The Case Against Michael Jackson

The Case Against Michael Jackson - January 6, 2005

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Boys detail lurid acts of alleged sexual abuse in sealed court, police, grand jury records JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behind-the-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop, who was indicted last April on ten felony counts for the alleged sexual abuse of a Los Angeles boy in early 2003. This story (and the ones linked at right) are based on a review of confidential law enforcement and government reports, grand jury testimony, and sealed court records provided to TSG by sources. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/010605jackson.html (1 of 9)30/06/2009 3:07:49 PM

JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate. Full Story »

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If the harrowing and deeply disturbing allegations in these documents are true, Jackson is a textbook pedophile, a 46-year-old predator who plied children with wine, vodka, tequila, Jim Beam whiskey, and Bacardi rum. A man who gave boys nicknames like Doo Doo Head and Blowhole and then quizzed them about whether they masturbated and if "white stuff" came out. A man who conducted drinking games with minors and surfed porn with them on a laptop in his Neverland Ranch bedroom, noting that if anyone asked what they were looking at, the kids should just say they were watching "The Simpsons." A man who frequently talked sex with his little companions and explained that "boys have to masturbate or they go crazy." A man who told one pajama-clad boy that he wanted to show him how to "jack off." When the tipsy child declined the demonstration, Jackson announced, "I'll do it for you," and buried his hand in the boy's Hanes briefs, size small. And a man who emphasized to his little friends that these activities were "their little secret" and should not be disclosed to anyone, even if a gun was at their head. The heart of the Jackson prosecution rests largely on accounts provided to investigators by the teenage boy, his younger brother, older sister, and the children's mother (at the time of the alleged molestation, the victim, who had been diagnosed with a rare cancer in 2000, was 13, his brother was 12, and their sister was 16). In the documents reviewed by TSG, the brothers appear a potent one-two punch of first-hand accounts of alleged Jackson misdeeds. They corroborated many of each other's lurid stories, providing the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department and District Attorney Thomas Sneddon with a stereophonic sleaze compendium. While their sister did not witness any sexual abuse--nor was she ever invited to stay in Jackson's bedroom--she told investigators that the entertainer provided her and her brothers with wine at Neverland and also said that her siblings each confided in her about Jackson's explicit sex talk. The older boy, she said, told her that Jackson gave them tequila and Skyy vodka and asked her not to tell their parents about his drinking (Jackson, the boys reported, often concealed the pair's wine (a/k/a "Jesus Juice") in cans of Diet Coke and Sprite). In addition, she told detectives that the older boy said Jackson would touch his behind outside his clothes, something that made her brother feel uncomfortable. According to the documents, the children's mother is a critical witness to the alleged http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/010605jackson.html (2 of 9)30/06/2009 3:07:49 PM

MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution. Full Story »

MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop,

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The Case Against Michael Jackson - January 6, 2005

conspiracy to imprison her family at Neverland in the wake of the February 2003 broadcast of "Living with Michael Jackson," the devastating Martin Bashir documentary. It was during that program that Jackson admitted--and strongly defended--sleeping with boys. At one point in the documentary--which first aired in England on February 3 and then in the U.S. three days later--the performer is seen with the 13-yearold accuser, who rests his head on Jackson's shoulder and talks glowingly about the singer. The woman contends that Jackson and several business associates began illegally scheming to keep her family caged up at Neverland the day after the Bashir documentary aired on Great Britain's ITV. Though Jackson is the only person charged in connection with this purported plot, five of his business associates were identified as unindicted co-conspirators in the performer's heavily redacted April 2004 indictment. Aides Frank Tyson and Vincent Amen, business managers Dieter Wiesner and Ronald Konitzer, and video producer Marc Schaffel are accused of helping Jackson orchestrate the conspiracy, which included plans to ship the family off for safekeeping in Brazil. Family members were repeatedly told by the Jackson camp that the foreign move was necessary because numerous death threats had been directed at the family, according to investigative records. In a bid to buttress the conspiracy claim, prosecutors elicited grand jury testimony from several Jackson associates, most of whom dealt with the family post-Bashir. Those witnesses included Neverland employees like security chief Jesus Salas, guards Christopher Carter and Brian Barron, public relations aide Ann Gabriel, and Schaffel cohort Christian Robinson, who testified with limited "use immunity" about the filming of the family's so-called rebuttal statement, a videotape they later told detectives they were strong-armed into making. Also, as they did during last year's grand jury presentment, prosecutors will display items seized from Jackson's ranch during a November 2003 court-authorized raid. Agents went in searching for pornography, underwear, and any material--photos, correspondence, etc.--further linking Jackson to the alleged victim. They left with more than they could have expected, netting items corroborative of the accounts provided to them by the two boys. The children's 36-year-old mother is, of course, a principal http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/010605jackson.html (3 of 9)30/06/2009 3:07:49 PM

and a teenage boy in the singer's bedroom. Full Story »

APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn. Full Story »

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

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target of the Jackson defense team, which views her as a scheming grifter who has fabricated the abuse accounts, programmed these tawdry tales of masturbation and soiled underwear into her children, and, despite assertions that she is not chasing money, is expecting some kind of future financial windfall. The confidential law enforcement records also document how the family's story changed shortly after the mother hired legal counsel in mid-2003. Until that point, the family had vehemently denied any improprieties by Jackson in interviews with Los Angeles child welfare officials and Santa Barbara Sheriff's deputies. And they sang Jackson's praises in the rebuttal videotape shot by Schaffel's film crew two weeks after the Bashir documentary aired on ABC's "20/20." In addition, Jackson's lawyers have pointed out that, according to Sneddon, the alleged conspiracy to silence the family began more than two weeks before the first molestation incident is alleged to have occurred. The cover-up, Team Jackson argues, began before any crimes occurred. NEXT PAGE →

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MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Full Story »

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story » http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/010605jackson.html (4 of 9)30/06/2009 3:07:49 PM

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FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Full Report »

FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did." Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other key witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/010605jackson.html (5 of 9)30/06/2009 3:07:49 PM

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children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

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continued In mid-November 2003, investigators drafted a lengthy and remarkably thorough affidavit in support of their court request to raid Neverland, the Beverly Hills office of Bradley Miller, a private investigator working for Jackson attorney Mark Geragos, and the L.A. home where Jackson's accusers filmed their rebuttal videotape. Noting that Jackson's "three-year long interest" in the adolescent victim was "grossly abnormal" and, in itself, corroborative of the family's story, Detective Paul Zelis concluded that criminal probers had established "reasonable probable cause" to "believe Michael Joe Jackson is a pedophile and one with the means to inhibit disclosure of his offenses by bribery and intimidation." What follows is an inside account of how investigators came to that conclusion. *** http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jackson2.html (1 of 9)30/06/2009 3:08:11 PM

JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate. Full Story »

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After being diagnosed with cancer in 2000, the gravely ill boy, then only ten, told his family that he would like to meet one of his favorite entertainers, specifically naming Michael Jackson and comedians Adam Sandler, Chris Tucker, and Jim Carrey. That kind of Make-a-Wish request was something Jackson had often fulfilled and he soon contacted the child by phone in a Los Angeles hospital. In short order, the pair--a world-famous entertainer and a grade schooler from East L. A. --became phone pals while the child remained hospitalized. Upon the boy's discharge, Jackson invited him and his family to visit Neverland in August 2000. Jackson sent a car to pick up the family in L.A. and later presented the boy with an Apple laptop. During that initial visit, the mother told detectives, she met Tyson, who was introduced as a longtime friend of Jackson's and who told her he handled "damage control" for the entertainer. The 24-year-old Tyson, whose actual surname is Cascio, is a scrawny New Jersey native who, the alleged victim and his family claimed, repeatedly threatened their lives during their 2003 imprisonment at Neverland. The children returned to Neverland later that year, accompanied only by their father David, according to police interviews. Around this time, Jackson gave the family a white Ford Bronco, which they used to transport the sick child to medical appointments. Asked by investigators what transpired during those first two Neverland trips, the brothers recounted two unsettling incidents, though neither could pinpoint during which visit they occurred. The younger boy, 9 at the time, said that while he and his brother were riding in a golf cart with Jackson, the star asked them, "What's your favorite curse word?" The child also recalled being in Jackson's bedroom along with his brother, Tyson, Jackson, and the performer's son, Prince Michael, who was 3 at the time. Tyson, the younger boy told investigators, connected his brother's laptop to the Internet, "and Michael started searching for pornographic web sites," according to the Zelis search warrant affidavit. The child said Jackson typed in either www.pussy.com or www. teenpussy.com and he and his brother saw photos of "naked ladies." The boy "described seeing a female holding her shirt up and exposing her breasts and Michael commented, 'Got Milk?'" The boy said that Jackson's son was sleeping nearby and the entertainer "told Prince he was 'missing out.'" The older brother gave http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jackson2.html (2 of 9)30/06/2009 3:08:11 PM

MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution. Full Story »

MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop,

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investigators a similar account of the web surfing, adding that Jackson told him not to tell his parents what they were doing. When the younger brother told his sister about the naked photos, the older boy "told her not to say anything because Michael would get mad. [He] told her everything is secret and that they can't say anything," according to Zelis. The girl told detectives that she was mostly excluded from joining her brothers when they were with Jackson at Neverland, and that days would go by without her seeing them. She was a decidedly third wheel and did not rate a Jackson nickname nor a sleepover invitation. She bunked with her parents in a separate guest house while her brothers stayed in Jackson's bedroom during those initial visits (the boys slept on the bed while Jackson and Tyson crashed on the floor in sleeping bags). In fact, during the early Neverland trips, the younger brother also apparently did not figure in Jackson's plans. In one interview, the older child said Jackson wanted only him to stay in the bedroom, but the boy insisted that his sibling be allowed to stay as well. Girls as second-class citizens is a well-established fact at Neverland. In fact, when agents raided the Los Olivos, California ranch in November 2003, they found a handwritten letter from a girl named Renia in a black leather case in Jackson's bedroom. A search warrant return reviewed by TSG notes that the missive "discusses boys sleeping with subject. She was not allowed into 'Apple Head Club' because she was a girl." That description of evidence item #361 was one of more than 40 entries wholly or partially redacted from a Neverland search warrant inventory released last year. Click here to learn what else--porn, videos, erotic books--was found in Jackson's bedroom and bathroom The older brother saw Jackson once more in 2000, around Christmas, when he spent time with the performer and his two children at the Hilton hotel near Universal Studios in Hollywood. Jackson and the kids watched a movie while lying in bed and "talked, hung out, and wrestled around," the boy told detectives. The child's mother said Jackson gave the boy a Nintendo or PlayStation unit and video games, but did not give his siblings any presents. While Jackson and the boy spoke for hours at a time on the phone, there were no Neverland visits in 2001 because the child was undergoing progressive chemotherapy for cancer and was too sick to travel. The disease, now reportedly in remission, cost the boy a kidney and his spleen. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jackson2.html (3 of 9)30/06/2009 3:08:11 PM

and a teenage boy in the singer's bedroom. Full Story »

APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn. Full Story »

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

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The boy's mother said that, during 2001, she complained to Jackson about the length of his telephone chats with her son--and that Jackson was upset with her criticism. Asked by investigators about her recollections of those calls, she said that her son mentioned things that struck her as "peculiar." For instance, Jackson's favorite color was the same as her son's favorite color. And "whatever [her son] liked, Michael liked as well." Her after-the-fact inference was clear: the adult Jackson was carefully cultivating her son. The woman added that soon after Jackson learned that the boy was sharing details of their phone calls with her, the boy began clamming up about the chats. Investigators contend that these "endless phone conversations" and other "extravagant attention" paid to the boy by Jackson mirrors the story told to authorities ten years ago by Jordan Chandler, another 13-year-old boy who once "caught the eye of Michael Jackson." The criminal investigation of Chandler's abuse allegations was stymied when the boy's family entered into a $20 million civil settlement with the pop star and declined to further pursue criminal charges against Jackson. Sneddon recently announced that he will seek to introduce evidence gathered from the Chandler investigation and a second early-90s probe to establish that Jackson engaged in prior acts of molestation. The original probe still casts such a shadow over Jackson that when Schaffel's Calabasas home was raided last January, deputies actually discovered a file folder titled "Chandler Statement." Inside was a printout from TSG of a sworn declaration by the boy, which we first posted in February 2003. Click here for new revelations about the Chandler case, including Jackson's telltale body "splotches" and how Sneddon & Co.'s candid camera reportedly corroborated the teenager's tale. *** While they often provided investigators with very specific accounts of Jackson's wrongdoing, the boy and his family are uniformly hazy when it comes to exact dates and times of these alleged transgressions, which could tend to undermine aspects of their expected future testimony. The accusers, who were interviewed separately by Santa Barbara Sheriff's detectives, said that they did not compare notes about their http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jackson2.html (4 of 9)30/06/2009 3:08:11 PM

MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Full Story »

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story »

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individual accounts. However, both boys and the children's mother explained away their temporal deficiencies almost identically: the trio claimed that since there were no clocks or calendars at Neverland, they simply lost track of dates. The younger boy claimed that Jackson kept him and his brother away from "clocks and dates." The older brother told investigators that he was "not allowed" to keep track of dates and times while at the entertainer's ranch. NEXT PAGE →

FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Full Report »

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FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did." Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other key witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jackson2.html (5 of 9)30/06/2009 3:08:11 PM

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children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

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The Mug Shot The Felony Complaint The Indictment DCFS Memo Finds Charges "Unfounded" 5. 1993 Declaration Of Alleged Victim 6. Jackson Pays Off His 1993 Accuser

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continued Forgetting for a moment that no family member apparently owned a wristwatch, their description of Neverland sounds more like a hermetically sealed Vegas casino floor. It is even stranger considering that a centerpiece of Jackson's estate is a gigantic outdoor clock built into a berm facing Neverland's main house, where the boys stayed. On the working clock's face, numbers are formed by flowers and shrubs and the word "Neverland" is spelled out in neat yellow shrubbery. In fact, the clock is so large that the time is easily discernible in aerial photographs of Jackson's residence. In addition, Jackson actually gave the older boy a watch in early-February 2003, right before the family's supposed imprisonment began. Jackson provided the Rado timepiece, the boy claimed, to keep him from telling anyone that he had been given white wine (concealed in a Diet Coke can) by the entertainer. While actually http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jackson3.html (1 of 9)30/06/2009 3:08:37 PM

JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate. Full Story »

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valued at a fraction of the $75,000 Jackson claimed it was worth, the watch likely did tell time (and probably even had one of those revolutionary new date features). Chipping away at contradictions, memory lapses, and inconsistencies in the accounts of family members--especially the brothers--will be a crucial part of the Jackson defense. For instance, the boys both said that they saw Jackson nude on one occasion while watching television in the star's Neverland bedroom. But while the older child told a psychologist that Jackson "just stood there naked for a moment," his sibling provided detectives with a far more damaging account. The younger brother said that when they saw Jackson naked (except for a pair of socks), they quickly looked away. The boy then said Jackson sat down with them and said, "It's okay, it's okay. You guys should do the same." He then claimed that Jackson's penis was erect during the incident, but told investigators that he could not provide a description because he "only glanced at it." But, motioning with his hands, the child was able to offer an approximation of its length. The younger boy also claimed that, during an early visit to Neverland, he was groped by Jackson while the two were in a golf cart. The child, who said he was driving at the time, told investigators that Jackson reached over with his left hand and touched his "testicles and penis" over his clothes. According to the boy, he continued driving and said nothing to Jackson. In a July 2003 interview with detectives, the child also claimed that, on one occasion, Jackson wanted to give him and his brother sleeping pills, directing the younger boy to get the drugs from a Neverland chef. However, according to an investigative report, "somehow the subject changed and the pills were forgotten." The child, though, kept the "sleeping pill" and later turned it over to his family's civil attorney. A subsequent government analysis of the pill showed it to be an over-the-counter cold capsule. The younger boy's accounts of his family's experiences with Jackson and the star's aides, are notable for their detail and the child's uncanny ability to directly quote Jackson, as he did when describing how, during a flight from Miami, the singer made crank calls from the plane, asking those who answered the phone, "Does your pussy stink?" His exact recollection of which porno urls were surfed from Jackson's bedroom--not to mention the star's "Got Milk?" quip--is striking (and probably seen as incredible by defense lawyers). While some of the youngster's tales can't be corroborated, the child provided investigators with a spot-on description of Jackson's two-level bedroom, recalled the four-digit code for the suite's combination lock, and pinpointed for detectives the location of a black suitcase that, he said, held porno magazines like Playboy and http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jackson3.html (2 of 9)30/06/2009 3:08:37 PM

MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution. Full Story »

MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop,

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Hustler. When Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department deputies raided Neverland in November 2003, they found a black Samsonite briefcase containing several porno magazines in a closet directly below Jackson's bedroom.

and a teenage boy in the singer's bedroom. Full Story »

Of course, the child's accounts (and those of his older brother) have been deemed credible enough by Superior Court judges who have signed off on search warrants and Jackson's arrest warrant, which relied largely on the pair's statements to law enforcement officers. Additionally, a Santa Barbara county grand jury indicted the singer on serious felony charges, most of which hinge entirely on the pair's sworn testimony. The nature of those charges--and the timeframe in which they are alleged to have occurred--has shifted since prosecutors first filed charges against Jackson. A December 2003 criminal complaint accused the performer of committing seven separate lewd acts upon the body of the older boy. Jackson was also hit with separate felonies for allegedly providing the child with booze on two occasions. Those counts tracked with charges the brothers made in police interviews in July and August 2003 (the boys met with detectives at an L.A. hotel and at the headquarters of CALM, a Santa Barbara child abuse prevention group).

APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn. Full Story »

During those sessions, the older boy answered general questions about school and his favorite sports. He provided a chronological account of his relationship with Jackson, which mirrored his brother's claims of viewing pornography and drinking wine at Neverland. When Sgt. Steve Robel asked him if Jackson had ever touched him inappropriately, the child' s demeanor changed, he "sighed, became quiet, lowered his head, and took some time to answer," according to one sealed affidavit. The boy then described what he said was his first sexual encounter with Jackson in the celebrity's bedroom. After drinking alcohol that left him feeling "kinda drunk," the child said Jackson told him that boys have to masturbate or they go crazy, and related a story about a boy who had sex with a dog. Jackson, he said, then told him he wanted to show him how to masturbate. "He told Michael, 'No,' but Michael said, 'I'll do it for you' and 'I'll show you,'" according to the affidavit, which continued, "Michael then grabbed him in his private area. [The boy] said that both he and Michael were wearing pajamas and lying on Michael's bed. Michael placed his hand down the front of [the boy's] http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jackson3.html (3 of 9)30/06/2009 3:08:37 PM

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

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pajamas and started masturbating him. [The boy] said he told Michael he didn't want to do it, but Michael kept masturbating him. Michael told him, 'It's okay' and 'It's natural.' Michael did not stop masturbating him for a long time. [The boy] added that Michael asked him, 'If you masturbate, does white stuff come out?' [The boy] could not recall if he ejaculated." The child said the molestation occurred during his final stay at Neverland, between mid-February and early-March 2003, when, following the broadcast of the Bashir documentary, his family members were supposedly being held against their will at the California ranch. The boy told investigators that Jackson similarly masturbated him on succeeding nights when his younger brother was not also sleeping in Jackson's bedroom. The boy claimed that after he ejaculated in his pants, Jackson directed him to place his soiled underwear into Jackson's hamper before showering. The Hanes garments were not returned, he reported, and Jackson provided him with new underwear. When sheriff's deputies raided Neverland in November 2003, a search warrant authorized them to seize underwear belonging to the alleged victim, "described as white cotton 'Hanes' brand briefs, size 'small.'" A nine-page inventory of items seized from Jackson's home-which TSG has reviewed--reveals that agents confiscated white boys Hanes underwear from the bathroom of Paris Jackson, the entertainer's six-year-old daughter. According to the teenager, he did not masturbate Jackson, nor did he see the entertainer's penis during these alleged Neverland encounters.

MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Full Story »

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

During the course of an August 2003 police interview, the boy alternately said that Jackson molested him "less than five times," "a total of five times," and "about seven times," according to a law enforcement account of the Q&A. Based on the December 2003 criminal complaint, it appears prosecutors settled on five as the number of times Jackson masturbated the child. However, when Jackson's indictment was unsealed four months later, the number of molestations claimed by the child had been reduced to two. The prosecution's tailoring of its case with regard to these alleged masturbations has not been addressed in court filings made public, though it will surely be raised at trial by Jackson's defense team. What has not changed between the criminal complaint and the indictment is the number of separate incidents of molestations that the younger boy said he witnessed in Jackson's bedroom. In police interviews and grand jury testimony, the younger http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jackson3.html (4 of 9)30/06/2009 3:08:37 PM

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story »

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boy told of two instances in which his brother was fondled by Jackson while the older child was either asleep or drunkenly passed out on the entertainer's bed. According to the boy, he was walking up a staircase leading to Jackson's bedroom when he saw the singer and his pajama-clad brother lying on the bed on top of the sheets. Jackson, he said, was wearing a t-shirt, underwear, and socks, and had his left hand under the front of his bother's pajama pants. Jackson, the boy said, was "jacking off" under his underwear with his right hand. The child said he then left the room to sleep in Neverland's guest quarters. On a second occasion, the child testified, he was again walking up the staircase when he spotted Jackson with his hand in the older boy's pajama pants. This time, however, Jackson had his "hard" penis out of his underwear and was "stroking it," according to the younger sibling's account. The child said that he again left the bedroom and went to a guest suite. He told investigators that his stairway presence went undetected by Jackson during the two incidents. On another occasion, the younger brother said he was half-asleep in a chair next to Jackson's bed--where his brother was asleep on his side--when the entertainer came into the room and got into bed with the older boy. According to the younger child's account, he watched Jackson "scoot up" to his brother and begin "moving his hips back to front" against the backside of the sleeping youngster, who was in pajamas. Jackson, the boy said, was wearing underwear. The younger boy, who told investigators he believed Jackson thought he was asleep, said he then pretended to wake and "Michael quickly moved away from [his brother] and pretended to be asleep," according to an investigative report. Last month, when Neverland was searched for a second time, investigators took measurements of Jackson's bedroom and are expected to use those recorded specs (and perhaps even a model of the chamber) to help establish for jurors that a clear sightline existed between the bed and the younger boy's stairway observation post. The Jackson indictment includes a single felony count alleging that the star attempted to have the teenage victim perform a lewd act upon the performer's body. That charge apparently stems from the child's statement that Jackson once made him touch the star's "private part" over his clothes. However, as with many of the family's allegations, there could be room for defense counsel to question this claim. During the same August 2003 police interview in which he mentioned touching Jackson, the boy contradicted himself. According to an investigative report, "[The boy] believes Michael asked him something about touching Michael, but he told Michael he didn't want to." When asked about his prior statement that Jackson made him touch him, the young accuser said he "couldn't remember that." Those http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jackson3.html (5 of 9)30/06/2009 3:08:37 PM

FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Full Report »

FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did." Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other key witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the

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conflicting accounts, though, were apparently reconciled enough for grand jurors, who voted to indict Jackson on the attempted charge.

children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson.

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The path to prosecution began in September 2002, when Bashir filmed Jackson holding hands and snuggling at Neverland with the alleged victim. According to the boy's mother, she got a message that month from Jackson's longtime personal assistant, Evelyn Tavasci, who said that the entertainer wanted to talk with her son. Shortly thereafter, Jackson spoke by telephone with the boy and invited him and his siblings to the ranch, the mother told investigators. In a July 2003 interview, the boy told detectives that Jackson told him to say on camera how he had been helped by the star. The child added, according to a police report, "Michael told him he would put him in the movies and that this was [the boy]'s audition." As his two siblings looked on, the boy lavishly praised Jackson for Bashir's camera. With his head sometimes resting on Jackson's shoulder, the youngster called his adult friend a "child at heart," one who helped him beat cancer. The child told Bashir how Jackson once rejected the boy's suggestion that he sleep on the floor of Jackson's bedroom, saying, "Look, if you love me, you'll sleep in the bed." At one point, Jackson referred to his telephone chats with the child: "Sometimes I call your house so late. But you tell me to call, you tell me to call late." The child told Bashir that his mother was "very, very, very happy" that he spent time Neverland, though he added,"I wasn't really with my parents. I was mainly with Michael." Jackson would also famously tell Bashir, "Why can't you share you bed? That's the most loving thing to do is share your bed with someone." The repercussions of those Jackson admissions to Bashir would not be felt for five months, but they would prove cataclysmic. Almost instantly, upon the February 3, 2003 ITV broadcast of "Living with Michael Jackson," there was a public outcry over the performer's acknowledgment that he was still sharing his bed with boys to whom he was not related. By the time the documentary aired in the U.S. on February 6, hundreds of television and print stories about Jackson's cavorting with minor boys were published, with many of the reports referring to the singer's previous $20 million settlement with a Los Angeles boy who accused him of sexual abuse (the 13 year-old's allegations were widely reported after TSG, on February 6, posted his graphic sworn legal declaration). According to prosecutors, at the time of the Bashir broadcast--nearly three years http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jackson3.html (6 of 9)30/06/2009 3:08:37 PM

FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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after Jackson's first contact with the young cancer patient--the performer had never molested the boy or provided him or his brother with alcohol. It was only after the documentary aired and Jackson's relationship with the boy went public, D.A. Sneddon contends, that the entertainer began committing sex crimes against the child--and illegally started scheming with aides to imprison and intimidate the boy and his family. According to prosecutors, Jackson became a participant in that alleged conspiracy a day or two after the Bashir program first aired, when he called the boy's mother and claimed that death threats were being directed at her son as a result of the ITV broadcast. Concerned for her family's safety, she told detectives of agreeing to Jackson's request to fly the family to Miami for a press conference to "clear things up" with regard to the creepy impressions left by the Bashir production. The next day, the woman and her three children flew to Florida on Chris Tucker's jet (the comedian was along for the flight) and checked into the luxurious Turnberry Isle Resort, where they stayed in a suite almost directly below Jackson's lodgings. The press conference never materialized. And when the Bashir documentary aired on ABC, her family was kept in Jackson's suite and not allowed to watch it, according to a police interview of the woman. NEXT PAGE →

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JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

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continued It was during the family's 2-1/2 days in Miami that Jackson first provided the older boy with wine, according to investigative reports. The child told detectives that Jackson emptied a Diet Coke can, filled it with red wine, and told the boy to "just drink it," claiming the alcohol would relax him. The child reported consuming the wine, which he said gave him a headache. The boy's brother told probers that his sibling was acting strange in Miami, and confided that Jackson provided him with wine. In addition, the youngster told detectives that his brother would often meet with the recording star in the suite's bathroom. When he asked what they were doing in there, the older brother replied that the pair was "just talking." The day after the February 6 U.S. broadcast, the family flew back to Neverland on Jackson's plane along with the singer, his two young children, a pair of nannies, and his personal physician, Dr. Alimorad Farshchian. During the flight, Jackson gave the younger brother a can of Diet Coke containing red wine, which the boy told http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jackson4.html (1 of 9)30/06/2009 3:08:48 PM

JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate. Full Story »

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investigators "tasted like rubbing alcohol." The child remarked that Jackson was "acting funny" on the flight, "poking others in the butt with his foot" and passing the time by placing obscene crank calls. The younger boy also said that when his brother fell asleep with his head on Jackson's chest, he saw the performer licking the top of his sibling's head. In an interview with investigators, the boy "physically showed us Michael's action by sticking his tongue out and moving his head, much like a cat would do when grooming," according to one investigative affidavit. The children's mother said that she, too, saw the alleged licking. At one point she got up to use the restroom and noticed that everyone else onboard was asleep. That's when she spotted Jackson tonguing her child. As she recounted this episode during her first interview with detectives--on July 6, 2003 at Santa Barbara sheriff's headquarters--the woman became "emotionally upset," explaining that she "thought at the moment that she was seeing things," according to a police account of her questioning. However, she confirmed the licking episode was no mirage when later comparing notes with her younger son. Asked if she saw anything else on the plane from Miami, the woman "mentioned seeing soda pop drinks," according to investigators. This seems like a particularly strange observation, considering that, even on a private jet, a Diet Coke can is as remarkable as a bag of peanuts or bottled water. For prosecutors, however, her account is just another fortuitous example of one family member neatly corroborating another's story. The woman, who did nothing while her son was supposedly being licked, was equally hesitant to act when--after the family "escaped" from Neverland in midMarch--her boys told her about some of Jackson's more objectionable behavior (though not the alleged molestation). She told investigators that her initial response was to interrupt them and advise the children to "forgive and forget." She thought she was doing the right thing, the woman told detectives, adding that she subsequently learned that "this was wrong of her to do." A law enforcement affidavit reviewed by TSG does not disclose who or what triggered her tardy parental epiphany. Upon first learning of Jackson's questionable--and quite likely criminal-behavior, the woman wanted her boys to "make the disclosures to a priest or someone else," reported investigators. *** In his November 2003 Neverland search http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jackson4.html (2 of 9)30/06/2009 3:08:48 PM

MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution. Full Story »

MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop,

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warrant application, Detective Paul Zelis stated that the family was held "virtual prisoners" upon their return with Jackson from Miami. Apart from the lush grounds, maid service, chef-prepared meals, furloughs, lax captors, and the amusement park outside their front door, the family's month-long Neverland stay was just like any stretch at San Quentin or Pelican Bay. Oh, and when the estate's security manager agreed--in the middle of their imprisonment--to drive the entire family back to its Los Angeles home, their twohour repatriation south on the 101 Freeway was a comfortable one. Security boss Jesus Salas chauffeured them home in a black Rolls Royce, which is far cozier than a Spartan bus (though Greyhound apparently doesn't operate a Los Olivos-Los Angeles route). The family told investigators and grand jurors that their repeated requests to leave the ranch were rejected by Jackson's unindicted co-conspirators--Tyson, Amen, Konitzer, and Wiesner--all of whom warned that the children would not be allowed to leave Neverland unless they agreed to their participation in the filming of a videotaped rebuttal to the Bashir documentary. The mother told investigators that her phone calls were monitored and she was kept apart from her boys. When Wiesner insisted that the family could not leave due to the supposed death threats, the woman did not argue with him because, she told investigators, she feared Jackson's manager would harm her. She quoted Konitzer as saying that if she went to the police or spoke with anyone, he would "make the kids disappear." Her older son claimed that Tyson warned him at one point, "I could have your mother killed." The child told detectives that he believed threats like that to be credible "because Michael Jackson is a billionaire." Though he did acknowledge never being threatened by Jackson himself. Santa Barbara Police Department records reveal that several days after the family returned to Neverland, the woman's boyfriend, Jay Jackson, called police to report that she was being held against her will at the 2600-acre ranch. In his handwritten report, the officer who fielded the phoned-in complaint noted that while he was speaking with Jackson, the complainant's girlfriend called him (apparently from her cell phone). The cop told Jackson, a 42-year-old Army Reserve major, that if his girlfriend had access to a phone, perhaps she should call 911 directly. In a follow-up call to Jackson a couple of days later, the policeman sought an update from the military man, and was told that everything was okay and his girlfriend (whom he has http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jackson4.html (3 of 9)30/06/2009 3:08:48 PM

and a teenage boy in the singer's bedroom. Full Story »

APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn. Full Story »

