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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Jermaine Jackson stranded in Ouagadougou
2011-01-12
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Jermaine Jackson is reportedly stuck in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso after his passport expired and he is unable to arrange a new one.

Michael Jackson's brother has made no secret of his financial worries and it is thought that he owes more than $91,000 in child support.

According to reports Jackson has to find the cash for the mother of his children, Alejandra, before he will be granted a new passport as according to Californian law, if someone owes more than $2,500 a month in child support and their passport expires it will not be renewed until they become current on their payments.

In May 2008, Alejandra took Jackson to court and it resulted in a child support order of $3,000 a month.

Last month TMZ website revealed that Jackson owed $91,921.

It's not a definite that the American Embassy will make arrangements for Jackson to return to the US but, it is thought that they could issue him temporary papers to get home.

Alejandra married Jermaine in 1995 -- right after she broke up with his brother Randy. She had Jaafar and Jermajesty with Jermaine, and her other three kids with his brother.

Jermaine divorced her in 2004 because despite being married to him and having kids with both him and his brother Alejandra had never bothered to divorce her first husband.
That word you're probably looking for about now is "sordid."
That's long for "ick".
Posted by:Fred

#14  Who cares? Why bother to comment? Ooops!
Posted by: Slamble Bumble9403   2011-01-12 20:50  

#13  "Don't you go to Far Ouagadougou..."

Eh, I don't know if it scans.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2011-01-12 19:30  

#12  Serves him right for (a) not supporting his children and (b) going to Upper Volta Burkina Faso in the first place.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2011-01-12 19:27  

#11  Why does the STATE of California have anything at all to say about the FEDERAL government's issuing a passport?

After all, states aren't supposed to have anything to do with immigration since that is a Federal responsibility.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2011-01-12 19:00  

#10  HERE is a Google Earth link for Ouagadougou with pics to click.

Oh, Mama, can this really be the end?
To be stuck in Ouagadougou
With the deadbeat blues again
/channeling Bob Dylan
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2011-01-12 17:48  

#9  It's a shame they broke up before they had the opportunity to saddle some unfortunate child with the name of Jeroyalhighness. Apparently, the names of the three children with the brother weren't ridiculous enough to be mentioned. *sigh*

if I don't plagiarize the Odyssey

I can't wait to see what you use in place of the phrases "wine-dark sea" and "rosy fingered dawn".
Posted by: ryuge   2011-01-12 16:06  

#8  Must be some kind of a family tradition.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2011-01-12 11:54  

#7  "Tito! Hep me! Hello? Hello?"

"Janet! Hep me! This is Jermaine! Your brother, Jermaine. You remember. Hello? Hello?"
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-01-12 09:54  

#6  Someday I will write my Great American Novel, Love Among the Nudibranches. I may base on this, if I don't plagiarize the Odyssey.
Posted by: Fred   2011-01-12 09:52  

#5  Stranded in Ouagadougou would be a great name & theme for a song.
Posted by: Water Modem   2011-01-12 09:13  

#4  Look's like baby mama knows she's hooked into a plush deal...

Katherine Jackson has been trying to get Alejandra to leave since June after her son, Jaafar threatened ‘Blanket’ Jackson with a stun gun. Alejandra promptly hired a lawyer, so the Jackson family sweetened the offer – ‘Move out and you get a free condo.’ But she had to sign a confidentiality agreement and agree to not write a book about the family. Alejandra refused to sign and is now in ‘active negotiations’ for a gaudy tell-all about life with the Jacksons.

When Alehandra flew out to Japan last month, Momma Jackson assumed sheÂ’d left for good and brought in workers to remodel the family compound in Encino. Then Alejandra returned, moved straight back in and is now holding the remodel hostage by refusing to leave.

Katherine called the cops, but they couldn’t do anything without an eviction order so Mamma Jackson is now asking a court to grant her one so she can be free of this leech. Her case is that Alejandra and her brood – Jaafar, Jermajesty, Genevieve, Donte and Randy Jr. are not beneficiaries of her son’s will and thus have no claim to be on the property.

Look's like you still got a shot, Tito...
Posted by: tu3031   2011-01-12 07:35  

#3  Jermajesty? Dear lord........
Posted by: Phaiger Trotsky4912   2011-01-12 04:50  

#2  Kinda like that Bob Dylan song, "Stuck Inside of Ouagadougou with those Jackson Blues Again".
Posted by: SteveS   2011-01-12 01:46  

#1  So why exactly would anybody who didn't have to be be in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso?
Maybe she can get knocked up by Tito for the hat trick...
Posted by: tu3031   2011-01-12 00:22  

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