Michael Too Sick To Travel
Michael Jackson is reportedly too sick to travel to London to testify in a lawsuit brought against him by a Bahrain sheik.
Jackson’s attorney told the court today Jackson would likely be unable to make it across the pond to offer testimony due to an undisclosed illness. The sheik accused him of failing to make good on the terms of an exclusive recording contract,
“On a best-case prognosis, it would be unwise for him to travel, given what he’s got now,” attorney Robert Englehart said in London’s High Court. He refused to elaborate further “for the obvious reasons,” but said the singer was waiting on test results.
Jackson instead would like testify via video link from the U.S. but attorneys for Sheik Abdulla Bin Hamad Isa Al-Khalifa had another suggestion: Get the star “bandaged up” and get him on a plane.
An attorney for the sheik, apparently aware of the nature of Jackson’s illness, said “if the diagnosis is positive” on the test results, it could be taken care of easily and with little more than a bandage—fixes which, when previous appearances are taken into account, seem to hint at an ailment of the nasal variety, E! News reports.
Al-Khalifa’s legal team also claimed the medical evidence Jackson’s lawyers were giving was “pretty unsubstantial” and “very unsatisfactory,” not to mention familiar.
“It’s not the first time a sick note has been presented by Mr. Jackson,” Al-Khalifa’s lawyer, Bankim Thanki, said. “My client isn’t being hard-hearted or difficult, he is being rightly skeptical.”
A decision on whether Jackson will testify via video link or in person is expected to be made Thursday.
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