Miss Modular's Official JackoWatch(TM) Thread

[Miss Modular]

Just when you thought the world was safe from Michael Jackson acting nuts, think again!

Just in time for Black History Month, Primetime Live will air an interview on Thursday night at 8pm that aired on British TV earlier this week. Among the highlights, courtesy of Fametracker (http://www.fametracker.com/ijsbb/forum.cgi?a=list&f=1&d=20&t=113635&n=113,3#n):

He claims he's had TWO nosejobs and that's it. No cheek implants, chin implant/dimple etc. This is his natural face and the reason it's different is because he grew up.


Yeah, yeah Jacko, whatever.

He said that Debbie Rowe gave him Prince and Paris as a 'gift' because she knew he needed to be a father (to the extent that he was walking around carrying baby dolls!). He denied that 'Blanket' (Baby Dangle to you, me and the majority of the world), had been born by a surrogate mother, saying he'd had a relationship with her. At the end he admitted he'd used a surrogate mother and he didn't know her and she didn't know him. Oh, and she was black.

Tatum O' Neal invited him over as a teenager with a phone call detailing what she was going to do to him when he got there. In the room the curtains were pulled, she touched a button on his shirt, and he threw up his hands to cover his face because he was scared. End of heavy petting.


Modular's Note: Tatum O'Neal, for those of you not in the know, played the girl in Bad News Bears. She also won an Oscar for Paper Moon.

He still has children over for sleepovers, a 12 year old boy recovering from cancer has slept in his bed while michael was on the floor. [b]He also spoke of sharing his bed with the Culkins while in it. [b]

I'm surprised people still trust this, uh, man.

And finally, his new baby's (aka "Baby Dangle") nickname? Blanket.

Also, on the 17th at 8pm, Dateline is having a special on the HiStory of his face. Mark your calendars and set your VCRs, kids! Looks like it's gonna be a Jacko month!

[Psycho Squid]

Is it me or admitting that you have sleepovers with 12 year old boys not the best thing for Jacko to do at this time. I mean would you let your 12 year old son sleep in the same room with a 40 year old man that looks like Skeletor? By the way, where are all those Jacko fans from the old board not here defending him?

[Evil Robot]

the jacko freaks got banned :)

[Zero Signal]

Anyone see him in MIB2? "I can be Agent M!!!" :lol

[Krythor]

Meh, I watched it over here in the British isles (all two hours of it), and considering it's length, there's not alot to it, but it certainly is worth watching. One thing I found particularly amusing was how much of a fucking chronic liar here is...and holding hands with the kid with cancer while he smiled and rested his head on jakov the wakov's shoulder was really unnerving. I never want to come within 70 feet of that "man".

[FS]

I saw it last night. Quite interesting and disturbing here and there - for instance, when he went out with his kids and they all had to wear creepy masks. Jacko got pretty apprehensive when it seemed like the interviewer was going to take off his daughter's mask. Later on it showed him feeding "Blanket", whose face was covered by a kind of silk see-through sheet, and he was seriously jittery and trying to keep the baby's face covered up. Weird.

He also has a man-sized statue of the Jolly Green Giant :lol

[Slinky Ferret]

I think the media is twisting it alot. I think its true that he missed out on his childhood. He puts veils on his kids faces so the media can't tell who they are. This may benefit them in the years to come although I wonder what they will be like...

As for the sleep overs. Didn't you ever do that as a kid? I think he just wants to be a kid again but he can't. He seems to love children but I think people take it the wrong way or try to cash in on it.

At the end of the day he is weird for wanting to be SO white but when I looked at the picture of him in the paper last night it didn't look quite so bad. I think as long as he avoids the red lipstick he should be okay. Anyway, its his body he can do what he likes.

As for his children. I've said this before. They seem 100% white, not a traditional feature of a black person between them. Maybe he just adopted them all?

[FS]

I'm pretty sure he did. The pigment disease he has didn't alter his DNA, so even if the mother was white the children would still have a tanned skin.

[mburbank]

The main thing here, and I think we can all agree, is that a show that calls itself Primteime "LIVE" should not be allowed to show lenghty TAPED interviews. It's confusing and upsetting.

[Protoclown]

Oh, I am SOOOOO watching this.

Provided I figure out which channel Primetime Live is on.

[Zero Signal]

Oh, I am SOOOOO watching this.

Provided I figure out which channel Primetime Live is on.
It's ABC.

