Entertainer Michael Jackson reads a Billboard magazine in Santa Maria
Superior Court on November 13, 2002, during a trial in which he is
accused of canceling concert appearances, costing the promoter several
million dollars. Jackson is accused by German-based promoter Marcel
Avram of breach of contract and fraud for allegedly backing out of two
New Year's Eve 1999 shows. REUTERS/Spencer Weiner/POOL

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