Celebrity Justice
Judge Orders XtraJet to Pay Up in Jacko Flight

A judge has ordered the former owner of a charter jet company to pay uber-attorney Mark Geragos and an associate lawyer $2.25 million for secretly taping them and Michael Jackson aboard a chartered plane as Jacko was en route from Vegas to Santa Barbara to surrender to child molestation charges in November of 2003.


Geragos filed suit against the XtraJet, claiming the company videotaped the flight and tried to sell the tapes to the media for a sum in the high six figures. The lawsuit claimed this violated Jackson's right to privacy.

FOX News reported back in November of 2003 that the network had viewed the tape without audio and it showed a calm and often smiling and laughing Jackson drinking a soda and, at one point, spraying cologne.

Geragos had called the taping "one of the most outrageous acts I've seen in my 20 years of practicing criminal law."

Documents to follow.

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Michael Jackson

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16. I see where all my silly putty went...................on the side of Michaels nose. Dude, WTF happened to you?

Posted at 5:29PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by In the nose

17. Thank God we live in a country where privacy and freedom of speech so far can still be protected. God bless the judge for not letting prejudice or bias get in the way of justice.

Posted at 5:35PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by Bee

18. Does that nose snap on?

Posted at 7:24PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by Stevo

19. If this is the most outrageous thing Geragos has seen, then he wasn't watched enough of the tv coverage of his client's perversions. His reality is a little off.

Posted at 7:42PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by bree

20. he is so hot...leave him alone...i love you Michael

Posted at 9:05PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by nicegirl

21. His nose really is gone isn't it?

Posted at 9:50PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by MichelleH

22. To think at one time Michael Jackson was really good looking,I don''t know when exactly.

Posted at 11:49PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by judith levine

23. Well said Critch!!! I LOVE MICHAEL JACKSON. I dont care what he does in his private life, its got nothing to do with why I love him, it doesnt change the fact that he is the BIGGEST ENTERTAINER OF ALL TIME and that IS a fact. I love him for everything that he has acheived and everything that he has done musically and NO ONE can take that from him. He is amazing and I will always be in awe everytime I watch him. He absoutely FASCINATES ME!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 3:52AM on Mar 4th 2008 by Leave him alone

24. I think michael jackson is innocent. i think it should stay that way. i support michael jackson every step of the way.

Posted at 8:06AM on Mar 4th 2008 by Sarah Floyd

25.
Jackson is naive?? Give me a break. He is a pedophile and needs to be locked in a padded room where he can't hurt any more boys. If it was my son he gave alcohol to and messed with he wouldn't be here making new albums (which by the way are not number one as reported here by Critch, see proof below...)
So you (Critch) he may be your hero, to the rest of the US he is a sick pervert who should never see the light of day....
If it wasn't for his fortune, he would be locked up.....

http://www.weeklytop40.com/top40.htm
http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?id=1582465&vid=203719

Posted at 10:15AM on Mar 4th 2008 by maria

26. to "leave him alone"

What is your gender and age?

Are you under 15 and male??

If so, I bet he loves you too!!!

Posted at 10:18AM on Mar 4th 2008 by maria

27. We need Michael Back to distract us from all the turmoil in this World...I remember when he was big in the 80's, those were good times...A symbol for World Peace with the power to make a change. I respect his talent and am saddened that his image was tarnished by the media...What a great loss, who knows how things would be today if he would of been left alone and continued to bring out his best. If we can also imagine how things would be like today if John Lennon and Elvis were Alive...

Posted at 11:47AM on Mar 4th 2008 by Sebastiano

28. Critch....to say that Michael isn't capable of these things (pedophilia) but the parents of the children are capable of extortion, makes you either very stupid & naive ORR...you some things that the rest of the world doesn't. And I seriously doubt you know much.

So...shut the hell up, mmmmkay?

Posted at 12:15PM on Mar 4th 2008 by Hanapana

29. lol Maria, No I am at 27 year old Female, I have followed him my whole life looooong before any of this cr@p came about.

Posted at 9:08PM on Mar 5th 2008 by Leave me alone

30. FREAKSHOW!

Posted at 8:22PM on Mar 7th 2008 by lazy+fat+welfare mom+douche bag+no man= KELLI

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