Michael Jackson has agreed to take the witness stand next week in a lawsuit filed against him by a Bahraini sheikh, the pop icon’s attorney announced on Thursday.

The 50-year-old singer will appear in a British court on Monday after being sued by Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Khalifa, the second son of the king of Bahrain, Sheikh Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah. The prince claims that the pop star reneged on a contract, which included recording a new album, writing an autobiography and making a stage play. In addition, he says that Michael Jackson owes him $7 million following an advance payment worth millions, which covered the singer’s legal expenses and travel costs.

Michael Jackson was a guest of the Bahrain royal family approximately 3 years ago, after being acquitted of child molestation charges. The pop star’s lawyer, Robert Englehart, told the British High Court in London that his client had agreed to travel to England in order to give his testimony. In spite of the fact that Robert Englehart had initially said that Michael Jackson was not able to make such a trip due to health problems and had handed the judge a report to sustain the singer’s delicate medical condition, the sheikh’s legal representative, Bankim Thanki, explained that the data was “pretty unsubstantial.”

Moreover, he said that the “sick note” was just part of an old habit of the singer so as to avoid showing up in court. Michael Jackson had asked to testify via a video link from the United States because of his undisclosed illness.

The singer rejects the accusations brought by al-Khalifa, asserting that he had not reached any official agreement with the sheikh and that the payments he had received were mere “gifts.” He says in his pleaded defense that no arrangement was settled and that the plaintiff’s case was simply founded on “mistake, misrepresentation and undue influence.”

In 2003, Michael Jackson was charged with seven counts of child molestation and two counts of administering an intoxicating agent with the purpose of committing that felony. The charges considered a boy, Gavin Arvizo, who had not turned 14 at the time of the alleged incident. The singer denied the sexual abuse accusations, claiming that his relationship with the boy was on no account sexual in nature. The trial began in California a couple of years after Michael Jackson was initially charged and lasted approximately five months. During the trial, the pop star suffered from stress-related health problems, as well as severe weight loss. In June 2005, Michael Jackson was acquitted on all counts and subsequently went to Bahrain as a guest of the king.