Joe Jackson has finally done what we all knew he was itching to do. Despite beig frozen out of his son's will - he's after a bunch of cash. Shiny suits and eyebrow pencils don't grow on tress you know (well, apart from the pencil).

He filed papers with the LA courts saying he was entitled to an independent family allowance. He's got someone who claims to be Michael's former manager to say Michael used to give $60,000 a month to his mother and half of that was intended to grease Joe's shady palm.

He says he has $15,000 a month living expenses, which include:

• $2,500 for eating out
• $2,000 for air travel
• $3,000 for hotel bills
• $1,000 for groceries
• $1,200 for rent
• $50 for charitable contributions

Well thank God they put that charitable contribution in - I was starting to think he was just a creepy old fucker who would sell his own family down the river to fulfill his own selfish ambitions. Oh, wait...