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Michael Jackson Mulls Over Sony Lawsuit
Mon Jul 22, 1:07 PM ET
(7/22/02, 12 p.m. ET) -- Yet another chapter unfolds in the ongoing saga between Michael Jackson and Sony Music: The "King of Pop" has begun contemplating a lawsuit against the label. Believing that Sony head Tommy Mottola purposely failed to promote the Invincible album, Jackson's lawyer Marty Singer told Reuters, "We've asserted claims against Sony. These are claims for breach of an agreement and fiduciary duties." He added, "We have Enron-like accounting claims concerning the under-reporting of revenues to Michael Jackson as well as other alleged improper accounting practices." Singer believes those miscalculations "could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars."
Sony Music has yet to issue any statements on the matter, but sources inside the company have spoken off the record that they believe Invincible failed because it's a poor album, plain and simple.
With a line drawn down the center of the music world between Sony and Jackson--who contends that he's fighting for the rights of all artists-- Jermaine Jackson tells LAUNCH it's time for other artists to get involved. "Then you have your Russell Simmons, and people like this, who I feel should be honored that Michael is speaking up because the level of fight that he's fighting is much greater than we can imagine. Michael has opened, and so have the Jackson Five, a lot of doors for a lot of the artists who are out there today, and we have to acknowledge that."
Jermaine also delivered through LAUNCH a message to those who use their celebrity to bad-mouth Michael. "I just think it's wrong for anybody to call my brother the names they've called him, and to say the things they say. At the same time, he has nieces and nephews and children himself, and when you have a Rosie O'Donnell who blatantly says he's a pedophile, I mean, that's wrong. When he was never charged, he was never indicted, it's just wrong. And we know why things are being said, but it's wrong for the artists and other celebrities to speak out against him, period. And for him to come out and do what he's doing and say what he's saying, you got to ask yourself, 'This boy's been hurt. Someone deliberately did something to him and he's speaking out against it.'"
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Michael Jackson Mulls Over Sony Lawsuit
Mon Jul 22, 1:07 PM ET
(7/22/02, 12 p.m. ET) -- Yet another chapter unfolds in the ongoing saga between Michael Jackson and Sony Music: The "King of Pop" has begun contemplating a lawsuit against the label. Believing that Sony head Tommy Mottola purposely failed to promote the Invincible album, Jackson's lawyer Marty Singer told Reuters, "We've asserted claims against Sony. These are claims for breach of an agreement and fiduciary duties." He added, "We have Enron-like accounting claims concerning the under-reporting of revenues to Michael Jackson as well as other alleged improper accounting practices." Singer believes those miscalculations "could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars."
Sony Music has yet to issue any statements on the matter, but sources inside the company have spoken off the record that they believe Invincible failed because it's a poor album, plain and simple.
With a line drawn down the center of the music world between Sony and Jackson--who contends that he's fighting for the rights of all artists-- Jermaine Jackson tells LAUNCH it's time for other artists to get involved. "Then you have your Russell Simmons, and people like this, who I feel should be honored that Michael is speaking up because the level of fight that he's fighting is much greater than we can imagine. Michael has opened, and so have the Jackson Five, a lot of doors for a lot of the artists who are out there today, and we have to acknowledge that."
Jermaine also delivered through LAUNCH a message to those who use their celebrity to bad-mouth Michael. "I just think it's wrong for anybody to call my brother the names they've called him, and to say the things they say. At the same time, he has nieces and nephews and children himself, and when you have a Rosie O'Donnell who blatantly says he's a pedophile, I mean, that's wrong. When he was never charged, he was never indicted, it's just wrong. And we know why things are being said, but it's wrong for the artists and other celebrities to speak out against him, period. And for him to come out and do what he's doing and say what he's saying, you got to ask yourself, 'This boy's been hurt. Someone deliberately did something to him and he's speaking out against it.'"
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