Monday 23 September 2013, 11:10 | By Chris Cooke
Lawyers for AEG Live have reportedly hit out at plans to move the final stages of the much previously reported Jacksons v AEG legal battle into a bigger court room to accommodate more press.
The legal battle reaches its very final furlong this week. So far the long-running legal battle has occurred in a relatively small LA courtroom, limiting the number of journalists allowed to watch the proceedings. That, coupled with a ban on TV cameras, as arguably contributed to there being less of a media circus.
Seemingly court authorities have decided that for closing arguments a bigger courtroom will be used to accommodate more of the press, but AEG’s legal team argues that a sudden increased media presence could influence jurors, as well as putting more emphasis than there should be on closing arguments.
According to RadarOnline.com, Team AEG last week filed a motion with the court that said: “Counsel for defendants were quite startled – and concerned – when the court informed the parties that the court intended to conduct closing arguments in the large courtroom, rather than in [the room] where the entire trial has been held. We write to ask the court to reconsider [because] the conspicuous increase in media presence that will necessarily accompany the move could have a substantial and prejudicial effect on the jury”.
As a compromise AEG has seemingly suggested that the final stage proceedings of the case be screened in another room for journalists. It remains to be seen what happens.
Source: thecmuwebsite / MJ-Upbeat.com
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