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

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since reportedly married) was safe and back in Los Angeles. During the month her family was in residence at Neverland, the woman came and went numerous times, often without her children. When she agreed to have her kids videotape testimonials about Jackson on February 20, she met them at the West Hills home of videographer Hamid Moslehi (whose property was raided on the same November 2003 day that Jackson's ranch was searched). While her three children were driven to the taping from Neverland, she was picked up by Amen from her boyfriend's apartment. In police interviews, family members said that they were intimidated by Jackson aides into filming the "rebuttal" vignettes, which were orchestrated by Marc Schaffel, whose sidekick Christian Robinson conducted the interviews with the children. For his part, Moslehi told detectives that the siblings were relaxed and used his video game console while waiting for video equipment to be set up. A week after ABC's February 6 broadcast of "Living with Michael Jackson," L.A.'s Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) received a call to its child abuse hotline from an official with the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school worker, who apparently watched the Bashir program, lodged charges of general neglect against the children's mother and sexual abuse against Jackson. Almost immediately, in mid-February, DCFS workers assigned to the agency's Sensitive Case Unit contacted the woman and set up interviews with her and the children at Major Jackson's home (by this time, the family was two weeks into its purported captivity). According to a DCFS report, when three agency representatives arrived at her boyfriend's L.A. home for the February 20 interviews, the mother "immediately went over to the VCR and started to play a video" showing her older son with Jackson. The social workers watched as Jackson and the boy were seen walking through Neverland, riding on the ranch's train, sitting on a blanket, and watching swan's in the estate's lake. The woman described Jackson as "like a father" to her children and said he "was an important part of [her son]'s recovery from cancer." In separate interviews, the three siblings also repeated the "like a father" line, with the older brother becoming upset when social worker Karen Walker asked if he had ever been touched inappropriately. "People think that something's happened sexually between Michael and me," he answered. "That's not true." His sister got "teary eye," according to the DCFS report, when she defended Jackson as "so kind and loving." The youngest boy said that trips to Neverland "make me real happy. We have fun with Michael, we all give each other nicknames. My name is Blowhole, like the fish." http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jackson4.html (4 of 9)30/06/2009 3:08:48 PM

MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Full Story »

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story »

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With strong, separate denials of impropriety from the children and their mother, DCFS brass closed the agency probe, categorizing the abuse allegations as "unfounded" (as TSG first reported in December 2003). Asked later by detectives why they did not tell the social workers about their Neverland imprisonment or their mistreatment at the hands of Jackson and his henchmen, the family members said they were too scared. They also pointed to the intimidating presence of a Jackson security guard named Asef, who was present when the DCFS workers arrived, but was ordered to leave by the social workers as the confidential interviews commenced. Before the DCFS session began, an investigative report notes, "Asef warned her not to say anything wrong about Michael Jackson because they knew where her parents lived." She said Asef planted one recording device in the house and handed another to her to tape her interview. While she turned off the recorder she was given, the woman believed Asef later retrieved the other device from the home's living room, where the DCFS interviews occurred. NEXT PAGE →

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FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Full Report »

FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did." Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other key witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jackson4.html (5 of 9)30/06/2009 3:08:48 PM

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children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

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The Mug Shot The Felony Complaint The Indictment DCFS Memo Finds Charges "Unfounded" 5. 1993 Declaration Of Alleged Victim 6. Jackson Pays Off His 1993 Accuser

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continued Acting on a referral from DCFS (since Neverland was in its jurisdiction), the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department also conducted its own child abuse probe. While relying on the DCFS interviews of the woman and her children, Detective Terry Flaa supplemented the L.A. review with an interview of the children's father David (from whom their mother filed for divorce in October 2001). After a one-month review, the sheriff's office declared in mid-April 2003, according to an internal report, that "the elements of criminal activity were not met. No further action required." Within three months, however, the Santa Barbara Sheriff would revisit those same abuse allegations and come to a markedly different conclusion.

JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate.

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stay at Neverland, their scant belongings-which barely filled what the mother called her "bachelor's apartment"--were placed into storage by private eye Bradley Miller. According to an affidavit, the woman told investigators that "the interest in moving her things manifested itself" when Jackson representatives found out "she had kept the notes Michael Jackson had sent or written [her son]." Those notes were hidden, she said, in a "planted clay pot" that was among items eventually stored by Miller at Dino's Moving & Storage in North Hollywood. After splitting from Jackson & Co. in mid-March 2003 ("escaped" is how investigators prefer to describe it), the woman repeatedly asked for the return of her household goods. When she was rebuffed, she hired lawyer William Dickerman, who engaged in a lengthy and contentious fight with Jackson attorney Mark Geragos for the return of her belongings. It wasn't until she began assisting sheriff's investigators that the woman was able to retrieve her belongings from Dino's. However, there were no letters growing in that potted plant, and investigators have accused Miller of unlawfully taking the material. In police interviews, the woman told of her disenchantment with Jackson and his aides, claiming that they broke promises to place her children in private school and to purchase a house and an apartment (so her family would have two places to shuttle between so nobody would find them). She also spoke of her anger upon learning that Jackson had provided booze to her children, especially since alcohol was a significant threat to her older son's medical condition. She also pointed to the frenzied and aggressive attempt to pack the family off to South America, to a remote Brazilian city "that would have no Americans, so nobody would recognize them and be able to send the killers there." She told detectives of thinking that if Jackson's aides really cared about her children, they would want her oldest son to be in L.A. to receive treatment from his doctor. "She could not understand the urgency of them wanting the family to leave the country," noted one affidavit. At the conclusion of one interview, the woman was asked why she thought Jackson and his cohorts lied about the existence of death threats http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jackson5.html (2 of 9)30/06/2009 3:09:02 PM

MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution. Full Story »

MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop,

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targeting her family (and the related need for the Brazil trip). "Because they did wrong," she said. "Because of the things they knew they did to [her children]." She concluded, the affidavit reported, that the wealthy performer and his employees "thought because she lived in East Los Angeles that nobody would care or miss them." When police asked family members how the older boy has changed since his alleged abuse by Jackson, they described him as a far more volatile child. His sister said he is becoming progressively more argumentative. His brother said he "gets angry more often and at times is quieter than before." The boy's mother said he "gets angry for no reason or cause" and noted that the teenager recently shot her in the leg with a BB gun. While aspects of the family's false imprisonment story appear shaky, there can be little argument that the scheme to disappear the alleged victim's family reflects a consciousness of guilt on the part of someone, for something. Whether Jackson's associates knew something--or just assumed the worst--much of their welldocumented behavior is highly suspect. For example, detectives have a forged letter that was submitted to the school attended by the alleged victim and his brother. During the period that Team Jackson was arranging the pair's international exodus, someone submitted a phony document purporting to authorize the pair's release from the L.A. school for their placement in an Arizona school. *** In May 2003, civil lawyers representing the accuser and his family were alarmed at details of the children's relationship with Jackson. One of the attorneys, Larry Feldman, represented the teenage boy who first accused the entertainer of molestation a decade earlier (and who settled that case for eight figures). Feldman, as he had done with Jordan Chandler in 1993, referred his young clients to a psychologist.

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and a teenage boy in the singer's bedroom. Full Story »

APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn. Full Story »

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

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tawdry stories about "white stuff" and "Jesus Juice." In an interview later that month with police, Katz described the older boy as "very emotional and scared," noting that he purposefully did not press the child too hard during their session. He said the boy was "really honest and forthcoming" and scared that people would tease him "if this comes out." He was also concerned that a "crazed fan of Michael's" would try and kill him. Katz reported that when he asked if Jackson ever demonstrated how to masturbate, the boy "started crying and didn't want to talk about it." The forensic and clinical psychologist concluded that while the information the minors provided was "very complex," he judged them to be credible witnesses regarding abuse by Jackson, assorted threats, and a "sort of" false imprisonment at Neverland. It was during his recap of the children's interviews that Katz provided Detective Zelis with an unsolicited, and surely surprising, analysis of Jackson. The entertainer, he offered, was really just a regressed adolescent who behaved like any 10-year-old boy prone to "whacking off" with his buddies. That is a professional opinion not shared by Santa Barbara county detectives and prosecutors, who have spent 18 months building the case that Michael Joe Jackson preys on young boys.

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MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Full Story »

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story »

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FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Full Report »

FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did." Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other key witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jackson5.html (5 of 9)30/06/2009 3:09:02 PM

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children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

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Michael Jackson Charged Singer hit with nine-count child molestation complaint DECEMBER 18--Michael Jackson was formally charged today with seven counts of child molestation for the alleged abuse of a cancer-stricken boy. The singer was also hit with two additional felonies for allegedly providing the child with an "intoxicating agent." The below criminal complaint, filed this afternoon by Santa Barbara prosecutors, alleges that the pop star "had substantial sexual conduct" with the child-apparently during play dates at the 45-year-old performer's Neverland Ranch--between February 7 and March 10 this year. All of the alleged abuse came, remarkably, after ABC's February 6 broadcast of the damning Martin Bashir documentary. As TSG reported earlier this month, the child told Los Angeles police and child welfare workers that he was never sexually abused by Jackson and "never slept in the same bed as the entertainer." The boy was interviewed as part of a child welfare investigation--which took place between February 14-27--that was triggered by the Bashir documentary and concluded that abuse allegations against Jackson were "unfounded." (3 pages) Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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Michael Jackson Indictment - April 30, 2004

HEADS UP: Schwarzenegger threatens lawsuit over bobblehead doll APRIL 30--A California judge today unsealed an indictment charging Michael Jackson with the molestation last year of a cancer-stricken boy. Notably, the ten-count felony indictment--which supercedes a criminal complaint filed in December against the 45-year-old singer--adds a new conspiracy charge that prosecutors allege involved 28 separate overt criminal acts by the so-called King Pop, including child abduction, false imprisonment, and extortion. The indictment, a copy of which you'll find below, also charges Jackson with four counts of committing lewd acts upon a child, one count of an attempted lewd act upon a child, and four counts of administering an intoxicating agent. Jackson entered a not guilty plea during his arraignment today before Judge Rodney Melville, who released the indictment in a redacted form to cloak the names of alleged coconspirators and details of the overt acts. In addition to several small redactions, Melville withheld six entire pages of the indictment. (7 pages) Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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DECEMBER 9--A confidential investigation by Los Angeles police and child welfare officials concluded earlier this year that allegations Michael Jackson sexually abused a cancer-stricken boy were "unfounded," according to an internal government memo obtained by The Smoking Gun. The probe's findings were based, in large part, on interviews with the alleged victim, his two siblings, and the boy's mother. According to the memo, when the child was questioned in February by a social worker assigned to the Sensitive Case Unit of L.A.'s Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS), he "denied any form of sexual abuse" by Jackson and said that he never "slept in the same bed as the entertainer." While not specifically named in the DCFS memo, the 45-year-old Jackson is referred to repeatedly as "the entertainer." The memo notes that the boy, now 14, and his 12-year-old brother--who also denied sexual abuse--expressed "a fondness for the entertainer and stated they enjoyed visiting his home, where they would often ride in the park, play video games, and watch movies." The pair's sister, now 17, told a social worker that she accompanied the boys on "sleepovers at the entertainers home," but had "never seen anything sexually inappropriate between her brothers and the entertainer." The children's mother told investigators that Jackson was "like a father to the children and a part of her family." While acknowledging that her son "has slept in the same room as the entertainer," the woman claimed "they did not share a bed. The entertainer would sleep on the floor," according to the November 26 memo. The joint probe by DCFS and the Los Angeles Police Department ran from February 14-27 and, the memo states, the "investigation by the Sensitive Case Unit concluded the allegations of neglect and sexual abuse to be unfounded both by the LAPD-Wilshire Division and the Department." When an investigation is closed, child welfare officials can summarize their findings in one of three ways. If evidence is found to support abuse

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charges, the case is marked "substantiated." A case is termed "not substantiated" when evidence discovered is not sufficient to support allegations (though the charges may, in fact, be true). Finally, a matter is branded "unfounded" when officials determine there is no merit to the allegations. As with many DCFS investigations, the Jackson abuse case began with a call to the agency's child abuse hotline. According to the memo, a "Child Abuse Referral" was phoned in on February 14 by a "school official" from the Los Angeles Unified School District, which oversees the city's sprawling public school system. Citing the prior week's ABC broadcast of "Living with Michael Jackson," the controversial Martin Bashir documentary, the school official lodged allegations of "general neglect by mother and sexual abuse by 'an entertainer,'" according to the summary memo. The school official identified both the cancer patient, then 13, and his younger brother as the "referred children." While the school official is not further identified in the DCFS memo, published reports have indicated that the older boy was taunted by classmates after the documentary aired on ABC's "20/20" newsmagazine. During the February 6 program, the child was seen holding hands with Jackson and resting his head against the singer's shoulder. Jackson told Bashir that he had slept with many children unrelated to him, but insisted, "It's not sexual, we're going to sleep. I tuck them in...It's very charming, it's very sweet." In a clear reference to fallout from the Bashir documentary, the boy's mother told investigators that "she believed the media had taken everything out of context," according to the memo, which summarizes the DCFS child abuse investigation. The "sensitive case" memo was prepared at the direction of Dr. Charles Sophy, a highranking DCFS official who joined the department in late-March, a month after the Jackson probe was completed. The memo was authored by Jennifer Hottenroth, a DCFS assistant regional administrator. In a brief telephone interview yesterday morning, Hottenroth declined to speak about her memo, saying, "I can't talk about it...I can refer you to our public affairs person. I can't comment on any of this." Sophy (pictured at right) did not return a message left with his assistant. Louise Grasmehr, a DCFS spokesperson, said that while she had been given a copy of the document by Hottenroth Monday morning, "We cannot comment on anything that is stated in the memo. Because it's all protected under confidentiality laws in California." The boy's February 2003 interview with child abuse investigators--not to mention those with his family--appears to run counter to allegations he later made to law enforcement officials in Santa Barbara, where Jackson was arrested November 20 and released on $3 million bail. District Attorney Thomas Sneddon has said that he expects to file felony child molestation charges against Jackson next week. In addition to the boy's original denial of sexual abuse by Jackson, his younger brother's February 2003 statements also appear to contradict recent published reports claiming that the child has told Santa Barbara investigators that he witnessed his brother being molested by the star. While it is unclear what, if any, effect the LAPD-DCFS investigation will have on a future Jackson prosecution, the performer's defense team will surely seize on the February 2003 probe's findings to question the current veracity and motives of the child and his family--and, of course, further muddy a case that already promises to be a difficult prosecution.

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The child abuse investigation was immediately placed with the Sensitive Case Unit since department guidelines dictate that if "one of the clients in the referral is a public figure" or if the case's allegations "would be certain to generate media interest if they became known outside of DCFS," the matter requires utmost secrecy. As with most DCFS abuse cases, a children's social worker (CSW) was dispatched to interview the boys, as was a LAPD investigator (the memo does not indicate whether the cop and the social worker conducted their interviews in tandem). In either case, it is likely that the children were questioned apart from their mother, since the abuse referral included allegations of neglect on the woman's part, according to a DCFS source familiar with agency operations. The allegations examined this year in the LAPD-DCFS probe mirror sex abuse claims that surfaced in 1993, when a 13-year-old California boy claimed that the pop star molested him. Jackson, who was not charged in that case, reportedly made a multimillion dollar payment to settle a civil suit brought by the child and his family. Click here to read the boy's sworn declaration describing Jackson's alleged abuse.

