Singer Michael Jackson has been ordered by a US jury to pay a concert promoter $5.3 million for backing out of two concerts planned to celebrate the millennium on New Year's Eve 1999.
The verdict came in a $21 million breach-of-contract lawsuit filed against the singer by German concert organiser Marcel Avram.
Jackson's attorneys said it was Avram who cancelled the shows over concerns they would not be profitable.
Avram's attorney said the promoter felt pleased that the jury found Jackson was at fault.
The trial last year became worldwide news mostly because of the star's bizarre appearance.
