Michael Jackson’s Lawyer Switch: Blame Brother Randy

Roger Friedman of FoxNews.com reports Michael Jackson’s brother Randy was behind the singer’s decision to drop Mark Geragos and Benjamin Brafman as his attorneys on Sunday (April 25), giving them no notice. He hired Robert Blake’s former attorney, Thomas Mesereau Jr., after summoning him to the mansion he’s renting in Orlando. Friedman was told Brafman and Geragos were increasingly frustrated by their lack of direct access to Michael, and that they were forced to go through Randy and Leonard Muhammad, of the Nation of Islam, when they needed to contact their client. Read more.