Katherine Jackson versus AEG set for trial 9-10-2012

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All this talk of these world tours when MJs is in his 60's and such...I don't know.  I am reminded of things he said in interviews about growing old....
like the one with Rabbi Shmuley ...... I found a link to the transcript:

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/32987303/ns/dateline_nbc-newsmakers/t/children-saved-me-michael-jackson-said/#.UejGCODT220

MJ talks about the body growing old:
Michael Jackson:  I think growing old is the ugliest, the most, the ugliest thing.

It's actually one topic that bothers me a lot about MJ, because I think growing old is a natural process, and it's how God designed us.
So going against God's design for us, isn't something I'd expect to hear or read from MJ.  He certainly wouldn't call his mother ugly......
she's beautiful and wise through and through.  So going on tour, if he really felt like this?  No way would he.  However, deep down,
I don't really think he believed these things about age anyways....it's but a number.
What do I know anyways.....senility has apparently set in with me...so says my family, lol.....they are not hoaxers in the least! : (

Love ya guys.....
Blessings Always

I think Michael just doesn't want himself to grow old and "ugly", but he can see beauty in other people even though they are old (he said Elizabeth Taylor was beautiful and she was old). Many people are like that. Michael is perfectionist about his looks, he probably doesn't want to accept that he will be old grandpa with wrinkles some day. He's Peter Pan, he just wants to be young forever and live forever. Hah. But I'm not Michael so what do I know, lol.

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Paris says that her father no longer wants to go touring,but next she speaks about going on tour around the world

Controversy once again.  :icon_e_biggrin:

[Andrea]

The TII tour in London could've been considered "around the world" from L.A.

[paula-c]

Here's a link to today's story with Paris' deposition: http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/entertainment&id=9176665 ...

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Michael Jackson wrongful death trial: Accountant under fire by defense
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A former accountant for Michael Jackson was under fire by the AEG defense Wednesday during the Jackson family's wrongful death trial. He said that Jackson could have earned more than a billion dollars by touring until he was 66.

How long did Michael Jackson plan to work? Paris Jackson yawns, and then offers two opinions in a video deposition shown to the jury by the defense.

"He still had a lot of music that he was still working on but he kind of needed to relax," she said.

"So did your dad ever tell you he wasn't going to tour anymore after the 02?" Paris was asked.

"Yeah," she replied.

But later she was asked, "How did you understand it was a world tour?"

"Because he told us," she replied.

"What did he tell you?"

"That we were going around the world on tour," she said.

A worldwide tour or retirement? The star's potential earnings were debated in court. Katherine Jackson says she and her three grandchildren are entitled to damages if the jury finds AEG tour promoters liable for the actions of Conrad Murray, the doctor who caused Jackson's death.

AEG's defense asserts that the $1.5 billion figure projected by certified public accountant Arthur Erk is inflated. Erk testified that Jackson would likely work beyond his contract deal for 50 shows at London's O2 Arena and instead perform 260 shows, taking the show around the globe and selling out at every venue. But that's not all.

Defense attorney Sabrina Strong showed Erk's calculations for tours beyond that. That at age 56, Jackson would embark on four more world tours - a total of 455 shows - Jackson performing until he was 66 years old.

Strong questioned Erk: "Are you aware of any other artist doing five tours between age 50 and 66?"

"I did not consider that," Erk replied.

Strong also questioned Erk's numbers for what Jackson could make on endorsements for "This is It": $317 million. Erk testified that the estimate was based on the sellout of 50 concerts within hours.

AEG's defense team says that sponsors were wary of Jackson, who had been accused of criminal conduct and that as the show prepared to launch, the promoters did not have a single dollar in sponsorship or endorsements.

Jackson attorney Brian Panish reminded the jury that Jackson was acquitted of all charges, and like golfer Tiger Woods, could win back multi-million-dollar endorsement contracts.

About performing at age 66, Panish elicited examples of senior citizen stars Mick Jagger, age 69, and Barbara Streisand, age 71.

Meantime, Katherine Jackson is getting ready to testify this week in the wrongful death trial.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/entertainment&id=9176665

Paris is tired .....or maybe bored :LolLolLolLol: !!!

July 17th / Day 50

Anthony McCartney ‏@mccartneyAP15 h
We're on the morning break in Jackson vs AEG Live case. A few updates coming...

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Before testimony began, the clerk outlined the rules for the courtroom and courthouse, saying no interviews should occur outside courtroom.

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Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazuelos also called the attorneys into chambers and met with them before testimony resumed.

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When the judge took the bench, the attorneys addressed the time estimate of the trial. The jury inquired about it yesterday.

