Jackson quarter of a million down

Michael Jackson is finally having to pay up for getting off on the child molestation charges. Ayscough & Marar had done work for Jackson trying to keep sensitive data out the public realm. Jackson has eventually agreed to settle with the lawyers in order to draw a line under the potential losses; a judge has set the level of damages at $216,837 plus interest.

We're a little lost now as to if Jackson actually has any money or not. We suspect "not", but with some deft shuffling this shouldn't prove any problems.