‘MICHAEL Jackson was a sexual predator presiding over “a world of the forbidden” in his bedroom, with young boys as his prey, a prosecutor said last night.
In closing argument in the pop star’s child molestation trial, senior deputy district attorney Ron Zonen berated Jackson’s defence team and used charts and graphics to show what he […]
‘The prosecution in the Michael Jackson trial has rested its case after more than two months of testimony.
Mr Jackson denies 10 charges, including child molestation and conspiring to abduct the family of his teenage accuser, Gavin Arvizo.
On Wednesday the court heard that one of the defendants’ closest aides once said “killers” were after the family.
Prosecutors […]
‘Prosecutors used telephone records Monday in hopes of bolstering their contention that Michael Jackson’s associates tried to intimidate and control the family of his accuser, but a detective said the pop star did not take part in those calls.
The introduction of telephone and banking records Monday came as prosecutors neared the end of their case […]
‘Prosecutors in Michael Jackson’s trial are expected to deal with both the alleged molestation and the false imprisonment charge as they move toward resting their case this week.
An ex-security guard will testify he saw part of what another guard has told the jury: that years ago he saw Jackson carrying a boy from a shower […]
‘The mother of Michael Jackson’s accuser ended a contentious five days on the stand Tuesday, insisting she never solicited money from any celebrities including Jay Leno and that a lawsuit she filed against a department store was intended to obtain an apology rather than a payoff.
The defense, however, suggested that she manipulated pictures of herself […]
‘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 have heard.
The mother, whose son was at the centre of 1993 molestation allegations against Jackson that […]
‘The prosecution in the Michael Jackson trial had trouble with another witness today.
Prosecutors called Bob Jones, a former publicist for Jackson, to testify that he may have seen the pop star lick his accuser’s head in the 1990s. They wanted Jones to help them show a pattern of inappropriate behavior.
But when asked if he had […]
‘Michael Jackson designed his Neverland ranch as a retreat from the prying world. But testimony at his trial shows it became a nest of backstairs intrigues among gossiping employees who are now offering stories to bolster prosecution claims that Jackson molested boys.
Jackson’s lawyer has effectively worked to confront the witnesses with their own financial motives, […]
‘A FORMER housekeeper at Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch told the singer’s trial yesterday that the pop star had close friendships with several boys, aged ten to 14, and that she saw children she believed to be intoxicated at the estate.
Kiki Fournier also said children who remained at Neverland from a few days to months at […]
‘Prosecutors in Michael Jackson’s molestation trial have a witness who allegedly heard the defendant plan to intimidate his accuser, Celebrity Justice said.
Rudy Provencio, a member of Jackson’s inner circle, apparently kept a dairy of conversations he heard at the pop star’s Neverland ranch and elsewhere regarding plans to intimidate the boy and his family who […]