JACKSON SUES FORMER LAWYERS
Pop star MICHAEL JACKSON is suing Los Angeles law firm Ayscough & Marar, accusing attorneys of trying to force him into bankruptcy.
In papers filed on 29 August (06), but unseen until now, Jackson accuses his former attorneys of conspiring with other lawyers, who represented him in the past, to put him into involuntary bankruptcy.
According to Fox News, Jackson also claims that BRENT AYSCOUGH - the attorney who unsuccessfully represented him in a lawsuit brought by former business partner MARC SCHAFFEL - threatened to expose confidential information about him to the press, violated rules of professional conduct and committed both negligence and malpractice.
Ayscough sued Jackson in July (06) for $216,000 (£120,000) he claims he is owed in unpaid fees. Jackson is also currently embroiled in a $48 million (£27 million) lawsuit brought by DARIEN DASH, the cousin of hip-hop mogul DAMON DASH. Dash claims he has Jackson’s signature on a document promising to pay him a nine per cent fee for securing financing for a $275 million (£153 million) loan in 2004 held by Fortress Investments.
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Jackson’s suit against Ayscough & Marar, Brent Ayscough and Sidney Lanier was dismissed and judgment against Michael Jackson was entered July 13, 2007 by the Los Angeles Superior Court. All Jackson’s claims were found by the court to have NO Merit whatsoever.
Comment by Sidney Lanier — July 18, 2007 @ 9:48 pm