[killingzoe]

here is an article I read about the interview

Solent News

Michael Jackson ’mania’ has rocketed after his controversial TV interview - with record stores reporting one thousand percent increases in his album sales.
In many music shops across Britain it was impossible to get a copy of the troubled superstar’s ’Thriller’ album as copies flew out of shops.
Record store bosses branded the sudden demand for Wacko Jacko’s music as ’a comeback like nothing we have seen before’.
The startling sales figures were released today among rumours that Jackson’s record company may re-release some of his classic hits.
HMV spokesman, Gennaro Castaldo, said the massive increase in sales of Jackson’s albums was ’utterly remarkable’.
He said: “These albums are flying out of our music stores nationwide.
“To give you some idea of how crazy it is, we have seen a 1,000 percent increase in Jackson’s ’Greatest Hits Volume 1’ album this week.
“Sales of his ’Thriller’ album increased by 500 per cent just on Tuesday alone - the day after Jackson’s documentary was aired.
“So controversial as he might be, Michael Jackson’s career is now storming. People were clearly moved by his interview.
“I would expect him to use this interest as a platform to relaunch his career and for his record company to re-release his albums.”
At Our Price record shop, at Southampton, Hants, sales assistants have been forced to order in extra copies of Jackson’s hits due to demand.
Manager, Attila Sumer said: “We didn’t sell many of his records at all before the interview on Monday - but now we have sold out.
“We are having to order in many more copies to meet the demand. I guess people have now realised how great Jackson’s music was.
“There were quite a lot of Jackson’s hits played in the TV programme and I suppose that has prompted the sudden craze to buy his records.”
And at Andy’s Records at Colchester, manager Andy Crick said there was a ’crazy’ sudden demand for Jackson’s music.
Mr Crick said: “It’s a comeback like nothing we’ve really seen before.
“Normally we only sell one or two Michael Jackson albums a week - but yesterday we sold out. It’s totally crazy.
“Michael Jackson may have come across as a bit of a freak but his music is hot. If only he gave more interviews like this one.
Fopp Records in Aberdeen report a 100 per cent increase in purchases of Jackson 5 greatest hits albums.
Manager Stephen Carr, said: “I think the show has definitely had a big impact on our Michael Jackson record sales.
“The morning after the show we had a steady stream of people coming in to buy his older stuff like the Jackson 5.
“We have seen a 100 per cent increase in the number of their greatest hits albums sold.”
The massive increase in demand for Michael Jackson’s music follows the TV screening of his interview with journalist Martin Bashir.

[Slinky Ferret]

That is so ironic!

If he just redid some of his old stuff and modernised it in a metal way it would be so kool! :)

[Miss Modular]

I understand that he missed out on his childhood, but it's really no excuse for his behavior. Jodie Foster didn't have much of a childhood either, but I don't see her rationalizing it with sleeping with children.

He is now being investigated by authorities...again. (http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/index.cfm?id=142962003)

[Rez]

by the second quote i had a headache.

i can be agent M :lol

[Miss Modular]

The Smoking Gun has posted the papers of the 1993 accusations. (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/doc_o_day/mjdec1.html)

Page 3 is where it starts to get horrifying. I don't know if anyone would or would want to make up those kinds of details.

[Psycho Squid]

That is the most fucked up shit I have ever read.

[Anonymous]

I think it's funny how he keeps crying. :lol

[MrAdventure]

I THINK IT IS FUNNY THAT HE CAN CRY. :lol :x

[Anonymous]

I LIKE PAGE 4 THE BEST (http://www.popndeth.com/imock/MJnRobo.gif) :)

[MrAdventure]

:lol

MICHAEL'S ALWAYS HAD TROUBLE WITH PERFORMANCE I AM SURPRISED ROBO DIDN'T SAY, "OH GOD A TONGUE IN MY EAR THATS GREAT WHY DONT YOU BE CREATIVE LIKE SETTING YOUR HAIR ON FIRE AGAIN FAGGOT"

EDIT- WAIT YES I AM SURPRISED HE DIDNT SAY IT BECAUSE I WOULD'VE LAUGHED :rolleyes

[killingzoe]

see below

[killingzoe]

If anyone is interested Jackson is supposed to rebuttle the Basir documentary on the 20th of february on CBS I think...it should be interesting to see what evidence he has to show to discredit bashir. Either way he prob got what he wanted people are talking about him again.

[Miss Modular]

Dateline's Special on his face is on @ 9pm tonight on NBC. That's in 20 minutes. Don't forget, kids!

