It looks like Joe Jackson has his own Howard Mann in Julian Rouas. The following is an excerpt from a blog post on Julian Rouas. Its a very long article, to read it in its entirety, go here:
Jackson Tribute Fragrances – Perfumes Hall-of-Shame!!
The Perfume Business is starting to stink: Joe Jackson is launching a new line of fragrances – A way to show his true majesty or his callous greed? It reeks of bad news! I see a red flag go up and I can hear the rumblings of discontent all over the world already!! Beguiled by money and morally corrupt, Joe Jackson is getting into bed with a whoremaster, and ruthlessly pursues his own agenda to profit from his son’s death with the least bit of compunction - There is a transparency problem: Julian Franck Rouas’s finger in the pie is adding insult to injury, and I don’t think that all the facts were brought out.
Somewhat jaded by my career as a gynecologist I’m always on the lookout for the right opportunity to invest my money in. My first and last flirtation with the perfume business was nearly five years ago, I was breaking bread with Julian Rouas (in France he goes by “Franck”) at the time when his company Julian Rouas Paris was at its inception, traveling into the Fallopian tube to the uterus, so to speak. I was privy with inside information, Julian Rouas scrounged an awful lot of money off people, to put it mildly, and his new company was fraught with drama and controversy. Just so you know, Julian Rouas operates on a whole different frequency; there is no peace in it. He was always jumping around like a rooster in a state of perpetual anticipation of trouble. I had an easy rapport and sympathy with him, that is until my blood pressure hit the roof after he ripped me off - This “bon-vivant” came across as a warmhearted individual, his outward ease really concealed his true motives.
Paradoxically, I harbor a sort of grudging admiration for this scam-artist; Julian Rouas has proved himself a “Jack-of-all-trades” criminal entrepreneur. For someone who is semi-illiterate without a basic breadth of understanding and knowledge, and, who looks as if he was just coming off a bus from Ohio, Julian Rouas has managed to rip off countless individuals in countless ways with nothing but pure lies and deceit ( and came out of the situation physically unscathed).
Quite out of the blue, Julian Rouas has seemingly hit pay dirt. His newfound perfume bonanza and imminent success with the Jackson Juggernaut might be lauded as a tour-de-force, Julian Rouas didn’t try hard, he got it on the cheap. Although, this “bottom feeder” thinks he has Joe Jackson in his back pocket, reflectively and semi-comically, Joe Jackson certainly thinks he has Julian Rouas in his. A near-perfect match, and to punctuate this irony, as the French would say “Qui se ressemble s’assemble.” Predictably, Julian Rouas is licking the boots of his puppet master, the man he now pins his hopes on, however I can’t wait to see these two going at each others’ jugulars to split the loot. There is no honor among crooks!!
But right now, this is how the cookie crumbles, Julian Franck Rouas has grossly underestimated the advent of technology, his anonymity is now slipping by as he has been slammed by scathing reports over the internet. At best, he is just a self-deluded narcissist. At worst, he is a heartless career crook in constant needs of adulation. Julian Rouas certainly hasn’t repented; there is no cure for malignant narcissism. A reptile doesn’t change into anything else. It is always just a reptile. Julian Rouas is a reptile and I apologize to the reptiles for making the comparison.
A finished perfume is a product of a distillation. The art of distillation is to reduce everything to its essence, but let’s distill Julian Rouas Paris itself even farther. It’s unfair to talk seriously about Julian Rouas Paris without mentioning Pierre De Verchesney, Inc. - In 2005, Pierre De Verchesney, Inc. was an ambitious and up-and-coming perfume company that had established a foothold in sunny California while broadening its horizon. In short, this unsuspecting company made the fatal mistake of employing Julian Rouas, and entrusting him with managerial duties. As an added bonus, Pierre De Verchesney, Inc. provided a plush apartment for Julian Rouas’s convenience in the Miracle Mile district at 390 Hauser Blvd Apt 5a, Los Angeles, CA 90036.
In point of fact, the migraine-inducing Julian Rouas turned this address into a “hornet’s nest” as he was conspicuously using it as a springboard for his rogue company “Julian Rouas Paris”, all at Pierre De Verchesney’ s expense. Inevitably, he has sent Pierre De Verchesney Inc. into a financial tailspin. In a dramatic manner, due to Julian Rouas’ s destructive tendencies and psychological malady, this address was demonized by all parties involved; especially by the Leasing Office. At last, Julian Rouas was evicted from Pierre De Verchesney's apartment. Like the dumbest guy on two legs, he left behind a treasure trove of incriminating evidence; this low-down crook gives idiots a bad name. Pierre De Verchesney, Inc. just had to pick up the pieces, literally and figuratively (a good word of advice to Julian Rouas: buy a paper shredder!!)
