As Radar beforehand reported, Barrett was awarded a default judgment totaling $6,507,131.84 in Might after Jackson failed to reply to her lawsuit. The judgment included $6.5million in damages and a further $7,131.84 in courtroom prices.
Now, Jackson is in search of to have the ruling thrown out.
In a sworn declaration filed with the courtroom, the singer insisted he by no means acquired precise discover of the criticism, assertion of damages, request for entry of default or judgment earlier than the multimillion-dollar award was entered towards him.
“I didn’t obtain precise discover of the summons and criticism on this motion in time to defend this motion,” Jackson acknowledged within the submitting.
The singer, whose authorized identify was modified from Jermaine Jackson to Jermaine LaJuane Jackson in 2013, argued he was improperly pursued underneath his former surname regardless of the identify change being a matter of public document.