[Les Waste]

I'm probably going to watch it :(

I just turned in my article for this week in which I defend Michael Jackson. It is a feeble attempt at LOL. Some people here might recognize parts of it, as there are parts of it I used in the threads with ERIKA KRYSTAL.

[GnrySgtHartman]

Ok, I regret that I read half of page 3, I could NOT read past page 4 because it was fucked up to the point that my eyes bled.

[Vomit]

I think they should leave MJ alone. :(

[GarishBitch]

i watched the dateline special the other night and it was only an extension to the already disturbing special on michael jackson produced by grenada television. first, we didn't need a plastic surgeon to elaborate on how michael's "two nose jobs" were more like 50+ surgeries. look at his face, look at the nose, he's a freak of nature. however, the makeup artist did shed some light on the vitaligo controversy...i guess if he really does have it extensively all over his body, it is easier to fill in the dark spots white then fill in the light spots dark...he's just plain strange. people like watching a train wreck (hence the popularity of the anna nicole show). michael is the ultimate train wreck. what's sick is that he has no idea that what he does to himself and what he does with people 1/3 his age is wrong. a 43 year-old man sleeping in bed with 10 and 12 year-old boys is a little offbeat.

did anyone happen to notice that his nose had tape on it during the christmas celebration that was caught on video at his home? do you really think he has a hole at the tip of his nose from excessive plastic surgery?

[Vomit]

Are we really that bored, as a society, that we have to become obsessed with an eccentric wealthy pop star? He's not really that interesting. He's just rich.

He makes money doing nothing, he can't go out without being attacked by cameras, and everywhere he goes he makes a controversy. No wonder he built a freaking amusement park to live in! He doesn't have to interact with regular people, like you or I, so he just buys a bunch of stuff.

He's not a bad guy either. I think he cares alot about the children of the world and wants to help them, but everyone uses it against him. :/

And another thing, I couldn't care less about how much plastic surgery he's had. It's his face, and it's really not that interesting. Where's all the specials about all of the plastic surgery that Joan Rivers had? Huh?

I mean, really. I've heard more about Michael Jackson on TV than I have about the possible war that will took place.

[mburbank]

Jacko died from a plastic surgery misshap a year ago. The current 'Jacko" is actually a CIA operative positioned by the Bush administration to keep people from thinking too much.

[Anonymous]

And another thing, I couldn't care less about how much plastic surgery he's had. It's his face, and it's really not that interesting. Where's all the specials about all of the plastic surgery that Joan Rivers had? Huh?

But that's just it; how can it still be considered his face with all the work that's been done to it? It's like saying that a painting belongs to the person who made the canvas.

Anyway, all the stuff he does combines to paint a very bizarre picture of him. I do agree that he is getting way too much press. Well, more than anyone who dangles their child over a balcony should.

[mburbank]

I'm so sorry, but I THINK IT CAN'T GET ENOUGH PRESS!

Oh, and Joan Rivers has had so many face lifts if she gets one more she'll have a Van Dyke. Happy?

[killingzoe]

Don't forget There is going to be a 2 hour Special on Fox Thurs the 20th of feb. Michael is going to defend himself against bashir.

[GarishBitch]

he can defend himself all he wants, but i don't think anything we hear or see on fox will change our perception as to how bizarre that man really is. so there's an interview with his ex-wife debbie, but let's face it...she's no normal chick either. this is a woman that relinquished all maternal contact with her own two children to a man that likes it when young boys sleep in his bed. this is a woman that could associate a dollar amount to the value of her own children...strange.

[Vomit]

Well, I watched the FOX special and I think it's safe to say that Martin Bashir went out of his way to make Michael Jackson look bad. I think it's sad actually. MJ has never really done anything to hurt anyone, yet everyone wants to accuse him of all kinds of nonsense and everything else. The sad part is that, while I was watching the Martin Bashir "Living with Michael Jackson" special, I actually felt more sympathetic towards Michael and actually laughed at how one-sided the whole thing was. :)

[Les Waste]

Except I really think he does molest children. And he does seem like a very bad parent. Granted, there are thousands of other people who are child molesters and terrible parents. But if he wasn't so rich he could afford the Elephant Man's remains, I doubt he would have been able to settle the 1993 lawsuit, and I doubt he would have won the case had it gone to trial. Also, most people would have their children taken away if they dangle them out of a high rise hotel window. But that's just my opinion.