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AEG Live defense attorney Marvin Putnam said he's going to try to wrap up his case by the end of August, assuming plaintiff's rest this week

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Putnam said he's weighing how much of a defense he needs to put up, and Palazuelos told him he needed to take as long as he needs.

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For the first half of September, there are only four days court is in session. Plaintiff's lawyer Brian Panish noted that if the defense ...

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... estimate is off by a few days, then that would put the end of their case in mid-September.

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Palazuelos told the jury she expected the case to end in mid-September, which is later than some jurors thought they'd be here.

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Palazuelos: "Even though we're going over a little bit, I don't think it's unreasonable." She told juror to convey any concerns to the court

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AEG Live defense attorney Sabrina Strong continued her cross-examination of CPA Arthur Erk, who started testifying on Friday.

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Strong continued to challenge Erk's projections of Michael Jackson's earnings. She focused on estimates for endorsement deals.

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AEG Live defense attorney Sabrina Strong concluded her cross-examination of CPA Arthur Erk before the lunch break.

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A few more updates from the morning session in Jackson vs AEG Live coming up...

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Strong challenged all of Erk's figures this morning, starting out with his endorsement projections. Erk stated his figures were conservative

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Erk projected that Jackson would get a $50 million clothing endorsement deal. Strong tried to get Erk to say that was pure speculation.

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Erk said it was his expectation that Jackson would get an endorsement deal based on his popularity in the 1980s, "This Is It" ticket sales.

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Strong also challenged Erk's projection that Jackson would have gotten another endorsement deal worth $267 million.

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Erk based that figure on a calculation based off the reported $50 million value of a Beyonce/Pepsi endorsement deal.

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Beyonce's reported deal _ Erk doesn't know if the figures are right _ was the equivalent of 42% of her tour revenues.

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The accountant adjusted his figures for Jackson up based on his assumption that the singer would do a 260 show worldwide tour.

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Erk assumed that Jackson would get a "Pepsi-like" endorsement deal with several companies, but he's not aware of any deals pending in 2009.

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Strong also pointed out that Erk's numbers were gross figures, meaning that he calculated Jackson would receive the full $267 million.

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Using gross figures wouldn't account for any sharing of the deal's profits with AEG Live or some other entity.

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In discussing the Beyonce deal, Strong brought up the child molestation trial and Beyonce's squeaky clean image.

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The lawyer asked Erk whether he knew of any artist who got a sponsorship deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars who'd (cont) ...

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... been involved in a high-profile criminal trial. Erk said that he did not know of any artist who'd received such a big deal after a trial

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Strong also asked whether Erk's merchandise estimates were overly-optimistic due to possible over-inflation of his ticket sales projections.

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Erk said he didn't think he over-estimated the number of tickets that would be sold on a "This Is It" world tour.

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The accountant estimated that concert-goers would spend an average of $19 on MJ-merchandise at each concert.

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After a break, Strong asked Erk about his reliance on an AEG Live budget for his projections. He used a budget prepared on June 24, 2009.

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The AEG budget estimated Jackson would receive between $22 million and $30.7 million from the London "This Is It" shows.

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It appeared AEG estimated Jackson would also receive another $8 million in merchandise sales (The #s were small on the screen.)

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Erk estimated Jackson would earn $452 million for worldwide concerts, another $121 million in merch and $317m for endorsements.

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The accountant said AEG prepared figures in 2008 showing that Jackson could earn $132 million for a worldwide tour.

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He said that was in a proposal to Colony Capital and was based on a tour of 186 concerts. This was before "TII" contract was signed.

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Erk said his projections were much higher than these figures because the success of "This Is It" ticket sales showed the demand for MJ shows

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I've got to get back to court. There were a few more questions that Strong asked and she played a clip of Paris Jackson's deposition.

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I'l address those later. Plaintiff's attorney Brian Panish will resume questioning after the lunch break.

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We're done for the day in Jackson vs. AEG Live. Testimony will resume tomorrow at 10 a.m. PDT.

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I've got a story coming shortly on today's testimony. Will get a few updates out soon after that.

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Tomorrow's witnesses are expected to be videotaped testimony by Dr. Emery Brown in the morning, economist Peter Formuzis in the afternoon.

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I won't be covering the trial tomorrow _ will be working Emmy nominations bright and early tomorrow. AP's Linda Deutsch will be covering.

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During arguments on Dr. Brown's testimony, the judge asked AEG's attorneys whether they intend to call Conrad Murray.

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"I have no intention of calling him," AEG Live defense attorney Marvin S. Putnam said when asked about calling Conrad Murray as a witness.

