The Michael Jackson Trial

[KiwiCoromandel]

Mothers deny Jackson molested sons.....

One tells jury that singer 'has a very pure love for children'

Mothers of two young men who prosecutors claim were molested by Michael Jackson during the 1990s when they were adolescents testified Friday that the pop star never behaved inappropriately around their children.

more here......

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/06/jackson.trial/index.html

story.sketch

[KiwiCoromandel]

Boys ran wild at Neverland, employee testifies....

The brothers at the centre of the Michael Jackson sex abuse trial ran wild at Neverland, driving cars around the ranch, dropping litter and generally behaving in a "pretty destructive" manner, a senior employee at Jackson's Neverland home has testified..

more here......

http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3275623a1860,00.html

[KiwiCoromandel]

Defense goes on counterattack against former maid

Michael Jackson's defense team is on the attack, challenging the former maid who testified Jackson inappropriately touched actor Macaulay Culkin and other boys.

Today another former employee is on the stand, saying the maid stole squirt guns from Jackson's home.

The defense also said the maid cheated three children out of more than $30,000 and once profited by stealing and selling a sketch of Elvis that Jackson had made.

Today's testimony begins the first full week of Jackson's defense.

Culkin is expected to appear as a witness, but there's no word on when.

source:AP

[DudeAsInCool]

Five Employees Tesify On Behalf of Michael Jackson

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050509/D89VVEJ01.html

[DudeAsInCool]

Jackson Manager: Family Not Held Captive

SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- The man who warned security to keep the boy who later accused Michael Jackson of molestation from leaving the singer's ranch told jurors this morning that the directive was not designed to hold the child captive.

Read more here:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-05100...-home-headlines

[DudeAsInCool]

May 11, 2005 — Actor Macaulay Culkin took the stand at Michael Jackson's child molestation trial Wednesday and denied he was molested, saying the accusations against the pop star were "absolutely ridiculous."

Jackson attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr. asked Culkin what he thought of the charges against Jackson.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/LegalC...Story?id=747857

[DudeAsInCool]

D.A. seeks to air more dirty laundry in Michael Jackson trial

MAY 12--If Michael Jackson's lawyers seek to introduce character testimony from the singer's family and friends, prosecutors want to pepper these witnesses with questions about Jackson's drug addiction, the dangling of his youngest child from a hotel balcony, and his sister LaToya's claim that he paid $1 million in hush money to a young boy.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/05120..._jackson_1.html

(The 1992 Chandler complaint that was settled out of court is listed above in all its salacious detail)

[KiwiCoromandel]

Accuser's mom wanted kids to call Jackson 'Dad'

A housekeeper at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch has told the jury in the singer's sex molestation trial that the accuser's mother praised Jackson and said she wanted her children to call him "Dad".

more here......

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3283416a1860,00.html

[KiwiCoromandel]

Mom praised Jackson for helping ailing son says witness....

A social worker has testified that the mother of the boy who says he was molested by Michael Jackson told her she believed the singer helped her son survive cancer.

more........

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1...jectID=10126174

[KiwiCoromandel]

FLASH: Mesereau during Friday close calls case 'the biggest con of the Arvizos' career'... Has been ripping boy Gavin as a cunning liar, not the 'lamb' the prosecution has made him out to be; right before break, again showed jury Mother Arvizo's mug shot re: the absence of bruises after the supposed J.C PENNEY beatdown... MORE... Michael Jackson's lawyers to rest case next week.......

http://www.drudgereport.com

Michael Jackson's lawyers could rest their case in his child molestation trial as early as Tuesday, once testimony has been heard from two more celebrity witnesses -- Tonight Show host Jay Leno and comedian Chris Tucker.

more here.......

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1...jectID=10126722

[DudeAsInCool]

Jacko's Receipts Could Exonerate Him

The "captors" of Janet Arvizo's kids, whom Arvizo called "the killers" on the stand, not only bought them books, but paid to replace their lost schoolbooks as well.

Read more here:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,157331,00.html

[DudeAsInCool]

Accuser Mom Defrauded Welfare Office

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050523/D8A934SG0.html

[DudeAsInCool]

Jacko's Future: He'll Move to Europe

...With Jackson's trial winding down, every indication is that he will be acquitted, or that the jury will be hung (at least on the issue of child molestation). One thing looks pretty certain: he won't be convicted. There's too much reasonable doubt.

Read more here:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,157478,00.html

[KiwiCoromandel]

Michael Jackson will not take stand in trial........

