Lawsuit Against Jackson Dismissed – MiniBullet#35

Lawsuit Against Jackson Dismissed – MiniBullet#35

APRIL 17 2007 – Word came today from MJHU and confirmed through the Los Angeles County's Court website that a lawsuit filed against Jackson with a number of questionable allegations has been dismissed.

The lawsuit filed April 28 2006, brought by Helen Harris-Scott, alleged that Jackson had inflicted intentional emotional distress against her, stalked her, sent secret messages to her and keyed her car. No, I’m not kidding.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing Acquires Leiber Stoller Catalog

Sony/ATV Music Publishing Acquires Leiber Stoller Catalog 2007-04-17 16:01:14 – NEW YORK, April 17 /PRNewswire/ — Sony/ATV Music Publishing today announced that it has acquired the legendary catalogue of award-winning songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The Leiber Stoller catalogue contains more than 40 Top 40 hits, including “Stand By Me,” “Poison Ivy,” “Is That All There Is?,” “Love Potion #9” and some of the greatest songs that are part of the Elvis Presley legend, including “Hound Dog” and “Jailhouse Rock.” Sony/ATV Music Publishing is co- owned by Sony and trusts formed by Michael Jackson.

Michael Jackson ‘a good parent’

[b]Michael Jackson ‘a good parent'[/b] Tuesday Apr 17 09:00 AEST Troubled superstar Michael Jackson has been given the thumbs up as a father by a magazine publisher who traveled with him. Jamie Foster Brown, who publishes Sister 2 Sister magazine in the US, traveled with [Jackson] and his children to Japan last month. And Jamie insisted that even though the children were made to cover their faces in public, behind the scenes Jackson seemed like a regular dad. “He just seemed to be a good parent,” she insisted. “More so than most of us!” Jamie says [Jackson’s] children Prince Michael, 10, Paris, 9, and Prince Michael II, 5, did not have their faces covered when they were indoors.

Memorabilia Auction house in serious legal trouble with SEC

UPDATE: [b]Damages against Universal Express, officers total $25.7 million[/b] As Universal Express prepares to auction off Michael Jackson memorabilia, its legal thriller with the SEC is dancing toward an appeals court. An order by New York Federal District Court Judge Gerard Lynch, filed on April 2, calls for a penalty of $21.9 million against the Boca Raton-based company, $3.1 million against CEO Richard Altomare and $794,711 against corporate counsel Chris Gunderson.

Crier Canned at Court TV; Show cancelled

Court TV Cancels Crier Court TV has cancelled legal news show Catherine Crier Live after a seven-year run. The star’s contract was up and the network wants to fill more of its schedule with the entertainment shows it programs in prime. Staffers were informed today at a 3:00 p.m. meeting. The show, which premiered in January 2000, clashes with Court’s new stepped-up focus on unscripted drama. In March, Court announced it will ditch its name and change its programming under a rebrand slated to take effect Jan. 1, 2008.

Duke Case Prosecutor Lambasted as Media Hypocrisy is Revealed -MB#322

Duke Case Prosecutor Lambasted as Media Hypocrisy is Revealed – MB#322

APRIL 12 2007 – Maybe the public and much of the media needed to see a group of what they consider to be ‘more acceptable faces’ on the issue of {tag false allegations} before they finally got that not every accuser in a high profile case tells the truth? Some of them certainly didn’t seem to ‘get it’ during the Michael Jackson case from 2005.

Jackson Rep: No Tour, No Vegas Show, No Robot

JACKSON’S REP: NO TOUR SET, NO VEGAS SHOW AND NO ROBOT by Norm Clarke (Vegas Confidential) Michael Jackson has no tour or Las Vegas show in the works, no release date for his unfinished album and no knowledge of a 50-foot laser-firing robot. In the most definitive statement on Jackson’s future since his return to the U.S. in December, Bain told Vegas Confidential, his spokeswoman Raymone Bain said, “His No. 1 priority is completing his music and until that time he’s not going to be entertaining any thoughts of a tour or a show.” Jackson is, however, getting in shape to begin dance rehearsals for the video that will accompany his music, she said in a telephone interview. She characterized as “a hoax” a party invitation that …