Rihanna’s lawyer said today she will appear at a hearing next month as a possible witness in the assault case against Chris Brown, who was arrested on suspicion of hitting and choking the singer.

A Los Angeles judge threw out a request for a new trial for an air charter service that was ordered to pay more than €12.5m for secretly videotaping Michael Jackson and his lawyers as the pop star was on his way to surrender on child molestation charges.

THE judge in Michael Jackson’s child molestation trial yesterday said he may sanction lead defence lawyer Thomas Mesereau for misrepresenting the terms under which Jackson waived his privilege of confidentiality with former lawyer Mark Geragos.

Michael Jackson’s former lawyer ordered a private investigator to keep tabs on the family of his young accuser as he feared they might sell their story to a tabloid, it emerged today.

The judge in Michael Jackson’s child molestation trial said today he may sanction lead defence lawyer Thomas Mesereau for misrepresenting the terms under which Jackson waived his privilege of confidentiality with former lawyer Mark Geragos.

Michael Jackson’s lawyer had “grave concerns” about the singer’s young accuser and his family and ordered a private investigator to keep them under tight surveillance, he has testified.

MICHAEL JACKSON’S former lawyer took the stand at his child molestation yesterday after being threatened with arrest if he did not show.

Michael Jackson told his lawyer that young accuser had shared his bed but insisted nothing sexual happened, a court heard today.

Michael Jackson’s former lawyer took the stand at his child molestation today after being threatened with arrest if he did not show.

THE same day the judge in the Michael Jackson molestation case ruled the pop star’s ex-wife can testify as a prosecution witness, word emerged that the defence has lost another member of the team.

The same day the judge in the Michael Jackson molestation case ruled the pop star’s ex-wife can testify as a prosecution witness, word emerged that the defence has lost another member of the team.

A judge has agreed to postpone the trial date for a lawsuit brought by Michael Jackson and his former lawyer over the alleged secret recording of them on a charter jet as the singer flew to be booked on child molestation charges.

The mother of the alleged victim in the Michael Jackson child abuse case said she did not remember a private investigator telling her that he was working for one of the pop star’s attorneys.

Michael Jackson’s defence team aims to find out whether his lawyer-client privilege was violated when authorities broke into the office of a private investigator hired by the pop star.

The psychologist who told police of a 12-year-old boy’s claims of being molested by pop singer Michael Jackson had patients on both sides of the case, a defence lawyer indicated in court yesterday.

Michael Jackson – dressed in white and accompanied by members of his family - returned to court to watch a showdown over key evidence with the prosecutor who has pursued the singer for years on child abuse charges.

FANS of Michael Jackson erupted in cheers yesterday as the pop star emerged from a double-decker tour bus and went into a California court for a showdown with the prosecutor who has pursued him for years on child molestation charges.

Fans of Michael Jackson erupted in cheers today as the pop star emerged from a double-decker tour bus and went into a California court for a showdown with the prosecutor who has pursued him for years on child molestation charges.

In a highly unusual move, the judge in the Michael Jackson child molestation case ordered the district attorney to take the stand and explain why a private investigator’s office was searched.

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

Pop star Michael Jackson’s secret indictment on child sex charges has set the stage for a unique defence challenge on grounds that the extraordinary security measures may have intimidated witnesses and grand jurors.

A judge in Santa Maria, California, agreed today to allow Michael Jackson’s attorneys to see school and psychiatric reports involving his accuser and his family – at the court for an unrelated lawsuit.

A TRAVEL agent is suing Michael Jackson, claiming the pop star failed to pay her $18,000 for the infamous charter jet flight that brought him from Las Vegas to Santa Barbara to surrender to authorities on child molestation charges.

A travel agent is suing Michael Jackson, claiming the pop star failed to pay her $18,000 (€14,200) for the infamous charter jet flight that brought him from Las Vegas to Santa Barbara to surrender to authorities on child molestation charges.

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

Michael Jackson’s inner circle met at a posh Beverly Hills hotel to look at the entertainer’s business affairs, four days before his first court appearance on child sex charges.

Popstar Michael Jackson’s inner circle met at a Beverly Hills hotel today to look at the entertainer’s business affairs – four days before his first court appearance on child molestation charges.

MICHAEL JACKSON sleeps with children in his room because he grew up in a close family where they commonly shared beds, his lawyer said.

Michael Jackson sleeps with children in his room because he grew up in a close family where they commonly shared beds, his lawyer said.

The Michael Jackson saga took a new twist today amid reports that a black separatist group was taking over his affairs and keeping him “semi-captive”.

The Nation of Islam is rallying to support Michael Jackson and has begun handling some of his security as the pop star prepares to defend himself against child sex abuse charges, it was reported today.

Pop singer Michael Jackson has found a friend in another celebrity who has had his own brushes with the law – former baseball star Darryl Strawberry.

Sex abuse charges against pop star Michael Jackson are driven solely by money and revenge, his lawyer claimed.

Pop star Michael Jackson will fight child sex abuse charges filed against him “with every fibre of his soul”, his lawyer has said.

MICHAEL JACKSON’S lawyer has claimed that he and the pop superstar were secretly videotaped as the pair flew in a private jet to Santa Barbara last week for Jackson to surrender to police over child molestation allegations.

Michael Jackson’s lawyer vowed to “land like a ton of bricks” on anyone who attacks the singer and claimed that the molestation allegations against him were motivated by money.

Small gatherings of Michael Jackson fans today held candlelight vigils around the world to support the pop megastar as he faced allegations of child molestation.

THE bad blood between pop star Michael Jackson and the prosecutor who has filed child molesting charges against him goes back more than a decade.

Pop superstar Michael Jackson was back in Las Vegas today hours after being arrested in handcuffs over child abuse allegations that could finish off his career and send him to prison for years.

A HANDCUFFED Michael Jackson walked into jail last night to face child molestation charges that could destroy the pop superstar's career and send him to prison for years.

Michael Jackson was tonight preparing to surrender to police in California were he is wanted on multiple counts of child sex abuse involving a 12-year-old boy said to be a cancer victim.

A judge commended Winona Ryder for completing 480 hours of community service at a hospital as part of her sentence on a shoplifting conviction.