‘The judge in Michael Jackson’s child molestation case expected to decide on Monday if prosecutors can tell the jury about past accusations of sex abuse by the pop star in a ruling legal experts say could be the most important in the trial.

Among the witnesses prosecutors want to call are a young man to whom Jackson reportedly paid millions of dollars in the mid-1990s to settle accusations of abuse and who could help portray the 46-year-old entertainer as a serial molester of young boys.

“The judge’s decision tomorrow may literally decide the case,” Jim Hammer, a San Francisco prosecutor and media analyst, said Sunday. “If he lets this evidence in and if the alleged) victims from the past testify credibly, it will be very hard for the defense to overcome.”‘

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