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File shows promoter planned out worldwide tour for Michael Jackson in '08: Promoter plotted out worldwide tour for Jackson Estimate on earnings lower than expert's.

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Story link I just posted comprises some of plaintiff's questioning of CPA Arthur Erk in Jackson vs AEG Live case.

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The plans were used by both sides in court. AEG used them to show their projections were lower than the experts.

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Jackson attorney Brian Panish used the tour plans to show AEG had plans for worldwide tour, similarities with their expert's opinions.

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Folks, gotta sign off for a few hours (maybe the night.) Will be back on the Jackson case on Friday (if not sooner...)

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Going to share a couple details from the judge's session this morning with attorneys Brian Panish and Marvin Putnam, per court transcript.

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Judge Yvette Palazuelos met with Panish and Putnam to address them yelling at each other in the courthouse hallway on Tuesday afternoon.

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According to the transcript, Palazuelos threatened the attorneys with sanctions, but didn't impose any.

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The judge did most of the talking, and Panish and Putnam apologized for shouting at each other.

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Palazuelos told both attorneys that she expected more of them, and stiff penalties could result if they had another outburst like Tuesday's.

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The judge warned Panish and Putnam that they could be sent to the court's presiding judge if there were issues outside her courtroom.

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Palazuelos made clear that she would handle decorum in her courtroom. She told the lawyers no more interviews outside her doors.

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From now on, Palazuelos said all interviews had to occur at the end of a hallway, or outside the courthouse.

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The attorneys adhered to the new rules on interviews today. For now, sounds like no further action will happen unless there's another issue.

This Is It MOVIE or FILM........this is so confusing  :icon_geek:  :icon_rolleyes:  :judge-smiley: !!!!
Paris says that her father no longer wants to go touring,but next she speaks about going on tour around the world  :animal0017:  :icon_geek: ,cause he father told her so  :icon_question: Maybe Paris/MJ talks figurative,since This Is It has run worldwide   :icon_lol: !!!!

In body language the boredom and indifference are demonstrated by such gestures as the yawning or face resting on the hand or be in constant movement

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Why should Michael have needed to perform hundreds of concerts until he's 66? (what with that number, btw)  Hasn't he said how the music industry takes advantage of its artists, particularly black artists, by basically robbing them of what's theirs, FORCING them to tour and perform well into old age just to survive?  He saw it for what it is and called them out, it's public record so speculating how much he could've earned busting his butt into retirement is contrary to what he's said, and now what Katherine's said.

The projected endorsement earnings for TII of $317 million stuck out to me (my bday is 3-17), because the time from alarm to arrival of the ambulance on June 25th supposedly took 3:17, which TS said would be way too slow for an emergency vehicle, for the distance it went. Probably unrelated but I always notice those numbers.
http://www.michaeljacksonhoaxforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,21289.msg369974.html#msg369974

The Ambulance was going Too Slow and the body or dummy on the stretcher was Too Short = TS, lol

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Mrs Jackson is on the stand today:

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/michael-jacksons-mother-arrives-testimony-19713791

Michael Jackson's Mother Begins Testimony

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY AP Entertainment Writer

LOS ANGELES July 19, 2013 (AP)

Michael Jackson's mother told jurors Friday that she is suing the promoter of her son's ill-fated comeback concerts to find out the truth about his death.Katherine Jackson, 83, said it's been difficult to listen to some of the testimony about her son during a 12-week trial, saying she's a private person by nature."I leave the spotlight for my children," she said.
"A lot of the things that have been said are not the truth," Katherine Jackson said. "He's not here to speak for himself" The Jackson family matriarch sued AEG Live LLC, claiming it failed to adequately investigate the doctor convicted of giving her son an overdose of anesthetic in 2009.She has been a courtroom fixture, sitting in the front row of the courtroom as witnesses have described her son's creativity and interactions with AEG Live executives. AEG denies it hired Jackson's doctor or bears any responsibility for the singer's death. Katherine Jackson said she would do her best to speak for Michael Jackson during her testimony Friday.

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Why should Michael have needed to perform hundreds of concerts until he's 66? (what with that number, btw)  Hasn't he said how the music industry takes advantage of its artists, particularly black artists, by basically robbing them of what's theirs, FORCING them to tour and perform well into old age just to survive?  He saw it for what it is and called them out, it's public record so speculating how much he could've earned busting his butt into retirement is contrary to what he's said, and now what Katherine's said.