Michael Jackson will not testify in his child molestation trial, it was revealed today.

more.......

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2...jectID=10127436

[DudeAsInCool]

Defense Rests in Michael Jackson Trial

The defense rested Wednesday in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial without putting the pop star on the stand, wrapping up after a three-week effort to portray the accuser and his mother as shakedown artists.

Prosecutors immediately began their rebuttal. The jury could get the case as early as the middle of next week and begin deciding whether Jackson molested a 13-year-old cancer patient at his Neverland ranch in 2003.

Read more here:

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050525/D8AAERDO0.html

[DudeAsInCool]

Sneddon asked judge this AM for permission to put into evidence the photos of Michael Jackson's splotchy penis/private parts that were taken in '94... Judge turned him down flat... MORE... Sneddon also wanted to introduce into evidence the drawing that boy Jordy Chandler drew of Jackson's penis -- so that it could be compared to the photos that were later taken by police of Jacko... Developing...

http//:www.drudgereport.com

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Jackson Prosecution Can Show Accuser Tape

The judge in Michael Jackson's trial on Thursday cleared the way for another possible courtroom face-off between the singer and the boy accusing him of molestation.

Read more here:

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050526/D8AAVB682.html

[DudeAsInCool]

Defense suddenly rests in Jackson case

In a stunning development, Michael Jackson's defense suddenly rested Friday after prosecutors showed the jury a videotape of the accuser telling investigators for the first time in 2003 that he was molested by the pop star.

The decision to not present a defense rebuttal means closing arguments could begin as early as Wednesday.

http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2005/05/27/jackson/index.html

[KiwiCoromandel]

Jackson testimony ends dramatically....

Testimony came to an abrupt and dramatic end in Michael Jackson's sex abuse trial on Friday after jurors watched a videotape in which the boy at the centre of the case told police for the first time he was given wine and masturbated by the pop star.

more here........

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_entertainment_...0%3fformat=html

[KiwiCoromandel]

Alcohol charge against Jacko reduced..

The judge in the Michael Jackson child molestation case reduced one of the charges against the singer from a serious crime to a misdemeanor, a move that could help the prosecution.

read more....

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_entertainment_...0%3fformat=html

[DudeAsInCool]

Jurors Get Instructions in Jackson Case

Jurors in the Michael Jackson trial were given the instructions Wednesday that will govern their deliberations into whether the pop star molested a teenage boy.

Superior Court Judge Rodney S. Melville told jurors that closing arguments will begin Thursday and they will be given the case sometime Friday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...0100324_pf.html

[KiwiCoromandel]

Jackson jury could get case by Friday

The jury could begin deliberating in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial by the end of the week, following instructions on the law and closing arguments by attorneys for both sides.

Superior Court Judge Rodney Melville, who spent the day working on jury instructions with prosecutors and defence lawyers with jurors and Jackson absent, said he wanted to hand the case over to the eight-woman, four-man panel by Friday afternoon.

source:www.stuff.co.nz

[DudeAsInCool]

D.A. PLAYS 'VASELINE' CARD IN JACKO FINALE

In closing arguments at the end of a bitter four-month trial that could send Jackson to prison, Deputy District Attorney Ron Zonen played the "Vaseline" card!

During his closing presentation, Zonen showed pictures of Jackson's bedroom and bathroom taken during a raid on Neverland in '03.

Zonen pointed out the location of sex magazines and, at one point, mentioned that you could see a container of Vaseline!

http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3rz.htm

[DudeAsInCool]

Jackson Lawyer Says Accusations Are a Con

The family accusing Michael Jackson of child molestation and other crimes is trying to pull "the biggest con of their careers," the pop star's lead attorney told jurors Friday in the second day of closing arguments in the trial.

Read more:

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050603/D8AG8DQO1.html

[DudeAsInCool]

Jackson Lawyers to Conclude Arguments

A gaunt-looking Michael Jackson arrived at court Friday to hear final arguments before his child molestation case goes to the jury.

Jackson, appearing drawn, was accompanied by his parents, Joe and Katherine Jackson, sisters Janet and LaToya, and brothers Jermaine, Tito and Randy, among other family members. Jackson clutched his mother's arm as he walked into the courthouse.

Read more here:

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050603/D8AG7J480.html

[KiwiCoromandel]

Jackson jurors begin weighing fate of pop star..

Jurors in Michael Jackson’s molestation trial today began weighing the charges against the pop star after dueling closing arguments portrayed him as either a sexual predator or the naive victim of a family of hardened liars.

more here........

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1...jectID=10329059