"Thriller" is such a good album too. I think the biggest tragedy in this is that he stopped making good music. :(

[CaptainBubba]

http://www.drudgereport.com/mjv.htm

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX MON MARCH 03, 2003 16:52:09 ET XXXXX

MAGAZINE ALLEGES MICHAEL JACKSON VOODOO HEXES AGAINST ENEMIES; VANITY FAIR SAYS GEFFEN, SPIELBERG TARGETED

**Exclusive**

Michael Jackson's voodoo curse on the lives of David Geffen and Steven Spielberg is just one of the shocking revelations in a new 10,000-word report from VANITY FAIR special correspondent Maureen Orth, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

MORE

She also reports that Jackson wears a prosthesis that serves as the tip of his nose (without it, says one person, he resembles a mummy with two nostril holes).

Orth is set to unleash on NBC's TODAY SHOW Tuesday morning.

She will claim -- in a report which streets March 12 -- that Michael Jackson paid $150,000 to an African voodoo chief who promised him that David Geffen and Steven Spielberg and the 23 other people on Jackson's enemies list, some of whom had worked with him for years, would soon die.

The voodoo man, who had 42 cows ritually sacrificed for the ceremony, later assured one close observer of the scene that Geffen, who headed the list, would die within the week.

According to Orth, Jackson had already undergone a ritual cleansing blood bath with sheep's blood, for which he paid six figures to another voodoo doctor.

Orth reveals that Jackson wears a prosthesis that serves as the tip of his nose, owing to a lack of cartilage due to excessive plastic surgery. One person who has seen him without the device says he resembles a mummy with two nostril holes.

Orth reports that the reason Jordie Chandler's sex claim case never went to trial was in part because his family said they were intimidated, harassed, and threatened, not solely because they were paid reportedly in excess of $25 million.

At the time, Jackson had private detective Anthony Pellicano working for him. Pellicano was intimately involved in trying to negotiate with Jordie Chandler's father- whom he accused of extortion -- and in discrediting the accusers.

Orth tracked down reporter Victor Gutierrez in Chile, author of Michael Jackson Was My Lover: The Secret Diary of Jordie Chandler, who claims that Pellicano told him, "Consider yourself dead!"

Gutierrez says that after he was beat up on the street by three men, Pellicano stopped in his car and laughed. Pellicano was arrested by F.B.I. agents last November after they found explosives in his safe "strong enough to bring down an airplane." His lawyers declined to comment to Vanity Fair.

Orth reports that expenses for Neverland alone were $4 million for last year, and in April 2001 the amusement-park equipment was reportedly almost repossessed.


Yay, more Jacko fun! :)

[OxfordSparky]

I just read that court document. I forget who posted the link to it; regardless, I'd really appreciate it if you would allow yourself to die by asphyxiation via Strom Thurmond's thighs.

[pissed off salesman]

micjeal jackson could play skeletor in masters of the universe the movie 2

[FS]

I think it's funny people are so shocked by this document.

Maybe it's just imagining Jacko in the mix that makes it too scary :(

[Miss Modular]

Here's a more detailed piece of news on the "voodoo" curse.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Embattled pop star Michael Jackson (news) wears a prosthetic nose and once paid $150,000 for a "voodoo curse" to kill director Steven Spielberg (news) despite being deep in debt, Vanity Fair magazine reported on Monday.

Vanity Fair, in an article for its March 11 edition, also reports that Jackson bleaches his skin white because he does not like being black. The 44-year-old singer sometimes refers to black people as "spabooks," the magazine said


Jackson's manager did not immediately return phone calls and a faxed request for comment on the article. Jackson's London publicist could not be reached for comment.


The onetime King of Pop has been dogged by controversy for months, first over his odd appearance in a California courtroom last November. That same month, Jackson stunned fans in Berlin by briefly dangling his young son from a hotel balcony.


And in February a British television documentary that aired to blockbuster ratings both in England and the United States caused a stir when Jackson told his interviewer that he slept in the same room, and sometimes the same bed, as young boys.


Vanity Fair reported in the article that in 2000 Jackson attended a voodoo ritual in Switzerland where a witch doctor promised that Spielberg, music mogul David Geffen and 23 other people on the entertainer's list of enemies would die.


Jackson, who underwent a "blood bath" as part of the ritual, then ordered his former business adviser Myung-Ho Lee to wire $150,000 to a bank in Mali for a voodoo chief named Baba, who sacrificed 42 cows for the ceremony, the magazine reported.


