Katherine Jackson forced to pay $800,000 in court costs

Michael Jackson's mother has been ordered to pay $800,000 to his promoter AEG Live for a failed lawsuit.

A jury ruled in October last year that the company was not to blame for the death of Katherine Jackson's son in 2009 and they were not wrong for hiring disgraced physician, Conrad Murray, to care for the Billie Jean singer before his This Is It comeback concert series in London.

A judge has now ruled she must pay the company compensation after they fought for costs and damages.

AEG Live had sought $1.2 million (£715,000) to cover costs, but Katherine's lawyers claimed it was not justified.

In their documents to the court, the company had included an itemised list of costs from the five-month trial, including $540,000 (£320,000) for models and blow-up court exhibits, $118,000 (£70,000) for unnecessary depositions.

They also included $53,000 (£32,000) for process servers, $20,000 (£12,000) for 1,000 pages of jury instructions and other documents, and $9 parking fees which they wanted Katherine to cover.

Katherine cares for Michael's children, Prince, 16, Paris, 15, and Blanket, 11.

Michael died of acute Propofol intoxication on 25 June 2009, after suffering from cardiac arrest and The Los Angeles County Coroner ruled his death a homicide.

His personal physician Conrad Murray was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

He was sentenced to four years in jail for the crime, but was released last October after serving just two years behind bars.