Michael's Last Days: From LA Mansion to Neverland

On April 30, Michael Jackson didn't spend his last days in Neverland Ranch, like you might think.

Instead, he rented a massive 17,171 square foot mansion in Los Angeles for $100,000 a month, starting December 2008.

That's where he lived with his kids.

Prince, Paris, and Beegee were hercing for his, this is a tour, until cardiac arrest from acute prophyful intoxication.

Took him on June 25, 2009.

His doctor, Conrad Murray, got convicted of involuntary manslaughter for that lethal dose.

The place had all the luxuries, 13 bathrooms, 12 fireplaces, a theater, wine cellar, spa, gym, elevator, and guesthouse.

Right after Jackson passed, his stuff from their head auctions, including the queen-size bed from the room where it happened,

plus antiques, and a kid's chalkboard note saying, I hard-daddy, smile, it's for free.

Less than a year later, owners listed it for $23.5 million to buy or rent at the same monthly rate.

Neverland was Jackson's real dream spot, bought in 1987 for $19.5 million.

He turned the $12,598 square foot main house and grounds into a theme park with a zoo, rides, and 22 buildings.

But after child molestation charges in 2005, he was acquitted, he left and never returned, hit by money troubles that almost led to.

4. Closure Fast forward, colony capital grabbed the loan in 2008, Jackson sold rights for $35 million before dying.

The ranch sat listed at $100 million in 2015, but billionaire Ron Berkel snagged it in 2020 for $22 million.

He's fixing it up, adding flowers in life, saying Jackson hasn't lived there in over 15 years, so past rumors didn't sway him.

With a new Michael Biopig dropping April 24th, stories like these pull us back into his wild ride, from rint to glamour to neverlands.

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