Legal professional Bert Fields, repped Beatles, Cruise, Jackson, Useless at 93
Bert Fields, one of the highly effective attorneys in the USA who, amongst many different issues, who waged authorized struggle on behalf of Michael Jackson and Tom Cruise, has died.
Sources near Fields, together with certainly one of his well-known shoppers, inform TMZ … the actor has certainly handed.
Fields’ shopper checklist included James Cameron, Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Mike Nichols, Jeffrey Katzenberg, David Geffen, Jerry Bruckheimer, The Beatles and Madonna … amongst many others.
Amongst his notable circumstances … in 1993, Bert was concerned in defending Michael Jackson in opposition to molestation allegations, and famously held a information convention acknowledging MJ was so profoundly hooked on ache meds, he might barely operate on an mental stage.
He additionally filed a $50 million lawsuit in opposition to {a magazine} writer on behalf of Tom Cruise after the magazine claimed Cruise was homosexual. He sued one other outlet for claiming Cruise had deserted Suri after his divorce from Katie Holmes.
Fields taught leisure legislation at each Stanford and Harvard legislation colleges. He was an completed creator and wrote a number of novels and even lectured on Shakespeare.
Bert Fields was 93. RIP.