Just days after being acquitted on child sex charges, Michael Jackson faced fresh legal woes on Thursday: he is being sued by a woman who claims she was attacked by a dog that escaped from a home he owns.
Donna Kyman (66) sued the ”King of Pop” on June 7 claiming damages for her ”great mental, emotional and physical pain and suffering” after being bitten in April by a husky called Flash that lived at Jackson’s family Los Angeles home.
”The dog was possessed of vicious and dangerous propensities and was inclined to attack people and other animals without provocation,” the suit stated, published on thesmokinggun.com website.
Kyman claims that on April 14, the grey and white dog ”viciously and without provocation attacked” her in the garage of her home, which lies near the Jackson family compound in the plush Los Angeles district of Encino.
Michael Jackson, whose name is on the deed of the house, and Alejandra, the wife of the singer’s brother, Jermaine, ”negligently, carelessly and wrongfully” allowed the dog to roam the streets without a leash, Kyman claimed in court documents seen here.
Kyman is claiming damages of a sum to be determined as well as reimbursement of her medical and hospital fees run up during her treatment for the dog bite.
The latest in a long string of civil lawsuits against embattled Jackson was filed six days before a jury returned not guilty verdicts on all 10 counts against him at his criminal trial on child molestation charges.
Jackson had been accused of fondling a 13-year-old cancer survivor at his Neverland Ranch, where he spends most of his time, in early 2003.
The superstar has not been seen in public since he returned to Neverland after his acquittal on June 13.-Sapa-AFP