The projected endorsement earnings for TII of $317 million stuck out to me (my bday is 3-17), because the time from alarm to arrival of the ambulance on June 25th supposedly took 3:17, which TS said would be way too slow for an emergency vehicle, for the distance it went. Probably unrelated but I always notice those numbers.
http://www.michaeljacksonhoaxforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,21289.msg369974.html#msg369974

Just a lot of nonsense....   :computer-losy-smiley:

[paula-c]

statement of Mrs. Jackson now

https://twitter.com/ABC7Courts

[paula-c]

"When a mother loses a child," Mrs. Jackson said crying "that's the worse than can happen to a person."

:'(

[RK]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/michael-jacksons-mother-arrives-to-testify-against-concert-promoter-in-la-civil-trial/2013/07/19/b01e4f04-f090-11e2-bc0d-556690a86be2_story.html

By Associated Press, Saturday, July 20, 2:31 AM
LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson's mother tearfully described finding out about her son's death and testified on Friday that she had expressed concerns about his comeback concert schedule to the promoters of the shows.

Katherine Jackson said she called Randy Phillips, the CEO of AEG Live, to voice her view that her son could have done 50 shows — but not if they were spaced closely togeth

"He couldn't do every other night like AEG wanted him to do at first," she said.

Jackson also said she had called her son's manager, Tohme Tohme, to raise concerns about the "This Is It" schedule.

She didn't provide any additional details about the calls.

Jackson was expected to be the final witness called by her attorneys in the negligence lawsuit against AEG Live that has lasted 12 weeks. The defense case is scheduled to begin next week.

Her testimony was stopped in the early afternoon after her lawyer said she only had about three hours of sleep Thursday night and was tired.

The decision was made by Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazuelos after defense attorney Marvin S. Putnam asked Jackson several questions about her decision to file the case and she had difficulty understanding and recalling dates.

Palazuelos spoke with Jackson briefly before dismissing her until Monday.

Katherine Jackson has been a courtroom fixture during the civil trial, sitting in the front row as witnesses described her son's creativity and interactions with AEG Live executives.

The Jackson family matriarch sued AEG Live in 2010, claiming it failed to adequately investigate Dr. Conrad Murray, who was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter for giving the singer an overdose of anesthetic in 2009.

AEG denies it hired the doctor or bears any responsibility for the singer's death.

Katherine Jackson also said she had heard from her other children that Michael Jackson was abusing prescription medication, but she didn't know what to believe. She said she visited him in Las Vegas a few years ago to ask him about it.

"He promised, he kept saying, 'I'm OK,'" she told the jury. "Sometimes the mothers are the last to know."

She said she told her son, "I don't want to hear on the news that you're not here anymore."

She did not say when the meeting occurred.

Under questioning by Putnam, she said it had been difficult to see and hear unflattering descriptions of her son.

"It hurts to sit here and listen to all these things," Jackson said. "To listen to how sick my son was and nobody was trying to help him."

She said an email written by Paul Gongaware, a top AEG Live executive, that described her son as lazy was especially hurtful.

"My son is not lazy. You don't get to be the biggest," she said, pausing, "by being lazy."

She broke down as she described the day her son died and learning the news from another of her son's managers, Frank Dileo.

"I just started screaming," she said, crying and clutching a tissue in one of her hands.

Katherine Jackson said she had never met Murray before her son's death. She said she saw him pacing at the hospital and had to inquire who he was.

"My son needed another doctor, not Dr. Murray," she said.

The former cardiologist was convicted in 2011 and remains jailed.

Putnam asked Katherine Jackson about her decision to sue AEG Live. She said she didn't discuss it with her children or her grandchildren before filing the lawsuit.

"This was your decision alone," Putnam said.

She said it was.

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[applehead250609]

statement of Mrs. Jackson now

https://twitter.com/ABC7Courts

OMG this is heartbreaking  :icon_cry: ,cause they showed this note from MJ to his mother,and a new video of Michael with his kids  :'( !!!!

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Court News ‏@ABC7Courts 5h

Michael was born Aug 21, 1958. As to this photo: "It shows my sweet little boy to me," Mrs. Jackson said. pic.twitter.com/eFYPVjZMaB

MJonmind where are you lol  :LolLolLolLol: ,they had "done" another mistake  :icon_lol: !!!!!!

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Wow just WOW!!!! Only MJ could write down ,such things  :-*.He is a GENIUS   :michael_jackson-1135:!!!!!

ABC7 Court News ‏@ABC7Courts 5h

Plaque to Katherine Jackson pic.twitter.com/ykKiZjKBfI

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I wonder if that song choice is just random.

Ocean's apart day after day
And I slowly go insane
I hear your voice on the line
But it doesn't stop the pain
...etc

Maybe he can't see them as often as he would like to.

What a cute video btw!