Jackson to appear in court over sheikh’s lawsuit

MICHAEL JACKSON has agreed to appear in person at a London court to respond to a Bahraini sheikh’s $7 million (€5.5m) lawsuit, the singer’s lawyer said.

Jackson had asked to testify by a video link from the US because of an unspecified illness. But his lawyer, Robert Englehart, informed the court yesterday that Jackson “has been cleared by his medical advisers to travel in two days’ time”.

The singer is scheduled to give evidence at the High Court on Monday.