LaToya Jackson

LaToya Yvonne Jackson (born May 29, 1956 in Gary, Indiana) is the fifth child of the hugely successful Jackson music family. She is the sister of Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson.

Public Perception/Scandals

Due to what are often considered a number of unwise professional and personal choices, the public perception of Jackson is generally not favorable. Having never scored what could be considered a major commercial music hit, she is often mocked by comedians or the press as being the least talented of the Jackson siblings. She is more commonly associated with various scandals than with any part of her body of work. For her part Jackson has attributed all of these negative connotations to actions taken by her former manager Gordon whom she claims was abusive.

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After appearing in Playboy magazine, Gordon organised television appearances for Jackson on talk shows, in which she answered questions which had absolutely nothing to do with her career as a singer. The main focus was on her family and especially her brother Michael. Jackson alledges Gordon's interests were not in helping her career but in making money from her familial background.

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In 1990 Jackson took part in the San Remo music festival and her song "You And Me" was voted the second best song of the festival. In 1991 she posed a second time for Playboy magazine and released her autobiography called Growing Up in The Jackson Family. During that time Jackson claimed she has been molested by her father as a child; she now claims Gordon forced her to make these statements and that they are untrue. When her brother was accused of child molestation in 1993 she publicly stated that the allegations were true; she now claims that Gordon forced her to make this statement as well. She further claims that Gordon forced her to appear in a pornographic video for Playboy, and to participate in unseemingly nightclub acts. She claims Gordon forced her to marry him. She made allegations of abuse towards him, and claims he threatened to kill her. She finally parted ways from him in the mid 90s.

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1990 - San Remo

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