WWW- ONE of the jurors who acquitted Michael Jackson in June but now thinks him guilty can’t make up his mind about anything. Ray Hultman, 62, has filed a lawsuit to get out of a book-publishing contract he signed just a few weeks ago.

The indecisive Hultman and his wife, Darlene, claim they were suckered into the deal with publisher Larry Garrison, owner of SilverCreek Entertainment, just as he was snookered into finding Jacko not guilty. He and juror Eleanor Cook said on MSNBC they went along with the other panelists because the jury foreman had threatened to have them removed.

Hultman – who wants out of his book contract, plus damages for mental and emotional stress – claims he was shocked by media reports last month that his proposal contained material plagiarized from Vanity Fair. Hultman alleges that his ghostwriter, Stacy Brown, lifted passages from Marie Brenner’s story, damaging his reputation and the book deal. Brown told The Associated Press that the lawsuit was “laughable” and that he’d never agreed to co-write Hultman’s book.

BBC News: A juror in Michael Jackson’s child abuse trial is taking legal action to get out of writing a book on the case. Ray Hultman, 62, claims he was talked into signing a book deal with California publisher Larry Garrison.

Mr Hultman wants to end his contract and is seeking unspecified damages for mental and emotional stress.

Mr Jackson was unanimously found not guilty of 10 abuse charges in June. Mr Hultman has since said he believed the singer was not innocent.

Last month he and fellow juror Eleanor Cook said in a US TV interview they had agreed to go along with the other jurors when it became apparent that they would never convict the pop star.

In the lawsuit, Mr Hultman reportedly claims he was due to co-write a book about the case entitled The Deliberator with writer Stacy Brown.

Michael Jackson was acquitted of all 10 charges in his child abuse trial

However, in his legal submission at Santa Maria, California, Mr Hultman said he was shocked by reports that his book proposal contained material plagiarised from a Vanity Fair magazine article.

He said this damaged his reputation and the book deal.

“(Mr Hultman) was caused to expend substantial time in writing portions of a book proposal which turned out to be valueless give the aforementioned plagiary,” his legal submission stated.

Author Mr Brown told the BBC News website he had never met Mr Hultman.

He confirmed he had been approached by Mr Garrison to write the book but refused after reading some excerpts.

“I had no intention of writing their book nor did I believe what was in their book,” he told the BBC News website.

Publisher Larry Garrison declined to comment, saying he had not reviewed the legal action.