The head of concert promoters AEG Live has admitted in court in Los Angeles he believes a legal action filed by Michael Jackson’s mother Katherine is a “baseless extortion” attempt.
Katherine Jackson claims the concert promoters failed to investigate the doctor who was later convicted of causing her son’s death in 2009.
AEG Live are being sued for $40 billion (£26 billion).
Randy Phillips says AEG bear no responsibility for Jackson’s death.
When asked by Katherine Jackson’s lawyer whether he thought the case was a “baseless extortion, a shakedown of AEG Live”, Phillips answered: “Yes.”
It is likely he will be asked about numerous emails he sent and received about Jackson’s health in the final weeks of the singer’s life, as well as any interactions he had with his physician Conrad Murray.
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