Jackson’s Staff Barred Over Lapse in Coverage
The state barred workers from Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch in the Santa Ynez Valley on Thursday and fined the pop star $69,000 because the ranch’s workers’ compensation insurance policy had lapsed.
The “stop order” was issued after an employee reported Tuesday that a co-worker who had been injured did not have the state-required health coverage, officials said. Regulators determined that coverage for 69 employees at the ranch in Santa Barbara County lapsed Jan. 10.
A call to Jackson’s spokeswoman seeking comment was not immediately returned.
Jackson, 47, has lived in the Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain since being acquitted of child molestation charges last year.
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