Michael Jackson's Thriller jacket Michael Jackson's Thriller jacket Michael Jackson's Thriller jacket refers to the red jacket worn by Michael Jackson in the "Michael Jackson's Thriller" video in 1983. On June 27, 2011, the jacket sold for $1.8 million at Julien's Auctions. The buyer, Milton Verret, described the jacket as "the greatest piece of rock and roll memorabilia in history". The jacket was designed by Deborah Nadoolman Landis, wife of director John Landis. She had also designed Indiana Jones's jacket in "Raiders of the Lost Ark", among other things. The red jacket was noted for its V shaped black stripes, the unusual style of
1993 child sexual abuse accusations against Michael Jackson compilations of greatest hits packaged with previously unreleased material were released, including "Number Ones" in 2003, the 4-CD/1-DVD box set "" in 2004 and double-album "The Essential Michael Jackson" in 2005. New agreements between Sony and Michael Jackson saw the release of the singles collection "" in 2006, a 25th anniversary edition of "Thriller" in 2008 and Jackson's final release before his death – the "King of Pop" album celebrating Michael's 50th birthday with tracks voted for by fans. On December 18, 2003, Jackson was formally charged with seven counts of child sexual abuse and two counts of administering an