Associated Press - May 20, 2008 1:44 AM ET
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge has denied a new trial for an air charter service ordered to pay $20 million for secretly video taping Michael Jackson.
The now-defunct XtraJet Incorporated, which was based in Santa Monica, was ordered to pay the huge award for taping Jackson and his lawyers as they flew to the pop star's surrender on molestation charges in 2003.
Today Superior Court Judge Soussan G. Bruguera rejected the motion for a new trial by the company and its owner Jeffrey Borer.
In March, the judge ordered XtraJet to pay $20.25 million to Jackson's lawyer, Mark Geragos, and his associate, Pat Harris, for invading their privacy.
Jackson was at first also a plaintiff in the case, but later withdrew.
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