Michael Jackson’s 83-year-old mother Katherine has agreed to pay over US$800,000 to tour promoter AEG Live for costs incurred* to defend a failed lawsuit* she brought, lawyers said on Monday.

    Attorneys for AEG Live, which organized the pop icon’s doomed 2009 comeback tour, had sought more than US$1.2 million for expenses after winning a five-month trial, but haggled* out a lesser amount with Jackson’s legal team.

    The deal still has to be approved by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazuelos, who oversaw the civil trial last year.

    AEG Live attorney Marvin Putnam said the promoter should be reimbursed* for all the costs to which it was entitled under law.

    The Jackson matriarch sued AEG Live in 2010 claiming they negligently hired and supervised Conrad Murray, the doctor subsequently convicted of involuntary manslaughter* over the “Thriller” singer’s death on June 25, 2009.

    The Jacksons wanted AEG Live to pay US$85 million to each of the star’s three children for emotional loss, and an unspecified amount for economic losses, estimated at up to US$1.6 billion.(SD-Agencies)