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Freak of the Week: Michael Jackson Crippled by Spider
12-03-02
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Michael Jackson must have a subconscious need
to be in the media spotlight. His latest adventure finds the self-proclaimed
King of Pop showing up in a California courtroom on crutches due to a
spider bite.
Jackson was in court again Tuesday to resume
testimony in the $21 million dollar lawsuit brought against him for canceling
planned millennium concerts.
Jackson arrived at the courthouse dressed
in a white satin vest and tie, wearing a white sock over one of his feet
and walking with crutches. When asked about the sock and the crutches Jackson
explained to reporters, "It is a spider bite. It is real bad. If
I showed it to you, you'd be shocked. It hurts very much right now as I
speak."
It was supposedly a garden-variety spider
that bite the popstar, not one of his pet tarantulas.
The strangeness continued once inside the
court as Jackson goofed around by making funny faces at a photographer
and made horns above his head with his fingers.
Jackson is being sued by German concert
promoter Marcel Avram, who claims that the popstar breached contract by
canceling several concerts including two millennium New Years Eve concerts
in Australia and Hawaii. During his testimony, Jackson claimed that it
was Avram who called off the concerts during a phone call in late 1999.
I definitely know I got that call because it pretty much shook me up,"
said Jackson. Avrams attorneys claim that the call never took place.
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