No. The US tabloid TV program "A Current Affair" supposedly carried
out a year-long investigation into the marriage and purported to have
evidence that the marriage was illegal. Their main claims were:
- At the time of the ceremony, the judge who carried it out, Hugo
Alvarez Perez, was 100 miles outside his jurisdiction.
- According to the laws of the Dominican Republic, there must be a
period of 10 months between a divorce and a new marriage; Lisa Marie's
marriage to her first husband, Danny Keough, was formally dissolved only
3 weeks before she married Michael Jackson.
- According to flight reports and other time schedules, the marriage
cannot have taken place when it was reported to have.
However, on November 5, 1995, Judge Alvarez clarified that Michael
Jackson's marriage to Lisa Marie Presley was in fact legally valid.
According to Dominican law, in order for a marriage to be performed, all
that is needed are sworn statements from the bride and groom that they are
currently single. These were provided. Moreover, shortly after the May 26,
1994 ceremony, Agence France Presse (AFP) obtained access to official
records and witness accounts that demonstrated that the wedding had taken
place in La Vega, within the judge's jurisdiction. Finally, the only
parties who could have challenged the legality of the marriage were the
bride and groom themselves, and only within a year after the marriage, and
this they did not do. (from Agence France Presse) |
