{"id":209359,"date":"2025-08-20T07:26:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T14:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=209359"},"modified":"2025-08-20T09:15:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:15:39","slug":"diddy-attorney-mark-geragos-caught-in-213-million-michael-jackson-estate-extortion-plot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2025\/08\/20\/diddy-attorney-mark-geragos-caught-in-213-million-michael-jackson-estate-extortion-plot\/","title":{"rendered":"Diddy Attorney Mark Geragos Caught In $213 Million Michael Jackson Estate Extortion Plot"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_209372\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209372\" style=\"width: 1962px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-209372 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/mark-geragos_diddy_frank-cascio_john-branca_shawn-chapman-holley_.jpg\" alt=\"Sean 'Diddy' Combs attorney Mark Geragos and his client Frank Cascio accused of $213 million extortion plot of Michael Jackson estate.\" width=\"1962\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/mark-geragos_diddy_frank-cascio_john-branca_shawn-chapman-holley_.jpg 1962w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/mark-geragos_diddy_frank-cascio_john-branca_shawn-chapman-holley_-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/mark-geragos_diddy_frank-cascio_john-branca_shawn-chapman-holley_-1024x668.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/mark-geragos_diddy_frank-cascio_john-branca_shawn-chapman-holley_-768x501.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/mark-geragos_diddy_frank-cascio_john-branca_shawn-chapman-holley_-1536x1002.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1962px) 100vw, 1962px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-209372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs attorney Mark Geragos, and his client Frank Cascio, accused of $213 million extortion plot of Michael Jackson estate. Insets: Shawn Chapman Holley Esq., Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs, Mark Geragos Esq., and Frank Cascio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs<\/strong> attorney <strong>Mark Geragos<\/strong>, has found himself in yet <strong>another extortion scandal<\/strong>. This time <strong>Mark Geragos<\/strong> is being <a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonvalleypress.com\/2025\/07\/16\/jackson-estate-alleging-213-million-extortion-plot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused<\/a> of orchestrating a <strong>$213 million extortion plot, <\/strong>with alleged <strong>New Jersey mobster Frank Cascio<\/strong>. Cascio is being sued in <strong>Los Angeles Superior Court<\/strong> by\u00a0 the <strong>Michael Jackson Company,<\/strong> and co-executors<strong> John Branca<\/strong> and <strong>John McClain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit accuses\u00a0<strong>Frank Cascio<\/strong>, aided by <strong>Diddy attorney Mark Geragos<\/strong>, and several other unidentified associates, of a <strong>\u201ccivil extortion scheme.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><em>Diddy&#8217;s Criminal Attorneys Involved in Multiple Extortion Plots<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mark Geragos<\/strong> has been embroiled in a seemingly <strong>never ending parade of crimes<\/strong>. Just this past <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/celebrity-lawyer-mark-geragos-pay-legal-malpractice-trial-1236319815\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">month<\/a>, a jury found that <strong>Mark<\/strong> <strong>Geragos<\/strong> had helped <strong>Michael Avenatti<\/strong> try and <strong>extort Nike for millions of dollars<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, <strong>Mark Geragos<\/strong> has been the target of several <strong>State Bar of California probes<\/strong>, including one for <strong>fraud in 2022,<\/strong> over his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/lawyers-caught-up-in-state-bar-probe-over-armenian-genocide-settlements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">involvement<\/a> in <strong>stealing millions of dollars from Armenian genocide victims<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Geragos&#8217; law firm partner, Ben Meiseles<\/strong> and his father <strong>Kenny Meiseles<\/strong> (also Diddy&#8217;s attorney until resigning in 2024), were named in <strong>several alleged criminal acts<\/strong> of their own.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_208457\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-208457\" style=\"width: 612px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-208457\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/ben-meiseles_kenny-meiseles_diddy_jonathan-oddi.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Geragos' law firm partner Ben Meiseles, and his father, former Diddy attorney Kenny Meiseles. Inset, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Jonathan Oddi mugshot post-2018 Trump Doral shooting.\" width=\"612\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/ben-meiseles_kenny-meiseles_diddy_jonathan-oddi.jpg 612w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/ben-meiseles_kenny-meiseles_diddy_jonathan-oddi-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-208457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Geragos&#8217; law firm partner Ben Meiseles, and his father, former Diddy attorney Kenny Meiseles. Inset, Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs, Jonathan Oddi mugshot post-2018 Trump Doral shooting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On <strong>May 18, 2018 Jonathan Oddi<\/strong> went on a <strong>shooting spree at Trump National Doral Miami Hotel<\/strong>. Oddi was arrested, and his interrogation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hGrm0zIg8IE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> set off alarm bells with authorities <strong>investigating<\/strong> <strong>Diddy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Former Diddy sex worker <strong>Jonathan Oddi,<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2024\/11\/01\/mark-geragos-attempts-to-cast-doubt-on-new-diddy-witness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> authorities that <strong>Diddy used his private jet to traffic cocaine<\/strong>, and that Diddy\u2019s attorneys, <strong>Mark Geragos<\/strong> and <strong>Ben Meiseles,<\/strong> were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hGrm0zIg8IE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">involved<\/a> in <strong>paying him off<\/strong> to keep him quiet.