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*** EXCLUSIVE: Inside The Jackson Grand Jury NOVEMBER 18, 2003--With sheriff's investigators today executing a search warrant at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch--reportedly in connection with charges made by a 12year-old boy--attention will again turn to the original allegations of child abuse leveled against the pop star. Below you'll find the bombshell court document that first raised allegations that the singer, now 45, was involved in inappropriate behavior with a young boy. The December 1993 declaration was sworn by a 13-year-old California boy who sued Jackson for, among other things, sexual battery, willful misconduct, and emotional distress. The child's declaration includes a graphic account of alleged sexual encounters with Jackson at Neverland and various hotels. Four months after the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit was filed, the two sides announced that the matter had been settled, though terms were not disclosed. News reports have estimated that Jackson paid between $15 and $40 million to settle the tawdry action. No criminal charges were ever filed in connection with the teenager's charges. In a BBC documentary that aired earlier this year, Jackson admitted, "I have slept in a bed with many children," but added, "When you say 'bed,' you're thinking sexual. It's not sexual, we're going to sleep. I tuck them in...It's very charming, it's very sweet." After TSG first published the below document on February 6, 2003, Jackson issued a statement noting that he "has respected the obligation of confidentiality imposed on all the parties to the prior proceedings, yet someone has chosen to violate that confidentiality" and use the boy's statements to "further sully" the star's character. He added that, "it should be remembered that, at the time, the confidentiality obligation was a mutual one, designed as much to protect" the teenage boy as the singer himself. Jackson concluded, "Whoever is now leaking this material is showing as much disregard for [the boy] as they are determination to attack Michael." (4 pages) Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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Michael Jackson's Big Payoff - June 16, 2004

Michael Jackson's Big Payoff Agreed to pay $15 million to settle boy's 1993 sex abuse claim JUNE 16--Michael Jackson agreed to pay $15.3 million to settle child molestation charges leveled against him in 1993 by a California boy, according to a confidential legal agreement. A heavily redacted version of the 31-page document, a copy of which you'll find below, was obtained by Court TV's Diane Dimond. The January 1994 agreement contains a one-line reference to Jackson delivering "confessions of judgment" totaling $15,331,250 to the boy's attorneys. However, since the entire eight-page section of the agreement titled "Settlement Payment" is not included in the document, it is unclear how the eight-figure payout was distributed to the boy or what his parents were paid. However, a reference to the establishment of a "qualified funding asset" would indicate that an annuity (likely tax free) was a central part of the settlement. As with most confidential deals, Jackson admitted no wrongdoing, noting that the cash was to settle claims for "damages for alleged personal injuries arising out of claims of negligence" and not for "claims of intentional or wrongful acts of sexual molestation." The agreement also states that Jackson elected to settle "in view of the impact the action has had and could have in the future on his earnings and potential income." The settlement was signed four months after the boy and his parents filed a civil suit against the King of Pop and just weeks after the teenager signed a sworn declaration luridly detailing Jackson's alleged abuse. The unredacted portions of the agreement do not address payment of the accuser's legal fees, though a September 1993 retainer agreement between the family and attorney Larry Feldman called for the family to pay their counsel's fee. According to the retainer, Feldman stood to earn $3 million on a $15 million settlement. Any recovery above that figure earned Feldman's firm an additional ten percent. A redacted version of the settlement agreement was prepared in connection with a May 1996 lawsuit brought against Jackson by the child's father, who claimed that the singer breached terms of the 1994 legal agreement during a June 1995 interview on ABC's "Primetime Live." During that chat with Diane Sawyer, Jackson and thenwife Lisa Marie Presley accused the boy of fabricating his tales of sexual abuse. Those televised statements, the father argued, violated a provision of the 1994 agreement guaranteeing that Jackson would not publicly accuse the boy or his

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parents of "any wrongful conduct whatsoever." As part of the 1996 lawsuit, a California judge ordered that counsel for Presley--who married Jackson in May 1994 and divorced him in January 1996--be provided with the heavily redacted version of the 31-page settlement document. (22 pages) Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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The Case Against Michael Jackson: Not Guilty - June 13, 2005

The Case Against Michael Jackson: Not Guilty Michael Jackson found not guilty of molestation, conspiracy, booze raps

Michael Jackson acquitted of molestation, conspiracy, booze raps; California jury rejects D.A. claim that singer sexually abused teen cancer survivor during 2003 stay at Neverland Fans rejoice outside Santa Maria courthouse JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate.

JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate. Full Story »

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The Case Against Michael Jackson: Not Guilty - June 13, 2005

Jackson sat motionless as court clerk Lorna Frey read the jury's decision. As the not guilty verdicts piled up, his mother Katherine wept as she rested her head on son Tito's shoulder. Also crying were at least two jurors, Jackson lawyer Susan Yu, and many fans who packed Judge Rodney Melville's courtroom. A rigid Jackson stared at Frey as she read the jury's verdict. The singer, who held a tissue to his face during most of the court proceeding, only stood after Melville ordered him released him from his $3 million bail package. At that point he hugged members of his defense team. After the verdict was read, Melville read a statement from the jury, the members of which never looked at Jackson as their decision was announced. The panel, Melville stated, had felt the "weight of the world's eyes on us" and now wanted to return to the anonymity of their private lives. The eight-woman, four-man jury deliberated for about 33 hours over seven days before reaching its verdict, which was read to a packed Santa Maria courtroom--and to millions listening worldwide via a live audio feed‹by clerk Lorna Frey. The not guilty verdict came after a 14-week trial that included testimony from 140 witnesses, including the teenage accuser, now 16, and the Los Angeles boy's erratic mother and two of his siblings. District Attorney Tom Sneddon said he was "disappointed" with the verdict, but would not quarrel with the jury's decision. Asked if the loss marked the end of his office's pursuit of the entertainer, Sneddon replied, "No comment." He gave the same response when a reporter asked if a child molester had escaped unpunished. Jackson was arrested in November 2003, days after sheriff's deputies executed a search warrant at his Los Olivos ranch. The entertainer was tried on a 10-count indictment returned in April 2004 charging him with four counts of child molestation, four counts of providing alcohol to a minor to facilitate that molestation, one count of attempted molestation, and one count of conspiring to hold the boy and his family captive at the sprawling 2700-acre Neverland compound. During the trial, prosecutors painted Jackson as a textbook pedophile, a man who stocked his home with alcohol and pornography and used Neverland--with its amusement park, go-karts, and zoo--as a lure for underage boys he sought to molest. In his closing argument, prosecutor Ron Zonen described Jackson as a predator who carefully targeted his victims, often those from broken or impoverished homes. "The lion on the Serengeti doesn't go after the strongest antelope," Zonen said. "The http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0608051jackson1.html (2 of 9)30/06/2009 3:11:47 PM

MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution. Full Story »

MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop,

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predator goes after the weakest." For their part, Jackson's lawyers described the accuser and his family as con artists who fabricated the abuse tale in a bid to extort millions from the singer. The ringleader of this supposed scheme, attorney Thomas Mesereau told jurors, was the alleged victim's 36-year-old mother, whose testimony was marked by bizarre claims and strange outbursts.

and a teenage boy in the singer's bedroom. Full Story »

APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn. Full Story »

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

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MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Full Story »

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story » http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0608051jackson1.html (4 of 9)30/06/2009 3:11:47 PM

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FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Full Report »

FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did." Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other key witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0608051jackson1.html (5 of 9)30/06/2009 3:11:47 PM

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children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

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The Case Against Michael Jackson: Jay Leno Bombs On Stage - May 24, 2005

The Case Against Michael Jackson: Jay Leno Bombs On Stage Tonight Show funnyman tells story about telephone shakedown by Michael Jackson's accuser

Tonight Show funnyman no stand-up guy for Jacko, story about supposed shakedown by boy accuser, family evaporates in testimony MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution.

Leno's testimony appeared to contradict statements he made earlier this year during an interview with Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department investigators. During that session, the 55-year-old comedian claimed that the accuser and his family were "sort of looking for money" and that he felt he was targeted as a prospective "mark." Testifying as a defense witness, the "Tonight Show" host recounted for jurors how http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0524051jayleno1.html (1 of 9)30/06/2009 3:12:07 PM

JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate. Full Story »

The Case Against Michael Jackson: Jay Leno Bombs On Stage - May 24, 2005

he received several voicemail messages in 2000 from the boy. Leno told jurors that the child "sounded very adult" in the messages and was "overly effusive for a 12year-old." Leno said that seemed strange, considering he was a comedian in his fifties. "I'm not Batman," he said to laughs from the packed courtroom. At one point, Leno testified, he told an acquaintance who knew the boy, that the child "seemed a little scripted in his speech." Leno testified that he contacted the child while he was hospitalized and spoke to him and, perhaps, his younger brother. He was not certain if he had spoken with the boy's mother. When Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau asked if he heard someone talking in the background, Leno said it could have been the boy's mother or a nurse. Leno seemed more certain about the family seeking money during his interview with Santa Barbara investigators, which led Mesereau to promise in his opening statement that the star would come in to court and paint the family as grasping opportunists who sought out celebrities in shakedown gambits. The boy and his mother, Mesereau said on February 28, "called comedian Jay Leno and tried to get money from Mr. Leno. Mr. Leno has told the Santa Barbara police, 'Something was wrong. They were looking for a mark. It sounded scripted. The mother was in the background, and I terminated the conversation.'" In his sheriff's interview, Leno said his contact with the family left him "suspicious." He added that he did not recall the telephone encounters until after the February 2003 broadcast of "Living with Michael Jackson," Martin Bashir's controversial documentary. In the program, the name of Jackson's teen accuser is mentioned and the boy, now 15, is seen resting his head on the singer's shoulder. Leno's sworn account of the telephone contact only slightly contradicted testimony from the teenage accuser, who told the Santa Maria, California jury that he never spoke directly to the comedian. The boy testified that, while once hospitalized, he left a message on the star's answering machine. Leno testified that he thought the boy may have been "groggy" during his telephone chat, which, prosecutors could argue, explain why the boy denied ever having spoken with the late night host. Leno's testimony in the trial's waning days was meant to underscore the defense team's central contention that the accuser and his family are scheming grifters who targeted Jackson in a multimillion-dollar shakedown bid. However, it didn't work out that way. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0524051jayleno1.html (2 of 9)30/06/2009 3:12:07 PM

MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution. Full Story »

MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop,

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When Mesereau quizzed Leno about his previous statements to sheriff's investigators, Leno said he was suspicious of the boy's contact because it did not seem like the normal behavior for a child his age. During that sheriff's session, which was tape recorded, Leno said that while he believed Jackson was guilty of child molestation, he thought to himself, "Boy, they (the accuser and his mother) finally found a mark." While he has spent 18 months making pedophile jokes at Jackson's expense, Leno testified soberly, though he did draw laughs at certain points. When asked about the scope of his charity work, Leno said that he responded to most pleas from legitimate organizations like the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Sometimes, however, he'll get a request for a new tractor from a supposedly down-on-his luck farmer, though the letter's "return address is Brooklyn, New York." As he left the stand, Leno made sure to mention that Renee Zellweger was appearing on the "Tonight Show" this evening. While most in the courtroom laughed at the quip, it was unclear if the defense found Leno's testimony amusing.

and a teenage boy in the singer's bedroom. Full Story »

APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn. Full Story »

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

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The Case Against Michael Jackson: Jay Leno Bombs On Stage - May 24, 2005

MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Full Story »

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story » http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0524051jayleno1.html (4 of 9)30/06/2009 3:12:07 PM

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FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Full Report »

FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did." Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other key witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0524051jayleno1.html (5 of 9)30/06/2009 3:12:07 PM

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children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

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The Case Against Michael Jackson: Culkin Denies Jacko Abuse - May 11, 2005

The Case Against Michael Jackson: Culkin Denies Jacko Abuse Ex-child star refutes claims he was molested by Michael Jackson during Neverland stays

Ex-child star refutes claims he was molested by Michael Jackson during Neverland stays MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous."

JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate. Full Story »

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old actor told jurors that Jackson never touched him inappropriately during stays at the entertainer's estate more than a dozen years ago. Wearing a black suit and a white shirt sans tie, Culkin took the stand at 8:39 AM (pst) and, under questioning by defense attorney Thomas Mesereau, was asked about allegations that Jackson fondled him. Culkin said those claims were false during his 16 minutes on the stand during direct testimony. Culkin testified that he could not believe trial witnesses had made the abuse allegations, adding that prosecutors have never contacted him to ask about the truth of these claims. As he concluded his direct testimony, a composed Culkin said of Jackson, "I've never seen him do anything improper."

MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution. Full Story »

At the outset of his cross-examination of Culkin, prosecutor Ronald Zonen asked the actor about a trip he once took to Bermuda with Jackson and other friends. During that vacation, Culkin confirmed that the singer gave him an expensive Rolex watch, but discounted the gift's significance. "It wasn't anything all that crazy to me...I was not a person without means, so it wasn't anything that was all that awe-inspiring," said Culkin. Prosecutors have alleged that Jackson, as part of a pedophilic "grooming" process, has frequently given expensive gifts to his underage male targets, as well as their family members. As prosecutors have done previously with alleged abuse victims Wade Robson and Brett Barnes--both of whom testified that Jackson never molested them--Culkin was asked whether the entertainer could have fondled him while he was sleeping. "As far as I know, he's never molested me," Culkin testified. "I find that unlikely." In a bid to counter Culkin's testimony that he has never been approached by law enforcement officials about the abuse claims, Zonen asked the actor whether he (or his representatives) had, over the years, rebuffed interview requests from investigators. Culkin said he was unaware of those requests. When Zonen asked Culkin about the frequency with which he shared Jackson's bed, the actor did not specify a number of times he bunked with the King of Pop. In a follow-up, Zonen asked if Culkin had ever slept with any other 35-year-old men. "Not that I remember," the actor testified, "but I wasn't really friends with a lot of 35year-olds who actually understood me." http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0511051culkin1.html (2 of 9)30/06/2009 3:12:23 PM

MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop,

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During Mesereau's redirect examination, Culkin was asked about his comment that Jackson "understood" him. The "Home Alone" star testified that the singer could relate with the actor's worldwide fame and the fact that some people sought to personally profit from their association with him. "He gets it," Culkin said of Jackson, whom the actor described as "childlike." The gambit to portray Jackson as childlike, or somehow regressed, began to emerge as the defense started putting its own witnesses on the stand last week. It appears the only way for Mesereau to counter testimony that Jackson shared his bed on hundreds of occasions with young boys. Instead of denying these creepy sleepovers, the defense camp seems poised to embrace them, arguing that they were actually innocent, not prurient, endeavors. Jackson's defense team called Culkin to counter testimony last month from former Neverland employees Adrian McManus and Phillip Lemarque. McManus, who worked as a maid, told jurors that she saw Jackson once kiss Culkin on the cheek while "he had his hand kind of by his leg, kind of on his rear end."

Lemarque provided more graphic, and possibly damaging, testimony. The former Neverland majordomo claimed that he saw Jackson fondle Culkin while the pair played a video game in Neverland's arcade sometime in 1991 (Culkin would have been 10 or 11 at the time). In his April 8 testimony, Lemarque said that he saw Jackson's left hand inside Culkin's pants.

and a teenage boy in the singer's bedroom. Full Story »

APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn. Full Story »

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

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MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Full Story »

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story » http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0511051culkin1.html (4 of 9)30/06/2009 3:12:23 PM

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FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Full Report »

FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did." Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other key witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0511051culkin1.html (5 of 9)30/06/2009 3:12:23 PM

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children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

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Jackson Case Hits The Skids - April 21, 2005

Jackson Case Hits The Skids D.A. wants jurors to hear about singer's late-night Vaseline demand 4/21 UPDATE: In a ruling this afternoon, Judge Rodney Melville rejected a prosecution bid to elicit testimony from a former Neverland Ranch employee about an alleged late-night Vaseline delivery. Melville, however, will allow Kassim Abdool, the ex-worker, to testify about two other alleged incidents on Jackson's estate. APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop, and a teenage boy in the singer's bedroom (you'll have to read the document, TSG is not going any further). Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon's bid to get Kassim Abdool, a former Neverland Ranch guard, on the stand is detailed in the below court filing. The D.A.'s motion is scheduled to be argued today before Superior Court Judge Rodney Melville, who will rule on whether Abdool's 12-year-old tales will be admissible as evidence of Jackson's prior alleged abuse of young boys (in this instance, specifically Jordan Chandler, the California boy who eventually settled a lawsuit against Jackson for about $20 million). In opposition to Sneddon's motion, Jackson lawyer Robert Sanger wrote that Abdool's claims amount to "salacious innuendo" that likely would "confuse and inflame the jury." Testimony from the 49-year-old Abdool, who worked at Neverland for three years ending in 1994, would be used by prosecutors to corroborate aspects of recent testimony by Ralph Chacon, an ex-guard who Abdool supervised. Chacon, Abdool, and three other former Neverland workers sued Jackson in December 1994 for wrongful dismissal, but were routed in court by the performer, who was awarded legal fees totaling $1.4 million. That whopping judgment drove Abdool into bankruptcy in mid1997. (5 pages) Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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The Case Against Michael Jackson: D.A.'s Sleazy Witness - April 4, 2005

The Case Against Michael Jackson: D.A.'s Sleazy Witness Former Neverland employee turned porno "authority" to testify that he saw Michael Jackson molest Macaulay Culkin at ranch

Former Neverland employee turned porno "authority" to testify that he saw Michael Jackson molest Macaulay Culkin at ranch APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn and who, until last year, ran a hardcore web site stocked with video and photos depicting "nudity and heterosexual, bi-sexual, homosexual, and transsexual situations," The Smoking Gun has learned. For a trial already saturated with images from the pages of "Barely Legal," "Hustler," and other titles in the singer's periodicals collection, the testimony of Phillip Lemarque promises to further cement the case's pervy pedigree. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0404051lemarque1.html (1 of 9)30/06/2009 3:13:48 PM

JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate. Full Story »

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Along with his wife Stella Marcroft, Lemarque worked at Neverland for a brief period in the early 90s (the couple says their Jackson employment, which ended around late1991, lasted two years, while other accounts put their tenure at 10 months). It was during that time, Lemarque has told investigators, that he witnessed Jackson act inappropriately with Culkin and other boys.

