Paris Jackson has hit a major a bump in the road in her legal feud against her late father Michael Jackson’s estate.
Los Angeles judge Mitchell L. Beckloff ruled to strike most of the 27-year-old musician’s complaint on Monday citing California’s anti-SLAPP statute, per People .
The statute was created in response to the “many lawsuits brought primarily to chill the valid exercise of the constitutional rights of freedom of speech and petition for the redress of grievances” through “abuse of the judicial process,” per the California Anti-SLAPP project .
Only a small piece of Paris’ complaint remains in contention. Though, a spokesperson for Paris told Page Six she plans to refile her petition.
“This order is limited to minor procedural issues and does not change the facts: the patte

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