Lawsuit ... Michael Jackson
MICHAEL Jackson will give evidence from beyond the grave in his family’s £26billion court case against concert firm AEG.
Lawyers for the company will show film of Jacko apparently drunk or under the influence of drugs in a bid to prove he had long-standing addiction problems.
But the Jackson family, who are claiming AEG is responsible for the Thriller star’s “wrongful death”, will play their own home videos. They will show Jacko playing with his kids and portraying him as a normal and happy family man.
The videos and films are listed in hundreds of exhibits both sides want put before the sensational trial, which could last up to four months.
A source close to the case said: “This is no-holds-barred stuff and will be the biggest insight yet into Jackson’s life. Effectively he is giving evidence from beyond the grave for both sides. It’s an extraordinary turn of events.”
The Jacksons claim that AEG, who were organising a series of 50 concerts by the star at London’s O2 Arena, were negligent in hiring Conrad Murray — the doctor who was with Jackson, 50, when he died of a drug overdose in 2009.
They say Murray, currently serving four years for manslaughter for his involvement in Jacko’s death, already had £286,000 of lost court cases against him.
Both sides want to call nearly 100 witnesses in the Los Angeles trial, including the star’s former staff and bodyguards.
Officials have begun to select a jury, but the process could could take another two or three weeks
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