The New York court appearance for the International Money Fund chief accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid has been delayed, his lawyer said today.

The leader of the International Monetary Fund, a possible candidate for president of France, was pulled off a plane in New York moments before it was to depart for Paris and arrested over sex attack allegations involving a hotel maid.

Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing a court case claiming he punched and pushed a man and his girlfriend at a Hollywood nightclub.

The jeweller to the stars accused of money-laundering in the US reportedly wants celebrity customers including David Beckham to testify for the defence at his trial.

Act Two of the Michael Jackson child molestation case gets under way this week with a new cast of lawyers taking centre stage.

Less than a week before his next court date on charges of child molestation, Michael Jackson said he had replaced his high-profile legal team because “my life is at stake”.

MICHAEL Jackson has broken with his legal team less than a week before he appears in court on child molestation charges.

Michael Jackson is replacing high-profile lawyers Mark Geragos and Benjamin Brafman in his child molestation case.

Michael Jackson pleaded not guilty today to child-molestation charges as a throng of news media and fans swarmed around the California court.

Two months after a prosecutor made worldwide news by announcing he would charge Michael Jackson with child molestation, the multimillionaire pop star is set to face his first court appearance today amid an all-out media blitz.

Jurors in the Puff Daddy guns and bribery trial are expected to begin considering their verdict today.