Vanity Fair reported that Jackson wears a page-boy wig and a prosthesis that serves as the tip of his nose. The magazine interviewed a source close to Jackson who said that, without the device Jackson resembles a mummy with two nostril holes.


According to the magazine, Jackson's extravagant lifestyle and declining record sales have left him $240 million in debt.


The article, which relies in part on court filings in a $12 million lawsuit against Jackson by Lee, said that since the mid-1990s the reclusive entertainer has relied on a series of multimillion-dollar loans to cover his expenses.


In addition to the lawsuit by Lee, Jackson is also enmeshed in a $21 million court battle with German concert promoter Marcel Avram over canceled Millennium concerts and has been sued by Sotheby's auction house for $1.6 million.


The magazine reported that Jackson must pay off the principal on a $200 million loan within a few years, which will be nearly impossible unless he sells his most valuable asset, the Beatles song catalog. He owns only half of the catalog while Sony Corp (news - web sites). owns the other half in an arrangement that might make selling his share difficult, Vanity Fair reported.


Jackson has also run up nearly $4 million per year in expenses from his Neverland Valley ranch in central California, where in April 2001 his amusement park equipment was nearly repossessed for late payments, the magazine said.

[FS]

In other news, Michael Jackson has pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda and lends the services of his revolutionary new "Weather Machine" to their cause.

[Anonymous]

The same weather machine which had first been saved by secret agent Flint, and then nearly 3 decades later by Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman, as they thwarted the elusive Sean Connery's attempts at international extortion.

[Anonymous]

Why doesn't he just charge admission to his theme park to recoup some losses? :/

[Miss Modular]

You know, Chojin, that might not be a bad idea. ;)

[Anonymous]

I'd go. :[

[mburbank]

I think Neverland should merge with Dollywood.

[Anonymous]

Is Dollywood still operational?

[Miss Modular]

http://images.thisislondon.com/v2/showbiz/afrojackoBIG190503_288x450.jpg

JACKO GOES BACK TO BLACK

http://www.thisislondon.com/news/showbiz/articles/4902027?source=Daily%20Mail

This is LONDON
19/05/03 - Showbiz news section

Wacko Jacko's kinky afro
By Tara Conlan, Daily Mail

He is legendary for his efforts to transform the looks that helped him find fame.

So it was something of a surprise to see Michael Jackson turning the clock back by more than 30 years at a 1970s themed party.

Guests gasped as the 44-yearold singer arrived at a Miami restaurant wearing a giant Afro wig, rhinestone-studded jacket and leather trousers.

The hairstyle was almost identical to the one he wore as the young lead singer of the charttopping Jackson Five in the early 1970s, performing hit songs such as I Want You Back, ABC and I'll Be There.

As his solo career progressed, Jackson underwent plastic surgery and had his skin tone lightened, removing all trace of the cute teenager who once sang alongside his brothers.

At the party - to celebrate the 70th birthday of family friend Al Malnik - the father of three seemed happy to go back to his roots.

He stayed at the party at The Forge restaurant - restored by Malnik in the late 1960s to become Miami's most glamorous showbusiness haunt - for about two hours on Saturday night.

One guest said: 'It was like he was back in the 70s. Michael didn't dance, unfortunately, but he was jigging around in his seat.'

Jackson, who claims he was 'betrayed' by interviewer Martin Bashir in an ITV documentary earlier this year, has released home videos in an attempt to counter the negative publicity he attracted. These are to be shown here soon on Sky.

[Rongi]

:)

[tenno]

If he slept with little girls he could go to France, since he hasn't he is trapped here!

[tenno]

Anyone ever read Howard Stern's account with Jacko? Truly bizarre.

[FS]

I don't mind so much that he touches children but that look is just WRONG.

[Protoclown]

This right here is the BEST Michael Jackson stunt I have ever seen.

http://cbs2chicago.com/entertainmentnews/entertainment_story_140131716.html

Michael Jackson Lobbies Taco Bell
May 20, 2003 12:16 pm US/Central


Reclusive pop star Michael Jackson, wearing a red-and-blue Spider-Man mask, popped into a congressman's field office, seeking an answer to a critical issue.

The costumed Jackson had a question for Steve Lavagnino, the deputy director in the new Solvang office of Congressman Elton Gallegly. Jackson asked: "How come Solvang doesn't have any fast food restaurants?"

After being told Solvang's only chain restaurant was a Subway sandwich shop, Jackson replied, "I love Taco Bell."

