at his claim that she had consented to sex, she said she told her friend she had been raped immediately afterwards - and preserved the man’s “biomaterial” to pass to the police forensic service.
She said: “I am sorry for sharing these details (but) I am speaking out to help women in the same situation who cannot talk about it to anyone.”
Her long term aim was to “create a community where women could share what happened and protect themselves”.
Erika's unnamed husband - the father of her five year old son - has not commented on the case.
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