Celebrity Justice
Lawyers to Jacko: You Never Paid Us Backo

JackoAnother batch of Michael Jackson's former lawyers claims the Gloved One screwed them out of dough. Who doesn't Jacko owe money to these days?!

In a lawsuit filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, the King of Pop is accused of stiffing celebrity super-lawyers Lavely & Singer out of $113,750 in legal fees. According to the documents, the lawyers set up a payment plan for the singer to pay off his $180,000 debt, but Jackson never ponied up the final installment.

It's the second time this year that a team of Jackson's former lawyers has accused him of skipping a bill. As TMZ first reported, a Delaware-based law firm sued Jacko in June, claiming he never forked over $109,994.48 he allegedly owed them for acting as "general counsel" in a case against a concert promoter who accused the singer of backing out of two New Year's Eve concerts in 2000.

A rep for Jacko was not available for comment.



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46.
MAYBE THESE LAWYERS SHOULD TAKE NOTE OF HOW TO GET THE BIG BUCKS AND LIVE WITHOUT WORKING...........
ASK COWARD K. $$$$TERN......
THAT PIECE OF CRAP IS LIVING HIGH SINCE HIS CLIENT AND HER SON DIED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW LONG WILL IT BE BEFORE THERE IS JUSTICE FOR THE DEAD ???? ANNA NICOLE AND DAVID SMITH.............................
HE'S EVERY BIT AS LOW LIFE AS MICHAEL JACKSON.............................

Posted at 1:49PM on Aug 15th 2007 by ENOUGH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

47. Word to all jackson haters. he still has more money than your daddy and your grandaddy. he marrie dthe King's daughter and owns the Beatles. AND...he is not involved in dog fighting!

Posted at 3:31PM on Aug 15th 2007 by Rusty

48. I'm so confused here.....so many posts are riddled w/ ill informed data. i always wonder why so many take pride and giggle w/ glee when celebs are having problems. i remember something about jackson FILING a lawsuit against HIS ACCOUNTANTS...basically, when daddy left the ranch, nothing got paid cept the accountants....yeah, they milked themoney out of the accounts, paid themselves serveral times over, and stiffed his staff, the utility people, and his lawyers from the trial.

daddy's back, taking care of business...it takes time. as for 'sir' paul, he had the option to purchase the catalogue for 1/3 of the price jackson paid for it. he didn't....the catalogue jackson owns isn't JUST beatles songs, he know owns hafl of sony publishing (they merged), half of acuff/rose (country music and all of elvis), and now part of viacom.....

yeah, broke my ass. he owes me an elephant

Posted at 5:17PM on Aug 15th 2007 by kinkykate

49. I can't believe I used to be a fan of this man.

What a freak.

Posted at 3:51PM on Aug 15th 2007 by The Greek One

50. LAWYERS HAVE A WAY OF SCREWING POOR PEOPLE WHEN THEY SUE A COMPANY

ON THEIR BEHALF; THEN THE POOR PEOPLE IS LEFT WITH NICKELS AND DIME

WHILE THE BIG LAW FIRMS TAKE PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE SETTLEMENT;

IF THIS IS ALL TRUE WITH MICHAEL GOOD FOR HIM HE JUST RETURNING THE FAVOR.

Posted at 4:19PM on Aug 15th 2007 by poetic-justice

51. If Michael Jackson is really so broke I don't know why people think they can get any money out of him by continually suing him. Michael has business people that handle his affairs and lawsuits because he is so busy. Maybe he doesn't know who he owes money to until it actually goes to court . Once the case starts to go to court he always pays. Maybe during the trial Michael became a high risk to finance. So the business charged excessive fees to do business with him. If he doesn't pay right away the the business's sue him. However, they only get a franction of the excessive amount that they charged him. If it looks like he is unstable and trying not to pay his bills maybe theres a clause that the Beatles catalog can be taken. I never heard about Michael not paying his bills before the big trial.

Posted at 10:12AM on Aug 23rd 2007 by Val

52. I guess lawyers have declared open season on Michael Jackson. I advise him to settle them if he really owes them and move on with his life.

Posted at 12:18AM on Sep 16th 2007 by Forexmillionaire.com (On Lawyers to Jacko: You Never Paid Us Backo)

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