Judge dismisses Jacko lawsuit
A judge today tossed out Michael Jackson’s €7.3m lawsuit against a New Jersey man over memorabilia the pop star claimed had been stolen.
US District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper dismissed the lawsuit on Tuesday because Jackson had stopped pursuing the case he filed two years ago, according to court papers.
Vaccaro had a warehouse full of memorabilia from Jackson family members that included gold-trimmed costumes, financial documents, letters, awards and one of Michael Jackson’s first outfits worn with the Jackson 5.
At one point, Vaccaro’s lawyer, Edgar Pease III, alleged the items also included gold records and personal items including skin bleach, soiled underwear, sexual videotapes, sexual paraphernalia and a hand-drawn picture by Jackson of a 7-year-old boy.
A lawyer for Jackson at the time said the singer never claimed the bleach, sexual materials, underwear or picture were his.