In a ruling last Monday, Judge Rodney Melville gave Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon permission to call nine witnesses to testify about alleged prior incidents during which Jackson either molested boys or engaged in pedophilic "grooming" activities. Included in that group of court-approved prosecution witnesses is Lemarque, a 69-year-old French expat who once wrote of his and his wife's Neverland responsibilities, "Stella was Michael Jackson's private chef, I was the major d'homo in charge of organizing Michael's entertainment activities." In arguing for admission of uncharged "prior bad act" testimony against Jackson, Sneddon did not specify the exact nature of each proposed witness's testimony. However, Lemarque has previously told investigators that he saw the entertainer's hand inside Culkin's pants early one morning in the Neverland video arcade. Lemarque claims that he was delivering food to Jackson when he entered the arcade through a side door and saw the alleged groping. He claims to have backed out of the door and re-entered the arcade through the main entrance, without Jackson realizing what he had seen. Lemarque has also told of Jackson watching pornographic movies with several young male guests. Culkin has repeatedly denied that he was sexually abused by Jackson. Lemarque did not return TSG phone messages left at his L.A. office. As with several other former employees slated to testify about alleged improprieties dating back at least a decade, Lemarque will be grilled on cross examination about prior attempts to sell his story to supermarket and television tabloids across the globe. To that end, Lemarque and his wife (and an L.A. lawyer representing the couple) talked money in 1993 with the National Enquirer, Globe, "Inside Edition," and the Splash news service. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0404051lemarque1.html (2 of 9)30/06/2009 3:13:48 PM

MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution. Full Story »

MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop,

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Some of the Lemarque media entreaties, which came after news broke of teenager Jordan Chandler's molestation claims, were brokered by Paul Barresi, a self-styled investigator who often turns up on the periphery of the tawdriest tabloid stories (part snoop, snitch, and fixer, Barresi is the Zelig of Hollywood's seamy underbelly). In a 1993 "Frontline" documentary about the media frenzy surrounding the original Jackson probe, Barresi said that as the Lemarque asking price spiraled into the midsix figures, Phillip tweaked his account of the Culkin incident. While Lemarque initially reported that Jackson's hand was outside Culkin's clothing, Barresi told "Frontline," his tabloid asking price rose when his story shifted to claim that the entertainer actually had his hand inside the young actor's pants. While it is unclear if the Lemarques ever consummated a tabloid deal, Barresi himself pulled an end-around on the couple, selling their story to the Globe after surreptitiously taping a meeting during which the pair laid out their charges against Jackson (the resulting piece was headlined "We Saw Michael Molesting Child Star"). Barresi made sure to have a photographer secretly memorialize an August 1993 chat with the Lemarques at an outdoor café (he is pictured at left with the couple). According to published reports, the couple actually first reached out to a supermarket tabloid in 1991 with their Jackson molestation tales, though no story was ever published. While this contact came before the 1993 tabloid feeding frenzy, Lemarque was peddling a Jackson story at the same time he was enmeshed in a personal bankruptcy proceeding. According to court records, Lemarque reported debts of $455,000, which he amassed through his operation of Bourbon Street, an Encino restaurant. His Chapter 7 action, filed in June 1987, would not be closed until November 1992, just months before Lemarque again put his story out to bid (the Lemarques were reportedly fired from their Neverland posts by Jackson aide Norma Staikos). While the former Neverland employee's financial motivations--and honesty--will be questioned by Jackson's defense team, Lemarque's work in the online pornography business will surely be used to tarnish his image (just as prosecutors have done to Jackson with their interminable display to jurors of his porno stash).

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and a teenage boy in the singer's bedroom. Full Story »

APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn. Full Story »

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

The Case Against Michael Jackson: D.A.'s Sleazy Witness - April 4, 2005

In 1997, Lemarque launched Virtual Sin, a web site he operated until last year. Billed as "the most sinful site on the internet," Lemarque's flagship porn offered explicit photos and videos and greeted web surfers with the words, "Welcome Beaver Hunters." With photo galleries devoted to "Blowjobs" and "ANAL," Lemarque's hardcore site was loaded with the kind of photos and pronouncements ("Ass fuckin¹ is lickin¹ gooood!!" and "We will give you a big lick on your big or small one") that would certainly make Sneddon, a respectable father of nine, blanche. In addition to beckoning visitors to "continue your search for the Perfect PUSSY," Lemarque also gave Virtual Sin visitors a glimpse of his, um, wit, with musings on "Why I love Whores." Included in Lemarque's misspelling-laden laundry list were:

MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Full Story »

* Whores are musicains they can play the skin flute. * Whores know how to share with others, even their most private parts! * Whores are excellent calcium therapysts, they can make an 8 inch bonner out of nothing. Though Lemarque's flagship porn site went offline in early-2004, a visit to virtualsin. com still turns up a directory with some of the now defunct site's data folders. Coupled with a search of archive.org, which captures versions of web sites over many years, TSG was able to recover what Lemarque once offered. Virtual Sin also steered visitors to a firm offering the $895 Motorized Orgasmic Release (MOR), a "patented electrically powered genital stimulation device for men and women." According to the device's inventor, Lemarque designed the firm's web site, which featured a creepy drawing showing a satisfied customer--who is attached to the machine--lying in repose with three naked women. In addition to Virtual Sin, Lemarque also operated Galaxy 2001, a how-to site for wannabe online porn operators. "Selling SEX is not difficult if you know how to manage your boat through the intricacies of the Internet," noted Lemarque. He claimed that Galaxy 2001 doubled as a web host and housed "hundred of adult web site" on its servers. Among the porn tutorials sold by Lemarque was one offering instruction on how to shoot your own sex videos. The site also contained a flashing link with the words "TEENS TEENS TEENS" that went to another Lemarque site where the X-rated http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0404051lemarque1.html (4 of 9)30/06/2009 3:13:48 PM

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story »

The Case Against Michael Jackson: D.A.'s Sleazy Witness - April 4, 2005

photos featured women clearly beyond 19. Another Lemarque web site offered sophomoric sex cartoons drawn by the former Neverland employee (click here to see two examples). After shuttering his online porn business, Lemarque launched a web site covering the southern California restaurant scene. And while Lemarque and wife Stella primarily report on wine tastings and L.A.'s top chefs, Jackson also figures into their new venture. On a section of the site dedicated to their Jackson tenure, Lemarque tells of authoring a book about the couple's experience at Neverland Ranch, "especially Michael's behavior which at time puzzle the public." Offering a "glimpse of this prestigious and sinful hideaway," Lemarque's book also addresses "the most hush, hush topic at the ranch that barely anyone has ever unveiled--the 'Ghosts of Never Land Valley.'" Previous versions of the Lemarque site, besteatz.com, offered visitors the chance, for $4.95, to download "the Complete Chapter of our stay at: Michael Jackson's Never Land Valley." But with Lemarque poised to testify against his famous former employer, his Jackson e-book is no longer available--it's simply said to be "coming soon."

FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Full Report »

FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did." Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other key witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0404051lemarque1.html (5 of 9)30/06/2009 3:13:48 PM

The Case Against Michael Jackson: D.A.'s Sleazy Witness - April 4, 2005

children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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The Case Against Michael Jackson: D.A.'s Sleazy Witness - April 4, 2005

JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

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The Case Against Michael Jackson: The Jackson 5 - March 28, 2005

The Case Against Michael Jackson Prosecutor details prior molestation charges against Michael Jackson, wants jury to hear evidence of star's alleged pedophilic past

Judge will allow testimony that Michael Jackson previously molested five boys; victims said to include Macaulay Culkin, noted choreographer MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Judge Rodney Melville's bombshell decision came after a two-hour hearing during which Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon outlined several separate "prior bad acts" that investigators sought to present to the 12-member Superior Court jury. Ruling from the bench after the hearing, Melville told a packed courtroom that he will allow prosecutors to present testimony that Jackson previously molested five boys, including actor Macaulay http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0328051jacksonpast1.html (1 of 9)30/06/2009 3:14:02 PM

JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate. Full Story »

The Case Against Michael Jackson: The Jackson 5 - March 28, 2005

Culkin (pictured right) and choreographer Wade Robson (pictured left). That evidence, Melville ruled, is admissible to show a pattern of "grooming" on the entertainer's part. While Melville denied a government request to present testimony about two other boys, he ruled that prosecutors will be allowed to introduce evidence about a pair of financial settlements entered into by Jackson with two of the prior accusers (though Melville said that the D.A. is precluded from mentioning the settlement amounts). Testimony about the prior incidents will come from one of the alleged victims (the son of a former Neverland Ranch maid) and eight third-party witnesses, according to Melville's ruling. That witness list includes the ex-maid, another former Neverland household employee, ex-Jackson assistant Bob Jones, former security guard Ralph Chacon, and the mother of Jordan Chandler, the California boy who first leveled abuse charges against the King of Pop in 1993 (and who settled a related civil lawsuit for more than $15 million). Melville's decision appears to reflect his belief that admission of the prior incidents, none of which resulted in criminal charges against Jackson, would not serve to unfairly buttress the current case, which centers on allegations that the performer molested a Los Angeles boy, now 15, in early 2003. The ruling is Melville's tacit acknowledgment that Sneddon's current case is not nearly as wobbly as Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau claims it to be, and that prosecutors would not improperly benefit from the introduction of "propensity" material allowed under California law. Section 1108 of the state's Evidence Code (an amendment signed into law in 1996) allows testimony about alleged prior bad acts so long as its usefulness is not outweighed by any potential prejudicial effect on a jury. As a result of Melville's decision to admit so-called 1108 evidence, jurors will now weigh the 2003 molestation allegations in the light of other troubling charges from Jackson's past. This is, of course, especially crucial in light of the multimillion dollar settlement deals. While not admissions of guilt, details of these decade-old agreements--Chandler's deal and a $2 million settlement with the maid's son--could prove devastating.

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MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution. Full Story »

MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop,

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Melville's decision came after a remarkable hearing during which Sneddon offered a detailed recitation of what he said was Jackson's history of sexually abusing boys. Having investigated the singer for 12 years, Sneddon offered up the fruits of that lengthy pursuit, charging that Jackson's pedophilia was borne out by a variety of illicit acts, including:

* One "prior child," Sneddon said, will testify to three separate instances during which his genitals were touched by Jackson. On two occasions, the child was fondled outside his clothes, and once the singer "thrust" his hands inside the boy's pants. The witness in question is the son of Blanca Francia, the former Neverland Ranch maid. The woman and her son, now 24, received a $2 million legal settlement from Jackson in 1994 (and both were included on the prosecution's list of potential trial witnesses).

and a teenage boy in the singer's bedroom. Full Story »

APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn. Full Story »

* Sneddon said that he had a witness who would testify that, on three occasions, they saw Jackson in bed with different children and "that the child and the defandant's underpants were lying next to the bed."

* Witnesses, Sneddon told Melville, would testify to five incidents involving four children (ages 10-13) who were kissed and/or inappropriately touched in the genitals by Jackson. * Two witnesses will testify that they heard Jackson encourage children to call him "Daddy," which echos claims by the current accuser and his family members. * One witness told probers of seeing the entertainer lick the head of a young boy. The incident mirrors a claim from the current molestation case (the accuser's brother and mother have both told investigators that they saw Jackson lick the accuser's head while the boy slept during a 2003 flight from Miami to Santa Barbara). In arguing for admission of such evidence, Sneddon said that Jackson has long shown a proclivity for illicit behavior with young boys the entertainer considers http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0328051jacksonpast1.html (3 of 9)30/06/2009 3:14:02 PM

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

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"special friends." He noted that Jackson's grooming of young boys often included the purchase of gifts for a child's mother, so as to keep the parent preoccupied while he frolicked with the minor. After Sneddon's 40-minute presentation, Mesereau told Melville that the D.A.'s case so far has been a weak one, riddled with repeated lies and contradictions from the alleged victim and his two siblings. Testimony about uncharged behavior, Mesereau (pictured right) said, would only serve to prop up Sneddon's case.

Noting that prosecutors had yet to call the victim's mother to the witness stand, Mesereau asked that Melville delay his decision on the introduction of prior bad acts testimony until the woman testifies. Referring to how Sneddon's case has been unfolding, Mesereau remarked, "Every time they put on a witness, it gets worse." Jackson's lawyer then went into a point-by-point attack of the old material Sneddon sought to introduce. With the exception of Chandler and the maid's son, the other five boys allegedly molested by Jackson have all repeatedly denied being abused by the performer, Mesereau said. Additionally, since Chandler is not going to testify, Mesereau said, jurors would only hear direct testimony from one of the seven boys prosecutors claim Jackson sexually abused. Mesereau said that many of the third-party witnesses Sneddon would call to testify about the prior abuse were tabloid informants, disgruntled former employees, and money-hungry litigants. He specifically mentioned a group of former Neverland workers who sued Jackson for wrongful termination and were routed in court (in fact, they lost a countersuit brought by Jackson and were hit with a seven-figure legal judgment, which drove some into bankruptcy). Testimony about the alleged prior incidents--most of which date back more than a decade--would be incredibly time consuming, Mesereau said, adding that "all is fair game" when it came to examining the motivations of the third-party witnesses. Mesereau specifically mentioned how Francia sold her story to a television tabloid show, but then later disavowed her TV claims during a sworn deposition.

MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Full Story »

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story »

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The Case Against Michael Jackson: The Jackson 5 - March 28, 2005

Before Melville called a short break, Mesereau again mentioned the accuser's mother, saying, "The best is yet to come because the mother has not yet testified." He added, "I submit it (the government's case) looks real bad, and it's gonna get worse."

FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Full Report »

FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did." Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other key witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0328051jacksonpast1.html (5 of 9)30/06/2009 3:14:02 PM

The Case Against Michael Jackson: The Jackson 5 - March 28, 2005

children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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The Case Against Michael Jackson: The Jackson 5 - March 28, 2005

JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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The Case Against Michael Jackson: The Jackson 5 - March 28, 2005

JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

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Jackson Prosecution Witness In Stir - March 23, 2005

Jackson Prosecution Witness In Stir Cops: Star's ex-bodyguard robbed Jack in the Box at gunpoint MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. According to a 15-count indictment filed today, Christopher Carter, 25, allegedly robbed four chain stores over a 16-month period beginning in October 2003 (he left Jackson's employ that August). According to a police report, Carter's last heist was the February 2 gunpoint robbery of a Jack in the Box restaurant, which netted him $239. Carter is jailed in a Clark County lockup and is scheduled for a March 28 Justice Court appearance on the indictment's various felony charges. It is unclear how Carter's arrest, which came on February 19, will affect his anticipated role as a prosecution witness. As TSG first reported, Carter last year told a Santa Barbara grand jury that, one afternoon, he discovered Jackson's teenage accuser drunk at the star's Neverland Ranch. Carter testified that he confronted the boy, then 13, who replied, "Well, I can handle it. Michael said if I can handle it, it's okay. It's part of being a man." Carter, who worked for Jackson for about a year, testified that the performer told children that he referred to wine as "Jesus Juice" because "Jesus drank wine, so we shall be more like Jesus." Along with Jack in the Box, Carter's alleged retail victims included Radio Shack, Subway, and KB Toys. Pictured below in a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department mug shot, Carter is a felon whose rap sheet includes an October 2000 conviction for drug possession with intent to distribute. (9 pages) Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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The Case Against Michael Jackson: The Psychologist - March 15, 2005

The Case Against Michael Jackson Doctor who interviewed accuser says Jackson no pedophile; tells cops that teenager invoked name of boy who brought 1993 molestation charges

Doctor who interviewed accuser says Jackson no pedophile; tells cops teenager invoked name of boy who brought 1993 molestation charges MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-year-old." JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate. Full Story » That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0315051jackson_katz1.html (1 of 9)30/06/2009 3:14:59 PM

The Case Against Michael Jackson: The Psychologist - March 15, 2005

Angeles psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. In a taped June 2003 telephone interview, Katz, 55, gave a Santa Barbara sheriff's investigator his "off the record" opinion of the 46-year-old entertainer. Jackson, Katz told Det. Paul Zelis, "is a guy that's like a 10-year-old child. And, you know, he's doing what a 10-year-old would do with his little buddies. You know, they're gonna jack off, watch movies, drink wine, you know. And, you know, he doesn't even really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-year-old."

MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution.

"Yeah, yeah, I agree," replied Zelis. Full Story » According to Katz, he twice interviewed Jackson's alleged victim and the teenager's younger brother in his Beverly Hills office, once on May 29, 2003 and again the following month. During those interviews, the younger boy spoke openly of Jackson's alleged illicit behavior, while the older boy broke down when Katz asked whether he had ever been molested by the performer. It was during these sessions that the older boy surprisingly revealed that he was aware that Jackson had faced prior child abuse allegations (a criminal probe evaporated after an eight-figure civil settlement was struck in 1994 with accuser Jordan Chandler and his family). Katz told Zelis that it took a lot of time to get the older boy to trust him, noting that he was aided by the child's mother, who "had to really spell out" that the psychologist was "helping us, working for us." Katz told Zelis that he assured the child he was doing the right thing by relating his experiences at Neverland Ranch. "We talked all about how courageous this was," Katz told Zelis, "and I said to him, 'You know, you don't want Jackson to do these things to kids again, do you?'" Katz recalled that the boy responded, "Well, Jordy Chandler did not stop him." The child's reference to Jackson's original accuser will likely be seized upon by defense attorney Thomas Mesereau, who has argued that the current molestation allegations are a sham, part of a extortion scheme that has similarities to the 1993 case (while denying the original allegations, Jackson has said he paid more than $20 million to settle the case because he feared prolonged litigation would affect his career). http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0315051jackson_katz1.html (2 of 9)30/06/2009 3:14:59 PM

MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop,

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A Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department report of Zelis's June 2003 interview with Katz, which The Smoking Gun has reviewed, does not address how the boy knew of the Chandler case or whether he had discussed the 1993 matter with his mother, whom Mesereau has branded the grifting mastermind of her children's abuse tales. The woman has claimed that she first learned that her son was molested by Jackson on September 30, 2003, when several investigators, including District Attorney Tom Sneddon, broke the news to her during a meeting at an L.A. hotel.

The lawyer for the current accuser's family is Larry Feldman, the Century City litigator who represented Chandler and filed a sexual battery lawsuit against Jackson in September 1993. Testifying last year before the Jackson grand jury, Feldman said that he had a "sixth sense" that the older boy wasn't telling him what "really happened" with Jackson. So, Feldman testified, he sent the boy and his family to Katz, a child abuse specialist, for further interviews. Feldman also testified that he had retained Katz during the 1993 case, but that he never got around to using the psychologist "because the case ultimately settled about four or five months into the litigation." While the accuser and his mother have repeatedly denied ever contemplating a lawsuit against Jackson, Katz left a different impression during his debriefing by Zelis. The child psychologist noted that "Mr. Feldman actually referred these kids to me. Because they had come to him in this lawsuit." After remarking that he was left with the impression that the accuser and his brother were not fabricating their claims, Katz said, "Now there's a lawsuit that Feldman's gonna file. And I don't get the idea that they're [the brothers] doing this for money. Whether mother's motive is to do it for money, I can't tell you. I mean, certainly they're, they're kind of a poor family." "I don't think they see the financial motive here because when I sat down with [the accuser]," Katz continued, "I said,'...look, if you go ahead with the civil lawsuit your family will get money if you win.'" When he told the boy that his identity could become public via such a legal proceeding, Katz said, "he sat there and started crying. So I don't feel like you know, from [the boy]'s point of view at all, this is something he wants to do. I think he feels really caught." http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0315051jackson_katz1.html (3 of 9)30/06/2009 3:14:59 PM

and a teenage boy in the singer's bedroom. Full Story »

APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn. Full Story »

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

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Katz told Zelis that he found the accuser and his siblings credible, though "it's a very bizarre story, to be honest with you." MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Full Story »

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story » http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0315051jackson_katz1.html (4 of 9)30/06/2009 3:14:59 PM

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FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Full Report »

FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did." Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other key witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0315051jackson_katz1.html (5 of 9)30/06/2009 3:14:59 PM

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children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

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The Mug Shot The Felony Complaint The Indictment DCFS Memo Finds Charges "Unfounded" 5. 1993 Declaration Of Alleged Victim 6. Jackson Pays Off His 1993 Accuser

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The Case Against Michael Jackson: Boys Don't Lie? - March 7, 2005

The Case Against Michael Jackson Discrepancies in the accuser and his brother's molestation accounts will fuel Jackson defense

Discrepancies in the accuser and his brother's molestation accounts will fuel Jackson defense MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever.

However, the pair's accounts of Jackson's illegal behavior have been fluid and filled with the kind of troubling inconsistencies and contradictions that could easily undermine their uncorroborated version of the singer's alleged sex assaults in his Neverland Ranch bedroom. Based on The Smoking Gun's review of sealed search warrant affidavits and investigative reports and the 1903-page grand jury transcript, below you'll find several key areas in which the teenage duo's tales appear ripe for a http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0307052jacksonboys1.html (1 of 9)30/06/2009 3:15:17 PM

JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate. Full Story »

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vigorous cross examination by Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau.

BROTHER SEES MOLESTATION Like his siblings, the accuser's brother, now 14, first spoke of Jackson's alleged abuse during a May 29, 2003 interview with Stanley Katz, an L.A. child psychologist to whom the children were referred by the family's lawyer, Larry Feldman.

In an interview with detectives, Katz recalled that the boy told him of two instances in which he saw Jackson place his hand on his brother's crotch, above the boy's clothes. However, on July 7, during his first interview with sheriff's investigators, the child's story shifted considerably. This time, he claimed to have seen Jackson place his left hand under the front of his brother's pajama pants during the first alleged incident. Jackson, he told cops, was "jacking off" with his right hand. During the second molestation, the boy reported, Jackson's erect penis was exposed and the performer was masturbating. The boy again tweaked his account in an August 13 police interview, saying that Jackson had placed his hand inside the front of his brother's boxer shorts--the only mention that his brother wore that kind of underwear. The accuser has said he wore Hanes briefs during the molestations, and when investigators raided Jackson's estate in November 2003, among the items they searched for were that brand of briefs, not boxers. During the younger boy's initial grand jury appearance, he testified that his brother was wearing "underwear and a shirt" during the first assault and "pants shorts" during the second alleges molestation. Gone were any mentions of pajama pants, boxers, and, of course, inappropriate touching over his brother's clothes. In a follow-up grand jury appearance on April 15, the boy also committed himself to other facts that will surely be called into question by Mesereau. For example, the boy said that the two molestations occurred between 1:00 AM and 2:00 AM--when Jackson's home was presumably quiet. The child testified that as he headed for the singer's bedroom, which is on the second floor of Neverland's main http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0307052jacksonboys1.html (2 of 9)30/06/2009 3:15:17 PM

MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution. Full Story »

MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop,

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house, he set off two alarms, which were triggered by hidden sensors. The boy claimed that tripping the sensors triggered two loud "ding-ding" sounds. Asked if Jackson could have heard the tones, the boy first said no, since a door leading to the stairs to the singer's bedroom was closed. He later modified that claim, noting that you can, in fact, hear the warning alarm from Jackson's bedroom if the downstairs door was closed. But, the boy claimed, the alarm sound was "really low." Which, it seems, would defeat the purpose of a security system that detectives have claimed, for more than a decade, was used by Jackson to alert him when someone was approaching the stairs to his bedroom. The inference being, of course, that those "ding-ding" warnings would give Jackson time to stop molesting a boy before someone--maids, aides, police--reached his room. The boy, who claimed to have seen his brother's molestation from a vantage point on the stairs, testified that he watched each episode for "about a minute" before heading downstairs and out of the main house. In his opening statement, District Attorney Tom Sneddon told jurors that the child was "frozen by what he saw" from his stairwell perch. The boy, however, never offered investigators (or the grand jury) such a dramatic explanation for his lingering look. [March 7 update: During the younger brother's direct testimony this afternoon, the boy told Sneddon that he watched the first molestation for four seconds and the second assault for three seconds. Sneddon did not ask about the child's grand jury claim to have watched each episode for "about a minute." Additionally, when Sneddon asked if he saw any liquor in Jackson's bedroom during the first molestation, the boy answered, "I don't think so." However, during his March 29, 2004 grand jury testimony, the boy said, "there was vodka on the, like there's a little night table with two glasses on the side."] Based solely on the younger brother's account, Jackson has been charged with a pair of felony molestation counts in connection with these two alleged incidents.

and a teenage boy in the singer's bedroom. Full Story »

APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn. Full Story »

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

GOLF CART GROPE During his interview with Katz, the younger brother claimed that he was once traveling in a golf cart with Jackson when the entertainer allegedly reached over and placed his hand on the child's penis--again over the clothes. At the time of this alleged March 2003 incident--which the boy said occurred in the days before he watched Jackson molest his brother--the child was driving the golf cart, with Jackson to his right. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0307052jacksonboys1.html (3 of 9)30/06/2009 3:15:17 PM

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In his first interview with detectives, on July 7, the boy claimed that while he drove, Jackson reached over with his left hand and touched the boy's "penis and testicles" over his clothing. However, by the time the boy reached the Santa Barbara grand jury on March 29, 2004, his story had changed. During a drive through Neverland, Jackson, he testified, "put his hand--he wasn't close to my private area, but he put his hand on my leg until we reached the train station, then he moved his hand." During his second grand jury appearance, on April 15, the boy said Jackson placed his hand on his right thigh. When prosecutor Ronald Zonen asked, "How close to your crotch?" the child replied, "About a couple of inches. But he wasn't touching it."

MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Full Story »

Jackson has not been charged in connection with the alleged golf cart incident.

ATTEMPTED MOLESTATION During his first interview with detectives, on July 7, 2003, the alleged victim, now 15, claimed that Jackson once took his hand and made him touch the performer's "private part" over his clothes. The child would later testify that he believed the incident occurred while he was being molested by Jackson. In an August 13 police interview, the accuser was again asked if he was "made to do anything to" Jackson. He answered, "I don't know. I don't think he did." The child told detectives that he believed Jackson "asked him something about touching" him, but that he told the performer he "didn't want to." When detectives reminded him of his July 7 claim that Jackson made him touch him on the outside of his pants, the teenager "said he could not remember that," according to a sealed search warrant affidavit. However, by the time of his first grand jury appearance, the boy had rallied, becoming more certain of this alleged molestation attempt. Asked if he ever touched Jackson, the boys said, "No. He--he wanted me to, but I didn't. I said no. And I pulled my hand away." He added, "He put his hand on my hand, and he was trying to gesture my hand to go to where he wanted me to touch it. I pulled my hand away." http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0307052jacksonboys1.html (4 of 9)30/06/2009 3:15:17 PM

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story »

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For this alleged incident, Jackson was charged with a felony count of attempting to commit a lewd act upon a child. In his closing statement to grand jurors, Zonen claimed that while the incident wasn't "even attempted, it's actually completed child molestation," prosecutors were "going to give Mr. Jackson the benefit of the doubt on that one" and only charge him with an attempted lewd act.

FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Full Report »

FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did." Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other key witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0307052jacksonboys1.html (5 of 9)30/06/2009 3:15:17 PM

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children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

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The Case Against Michael Jackson: The Openings - February 28, 2005

The Case Against Michael Jackson Teen accuser told investigators he knew more about "birds and bees" than Michael Jackson

The Smoking Gun reports live from opening statements in the Michael Jackson trial. MARCH 1--TSG continues with our dispatches from the Santa Maria courthouse, so check back regularly for the most up-to-date accounts of arguments delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Today, Mesereau resumes his opening statement.

8:35 AM PST: Resuming his opening statement, Mesereau came out blasting this morning, aiming his fire at the accuser and his siblings, saying that while the children were initially well behaved, they became "out of control" while in residence at Jackson's Neverland Ranch. Mesereau told jurors that they:

JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate. Full Story »

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The Case Against Michael Jackson: The Openings - February 28, 2005

* Broke into the estate's wine cellar * Broke into a refrigerator * Stole alcohol that Jackson had ordered for guests (and were found drunk by ranch employees) * At Neverland's amusement park, they were discovered at the top of a ferris wheel, where they threw objects at elephants and people Addressing the stash of porno magazines discovered in his home during a November 2003 raid, Mesereau said, "Mr. Jackson will freely admit that he does read girly magazines from time to time." But, Mesereau added, Jackson kept titles like Playboy and Hustler in a briefcase. When the accuser and his brother removed magazines from the briefcase, Mesereau said, Jackson took them back from the boys (this would seem to serve as the defense explanation for why the fingerprints of Jackson and the boys were recovered from the magazines). He also noted that forensic investigators did not discover the accuser's DNA in Jackson's bedroom, where multiple acts of molestation allegedly occurred. Continuing his attack on the accuser's mother, Mesereau said that the woman deposited illegally obtained welfare checks into the account of her boyfriend, an Army Reserves major who earned $8000-a-month. He also said that the woman had numerous chances to alert law enforcement authorities that her family was being held against its will at Jackson's estate...but she never said a thing. And as for prosecution claims that the family has never considered filing a lawsuit against Jackson, Mesereau pointed out that the mother, in conversations with law enforcement officials, mentioned that her children would have until they were 18 to file a civil claim against the performer (while the woman's daughter is 18, the accuser is 15 and his brother is 14). Countering Sneddon's claim that the woman was not seeking money from Jackson, Mesereau said that he will prove that her lawyer, Larry Feldman, told CNN's Larry King (during a lunch) that "she wants money." He also told jurors that Jackson's doctor (apparently Alimorad Farshchian) would rebut prosecution witness claims that Jackson served alcohol to the teenage accuser on a February 2003 flight from Miami to Santa Barbara. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0228051jacksonopenings1.html (2 of 11)30/06/2009 3:15:27 PM

MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution. Full Story »

MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop,

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and a teenage boy in the singer's bedroom. Mesereau may also have signaled plans to have his client testify by remarking to jurors that, "Michael Jackson will tell you" that he eventually became suspicious of the family. Mesereau noted that the performer was particularly put off once when the accuser's mother grabbed his hand and asked her children to kneel down and pray with "Daddy Michael." Jackson, Mesereau said, was "sucked in" by the accuser and his family, and paid the price when he declined to underwrite them: "Look what happens when you don't take responsibility for this family for the rest of your life." Mesereau concluded by saying that jurors would hear a lot of testimony during a lengthy trial, but would come to the determination that Jackson is "absolutely not guilty of any of this." 9:43 AM: Meserau's opening concludes and the court takes a brief recess. When court resumes, journalist Martin Bashir will be called as the prosecution's first witness.