Julian Rouas is a novice in the perfume business, and, he is notorious for using other people’s ideas and concepts as a springboard for his own. He went completely gaga over Pierre De Verchesney Inc.’s pet project, Swing. There is an intriguing new twist: massively in debt and unsatisfied with being simply a cog in someone’s wheel, this fashion pirate was simultaneously nurturing an incestuous relationship with the equally corrupt Joseph Rubino, whom was also working at that time for Pierre De Verchesney as a “Nose”, a “Nose” with two faces, I might add! In a parallel universe this seemingly docile and innocuous “Nose” could be Julian Rouas’ s brother. In an unblushing manner, they drew a cunning plan to steal the Swing Perfume Brand from its original creator, (his name won’t be revealed for the time being), a man with a rock solid integrity and a code of ethics and business conduct, who regarded Julian Rouas as a son, and personally helped him for over 15 years while trusting him implicitly. That story turns my stomach!! That man was pushed to the brink of humiliation and bankruptcy.
Thus far, Julian Rouas was clinging to that man as his only means of support, he would have disappeared in the gutter had it not been for that man, whom is just now coming to grips with the long term cascading effect. On the rebound from the Rouas’ ordeal, this man is trying to assert himself in the south of France, and bring this unpleasant state of affairs to its overdue conclusion.
Languishing in a kind of limbo while dealing with the sluggish French justice system this man has proven himself to be a man of infinite patience, and, he soon will throw a “surprise party” where Julian Rouas will be the “guest of (dis)honor”; a lawsuit for, Swindle, Forgery, and Abuse of Trust, is now underway in France. I do know with certainty that overwhelming evidence are stacked against Julian Rouas, and that he will be dealt with severely. This is like a Polaroid that is about to be developed and it could be the death nail for Julian Rouas Paris. In recent years, Julian Rouas has come to fear this man for obvious reason.
Now unhindered by his former employer and free to do as he pleases, the scam-savvy Julian Rouas began his murky business dealings with the support of his accomplice Joseph Rubino. Attracted to people with money like a shark to blood, Julian Rouas Paris was in full swing, raking in the cash hand over fist by systematically ripping off investors with merciless efficiency; Julian Rouas would chew them out and spit them out! Like a Ponzi scheme, one fraud begot another! In June 2009, Julian Rouas got sued by a very prominent businessman who fell victim to his scam. Fait accompli: there is a court order in force; Julian Rouas must pay back the money by 02/28/2012, Click on the following link, enter the name Rouas Julian, then enter the case number: 485438 in the case number search box (click on the image icon on the lower-right-corner to see the whole complaint)
http://www.sanmateocourt.org/midx
I became cognizant of some other Rouas’ investment scams that dwarf this case in terms of monetary damages and viciousness. Sadly, these victims have bled enough and opt to remain silent because of embarrassment. And taking everything into consideration, with an inadequate contract full of holes like a Swiss cheese, they realize Julian Rouas’ operation maybe within a legal gray zone of toleration and it would be very costly to fight him in a court of law. More importantly, Julian Rouas being so destitute, anyway they look at it, it would most definitely be next to impossible to collect a court judgment against him.
Displaying no managerial skill whatsoever, Julian Rouas, in his mind’s eyes, sees his plan as a masterstroke, and gave himself the lofty titles of CEO, President, PDG, and so forth. In reality, he is just a sort of a prisoner of his own ambition. Lacking requisite skills and business acumen to succeed honestly, this Tinseltown tinhorn, with his outlook incompetence, has turned his company into a “pissoir”, a failed company riddled with lawsuits. Also worth mentioning, Julian Rouas is often changing his company’s name like a snake sheds its skin: Julian Rouas Paris; Giuseppe Rouas Fragrances International; Julian Rouas Paris International; Giuseppe Fragrances… etc, in an attempt to sideline or get rid of his investors/partners...
Julian Rouas and his cohorts are vexing Michael Jackson’s fans at every turn. “A portion of the proceeds from the new fragrance line will be donated to charities favored by Michael” boasts Julian Rouas. These charities certainly do not remotely appeal to Julian Rouas’ sense of altruism. Julian Rouas Paris Charity?! It sounds like an oxymoron!! Julian Rouas is the poster child for greed. The details of this “charitable contribution” are sketchy, to say the least. As the saying goes “The devil is in the details”, I can’t wait to see the “sticky” details.