Marvin Putnam, an attorney for the concert promotion company AEG Live warned jurors will see a different view of the public persona's view of Michael Jackson as the company seeks to prove it was not liable for the pop star's death in June 2009. While making his opening remarks on Monday, Putnam, said AEG officials had no idea that Jackson was taking the surgical anesthetic that led to his death.
A new lawsuit filed against media mogul and syndicated columnist Arianna Huffington claims she left her expensive and spacious Chelsea neighborhood loft in Manhattan totaled, after the two years she rented the apartment. Documentary filmmaker Eric Steel, whose architect stepfather Charles Gwathmey custom-designed the pad filed the suit. Huffington has vehemently denied all charges. The lawsuit asks for $275,000 in damages.
Bikram Choudhury, the millionaire founder of the largely popular yoga franchise, has been sued by one of his former student, accusing him of sexual harassment, discrimination and defamation, the New York Times reported. Sarah Baughn, who is now 28, is a Bikram student, teacher and international competitor living in San Francisco. The lawsuit claims he began making sexual advances toward her during a 2005 teacher training course in Los Angeles.
Celebrity surgeon and daytime host Dr. Mehmet Oz is being sued by Frank Dietrl, a new Jersey man who claims that an insomnia cure promoted on The Dr. Oz Show resulted in third-degree burns on his feet.