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APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn. Full Story »

February 28... 9:12 AM PST: "On February the 3rd of 2003, Michael Jackson's, the defendant in this case, world was rocked. And it didn't rock in a musical sense. It rocked in a real life sense," District Attorney Tom Sneddon told Santa Barbara jurors this morning. On that date, Sneddon explained, Martin Bashir's documentary "Living with Michael Jackson" aired in England, immediately creating a firestorm over the pop singer's admission that he shared his bed with boys to whom he was unrelated. Jackson's world was so rocked, Sneddon reported, that an associate, Marc Schaffel, described the fallout from the Bashir production as a "train wreck." At this point, Sneddon noted that some might be surprised that the defendant was "heavily in debt." An objection from Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau was sustained by Judge Rodney Melville, despite Sneddon's contention that the motive for the alleged conspiracy revolved around Jackson's possible financial peril. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0228051jacksonopenings1.html (3 of 11)30/06/2009 3:15:27 PM

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

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9:28 AM PST: The case against Jackson, Sneddon said, is "about the manipulation of the young boy's adolescence through exposing him to strange sexual behavior and introducing him to sexually graphic adult magazines." The child, a 13-year-old cancer survivor, was exploited, in part, because he was estranged from his father. Sneddon noted that Jackson was a man who had a "long-standing custom and habit of sharing his bedroom, and his bed, with young boys." Sneddon also noted that the singer had the teenage accuser refer to him as "Daddy." In the wake of the Bashir broadcast, Sneddon told jurors, the accuser and his family were viewed as a "loose end" that needed to be contained and isolated by the Jackson camp, which was, in early-February 2003, planning a "rebuttal" video to "Living with Michael Jackson." In a bid to secure an interview with the family for the rebuttal program, Jackson and his aides used "logic, reason, and appeals to trust," but when those approaches failed, they got their interview "through extortion." 9:45 AM PST: After his opening remarks, Sneddon fell into a familiar recitation of the case against Jackson, which he said began in 2000 when the accuser, then 10, was living in a studio apartment in Los Angeles. It was then that the child was diagnosed with cancer and underwent operations to remove a 16-pound tumor, lesions from his lung, and a kidney. While doctors told his family to prepare for a funeral, Sneddon noted, the child is a "fighter" who survived cancer. Now 15, he is a high school freshman, who plays on his school's football team and participates in a Navy-sponsored youth program. The youth's cancer diagnosis, Sneddon reported, led to his introduction to Jamie Masada, owner of L.A.'s Laugh Factory. As a "last wish," Masada arranged for the boy to speak with comedians Chris Tucker and Adam Sandler. And with Jackson, who invited the child and his family to his Neverland Ranch. The boy's first visit to the 2800-acre estate came while he was in recovery (Jackson dispatched a limousine to the family's home for the three-hour trip to Neverland). During that first stay, Sneddon said, Jackson pulled the boy aside at one point and asked him to ask his parents if he could stay with the performer, then 43, in his bedroom. The parents agreed and the child and his younger brother bunked that night with Jackson, (the boys slept on Jackson's bed while the performer slept on the floor). It was during the brothers's first Neverland stay that Jackson and aide Frank Cascio showed the boys pornographic web sites on a laptop computer in Jackson's bedroom. As they looked at photos of topless women, Jackson remarked "Got Milk?" at one point, Sneddon said. The singer even directed a lurid comment at his three-year-old son, who was sleeping on the bed. "Prince," he said to the boy, http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0228051jacksonopenings1.html (4 of 11)30/06/2009 3:15:27 PM

MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Full Story »

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story »

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"you're missing a lot of pussy." From that point, Sneddon noted, the accuser "became one of those boys that shared Michael Jackson's bed." The prosecutor added that "the private world of Michael Jackson is quite different" from the public perception. When the star entertained children at his home, the minors visited porn sites with Jackson and viewed sexually explicit magazines like "Barely Legal" and "many others with far more offensive covers and cover titles." 9:55 AM PST: Segueing into a section of his opening dealing with alcohol, Sneddon painted a dark picture of what boys encountered at Jackson's home: "You see, the private world of Michael Jackson reveals that instead of cookies and instead of milk, you can substitute wine, vodka, and bourbon." While the entertainer claims not to drink, Sneddon said, witnesses will dispute that contention. In fact, he added, Jackson encouraged children to imbibe, and personally served them alcohol at times. To support these alcohol claims, Sneddon said prosecutors will present testimony from flight attendants who served Jackson alcohol concealed in Diet Coke cans. Jurors will also hear from ex-bodyguard Christopher Carter, who will testify that he once saw the accuser drunk at Neverland, and former house manager Jesus Salas, who told investigators that he once brought booze to Jackson and several young children. And when Salas arrived in Jackson's bedroom, Sneddon noted, "he saw the defendant and three children sitting on the bed. And when he came back the next morning to clean out the bedroom, both bottles were empty, and the glasses had been used." A peek into Jackson's world, Sneddon said, reveals that it is not a Peter Pan existence, but rather one filled with sexually explicit magazines and frequent talk with boys about masturbation, which the singer emphasizes is "normal." These acts, Sneddon said, were "calculated to desensitize the boy, to change his moral antenna, and to add the trust and the admiration of an adult voice to the boy's conduct to convince him that what was being done was all right in the adult world. And it worked." 10:02 AM PST: Moving into a description of Jackson's estate, Sneddon described it as a place that has been "used for beautiful causes. For the children, the underprivileged children, for the children who have been suffering, who have been brought there to share a day or a weekend on the ranch. It's something very good." The prosecutor added, however, "But just like so many things in life, something very good can end up being, on another occasion, in another setting, something very http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0228051jacksonopenings1.html (5 of 11)30/06/2009 3:15:27 PM

FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Full Report »

FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did." Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other key witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the

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bad." Sneddon told jurors that they would get a good sense of Neverland through videos shot at the sprawling property. He described the estate as a children's wonderland, with its amusement park, zoo, and go-cart track. He also told of a secret wine cellar--the entrance to which is hidden behind a jukebox in the arcade building--where Jackson's "special guests" were poured alcohol by the entertainer himself. Sneddon's tour of the property stopped into Jackson's office and bedroom, where, he said, investigators found pornographic magazines and DVDs during the execution of a November 18, 2003 search warrant. Fifteen sexually explicit magazines were found "laying by the tub" in Jackson's private bathroom. A briefcase also contained porno mags. And raiders, Sneddon noted, also found porn in a nightstand, which also contained cards and letters from the accuser and his family (some missives were addressed to "Daddy Michael"). 10:22 AM PST: Testimony from two former Jackson employees--Salas and maid Blanca Francia--will show that Jackson, Sneddon told jurors, was "pathological" about not allowing anyone in his Neverland bedroom without his permission. Because, he said, "it is in this room and on that bed" that Jackson "opened up his Samsonite briefcase and displayed to the boys numerous sexually explicit magazines." While in his bedroom with the accuser, Sneddon said, Jackson simulated sexual intercourse with a mannequin and once walked in naked while the child and his brother watched a movie. And, Sneddon said, "It's in this room and on that bed that [the accuser] was molested by the defendant. And it's in this room and on that bed that [the accuser's brother] saw his brother molested on two separate occasions." Returning to the pornographic magazines seized by investigators Steve Robel and Paul Zelis, Sneddon told jurors that latent fingerprints from both boys were lifted from the titles, one of which also carried Jackson's fingerprints. Jackson used the magazines, Sneddon told jurors, to "stimulate" the accuser's "emerging sexuality." 10:40 AM PST: Turning to the alleged victim's brother, who is seen on the Bashir video as a chubby-faced 12-year-old, Sneddon said that jurors will hear testimony from a 225-pound 14-year-old who plays center on his school's freshman football team. The child will testify that, on two occasions, he saw his brother being molested by Jackson while the child lay unconscious on the singer's bed. The child was "frozen by what he saw" from the staircase leading to Jackson's bedroom, and did not mention the incidents until months later when he was interviewed by psychologist Stanley Katz. The boy will testify that he saw empty wine bottles on http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0228051jacksonopenings1.html (6 of 11)30/06/2009 3:15:27 PM

children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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Jackson's nightstand during the alleged molestations, said Sneddon. Referring to the accuser's mother, Sneddon said that the woman hired a lawyer in the wake of the Bashir broadcast not because she was upset with Jackson, but because Bashir had not obtained releases to include her children in his documentary. Sneddon said that the woman has never considered filing a lawsuit against the performer. As for the accuser himself, Sneddon noted that the child will describe with "vivid particularity" how Jackson sexually assaulted him. 10:55 AM PST: Moving into a further description of Jackson's alleged coconspirators--Schaffel; Cascio; Ronald Konitzer; Dieter Wiesner; and Vincent Amen--Sneddon referred to the 28 separate overt acts that comprise the felony conspiracy charge leveled against Jackson (each of the coconspirators is mentioned in multiple overt acts). The "central focus" of the alleged plot, said Sneddon, was to isolate the family and get them to agree to appear in the Jackson camp's rebuttal video, which was to be broadcast on Fox. Hired days after the February 6, 2003 U.S. broadcast of Martin Bashir's "Living with Michael Jackson" documentary, Ann Gabriel briefly handled crisis management and public relations chores for the entertainer. She was hired by David LeGrand, a Las Vegas attorney who began representing Jackson in January 2003.

11:15 AM PST: One of the first witnesses jurors will hear from, Sneddon said, was Ann Gabriel, who was hired by a Jackson lawyer to handle crisis management chores in the wake of the Bashir broadcast. Gabriel will testify about the Jackson organization's strategy to contain fallout from the program and how the singer himself was intimately involved in decision making. Jackson's agreement to do interviews with Bashir was based on his belief that the resulting documentary would help jumpstart his stalled career, Sneddon said. And that is what led the singer to contact the accuser after having had nothing to do with the boy for about a year. Jackson told the child to go before Bashir's camera and tell the journalist of the star's crucial role in helping him recover from cancer. But, Sneddon noted, that plan backfired when viewers saw the finished Bashir product, http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0228051jacksonopenings1.html (7 of 11)30/06/2009 3:15:27 PM

JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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with its scenes of the child holding Jackson's hand and resting his head on the performer's shoulder. Even before the Bashir program aired in England, Sneddon said, Jackson aides were panicked. Because, he told jurors, Schaffel--though his media contacts--had obtained a transcript of the program. They realized, Sneddon said, the documentary "was clearly a boomerang on a comeback attempt." 11:28 AM PST: Speaking to jurors from a podium, Sneddon said that when the documentary aired in England on February 3, 2003, 17 million viewers tuned in. The program, he said, held the possibility of being a "moving landslide. And if it wasn't stopped, it was going to destroy everything in its path, including Michael Jackson." And the performer will not be able to argue that Bashir somehow tricked him into making damaging statements, Sneddon said, since Jackson subsequently made similar statements about sharing his bed with boys to Ed Bradley on CBS's "60 Minutes." Sneddon said that Gabriel, when asked to rate the trouble faced by Jackson on a scale of 1 to 10, placed it at 25. He quoted Jackson videographer Christian Robinson as describing the post-Bashir period as a "nightmare." For the accuser, Sneddon said, the feedback was particularly brutal, with classmates calling him a "faggot" and directing "rude, crude sexual remarks" at him. [The child testified in the grand jury that fellow students taunted him by saying he was "booty busted" by Jackson.] 11:41 AM PST: Placing Jackson at the center of the alleged conspiracy to falsely imprison the accuser and his family at Neverland, Sneddon said that, the day after the Bashir documentay aired in England, Jackson placed a 27-minute call to the accuser and his family, which "reasserts himself into" the family's life. Clearly referring to toll records, Sneddon said that Jackson reached the California family at 6:58 PM Pacific time. He also mentioned that a note seized from the home of Jackson's assistant, Evelyn Tavasci, showed that Jackson was seeking to contact the accuser's family at this time.

[Since Sneddon finished at about 12:30 PM--and the TSG scriveners are still trying to catch up on his opening statement, we're now going to pick up with Mesereau's opening argument]

JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

12:36 PM PST: After noting that it was an honor to represent Jackson, Thomas http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0228051jacksonopenings1.html (8 of 11)30/06/2009 3:15:27 PM

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Mesereau told jurors, "I'm here to tell you these charges are fictitious, they're bogus, and they never happened." He than bellowed, "These charges are fake, silly, ridiculous." After Melville sustained an objection from Sneddon, Mesereau described what he said were attempts by the accuser's mother to weasel money from several celebrities while her son was ill. The woman, Mesereau said, tried to score cash from Jay Leno, comedian George Lopez, and an actress who appeared on "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air." These gambits were scams, Mesereau said. In one instance, the mother received $20,000 from comedian Louise Palanker, claiming that the funds would be used for her son's medical bills and living expenses. Instead, Mesereau said, Palanker was upset to learn that the money was used to buy "a huge TV and DVD player." The mother also approached celebrities like Mike Tyson, Jim Carrey, and Adam Sandler. But, he noted, "the best-known celebrity and the most vulnerable celebrity became their mark, Michael Jackson." After claiming that his client has been the subject of much inaccurate reporting, Mesereau launched into a brief biographical sketch of Jackson and his creation of Neverland Ranch, a place where Jackson can enjoy the childhood spoils he never had while a young man. 12:49 PM PST: Countering Sneddon's assertion that Jackson's estate was a den of iniquity, Mesereau told jurors, "We will prove that Neverland is not a haven for criminal acts, a lure for molestation, a magnet for crime." The singer's intentions toward the teenage accuser were honorable, Mesereau said, noting that Jackson "took a lot of time away from his career to help this child and help this family", unaware that "the trap was being set" for him by the family. In describing the kind of help Jackson provided when the child was ill, Mesereau said the performer asked the boy to "envision he's playing Pac Man, and the cancer cells are being gobbled up by the good people. He had gotten that from studies of visualization techniques that were perfected in England years ago for cancer patients." In a broadside on the accuser's mother, Mesereau described the woman as a shakedown artist who used her sick son as bait, a woman who coached her kids to lie in connection with an assault lawsuit the family once brought against J.C. Penney. Mesereau referred to a newly surfaced witness--who worked as a paralegal for the lawyer representing the family in the Penney case--who claims that the mother fabricated her allegations in that civil case. The paralegal contends that she hesitated to come forward because the mother once told her she had relatives in the Mexican Mafia. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0228051jacksonopenings1.html (9 of 11)30/06/2009 3:15:27 PM

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Along with the alleged J.C. Penney scheme, the woman illegally obtained welfare benefits, Mesereau said, adding that she never bothered to mention her six-figure settlement from the department store when applying for those benefits. In other instances, Mesereau said, the woman "undertook a program to use her son to raise money." That bid, Mesereau told jurors, involved the family targeting Jay Leno, who spoke with the accuser on the telephone at one point. Mesereau said that Leno rebuffed the financial pitch and later told Santa Barbara police that the family was looking for a "mark." Mesereau said, "Mr. Leno has told the Santa Barbara police, 'Something was wrong. They were looking for a mark. It sounded scripted. The mother was in the background, and I terminated the conversation.'" 1:08 PM PST: Another celebrity mentioned by Mesereau was comedian George Lopez, who the family apparently met via Jamie Masada, the Laugh Factory owner. Without providing any details, Mesereau told jurors that Lopez was approached by the accuser and his mother, who "asked for money. He didn't want to give money, and then they accused him of stealing $300 from [the accuser]'s wallet." Reeling off one financial scam after the other, Mesereau remarked, "It goes on and on." Addressing the mother's claim that she and her children were held against her will at Neverland, Mesereau told jurors that the guest unit in which she was held allegedly captive was the suite that Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor requested when they individually stayed at Jackson's estate. He also mentioned that during this same period the Jackson camp paid more than $3300 for the woman's beauty treatments (cosmetics, aromatherapy, leg waxing) and other costs. Mesereau told jurors that after the Bashir documentary aired, the mother was expecting a payday in return for her children's participation in the Jackson rebuttal video. However, when an opportunity to cash in never materialized, Mesereau said, the molestation accusations emerged. And the family "went to a lawyer, and then another lawyer," added Jackson's lawyer. With Bashir expected to be called tomorrow as the first prosecution witness, Mesereau spent much time ripping the British journalist, whom the attorney claimed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0228051jacksonopenings1.html (10 of 11)30/06/2009 3:15:27 PM

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set Jackson up in a bid to "humiliate, degrade, and deceive" the entertainer. 2:26 PM PST: At this point, Mesereau stopped his opening argument, which he will resume tomorrow at 8:30 AM.

