Michael Jackson's former publicist Raymone Bain is asking the singer for $44m (€33m), plus attorneys' fees in her shock lawsuit against her former boss.

Troubled pop star Micheal Jackson has left his Bahrain-based record company Two Seas, cancelling the album he was set to release under the label.

Michael Jackson, who has been living in Bahrain since he was acquitted of child abuse charges a year ago, is moving to Europe and will begin performing again.