Jackson out of hospital after flu treatment

Pop star Michael Jackson has been released from a hospital where he was treated for flu symptoms.

Pop star Michael Jackson has been released from a hospital where he was treated for flu symptoms.

The entertainer returned to his Neverland ranch, Jackson spokeswoman Ms Raymone Bain said. "He's still not feeling well, but he's going to continue his recovery at home," Ms Bain said.

A police officer issues a parking ticket to TV satellite trucks outside the Marian Medical Center where Michael Jackson was hospitalized with flu.
A police officer issues a parking ticket to TV satellite trucks outside the Marian Medical Center where Michael Jackson was hospitalized with flu.

She said his nausea and other symptoms had subsided enough for him to leave. "He was strong enough, they felt, for him to go home," she said referring to his doctors.

The hospitalisation has delayed jury selection for his trial on child molestation charges.

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Jackson left Marian Medical Centre shortly after a press conference late last night in which a doctor said the entertainer still had "viral symptoms" but was in good spirits.

Reporters and photographers did not see Jackson leaving, but two black SUVs pulled up to a hospital loading dock out of sight of news media, then left swiftly.

Jackson (46) fell ill on Tuesday morning while he was en route to the courthouse, where a pool of prospective jurors was waiting to be questioned by lawyers. The pop star was taken to Marian Medical Centre where an emergency room physician said he was treated for a "flu-like illness with some vomiting."