The entertainer then pulled his webbed-crusader disguise off his face and apologized for disturbing Lavagnino, although Jackson didn't know what kind of office he'd wandered into.

After a few more pleasantries and an autograph, Jackson left Gallegly's office and rode off in a black Bentley.

Jackson was seen later at Buellton's Taco Bell/Pizza Hut drive-through window.

[ziggytrix]

OMG, Proto, that CAN'T be real! :eek

[mburbank]

Tenno;

Howard Sterns chapter on meeting Jacko is truly excellent piece of journalism.

Other's, I shit you not. It seriously is a great piece of writting.

[FS]

:lol :lol

Jacko has become some kind of child-touching, confused guerilla version of the Hamburglar.

[Protoclown]

I have a hard time believing the article is real too, but I really hope it is.

[Miss Modular]

Actually, I read another report on this:

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Entertainment/ap20030521_814.html

Michael Jackson Visits Calif. Lawmaker
Pop Star Michael Jackson Visits Congressman's Office Then Makes Fast Food Run

The Associated Press



SOLVANG, Calif. May 21 —
Reclusive pop star Michael Jackson, wearing a red-and-blue Spider-Man mask, popped into a congressman's field office seeking an answer to a critical issue.

"How come Solvang doesn't have any fast-food restaurants?" the costumed Jackson asked Steve Lavagnino, deputy director in the new office of Rep. Elton Gallegly, R-Santa Barbara.

According to Lavagnino, the discussion about two weeks ago went like this:

After Jackson was told the only chain restaurant was a Subway sandwich shop, he said, "I love Taco Bell."

Solvang, about 140 miles north of Los Angeles, is a quaint village that bills itself as "the Danish Capital of America."

The 44-year-old singer then pulled his webbed-crusader disguise off his face and apologized for disturbing Lavagnino, although Jackson didn't know what kind of office he'd wandered into.

"I've seen you on TV," said Lavagnino, whose father, Larry, is the mayor of nearby Santa Maria.

"Don't believe everything you see on TV," replied Jackson, who isn't registered to vote in Santa Barbara County, but his sprawling Neverland Ranch is nearby.

After a few more pleasantries and an autograph, Jackson rode off in a black Bentley. Lavagnino's boss didn't believe his tale until he faxed him the signature.

"Elton laughed," Lavagnino said Monday. "It's very hard to top that visit. My first week in the office and I get the most famous person on the planet."

Jackson later was seen at a Taco Bell/Pizza Hut drive-through window in nearby Buellton.

After ordering two cheese pizzas, breadsticks, water and three chicken soft tacos, Jackson was spotted in the passenger seat. As his pizzas cooked, Jackson, face exposed, talked to employees and signed autographs, said Ana Torres, restaurant assistant manager.

"He was great," Torres said. "We all got his autograph. He talked to customers."

Jackson also had his son, Prince Michael, with him, she said.

"He had blond hair, he was really cute," Torres said.

[Miss Modular]

Can this get any weirder?

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/22/jackson.hospitalized/index.html

Michael Jackson briefly hospitalized
Thursday, May 22, 2003 Posted: 9:06 AM EDT (1306 GMT)


INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (CNN) -- Pop star Michael Jackson was briefly hospitalized Wednesday after becoming ill while on a trip to Indianapolis, his spokesman said.

Jackson was only in the hospital for a few hours, spokesman Stuart Backerman said, and was already on his way back to California by nightfall.

"He just didn't feel well," Backerman said. "He just felt weak and sort of dehydrated. He was feeling weaker and weaker as the day went on."

Jackson was in Indianapolis for a deposition in a copyright infringement and royalties case involving the Jackson Five, said Brian Oxman, the Jackson family's attorney.

While the physician hasn't yet diagnosed Wednesday's illness, Oxman said the stress of depositions often makes the singer feel sick.

"He's gone through hundreds of them in his life," Oxman said. "When he has to go through them, it upsets him, bothers him, he doesn't sleep, he doesn't eat, he gets dehydrated, and these kinds of things happen as a result."

No deposition was taken at all because Jackson became sick, he said.

The man suing Jackson is from the singer's hometown of Gary, Indiana, who is a "long-time family friend and associate," Oxman said. Jackson and his attorneys do not believe the man's claims have merit.

The royalties "are from old Jackson Five songs which were sung, and claims regarding who owned the copyright to those songs and who was it that should be receiving the royalties," he said.