Portions Of Memorabilia Lawsuit Settled

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Portions Of Michael Jackson's Memorabilia Lawsuit Settled
(CNS) Posted Monday March 21, 2011 – 1:05pm
A collector and Michael Jackson's estate announced today they settled their portions of a lawsuit concerning a canceled auction of the late singer's memorabilia.

However, a jury trial will still take place to decide Richard LaPointe's allegations of intentional interference with contractual relations and breach of contract against Julien's Auction House.

LaPointe's lawyer, Nicholas Hornberger, said the accord calls for the Jackson estate to sell to his client 64 of the 80-plus items in dispute between the three parties.

The auction, which would have been the largest authorized sale of items associated with Jackson, was canceled in April 2009 after the singer reached a separate legal settlement in his own legal dispute with Julien's. Jackson died two months later at age 50.

The items that were to be auctioned off included Jackson's large collection of antiques, decorative arts, costumes, music awards and other items that were once in his Neverland estate in Santa Barbara County.

Lapointe filed the lawsuit in October 2009, claiming ownership of items on which he bid online ahead of the auction.

He was the only bidder for those items, including a replica classic automobile used by Jackson to provide transportation to celebrity guests at Neverland.

LaPointe also has one of the world's biggest collection of Beatles memorabilia.

Copyright © 2011 City News Service


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