APOLOGY: THE MIRROR AND MICHAEL JACKSON.BACK in 1992 prior to Michael Jackson's then world tour we published some photos of Michael Jackson Noun 1. Michael Jackson - United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958) Michael Joe Jackson, Jackson , particularly close up photos of his nose and face. We suggested that they showed him to be hideously disfigured dis·fig·ure tr.v. dis·fig·ured, dis·fig·ur·ing, dis·fig·ures To mar or spoil the appearance or shape of; deform. [Middle English disfiguren, from Old French desfigurer and scarred. He immediately issued legal proceedings All actions that are authorized or sanctioned by law and instituted in a court or a tribunal for the acquisition of rights or the enforcement of remedies. against us strongly denying the allegations. During the course of the proceedings we recently went to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. together with an eminent expert in plastic surgery to view his face close up. The inspection showed that, in fact, his face is not disfigured. As a result our lawyers met with Mr Jackson's lawyers and a confidential deal was thrashed out bringing an overdue end to the legal proceedings which we are both happy with. We also apologised for the suggestion that he was hideously disfigured or scarred. We saw for ourselves this was not the case. Both sides last night expressed their satisfaction that the litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. has been amicably resolved. Kevin Bays of Davenport Lyons, the Mirror's solicitors, said: "We are glad this matter has been resolved so amicably, it has gone on long enough and hopefully we can now put it behind us." |
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