Jackson lawyers claim

MICHAEL JACKSON’S attorneys want to introduce evidence at his child molestation trial from a 2001 lawsuit filed by his accuser’s family against a department store, saying it shows family members are “professional plaintiffs” with a history of committing fraud.

The family received more than $150,000 in a settlement with JC Penney and Tower Records, another defendant in the case, after claiming they were beaten by security guards for the two companies.