Nothing much more to report from the ongoing Michael Jackson trial as a fourth day of jury deliberations failed to result in a verdict. Jurors left after just four hours of deliberating yesterday, having been given a half day because certain jury members had family commitments. They will be back in the court house later today.
The only real excitement Jacko trial wise this week came in the form of a statement from Jackson’s main lawyer Thomas Mesereau and his team. In it Mesereau distanced himself from a public statement made earlier by Jacko’s spokeswoman Raymone Bain. The spokeswoman had indicated that her comments to the media had been approved by Mesereau, but the lawyer later told reporters that he had not authorised anyone to speak on the pop star's behalf: "A gag order is in effect which the defence team will continue to honour”. Mesereau probably made the statement to stop the growing trend of Jackson associates speaking to the media while the jury deliberate - both Jackson’s family and Jackson supporting Rev Jesse Jackson have issued statements to the media this week.
Jackson, meanwhile, returned to hospital on Wednesday for a routine check up following his treatment for supposedly stress induced back pain last weekend.