<\/p>\n<p>Among the allegations were that <strong>Diddy used video blackmail<\/strong> against <strong>Oddi<\/strong> and others to control them.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to becoming a law firm partner with Mark Geragos,<strong> Ben Meiseles<\/strong>\u00a0worked as <strong>Diddy&#8217;s assistant<\/strong>. His father, music attorney <strong>Kenny Meiseles<\/strong>, is accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2025\/03\/04\/three-diddy-lawyers-teny-geragos-mark-geragos-and-tmzs-harvey-levin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">threatening<\/a> <strong>Bad Boy Entertainment executive,<\/strong> <strong>Kirk Burrowes<\/strong> with a baseball bat in <strong>1999<\/strong>, in order to force him to sign over his 25% ownership share in the company.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_207127\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-207127\" style=\"width: 808px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-207127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Page-11_Burrowes-vs-Combs.jpg\" alt=\"Page 11, Kirk Burrowes vs Janice Smalls and Does. 25-CV-01618.\" width=\"808\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Page-11_Burrowes-vs-Combs.jpg 808w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Page-11_Burrowes-vs-Combs-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Page-11_Burrowes-vs-Combs-768x588.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-207127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Page 11, Kirk Burrowes vs Janice Smalls and Does. 25-CV-01618.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><em>Mark Geragos&#8217; Law License<\/em><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_208478\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-208478\" style=\"width: 1556px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-208478 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mark-Geragos-State-Bar-of-CA-1.png\" alt=\"Mark Geragos attorney profile, State Bar of California.\" width=\"1556\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mark-Geragos-State-Bar-of-CA-1.png 1556w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mark-Geragos-State-Bar-of-CA-1-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mark-Geragos-State-Bar-of-CA-1-1024x466.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mark-Geragos-State-Bar-of-CA-1-768x349.png 768w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mark-Geragos-State-Bar-of-CA-1-1536x699.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1556px) 100vw, 1556px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-208478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Mark Geragos attorney profile, State Bar of California.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p><strong><br \/>\nMark Geragos<\/strong> is currently a <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.calbar.ca.gov\/attorney\/Licensee\/Detail\/108325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">licensed<\/a> attorney in <strong>California, bar license #108325<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding any <strong>ethical violations<\/strong> or <strong>criminal violations,<\/strong> is able to contact appropriate law enforcement, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calbar.ca.gov\/Public\/Complaints-Claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">submit a complaint<\/a> with <strong>The State Bar of California<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have information? Contact us via email or Session.<br \/>\n<\/strong>email: tips.mahogany428 @ simplelogin.com<br \/>\nSession: 055cbe43cc0dff766ddd5eb3316d7c80be8a74aebbf9f578971d65a29b41a7590c<\/p>\n<p><em>This article may contain AI generated content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs attorney Mark Geragos, has found himself in yet another extortion scandal. This time Mark Geragos is being accused of orchestrating a $213 million extortion plot, with alleged New Jersey mobster Frank Cascio. Cascio is being sued in Los Angeles Superior Court by\u00a0 the Michael Jackson Company, and co-executors John Branca and John [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":209372,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2025-08-20T14:26:09Z","apple_news_api_id":"4a949d2e-c8ba-4578-804b-4fa380a6e2e6","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2025-08-20T16:15:45Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAg==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/ASpSdLsi6RXiAS0-jgKbi5g","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/a256d957-d5f8-3bec-b93f-7f862cadbf92"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10363,17,1],"tags":[50344,51124,50553,51482,9721,12370,54595],"class_list":["post-209359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celeb-gossip","category-music-news","category-news-release","tag-diddy","tag-frank-cascio","tag-john-branca","tag-mark-geragos","tag-michael-jackson","tag-sean-combs","tag-shawn-chapman-holley"],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Diddy Attorney Mark Geragos Caught In $213 Million Michael Jackson Estate Extortion Plot<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sean &#039;Diddy&#039; Combs attorney Mark Geragos, has found himself in yet another extortion scandal. 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