Jackson rushed to hospital
Pop star Michael Jackson was taken to a hospital emergency room today, the judge in the star’s child molestation trial said.
The development delayed jury selection.
Judge Rodney Melville told prospective jurors that Jackson was on his way to court in Santa Maria, California, when he was taken to the hospital instead.
Melville did not give any details about the illness and said he was awaiting word on Jackson’s condition before deciding whether jury selection would resume.
The judge made the announcement 15 minutes after Jackson was scheduled to appear in court.
A call to the Marian Medical Centre in Santa Maria, where Jackson was taken, was not immediately returned.
