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Michael Jackson Scores Big In Round 1 of the Schaffel Lawsuit and Awaits Round 2 for Accounting
Santa Monica, CA. A jury of 6 women and 6 men turned back F Marc Schaffel's claims against Michael jackson today, that Mr. Jackson owed him countless millions of dollars.
In the action, Mr. Schaffel first sought $6 million...$4 million ... $3.2 million, $2 million, and finally $1.5 million.
In round 1, the jury awarded mr. Schaffel $900,000. However, the jury also awarded Mr. Jackson $200,000, plus interest, for Mr. Schaffel's fraud, conversion and breach of fiduciary duty.
Says Tom Mundell, Lead Defense Counsel, "This was a great result for Michael. The judge divided the trial into two phases. In this first phase, the jury heard all of Schaffel's claims and one of Michael's claims. In about two weeks, the judge will hear testimony on the rest of Michael's claims against Schaffel. The value of Michael's remaining claims exceeds the small net amount in Schaffel's favor from Phase 1 of the trial, and we are confident that when Phase 2 is concluded, the overall judgement will be in Michael's favor."
Says L. Londell McMillian, General Counsel to Mr. Jackson, "It's a new day for Michael Jackson. We were unwilling to pay one penny more than the amount Schaffel was owed, and the verdict proved successful. This lawsuit represents the beginning of a new approach and direction in the business of Michael Jackson."
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Source: MJFC / Raymone K. Bain[/FONT]
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No tengo tiempo de traducir, pero basicamente dice que el veredicto de Schaffel $900K y MJ $200K es solamente parcial porque responde a los resultados de la primera fase del juicio.
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La semana pasada el juicio fue dividio en dos partes (dos fases) y estos son los resultados de la primera fase solamente. En la segunda fase, el jurado va a escuchar toda la teoria contable (accounting claim) que MJ tiene para probar que Schaffel le debia tambien $600K. El veredicto para la segunda fase deberia estar listo en 2 semanas maximo.[/FONT]
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Ramona termina diciendo que lo mas probable es que MJ gane tambien la segunda fase, debido a la naturaleza de la misma (Schaffel no tiene nada que decir), simplemente hay pruebas de MJ para demostrar que Schaffel tambien le debia dinero a el.[/FONT]
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Si eso es asi, MJ tndria otro credito de $600K, dejando el gran total balance final de la sigueinte manera:[/FONT]
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$900K-$200K = $700k (Fase I) A Favor de Schaffel[/FONT]
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$700 - $600K = $100K (Fase II*) A favor de Schaffel.[/FONT]
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CONCLUSION:
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Despues del fin de la segunda fase, al cerdo le pueden quitar $600K mas dejalo solo con $100K de premio!! Lo que realmente me hace muy feliz... $100K no es tampoco tan grave.. no afectaria a MJ enormemente.
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