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Katherine Jackson, mother of late pop star Michael Jackson, and Randy Jackson, left, watch AEG Live lawyer Marvin Putman in this courtroom sketch during opening arguments at her civil suit against the concert promoter in Los Angeles on April 29, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/Bill Roble
London - Michael Jackson's siblings have been banned from court.
The late King of Pop's brothers and sisters - including Janet, Jermaine, Jackie, La Toya, Marlon, Rebbie and Randy Jackson - will not be able to sit in the courtroom together for fear of influencing the jury in the family's $40 billion wrongful death lawsuit against AEG Live.
AEG's lawyer Marvin Putnam argued that there was "a risk in allowing any of them in the courtroom", as their seats would be close to the jury box in the Los Angeles courtroom and all of Jackson's siblings are expected to be called as witnesses in the trial, except
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