Michael Jackson

Lawyers for pop heavyweight Michael Jackson on Friday dropped a bid to block an auction of the pop star's personal belongings and other Jackson family items. Jackson didn't appear in a Las Vegas court where his lawyer told a judge a confidential agreement had been reached with representatives of an auctioneer, the current owner of the materials, and a New Jersey man who claimed a warehouse full of Jackson memorabilia after a failed business venture wound up in bankruptcy court. "The matter's been resolved," Gregory Cross, a lawyer for Jackson, told Clark County District Court Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez. Lawyers declined to describe terms of the agreement.