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Michael Jackson legal woes still on front burner
By April MacIntyre Jun 20, 2006, 23:29 GMT
This summer will host yet another day in court for Pop Star Michael Jackson. Adult entertainment producer and ex-associate of Jackson, Marc Schaffel, has brought a lawsuit against the King of Pop in the Los Angeles Superior Court. His claim is Jackson owes him $3.8 Million in unpaid fees and expenses.
Jackson is not expected to return to the United States to make any court appearances, "though he will reportedly be present in the form of videotaped depositions that he gave in London on two separate occasions." According to E! Online.
In a litany of debts owed, Schaffel cites his producer's fee for the 9/11 charity single 'What More Can I Give?", and reimbursement for loans he says he made for Jackson over the years.
E! Online reports, "Schaffel's attorney, Howard King, painted Jackson as hopelessly irresponsible with regard to his finances."
According to King, "Jackson carried no credit cards, wrote no checks, carried no 'walking around money' and had people attending to his every need."
Jury selection in the trial is scheduled to begin June 26.
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