About 2-billion people around the world are expected to watch the beginning of Michael Jackson’s child sex trial today.
US TV networks will broadcast live from outside the court in Santa Maria, a farming town two hours north of Los Angeles, when Jackson arrives for the start of jury selection. A spokesman for Court TV, one […]
“There are people who think it’s a sensitive issue,” said Rick Martini, program director of WNEW-FM Mix 102.7. “We play a Jackson song pretty much every day. There is only one song we have taken out, called ‘PYT (Pretty Young Thing).’ Some people feel Michael Jackson has tarnished his image. But I have found those […]
On Monday, January 31, 2005 Raymone Bain, Michael Jackson’s publicist will appear on the CBS Morning News show as well as on ‘Larry King’ on CNN.
Hardcore fans stood at the gates of Neverland Sunday, proclaiming Michael Jackson never could harm a child.
“He loves children, that has nothing to do with being a pedophile,” said Chantal, 26, who took three weeks off from her job at an insurance agency in Switzerland to show her support for the “King of Pop.”
“Our car […]
JOE and KATE JACKSON are convinced their son will be cleared of charges of child molestation, conspiracy and administering an intoxicating agent to his alleged victim.
But the THRILLER star, whose trial begins tomorrow (31JAN05), could face a maximum 80-year prison sentence, so his parents are prepared to look after seven-year-old PRINCE MICHAEL, PARIS, six, and […]
Michael Jackson has released a video statement (apple and PC) on his website in the lead up to the start of his trial on Tuesday. A transcript of the statement is:
‘In the last few weeks, a large amount of ugly, malicious information has been released into the media about me.
Apparently, this information was leaked through […]
‘The judge in the Michael Jackson child sex abuse case has ruled the boy behind the allegations must testify in public.
Rodney Melville dismissed calls to shield the 15-year-old from the media.
Jackson, 46, has pleaded not guilty to ten charges, including child molestation and an alleged plot to kidnap and falsely imprison the boy and his […]
‘AS PRESIDING judge at California’s Santa Barbara Superior Court, Rodney Melville prides himself in conducting cases with dignity and decorum. Tomorrow, however, as the circus of Michael Jackson’s long-awaited child molestation trial rolls into town, Melville finds himself cast in the unfamiliar role of a ringmaster struggling to rein in his wayward troupe.
A near-avalanche of […]
‘National media outlets are expected to pay a combined $36,000 per month to the City of Santa Maria for parking and office space near the Michael Jackson trial, an amount almost equal to overtime costs of policing the area surrounding the courthouse.
Jury selection in the Jackson case is set to begin on Monday, and the […]
‘When the latest “Trial of the Century” debuts tomorrow, expect Michael Jackson to take center stage.
The pop king is set to be in the courtroom when a judge begins grilling a huge pool of 750 potential jurors for the singer’s child-molestation trial.
Jackson, 46, who has chosen an eye-popping snow-white suit for earlier court appearances, will […]