Apparently, Michael Jackson was hospitalized right after the molestation trial ended, for dehydration and weight loss, his lawyer declared.

A month ago, we were reporting the pop star starved himself during the trial, surviving more the 30 days only with water. Jackson's father, Joe called nutritionist Dick Gregory to come and help him. Michael was only weighted 43kg (94 pounds).

Yesterday, Tom Mesereau, Jackson's lawyer, told BBC radio in an interview: "Michael Jackson was ill from time to time. In fact, people didn't realize he actually entered the hospital after the verdict.

"He was dehydrated, he had lost a tremendous amount of weight, he was having trouble keeping food down, he was terrified about what was going happen to his children and he had a recurring back problem."

Mesereau also declared he had not spoken to the star in the last few weeks.

On 13th of June 2005 Michael Jackson was declared not guilty on all 10 counts in the child molestation trial. The singer faced nearly 20 years in prison if convicted.