3dGameMan
02-15-2005, 11:14 AM
Severe flu lands Jackson in hospital: ~source (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6974590/)
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The Associated Press
Updated: 12:56 p.m. ET Feb. 15, 2005
SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Michael Jackson was taken to a hospital Tuesday and was admitted with a severe case of the flu, according to NBC News.
Judge Rodney Melville suspended jury selection until Feb. 22 to give the singer time to recuperate from his illness.
Jackson was on his way to court when he was taken to the hospital emergency room instead. Jackson's attorney, Thomas Mesereau, told NBC's Mike Taibbi that Jackson is "very, very ill." Jackson reportedly was ill Monday and his condition worsening on the way to court Tuesday morning.
On Monday, questioning of jurors got under way, and Jackson’s lawyers announced they may call Elizabeth Taylor, Jay Leno, Quincy Jones and Kobe Bryant to the witness stand.
The list of possible witnesses sounded like coming attractions for a major Hollywood spectacle. But Melville dimmed that prospect, saying not all of the celebrities would necessarily testify.
Attorneys are in the process of selecting 12 jurors and eight alternates who will decide whether Jackson molested a teenage cancer patient at his Neverland Ranch and plied the youth with alcohol.
During Monday’s proceedings, Jackson smiled and nodded at potential jurors. At one point he picked roughly at a fingernail, and later wrapped it in a napkin.
Names of defense and prosecution witnesses were revealed to prospective jurors Monday so attorneys could find out if any of the more than 240 members of the pool had associations that may be important in jury selection...
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The Associated Press
Updated: 12:56 p.m. ET Feb. 15, 2005
SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Michael Jackson was taken to a hospital Tuesday and was admitted with a severe case of the flu, according to NBC News.
Judge Rodney Melville suspended jury selection until Feb. 22 to give the singer time to recuperate from his illness.
Jackson was on his way to court when he was taken to the hospital emergency room instead. Jackson's attorney, Thomas Mesereau, told NBC's Mike Taibbi that Jackson is "very, very ill." Jackson reportedly was ill Monday and his condition worsening on the way to court Tuesday morning.
On Monday, questioning of jurors got under way, and Jackson’s lawyers announced they may call Elizabeth Taylor, Jay Leno, Quincy Jones and Kobe Bryant to the witness stand.
The list of possible witnesses sounded like coming attractions for a major Hollywood spectacle. But Melville dimmed that prospect, saying not all of the celebrities would necessarily testify.
Attorneys are in the process of selecting 12 jurors and eight alternates who will decide whether Jackson molested a teenage cancer patient at his Neverland Ranch and plied the youth with alcohol.
During Monday’s proceedings, Jackson smiled and nodded at potential jurors. At one point he picked roughly at a fingernail, and later wrapped it in a napkin.
Names of defense and prosecution witnesses were revealed to prospective jurors Monday so attorneys could find out if any of the more than 240 members of the pool had associations that may be important in jury selection...