Archive for April, 2005

Mis-trial?

Michael Jackson’s lawyers have again asked for a mis-trial to be declared but again was denied by Judge Rodney Melville. It was suggested that Bashir’s “Living with Michael Jackson” documentary was edited to misrepresent Michael Jackson - and of course, this triggered the entire investigation into Michael’s relationship with young boys. Read more […]

Saturday, April 30th, 2005

Michael Jackson jury sees nude boy books

‘Prosecutors in Michael Jackson’s abuse trial have shown the jury two books seized from the singer’s bedroom which they say show naked boys.
The pictures were found in 1993 during a previous molestation case involving a boy who received a multimillion-dollar settlement from Mr Jackson in 1994.
Also on Friday, prosecutors said they planned to call three […]

Friday, April 29th, 2005

Ex-wife tells Jackson trial of ‘vultures’ circling star

‘MICHAEL Jackson’s ex-wife told jurors yesterday that the entertainer was surrounded by “opportunistic vultures” out to take advantage of a man she knew privately to be kind, selfless and “generous to a fault”.
The testimony by Debbie Rowe, the mother of Jackson’s two oldest children, was a setback to prosecutors who had called her as a […]

Friday, April 29th, 2005

Michael Jackson wife: we never lived together

‘PROSECUTORS yesterday called Michael Jackson’s former wife Debbie Rowe, the mother of two of his children, to testify in the pop star’s child molestation trial.
Asked for her name, she identified herself as Deborah Rowe Jackson, but she said she preferred to be addressed as Ms Rowe. Asked by prosecutor Ron Zonen how she knew Jackson, […]

Thursday, April 28th, 2005

Michael Jackson accuser’s film ‘not rehearsed’

‘THE man who recorded a video featuring the family of Michael Jackson’s young accuser said yesterday that he did not see them reading or rehearsing from a script.
Testifying at Jackson’s child molestation trial, Hamid Moslehi’s account did not support evidence given by Janet Arvizo, mother of Gavin Arvizo who claims he was abused by the […]

Thursday, April 28th, 2005

Michael Jackson’s Ex-Wife Sets Back Prosecution

‘In a startling setback to the prosecution, Michael Jackson’s ex-wife took the stand at his child molestation trial Wednesday and said through tears how she was never scripted or rehearsed to say positive things about him to rebut a damaging TV documentary.
Prosecutors called Deborah Rowe to bolster their argument that Jackson conspired to hold the […]

Thursday, April 28th, 2005

Cynthia Montgomery, travel agent, booked flight to Brazil

A travel agent (Cynthia Montgomery) testifying under immunity in Michael Jackson’s child molestation trial said Tuesday she booked a $15,000 flight to Sao Paulo, Brazil for the family of the pop star’s accuser at the request of one of the singer’s business associates, Marc Schaffel. Read more »

Wednesday, April 27th, 2005

If you were a juror

Would you be thinking that Michael Jackson was guilty, beyond reasonable doubt at this point in the trial? Why or why not?
What piece of evidence/testimony is most critical to your thinking?

Tuesday, April 26th, 2005

Debbie Rowe to testify

Judge Rodney Melville has ruled that the mother of two of Michael Jackson’s children, Debbie Rowe will be allowed to testify against the singer in his child molestation trial in Santa Maria.
Rowe is expected to tell jurors that she was offered visitation rights with her children only if she praised Jackson on tape. […]

Tuesday, April 26th, 2005

Did Michael kiss a boy?

The former head of security at Neverland Ranch told jurors Monday that Michael Jackson stood before a statue of Peter Pan and snuggled and kissed a boy who later accused the pop star of molesting him in the early 1990s.
“He was hugging him from behind,” said Kassim Abdool, who worked the overnight security shift for […]

Tuesday, April 26th, 2005