Already before the Vi?tory Tour I had problems with Michael's recording label. I wanted to organize a tour for "Thriller’s promotion, that achieved a record number of sales. But to my disappointment, the chief of the record company has refused to support me in it. I do not want to tell, that the reason for this is racism, but I am confident, that the white rock groups that sold less of records than my son, have got a stronger financial support.

   Even more I have afflicted, that the label was not loyal in relation to The Jacksons. I still remember well, that CBS have almost gone bankrupt, when I and The Jacksons have come to Epic, that than belonged to CBS. The success of my son has helped CBS to make ends meet and has rescued all the enterprise.

   Meanwhile the company has earned millions dollars on albums of The Jacksons and Michael's albums "Off the wall" and "Thriller". But despite of it, CBS did not want to enclose no dollar in the tour. I have been shocked.

   But I have not allowed the heads of record company to stop me. I trusted in my children, and together with Don King about whom I already told, have gone to Pepsi. Pay attention that then it was completely new undertaking. Today for artists like Britney Spears it is very easy to receive sponsorship of Pepsi, but it only because we have made a path for them.

   Well, and after CBS has given up in support to us, the label has been bought by Sony, and company has headed Tommy Mottola. I hoped, that due to this, the position of my son will improve, but on the contrary, it became worse.

   The years have passed, and I observed, how little have been made for the album of The Jacksons "2300 Jackson street". Michael's "History" too was not promoted enough. Eventually Michael's disappointment began publicly known. In 2002 he has appeared in a press conference in New York where showed a poster with Mottola's portrait, where he has been represented malicious and ugly.

   I already heard, that the divorce of Mottola with Mariah Carrey did not end so good.. Mariah's brother claimed on the Internet, that ?ottola threatened the chiefs of radio stations, that they will have troubles if they will put on the Mariah's single which has been recorded on Virgin records. Virgin has paid for Mariah 50 million dollars, which has later became a problem because with them she has sold much less records, than on Sony. Mariah's brother claimed that Mottola interfered with the sales. Whatever was the reason, EMI (the head company for Virgin) has anyway incurred huge losses and had to fire thousands of employees.

   Michael has given will to his feelings in essentially more radical way, than Mariah, and has accepted the support from our lawyer Johnny Cochran and the great Al Sharpton in the protest against Mottola. The business extended, and soon I have heard, that he was joined by such artists as Celine Dion and Mark Anthony, and demanded, that their financial reports have been released.

   In our business there already were many cases of a deceit at charge of fees, and I expected this problem. I only waited for that Michael himself take care about it.

   Simultaneously Michaels adviser on tax affairs made the auditor check of federation of musical industry RIAA, the only organization which traces the quantity of sales of albums at record companies. Because of this conflict of interests Michael could be never confident, that they don't lie to him about the do number of sales.

   Other problem to which Michael has resisted - nepotism. Certainly, it the most usual thing in our business, but Mottola acted as if the whole enterprise belonged to him, instead of Japanese. For example, ?ottola has employed his old friend Jerry Greenberg so that he supervised over Michael's MJJ record label. Greenberg, in his turn, employed relatives and friends.

   Greenberg previously worked on Atlantic records and was a veteran in the musical industry. In the end 60s I sent him demo-recording of Jackson 5, but he has rejected it, and I have not forgiven it to him. But due to Berry Gordon it has value now.

   Michael also has offered his sister Rebbie, a recording contract in his company, and Michael's lawyer thought 11 months before he answered on her lawyer’s call and at last has offered her a standard contract. The best single of the album, "Fly away", the song written by Michael, has never appeared in the market, because ??ttola, apparently, did not want to release any of Michael's songs. They have let Rebbie's album to die before it could start to be on sale, Sony also has refused to release the second video clip or a single for Rebbie.

   The same concerns the other group, 3? which too has signed the contract with Michael on MJJ. This group consists from 3 Tito's sons, they perfectly look and perfectly sing. To my affliction, they were almost not promoted in the United States, and their remarkable songs practically were not put on radio. I considered, that people from the record company have not tried as much as they could, and it disturbed me.

   Last years Mottola rejected each album made by Michael, and demanded to rework on it. But Michael's songs are magnificent and they have deserved, that they quickly appeared in the market. Instead of it the company delayed the release of each new album. It was possible to think, they want to bring him to financial difficulties so that they have got access to his rights on the Beatles and Sly & Family Stone which are estimated in 1,3 billion dollars. As a rule, rights on a song again come back to a star if the company rejects it, but ??ttola has simply appropriated them. And the millions of losses from songs which have not reached the fans, because it was necessary to re-record them a lot of times are put on Michael's account.

   "Invincible" for example cost for all about all, 30 million dollars. But think: on Motown my sons recorded the vocal in a week, and these hits still play on radio so they cannot be so bad. Anyway, Michael does not need years to record a dozen of songs. The thing only is that other people want to make profit of him.

   The same concerns also video clips. They too cost Michael millions which he later has to return to the company because the company at first will compensate itself its losses before he will receive the check.

   In my opinion, my son has been deceived by his company. Charges are too high, and he already before the release of the album sits in such a minus, that hardly can receive profit.

   It has to be in another way. The artist has to be able to pay back the collected costs and in the end to receive the income of his work. All the rest is dishonest.