Ola ray (left) and michael jackson (right) ola ray, the woman in michael jackson s megahit video thriller has sued his estate for a chunk of the profits from the video. · ray claims that she is entitled to 2. 5 percent of all royalties generated from thriller, after an agreement with the late michael jackson himself, and plans to take jacksons estate to. She says that she has not received royalties due to her for the last four years. · former glamour model ola ray who appeared in the ‘thriller’ video has filed court papers to make a financial claim against michael’s estate. · a playboy model who starred alongside michael jackson in thriller is set to sue the singers estate for millions in royalties. The former playboy. First of all, she has got to be the highest paid video model /actress i’ve ever seen! · ola ray sued mj and his production company in may 2009 -- the month before jackson died -- claiming she hadnt been paid royalties from the legendary 1983 music video. · ola ray, the star in michael jackson s thriller, is set to sue his estate for royalties. Ray ultimately sued jackson ’s estate to get her dough and like we said, she came up… all the way up to the tune of $75,000. 00! The former playboy model wants cash from a new 3d version of the video that premiered on monday. Ola ray, 57, played the king of pops girlfriend in the 1983 cult classic music video, which has been viewed more than 437 million times on youtube.
