Jackson ordered to pay €4.9m for backing out of concerts

A CALIFORNIAN jury has ruled that Michael Jackson must pay a German concert promoter €4.9 million for backing out of two concerts planned to celebrate the millennium on New Year’s Eve 1999.

Concert organiser Marcel Avram sued Jackson for a total of €19.5m, alleging breach of contract.

Final arguments in the case were made on February 28, and the jury deliberated for nearly two weeks.