LONDON (Reuters) – A son of the king of Bahrain took U.S. pop star Michael Jackson to court on Monday for reneging on an agreement to record a new album and write an autobiography. Bankim Thanki, the lawyer representing Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Khalifa, told London’s High Court that his client had made several payments to Jackson from 2005 onwards, including $35,000 (23,400 pounds) to pay utility bills at Jackson’s Neverland Ranch. The court heard that the following month, in April 2005, Jackson asked for one million dollars through an assistant, the Press Association reported. “Sheikh Abdullah made many more payments... read more >>