A prosecution witness lashed out at Michael Jackson’s attorney from the witness stand Tuesday, quoting another witness saying: “You have made this court like O.J.’s court or Robert Blake’s court.”

Jamie Masada sparred with Thomas Mesereau Jr. throughout a long cross-examination, mostly trying to keep the tone light and frequently drawing laughter.

The tone changed when Masada, who owns the Laugh Factory club in Hollywood, was asked by Mesereau about comedian Louise Palanker, who testified last week.

“She wants to be a comic,” he said. “We help them. Sometimes you have to give them bad news.”

“You’ve told her she’s not funny?” asked Mesereau.

“Let me tell you,” Masada said. “I find you more funny than she is.”

Masada said Palanker had been in touch with him since she testified and that she once referred to O.J. Simpson’s acquittal in the 1994 killings of his ex-wife and her friend and Blake’s recent acquittal in the 2003 slaying of his wife.

“She said that you have made this court like O.J.’s court or Robert Blake’s court, and you lied and changed the words around,” Masada said.

Source: Associated Press