The defence of the six City Harvest Church leaders on Wednesday sought to refute allegations that Xtron Productions was controlled by the church.
The six leaders, including church founder Kong Hee, are accused of misusing millions of church funds to promote the singing career of Kong's wife, Sun Ho.
The other five are Tan Ye Peng, Chew Eng Han, Serina Wee, Sharon Tan and John Lam.
The prosecution has alleged that some of the accused tried to cover up the misuse through "sham bond investments" through three companies, including Xtron.
For the first time since the trial started, the court heard how Ms Ho's music career in the United States was launched.
American music producer Justin Herz and famous rapper Wyclef Jean projected Ms Ho to become a huge international superstar.
Emails from 2006 between Mr Herz and Kong Hee stated that Ms Ho was regarded as having huge potential by some in the music industry.
Her publicity budget was set by Mr Herz and Ms Lisa Ellis at between that of superstars Beyonce (US$17 million) and Shakira (US$12 millon). Ms Ellis is the head of Ms Ho's marketing team.
The net profit was expected to surpass US$25 million over seven years from 2007 to 2012.
Mr Herz and Ms Ellis also predicted Ms Ho's album sales would hit two million copies.
Previously, the court heard that accused Serina Wee had indicated Ms Ho's album only sold 200,000 copies.
In 2008, Wyclef Jean had proposed to "buy back" copies of Ms Ho's albums to boost sales and Kong had queries on it.
On Wednesday, when questioned by lawyer Edwin Tong, who represents Kong Hee, Xtron's director Choong Kar Weng said it made commercial sense to invest in Ms Ho's career, given the glowing projections.
Another reason was because Xtron and the church shared common interests.
Mr Choong also said the church's board of management knew Xtron was managing Ms Ho's career as well as the church's Crossover Project.
The Crossover Project is meant to reach out to the secular world through pop music.
Mr Tong also tried to make the point that Kong had tried to rein in the massive budget.
On Wednesday afternoon, Sharon Tan's lawyer Kannan Ramesh tried to make the point that even though there were holes in Xtron's accounts, they could be filled up with the return from investments made by AMAC Capital, another company linked to the church. They also had money in the independent multi-purpose fund meant for the Crossover Project.
Earlier in the day, defence counsel Kenneth Tan tried to make the point that even though his client, John Lam, was involved in email discussions about Xtron, execution of any suggestion ultimately lies with the Xtron director.
Mr Choong, who is taking the stand for a third day, agreed.
The prosecution witness also testified that John Lam was not involved in managing Xtron.
The line of defence comes after the prosecution made the point over the last two days that Mr Choong was just a rubber stamp and that his firm was controlled by the church.
On Tuesday, the prosecution charged that accused Serina Wee, Chew Eng Han and Tan Ye Peng took pains to plan and hide information from church members.
It is also the prosecution's case that the six accused used Xtron to commit their offences.
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