May 18, 2013

Katherine Jackson Could Sink the Wrongful Death Suit

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*Katherine Jackson may have sabotaged her own case against AEG. According to RadarOnline.com, the attorney for the mother of the late pop star told jurors in an opening statement that her son had been addicted for decades and that the family knew it all along. But AEG claimed to be unaware of it. However, Katherine, [...]




LAPD Witness: Conrad Murray’s Debts Led To MJ’s Death

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*Conrad Murray’s severe financial problems were to blame for Michael Jackson’s death, a Los Angeles police detective told the court at the trial between the King of Pop’s mother, Katherine Jackson, and promoters AEG Live, who had booked MJ to play 50 shows at London’s O2 Arena. On Wednesday, Detective Orlando Martinez testified that he [...]




Judge Limits Amount of Michael Jackson Siblings at Trial

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*Just one of Michael Jackson’s brothers and sisters can sit in the courtroom at one time in the family’s wrongful death suit against AEG Live, a judge ordered Tuesday. AEG Live lawyers argued at the start of the second day of the trial that there was “a risk in allowing any of them in the [...]




Paris Jackson Still Warming to Mom Debbie Rowe

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*With a multi-million dollar wrongful death trial pitting Michael Jackson’s mother and kids against concert promoter AEG Live underway in Los Angeles, Jackson’s ex-wife and the mother of two of his children has resurfaced. And sources say she’s grown particularly close to the daughter she never really knew, reports People.com. In recent weeks, Debbie Rowe [...]




Opening Statements Set Today for Jackson vs. AEG

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*Opening statements are scheduled to begin this morning in a case filed by Michael Jackson’s mother Katherine against AEG Live, the company promoting his planned series of comeback concerts. The remarks in Los Angeles court will provide a roadmap of the case, which may last 90 trial days. Katherine is claiming AEG failed to properly [...]




Jackson Wrongful Death Trial to Begin Monday

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*The civil trial over the death of Michael Jackson is set to get formally underway at Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, April 29, after jury selection was completed on Tuesday. Jackson’s 82-year-old mother, Katherine, is suing AEG Live, the promoters of his never-realized series of 2009 London comeback concerts, for the wrongful death of [...]




Prince Michael Not Ready to Bond with Mom Debbie Rowe?

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*Michael Jackson’s 16-year-old son Prince Michael is reportedly not interested in bonding with his birth mother, Debbie Rowe, despite his 15-year-old sister Paris growing increasingly close to her over the last two months, TMZ is reporting. Although Prince has no real issues with Debbie – who was married to Michael from 1996 to 1999 – [...]




Jury Selected in Jackson’s Wrongful Death Case

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*A jury of six men and six women was accepted by both sides on Monday for the trial of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of Michael Jackson against AEG concert promoters, reports the AP. Lawyers immediately began questioning prospects to sit as alternate jurors. The jury was seated a week after a [...]




T.J. Jackson Granted $9000 per Month for Michael’s Kids

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*Michael Jackson’s nephew T.J. Jackson has been granted $9,000 a month to look after the King of Pop’s three children. Executors for Jackson’s estate requested in February that a judge provide T.J. – who was granted co-guardianship of Prince, Paris and Blanket, along with their grandmother Katherine Jackson in July 2012 – a reasonable monthly [...]




Katherine Jackson Fears Rowe will Deny MJ Paternity in Court

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*TMZ is reporting that Katherine Jackson’s lawyers have been trying to find out what Debbie Rowe might say under oath about the paternity of Paris and Prince Jackson – the two kids she bore while married to Michael Jackson. The website quotes sources close to Katherine as saying her lawyers have been making a number [...]




Michael Jackson Connections Affect Jury Pool in Civil Trial

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*Six degrees of separation to the King of Pop seemed to hamper jury selection in his mother Katherine Jackson’s lawsuit against promoters AEG. According to the Associated Press, extensive connections of Michael Jackson, his family and friends became a challenge Monday for a judge trying to seat an impartial jury for his mother’s wrongful death [...]




Jury Pool for Katherine Jackson V. AEG Live Grows to 81

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*Attorneys and a Los Angeles judge have selected 81 people to remain in the jury pool for the case between Michael Jackson’s mother and concert giant AEG Live. Nine people were added to the pool Wednesday after the sixth day of jury selection, reports the Associated Press. Screenings will continue today and Friday to try [...]




Jury Selection Begins in Katherine Jackson Vs. AEG

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*Jury selection began Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by Michael Jackson’s mother against AEG Live, the promoter of the late singer’s planned comeback concerts. Dozens of prospective jurors answered written questionnaires that gauged their ability to serve on the trial, which may last three months, reports the Associated Press. One 24-page section of the questionnaire [...]




Judge Sets Trial Rules for Katherine Jackson vs. AEG

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*A Los Angeles judge has set the parameters for a civil suit by Michael Jackson’s mother against concert giant AEG Live. Katherine Jackson claims the company negligently hired Dr. Conrad Murray, who was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the singer’s death. The judge’s rulings Thursday anticipate a three-month trial that will revisit events preceding [...]




Katherine Jackson Wants Paternity Evidence Banned from Trial

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*Katherine Jackson has filed a motion asking the judge presiding over her wrongful death case to ban evidence about the conception of Jackson’s kids, Prince Michael, Paris and Blanket. The Jackson family matriarch is suing promoters behind her son Michael’s doomed This Is It comeback tour, claiming they were negligent in ignoring life-threatening health concerns. [...]