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Janet Jackson going back to Super Bowl

A year after Nipplegate, singer to attend charity party before game

Image: Jackson, Timberlake
During a halftime performance at the Super Bowl last year, Janet Jackson’s breast was exposed on national television while dancing and singing with Justin Timberlake. She said it was an accident.
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updated 8:09 p.m. ET Jan. 27, 2005

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A year after her Super Bowl wardrobe “malfunction” shocked the world, Janet Jackson is headed to another Super Bowl event.

Attorney Willie Gary announced that Jackson will attend his celebrity scholarship party in Jacksonville on Feb. 5, the eve of the Super Bowl. The Black Family Channel is sponsoring the party.

During a halftime performance at the Super Bowl in Houston last year, Jackson’s breast was exposed on national television while dancing and singing with Justin Timberlake. She said it was an accident.

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The game was seen by 90 million viewers and CBS was fined a record $550,000 by the Federal Communications Commission.

Gary did not return phone calls seeking comment on Jackson’s appearance. The event is open to the public by pre-sale tickets only.

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