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Michael Jackson suffers reaction to lawsuits
Los Angeles, May 23: Superstar Michael Jackson was briefly hospitalized for dehydration after suffering what a Jackson family lawyer on Thursday called a `reaction to lawsuits.`
Los Angeles, May 23: Superstar Michael Jackson was briefly hospitalized for dehydration after suffering what a Jackson family lawyer on Thursday called a "reaction to lawsuits."
Jackson, 44, was taken ill in Indianapolis on Wednesday shortly before a scheduled deposition in a copyright lawsuit.
"Some people react to food. Some people react to lawsuits. I have seen this before. He gets upset, he doesn't drink, he doesn't eat, he can't sleep.
"It gets to the point where he just can't stand it. He is exhausted with this kind of thing," Jackson family lawyer Brian Oxman told a news agency. Oxman, who has represented Jackson and some of his siblings for 13 years, said the "Thriller" star had given about 500 depositions and been involved in more than 1,500 lawsuits in his career -- not an unusually large number given the size of his business but a drain on a man whose forte is singing and dancing.
"This is the kind of life that Michael leads. No one wants to be reasonable. Everyone wants to be crazy. He is tired of being sued," Oxman said.
Jackson spent a couple of hours in the hospital for rehydration treatment before returning to Los Angeles, where his attorneys have a hearing on Thursday in another lawsuit brought by the singer's former manager who claims he is owed millions of dollars in back pay. Jackson is not expected to appear.
The Indianapolis deposition, which will have to be rescheduled, involved a lawsuit alleging that the Jackson Five used the name of another local band and two of their songs without license.
Jackson's sickness meant he also missed a trip back to his hometown in Gary, Indiana, where he was due to visit a high school and return to the small house where he was born.
The self-styled "King of Pop" has been embroiled in several other high-profile lawsuits in the past year -- notably a $21 million lawsuit in California last December over canceled millennium concerts where Jackson's behavior sparked questions over his state of mind and the extent of plastic surgery on his face.
"Some people react to food. Some people react to lawsuits. I have seen this before. He gets upset, he doesn't drink, he doesn't eat, he can't sleep.
"It gets to the point where he just can't stand it. He is exhausted with this kind of thing," Jackson family lawyer Brian Oxman told a news agency. Oxman, who has represented Jackson and some of his siblings for 13 years, said the "Thriller" star had given about 500 depositions and been involved in more than 1,500 lawsuits in his career -- not an unusually large number given the size of his business but a drain on a man whose forte is singing and dancing.
"This is the kind of life that Michael leads. No one wants to be reasonable. Everyone wants to be crazy. He is tired of being sued," Oxman said.
Jackson spent a couple of hours in the hospital for rehydration treatment before returning to Los Angeles, where his attorneys have a hearing on Thursday in another lawsuit brought by the singer's former manager who claims he is owed millions of dollars in back pay. Jackson is not expected to appear.
The Indianapolis deposition, which will have to be rescheduled, involved a lawsuit alleging that the Jackson Five used the name of another local band and two of their songs without license.
Jackson's sickness meant he also missed a trip back to his hometown in Gary, Indiana, where he was due to visit a high school and return to the small house where he was born.
The self-styled "King of Pop" has been embroiled in several other high-profile lawsuits in the past year -- notably a $21 million lawsuit in California last December over canceled millennium concerts where Jackson's behavior sparked questions over his state of mind and the extent of plastic surgery on his face.
Auction house Sotheby's said this week it had reached an amicable settlement with Jackson over a $1.4 million payment for two 19th century paintings he bought but no longer wanted. Terms were not disclosed.
Bureau Report