The Michael Jackson Trial

[DudeAsInCool]

JACKSON CASE ROCKED: JURORS LAUGH, MOCK PROSECUTION WITNESSES

Jurors in the Michael Jackson case were overheard during a break in the trial mocking a 24-year old witness who claimed he was molested by Michael Jackson when he was 7 and 9-years old, sources claim.

Jackson jury rumours dismissed

Thu Apr 7, 2005 03:35 AM ET

By Dan Whitcomb

SANTA MARIA, California (Reuters) - Reports that jurors in Michael Jackson's sex abuse trial were making fun of a prosecution witness in the case have been dismissed as an "unsubstantiated rumour" by a court spokesman.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/printerFriendlyPo...&storyID=702866

[KiwiCoromandel]

Maureen Orth has been covering Michael Jackson for Vanity Fair over the last decade.  You can catch her in depth articles there on the Gloved Man:

http://www.vanityfair.com/commentary/conte...es/050207roco02

good stuff

good article......

red wine as "Jesus blood." ....now, that`s new...." will that be heavenly type O negative Mr Jackson?... :)

[KiwiCoromandel]

I saw Jackson perform oral sex on boy: ex-guard

An ex-security guard at Michael Jackson's estate rocked the star's defence today, claiming he saw the star kissing, fondling and performing oral sex on a young boy in the 1990s.

read more........

http://www.smh.com.au/news/People/I-saw-Ja...2815696613.html

[DudeAsInCool]

An ex-security guard at Michael Jackson's estate rocked the star's defence today, claiming he saw the star kissing, fondling and performing oral sex on a young boy in the 1990s.

On cross-examination, Chacon's credibility came under scathing attack.

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"Did you say you forgot to say things about Mr. Jackson molesting young men in 1993?" asked Mesereau.

"Yes, sir," said the witness.

"And now you remember them in 2005?" Mesereau said.

"Vaguely, yes," Chacon said.

***

Jackson defense attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr. quickly established that Chacon had sued Jackson, claiming he was improperly fired, and that Jackson had countersued, accusing Chacon of stealing from him.

The witness acknowledged he was ordered to pay $25,000 for allegedly stealing Jackson's property, which Chacon said was only a candy bar. He also acknowledged that he and others were ordered to pay more than $1 million in legal expenses to Jackson but that he had not paid anything because he had filed for bankruptcy.

The boy Chacon referred to received a multimillion-dollar settlement from Jackson in 1994 and refused to cooperate in a police investigation. No charges were filed against Jackson in that case.

[DudeAsInCool]

Man Says Jackson Improperly Touched Culkin

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - The latest in a parade of former Michael Jacksonemployees to take the stand against their ex-boss testified Friday that he once saw Jackson with his hand inside child star Macaulay Culkin's shorts but didn't tell anyone because "nobody would have ever believed this."

Under cross-examination by Jackson attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr., LeMarque acknowledged that he and his wife considered selling the story to the tabloids and that he told an intermediary he wanted $500,000. But he said he and wife backed out when they realized the intermediary "was so sleazy."

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/a...hael_jackson_10

[DudeAsInCool]

Jacko: DA's Witnesses Admit Lying

The prosecution put on two witnesses yesterday in theMichael Jackson child molestation case, each determined to demolish the defense. At first their plan looked good. But then defense attorney Tom Mesereau came twirling on to the court, and the rest is history.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,152871,00.html

[KiwiCoromandel]

Chef plugs book at trial

A French chef took the opportunity after testifying at Michael Jackson's child molestation trial to plug his upcoming book about feeding the rich and famous.

read on.......

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

[DudeAsInCool]

The Prosecution in the Michael Jackson case have not been supported by their own witnessess:

"The DA's come up empty-handed," said Jim Hammer, an analyst at Fox News and a former San Francisco prosecutor. "You shouldn't be surprised by your own witnesses."

Read more here:

http://www.salon.com/ent/wire/2005/04/10/jackson/index.html

[Shawn]

"You shouldn't be surprised by your own witnesses."

No shite. There should have been better prepping/disclosure.

[KiwiCoromandel]

Mum claims Jacko begged to share bed

Michael Jackson begged the mother of a teen-age boy to allow the kid to share his bed, and the pair spent weeks sleeping in the same bedroom when she relented, jurors at the pop star's child sex abuse trial heard.

more...........

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

[KiwiCoromandel]

Jackson Accuser's Mother Pleads the Fifth

SANTA MARIA, Calif. The mother of Michael Jackson's accuser took the stand outside the jury's presence Wednesday and immediately invoked her Fifth Amendment right to not testify about welfare payments she has received.

more here........

http://www.insightbb.com/story.aspx?doc=/X...p=ENTERTAINMENT

[KiwiCoromandel]

Jackson Accuser's Mom: 'Don't Judge Me!'

SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- Holding her arms out to the jury, the mother of Michael Jackson's teenage accuser sobbed and pleaded, "Please don't judge me!" as she recounted her family's involvement with the pop star in dramatic testimony Wednesday.

more, more, more.......

http://www.insightbb.com/story.aspx?doc=/X...p=ENTERTAINMENT

[DudeAsInCool]

Jackson Accuser's Mom: 'Don't Judge Me!'

Kind of hard not to - she sounds as nutty as Michael.

[KiwiCoromandel]

absolutely stark raving mad mate...some very serious problems in that family.... :(

[DudeAsInCool]

"Never copped a feel..."

http://toccionline.kizash.com/films/1001/139/index.php

[KiwiCoromandel]

Mother details fear and intimidation by Jackson aides

SANTA MARIA, California - The mother of Michael Jackson's teen accuser has described a climate of fear and intimidation in the weeks following the 2003 broadcast of a damaging TV documentary about the singer's bizarre lifestyle.

more.........

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10120599

[DudeAsInCool]

  For example, Mesereau will trot out all the receipts for the spending she did during her "kidnapping" in Calabasas, Calif., in February 2003.

Yesterday, Arvizo claimed under oath that using Jackson associate Marc Schaffel's credit card, she shopped once for replacement clothes.

But as I wrote in this column on February 10, 2005, the truth is that Arvizo shopped 'til she almost dropped during her Calabasas run.

To wit: On the day they arrived in Calabasas, the Arvizos' "kidnapping" began with dinner at the Outback Steak House ($131).

The next day, Feb. 26, 2003, this welfare mother, who also received food stamps, hit the Banana Republic ($415), Wilson's House of Leather ($127), Pacific Sunwear, The Gap, Jockey, Anchor Blue ($454), Robinsons-May Company, Abercrombie & Fitch, Jeans Outlet ($430) and a Ralph's supermarket ($127 for cosmetics and liquor). The family dined at the tony Black Angus steak restaurant in Woodland Hills ($175).

The next day Arvizo continued to eat her way through Jackson's money at Foot Locker ($85), stopped again at Robinsons-May and made one more trip to Anchor Blue.

On Feb. 28, she had a manicure and pedicure ($51) and she and all three kids also got haircuts.

The next day was March 1, and she hit the Topanga Canyon Mall and Anchor Blue again before taking in a showing of the movie "Old School" (concessions $32, dinner at Johnny Rockets $26). The family also consumed quantities of Baskin-Robbins ice cream that day.

On March 2, she returned to Robinson-May ($71 for "night repair and lipstick"), spent $171 at Champs Sports and grabbed a Starbucks coffee.

By the time the family was returned to Neverland, their "captors" must have been broke and exhausted.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,153564,00.html

[DudeAsInCool]

Jackson judge threatens to close court

SANTA MARIA,California (CNN) -- Exchanges between the mother of Michael Jackson's accuser and the pop star's lead defense attorney were so combative Friday that the judge threatened to end court for the day after listening to hours of sniping between the witness and lawyer.

http://cnn.law.printthis.clickability.com/...&partnerID=2013

[DudeAsInCool]

Fox's Roger Friedman Says It's Time to End the Trial

"It's now time to stop the madness and declare a mistrial in California vs. Jackson. What happened on Friday in the Santa Maria courthouse should not have happened at all. Whether or not Michael Jackson is guilty of child molestation is no longer the issue.

The Santa Barbara District Attorney's office is now potentially guilty of exploiting a disturbed woman's condition to get a conviction. It's wrong, and it's not going to achieve anything but tarnishing the reputations of their well-intentioned staff."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,153655,00.html

[DudeAsInCool]

Accuser's Mother Admits She Was Investigated For Child Abuse

http://au.news.yahoo.com/050415/19/tzqn.html

[DudeAsInCool]

The mother of Michael Jackson's young molestation accuser claimed that she feared her children would be spirited away from the star's Neverland Ranch in a hot air balloon.

http://beta.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story...on_050418220558

Accuser's Mom Says Jackson Fooled the World

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050418/D89I2FE80.html

[KiwiCoromandel]

Jackson fooled the world says mum

The mother of Michael Jackson's teen accuser spent another day locked in a verbal tug-of-war with his lawyer, taking repeated pot shots at the singer and telling jurors that he had "fooled the world" with his professed love for children.

more........

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

[KiwiCoromandel]

Grandmother of Jackson accuser talks of rock throwing

SANTA MARIA, California - The grandmother of the teen accusing Michael Jackson of molestation testified on Tuesday that she was bombarded by phone calls and had rocks thrown at her home after her grandson finally left the singer's Neverland Valley Ranch in 2003.

read on.........

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1...jectID=10121440

[KiwiCoromandel]

Michael Jackson case winding down

Prosecutors said they would wrap up their child sex case against Michael Jackson late next week, as the mother of his teenage accuser flailed in her final moments on the stand.

more.......

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_entertainment_...1%3fformat=html

[Malicious Intent]

'We all carry a sense of guilt'

Just how does the BBC go about covering the Michael Jackson trial, what's it like inside the court and why is there a soap-like atmosphere at a child abuse trial?

Interesting read.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ifs/hi/new...500/4459539.stm