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Lawyers for Michael Jackson have reached a settlement with a member of the Bahraini royal family who claimed the singer owed him $7 million after breaching a signed contract, the pop star's spokeswoman said.
Celena Aponte said the out-of-court settlement means Jackson would not be giving evidence this week at London's High Court as scheduled.
Aponte said Jackson was informed of the deal as he was about to board a flight to London. "As Mr Jackson was about to board his plane to London, he was advised by his legal team to postpone his travels since the parties had concluded a settlement in
principle," Aponte said.
Shaikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa said he gave the singer millions of dollars and planned a series of collaborations following Jackson's acquittal on child molestation charges in June 2005 in California. But Jackson dropped the project in 2006, leaving Bahrain and pulling out of the contract.
Jackson's lawyers have maintained the money was a gift and argued that the musician was not bound by the deal because the contract was signed on behalf of 2 Seas Records, a venture which they claimed never got off the ground.
