Celebrity Justice
Attorney Wants $3 Mil, Apology From MJ Estate

Michael Jackson's former lawyer wants $3 million from the singer's estate -- he also wants an apology.

According to legal docs obtained by TMZ, attorney Sidney Lanier represented Jackson in several cases.

Lanier claims he repped MJ in a hotly contested case in 2005 involving former porn king and Jackson confidant Marc Schaffel. After the case, Jackson refused to pay the lawyer's fee and filed a lawsuit against Lanier claiming fraud.

Lanier alleges as a result of Jackson's suit, his reputation was sullied all over town. He claims Jackson put him through "two years of expensive, stressful litigation and ridicule..."

Lanier even goes as far as to say that he wishes Jackson hadn't died because he "wanted him to apologize for his action against me; because of his tragic death that can never happen."



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1. PaaaLeeeeezzze!!!!

Posted at 2:00PM on Oct 20th 2009 by GG

2. first!

Posted at 2:00PM on Oct 20th 2009 by gina

3. Another whiner leech!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 1:59PM on Oct 20th 2009 by missumj50

4. Get in line, preferably in back of Billie Jean, you are all such losers!

Justice for MJ

Posted at 2:01PM on Oct 20th 2009 by missumj50

5. did wacko ever pay any bills he had,Damn they just keep coming.And i'm sure he deserved the money, its just wacko never paid his bills,Thank god he is dead

Posted at 2:06PM on Oct 20th 2009 by billy

6. Oh Buzz off. A judge needs order dr.to sell his bmw stat so he can pay off his child support of 13k he owes.No man looking for a job needs a paid bodyguard driving around in his 30-40k car. if he is looking for job he can downsize to a cavalier in this economy under his current mj circumstances. i have posted 3 times at next post and will not accept.

Posted at 2:03PM on Oct 20th 2009 by Quiet

7. Who CARES!

Posted at 2:03PM on Oct 20th 2009 by Patrice

8. This guy sounds like a total fool. If MJ sued him it sounds like something was up. Why wait four years to file a suit? Another money grabber. Since he's a a lawyer that statement is probably redundant.

Posted at 2:05PM on Oct 20th 2009 by JuanCarlos

9. where does it end?how long is this gravy train..leave it to mj to be surrouned by insanity in death also

Posted at 2:06PM on Oct 20th 2009 by the poor guy

10. Tell this lawyer to get over himself, if he did not have a judgement while Michael was alive, he is wasting the courts time, he can not sue someone who can not defend himself, Talk about ruining his reputation he just did with this idiotic lawsuit, now we can sue him for 3 mil for wasting our time

Posted at 2:06PM on Oct 20th 2009 by Shanny

11. i guess it never hurts to ask...michael was supposed to perform at my kids first communion.it was a verbal agreement .i better file a claim

Posted at 2:09PM on Oct 20th 2009 by candy

12. to the Billy that posted, go crawl back under your rock, can you not read he is suing as Michael sued him and his reputation was hurt, he was a lawyer that was all it took to ruin his rep, this is not a bill he was suing for

Posted at 2:10PM on Oct 20th 2009 by Shanny

13. What he was ridiculed omg is this guy on drugs.. what the hell this is just beyond crazy at this point..who left to sue him..no one know's what it was like except ofr micheal..he is the only one and I feel Micheal should have sued a lot of people for the shame and ridicule that they broght to him everyday of his life..here's something for the brothers to get on sueing everyone who harmed your brother and caused him pain... these people should not even be allowed to fill out the paper work... and how do they even know if this person really did what he claims he did...he I can say I was married to mj but it aint true..and no one knows what was really going on behind closed doors maybe this guy was doing things he was not supposed to do and MJ found out about it..he should be A shamed of himself...why didn't he sue when he was alive? money hungey SNAKES ....ANYTHING ANYTHING ANYTHING FOR MONEY!!!

Posted at 2:09PM on Oct 20th 2009 by cypresgurl_05

14. This guy is just filing before the Statute of Limitations runs out. Assinine bunch of garbage. Who cares about this guy! Justice for Michael!

Posted at 2:11PM on Oct 20th 2009 by WTH

15. look like t me evertbody just wanted money from and what i wanted didnt have a darn thing to do with money but i never got it lol

Posted at 2:13PM on Oct 20th 2009 by hope

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