NEW YORK: Pop star Michael Jackson is the latest public figure in a highly publicized legal tussle to launch a website devoted to providing information to supporters and media during an ongoing criminal investigation.

In recent months, several high-profile personalities have attempted to use the web to launch controlled PR offensives during their public legal travails. Other public figures caught in legal trouble who have turned to the internet as their main communications vehicle include former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy ...