Michael Jackson: A life in the public gaze
In 2002, Jackson caused a public outcry by dangling the baby – referred to as “Blanket” – out of a third-floor hotel balcony in front of the world’s press.
In November last year, Jackson and an Arab sheikh suing him at the High Court in London for £4.7 million parted “amicably” after agreeing a settlement to their dispute. Jackson was invited with his children and entourage to Bahrain by Sheikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, who lavished money on them and built a recording studio, which he believed would be used to record material the sheikh had helped to write.
But Jackson insisted there was no valid agreement and that the sheikh’s case was based on “mistake, misrepresentation and undue influence”.
He said sums of monies paid out by the sheikh were “gifts”.
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