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The Case Against Michael Jackson Teen accuser told investigators he knew more about "birds and bees" than Michael Jackson

Teen accuser told investigators he knew more about "birds and bees" than Michael Jackson FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did."

The surprising appraisal from the boy, now 15, came during a January 19, 2004 interview with Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department officials, The Smoking Gun has learned. At the interview's conclusion, a detective asked the child about conversations he had with Jackson about girls and any related guidance offered by the performer. The http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0227051jacksonsexed1.html (1 of 9)30/06/2009 3:15:51 PM

JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate. Full Story »

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boy, who was 13 at the time of the alleged molestation, replied that Jackson would "always, like, try to give me" advice about "the birds and the bees." However, the boy told investigators, "He didn't know much. I knew more than he did." The Q&A session, which was audiotaped, came about two months prior to the child's initial appearance before the grand jury that later voted to indict Jackson on ten felony counts. During his testimony, the boy occasionally appeared flippant while discussing the alleged sexual assaults and Jackson's provision of wine and assorted booze to him and his two siblings. When District Attorney Tom Sneddon asked if he had ceased drinking alcohol after leaving Neverland Ranch for the last time, the boy responded, "That period of my life, I went to AA. That period of my life is over." To "make sure the record is clear," Sneddon asked the boy whether he was kidding about attending Alcoholics Anonymous. "I'm just joking," replied the accuser. At another point during his testimony, the boy was asked to describe the alleged molestation incidents in Jackson's bedroom, which he did in graphic detail. The boy, who has been enrolled for years in a Navy sea cadets program, was then asked by Sneddon if anyone else had been present during the assaults. "No," the child answered, adding, "Not unless a Navy SEAL dropped down." At the close of his first day of testimony, the boy received Sneddon's standard witness admonition that a judicial gag order barred him from talking to the media about his confidential testimony. "Oh man," the child replied, "I was going to have a press conference." The grand jury transcript, which TSG exclusively obtained earlier this month, also reveals that sheriff's detectives interviewed a young friend of Jackson's during the November 2003 raid of his California estate. The performer befriended the teenager, Omer Bhatti, in 1996 during a Tunisian stop on the singer's HIStory tour (the child, then a 12-year-old Jackson imitator, was apparently spotted in front of Jackson's hotel).

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MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution. Full Story »

MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop,

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and a teenage boy in the singer's bedroom. Full Story »

Investigator Jeffrey Ellis testified that when he "broached the subject of pornography," Bhatti became nervous and "seemed to have trouble forming a sentence. It was almost like a stutter." Ellis added that when he asked Bhatti a series of questions about the consumption of wine and alcohol and references to "Jesus Juice," he saw "that same type of uneasiness in him that I noticed when I started talking to him about pornography." While prosecutors apparently sensed Bhatti had a story to tell, the Jackson crony appears only on the defense's list of prospective witnesses.

APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn. Full Story »

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

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MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Full Story »

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story » http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0227051jacksonsexed1.html (4 of 9)30/06/2009 3:15:51 PM

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FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Full Report »

FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did." Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other key witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0227051jacksonsexed1.html (5 of 9)30/06/2009 3:15:51 PM

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children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

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The Case Against Michael Jackson: The Witnesses - February 17, 2005

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In secret grand jury testimony, Jackson aides backed claims made by teen accuser and family FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson. However, in what would be considered a plus for the defense camp, no witness-http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0215051jackson1.html (1 of 9)30/06/2009 3:16:22 PM

JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate. Full Story »

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with the exception of the accuser and his brother--testified to ever seeing Jackson act inappropriately toward children. And since some of these 41 witnesses were close to the performer--including his round-the-clock bodyguard and Neverland's longtime house manager--this lack of independent corroboration of the boys's molestation claims reflects a key weakness in the prosecution case. In addition to testimony from Jackson aides and business associates, the 19 grand jurors were also presented with surveillance videos and a tape of a secretly recorded telephone conversation, powerful evidence that could support prosecution claims that Jackson and his cohorts conspired to threaten and falsely imprison the accuser and his family (see "Search. And Destroy?" sidebar at right). The Smoking Gun has reviewed sealed police and court records--including the 1903-page transcript from last year's grand jury proceeding--that detail how District Attorney Tom Sneddon and fellow prosecutors methodically sought to buttress testimony from the boys, their sister, and mother. While the brothers are the only witnesses to the four acts of molestation charged in the Jackson indictment, grand jurors heard damaging testimony from Jackson insiders, most of which served to flesh out details of the alleged conspiracy to silence, extort, and falsely imprison the accuser, then 13, and his family. Highlights of the grand jury presentment included: * A California cop who moonlighted as a Neverland Ranch security guard told of seeing a written directive ordering that the accuser not be allowed to leave the 2800acre property. The directive, posted in the estate's security office, came during the period in which investigators allege the boy and his family were imprisoned at Jackson's estate. * An ex-bodyguard who testified that his job was to shadow Jackson 24 hours a day, said that one afternoon he discovered the teenage accuser drunk. When he confronted the boy and told him he should not be imbibing, the child replied, "Well, I can handle it. Michael said if I can handle it, it's okay. It's part of being a man." Jackson has been charged with four felony counts of providing booze to the accuser, a cancer survivor who lost his spleen and a kidney to the disease. * Jackson's former house manager testified that the accuser and his family were held against their will at Neverland and that two of the singer's top aides told him that the boy's mother "wasn't allowed to leave the property." He also noted that the alleged victim and his brother, then 11, slept almost every night with Jackson in the singer's bedroom. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0215051jackson1.html (2 of 9)30/06/2009 3:16:22 PM

MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution. Full Story »

MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop,

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* A public relations expert hired to handle crisis management chores for Jackson testified that one of the singer's lawyers was "absolutely gleeful" when he told of plans to smear the accuser's mother as a "crack whore." * A corporate flight attendant testified that Jackson was "secretive about his drinking" and rejected spirits she delivered in a "fluted crystal stem." Instead, the singer wanted his wine served in a Diet Coke can, which the woman emptied and refilled in the privacy of a Gulfstream bathroom. The alleged victim has testified that Jackson provided him wine concealed in a Diet Coke can on several occasions, including one cross-country trip staffed by the flight attendant. * A second attendant, who worked 18 Jackson flights, also told of the entertainer's principal travel request: "The first one is--the white wine in the Diet Coke can." * Corroborating accounts from the accuser's family, a school administrator testified that he chased away a man videotaping the alleged victim outside his Los Angeles middle school. Investigators determined that the thuggish surveillance agent--who tailed the accuser and his family after they left Neverland for the final time--was working for a private investigator hired by the Jackson camp. What follows are recaps of significant grand jury testimony given by witnesses likely to appear during the prosecution case against Jackson (the individual questioning of prospective jurors, the voir dire process, began yesterday).

BRIAN BARRON Of the 16 law enforcement officers to testify before the Jackson grand jury, 15 were part of the Santa Barbara investigative team targeting the pop star. But Brian Barron (pictured at left) surely had the most intimate knowledge of Neverland Ranch. That's because Barron, a patrol officer and K-9 handler with the nearby Guadalupe Police Department, has worked as a part-time security guard at the estate since 1997, when he was a police academy trainee.

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and a teenage boy in the singer's bedroom. Full Story »

APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn. Full Story »

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

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After providing an overview of the property's security setup during his April 2004 testimony, Barron was asked by prosecutor Gordon Auchincloss about a directive posted in the Neverland security office in early-2003. Barron testified that a message on a whiteboard notified guards that "[the accuser] is not allowed off property." Asked if that was the first time a Neverland guest "was not allowed to leave," Barron answered, "Yes." He added that, during the week or so that the directive was posted, had the child tried to leave the property, "we would not have opened the gate" without first getting permission from a security supervisor or the ranch manager. Barron, who testified that he never saw Jackson act inappropriately with young boys, was not asked whether he ever questioned the directive (though as a cop he might have been expected to wonder what right Neverland brass had to issue such a detention order).

CHRISTOPHER CARTER After meeting Jackson at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Christopher Carter left the Strip in August 2002 for a temporary security gig with the King of Pop. After a trial run, he was hired full-time and would eventually, according to his grand jury testimony, "pretty much stay with [Jackson] 24 hours a day" until he quit Neverland in August 2003. During that year's employment, Carter testified, he observed Jackson entertaining the accuser, his brother, and three minor siblings of aide Frank Cascio in his office. Carter said the group watched movies as they sat around a table filled with glasses of wine (though Carter testified that he did not see the children drinking). But Jackson, he testified, would tell kids that he called wine "Jesus Juice," explaining that, "Jesus drank wine, so we shall be more like Jesus." Carter also recalled an encounter with the tipsy teenage accuser, who was planning to drunkenly pilot a golf cart around the Neverland property. "I was like, 'Whoa, whoa, whoa,'" Carter recalled, adding that when he told the child the should not drink, the boy claimed that Jackson told him if he could handle the booze, it was okay to drink. In police interviews and grand jury testimony, the child said that, despite his illness, Jackson encouraged him to drink, saying that the alcohol would relax him. In addition to his booze recollections, Carter reported that Jackson secretly monitored telephone calls placed by Neverland visitors. "He has a machine inside http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0215051jackson1.html (4 of 9)30/06/2009 3:16:22 PM

MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Full Story »

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story »

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his room, and pretty much he can pick up his phone any time he wants and listen on any call inside the ranch," Carter testified, noting that Jackson "showed me a tape of when he had did it." Carter added that he once walked into the singer's bedroom when "one of the kids" was eavesdropping on a call. This account dovetails with the accuser's grand jury testimony. The boy told the panel that Jackson demonstrated how the eavesdropping device worked and said that the entertainer "would like to listen to the security guards talking to their girlfriends and stuff." Both the accuser and his brother told sheriff's investigators that the listening device was used to monitor their mother's phone calls during the monthlong period the family was held at Neverland in early-2003. Like Barron, Carter testified that he never saw Jackson inappropriately touch anyone.

FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Full Report »

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FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did." Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other key witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0215051jackson1.html (5 of 9)30/06/2009 3:16:22 PM

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children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

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The Case Against Michael Jackson: The Witnesses - February 17, 2005

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The Case Against Michael Jackson: Search. And Destroy? - February 15, 2005

The Case Against Michael Jackson Search. And Destroy?

Investigation hit paydirt during raids at private eye's office, Jackson crony's home FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Simultaneous with the November 2003 raid of Jackson's estate, detectives searched the office of P.I. Bradley Miller, who was retained by Jackson's handlers in the immediate wake of the February 2003 broadcast of Martin Bashir's documentary "Living with Michael Jackson." As alleged in the warrant for the search of Miller's South Beverly Drive office suite, the investigator played a central role in the alleged conspiracy to intimidate and falsely imprison Jackson's teenage accuser and his family. Inside Miller's office, detectives discovered two tapes containing surveillance footage of the boy and his family, video shot after they unexpectedly left http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0215051jacksonsearch1.html (1 of 9)30/06/2009 3:16:41 PM

JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate. Full Story »

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Neverland in mid-February 2003 (they would return in a few days) and in mid-March, after the family departed Jackson's estate for good. The video was shot on multiple dates and as early as 4:48 one morning, according to a time stamp on the footage. The surveillance camera recorded the accuser, his mother, brother, and sister, the children's grandfather, and the mother's boyfriend. For investigators, the surveillance videos provided key corroboration of the family's claims that they were stalked and harassed by Jackson representatives after bolting Neverland. Prosecutors contend that Jackson's henchmen tailed the family due to concerns that they might contact law enforcement agents, child welfare officials, or journalists.

MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution. Full Story »

In fact, when a Santa Barbara grand jury indicted Jackson on a felony conspiracy charge related to alleged child abduction, false imprisonment, and extortion, one of the 28 "overt acts" cited in the indictment dealt exclusively with the surveillances. The videos, though, were not the only valuable tape found in Miller's office. Detectives also discovered a 15-minute audio recording of a phone conversation between Jackson aide Frank Cascio and the alleged victim's mother. Cascio placed the call--which was recorded illegally--after the woman and her children left Neverland in the middle of the night around February 12, 2003. During the call, Cascio urged the woman to return to Jackson's home in light of purported threats against her family. "I'm worried about you and the protection. Because there's a lot of evil people out there right now," Cascio claimed. "And that's why even staying another night alone is not safe." Investigators contend that the Jackson camp fabricated these threats in a bid to lure the family back behind Neverland's gates, in part so that they would participate in the filming of a video rebuttal to the devastating Bashir documentary. Cascio remarked that Jackson, "was just so worried about you," adding later that he was seeking to shield her family "and to protect Michael. Because we have been in this situation many times...And you know what? It ends up hurting the kids. And we don't want, and Michael does not want [the alleged victim] to be hurt." In June 2003, when the accuser's family began meeting with Santa Barbara detectives, each of them talked about being threatened by Jackson's German business managers, Dieter Wiesner and Ronald Konitzer. Each told cops that the http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0215051jacksonsearch1.html (2 of 9)30/06/2009 3:16:41 PM

MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop,

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The Case Against Michael Jackson: Search. And Destroy? - February 15, 2005

men pressured them to participate in the rebuttal production, and the mother told investigators that she actually feared Wiesner. These contentions appear to be corroborated by the mother's talk--recorded four months earlier--with Cascio. "We left because those Germans," she said. "Those people terrify me, Frank. They were threatening." During the taped conversation, Cascio also made a pitch for her to do an interview for Jackson's Bashir rebuttal. "We'd love for you to go on tape and just say something beautiful about Michael." The woman replied, "Not with those Germans. Because they were trying to dictate to me what, exactly what to say."

and a teenage boy in the singer's bedroom. Full Story »

During his summation last year to the grand jury that later indicted Jackson, prosecutor Gordon Auchincloss called the surreptitiously recorded tape "such a powerful and important piece of evidence. I can't emphasize it enough." The sixth overt act listed in the indictment's conspiracy count is based on the illegally recorded phone conversation. In addition, overt act 23 alleges, in part, that Jackson used eavesdropping equipment to "personally monitor" the woman's Neverland telephone conversations.

APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn.

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Full Story » Two months after the searches at Neverland and Miller's office, investigators raided the $2 million Calabasas home of Marc Schaffel, a close Jackson aide who, before meeting the singer, made his fortune in the porno movie industry. Prosecutors allege that Schaffel, named an unindicted coconspirator in the Jackson indictment, served as sort of a paymaster in connection with the plot to imprison the family--and then ship them off to Brazil.

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

Led by Detective Craig Bonner, investigators zeroed in on a locked bedroom closet that Schaffel used as a document storage area. Inside, were about seven four-drawer file cabinets, numerous boxes, and shelves on which documents were piled. As investigators examined the material, it became apparent that Schaffel was a fastidious record keeper and that many documents--e-mails, handwritten notes, receipts, model releases, financial ledgers--referred to the Jackson organization's "handling" of the accuser and his family during the one-month period prosecutors allege they were falsely imprisoned against their will. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0215051jacksonsearch1.html (3 of 9)30/06/2009 3:16:41 PM

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According to an investigative report, one document recovered by detectives was titled "[Mother's first name] Strategies." Evidence item #1302 "posed five possible problems which could be associated with [the woman] and the manner in which the problems could be addressed, so as to benefit and/or protect Michael Jackson. The scenarios included conflicts arising from the Bashir film, [the woman] claiming she was threatened, [the woman] being sexually assaulted, [the woman] being promised things, and [the woman] being given money." Other records seized referred to financial aspects of the Jackson camp's involvement with the accuser's family. One note written by Schaffel answered a request for a cash advance by a Jackson employee by noting that he first needed to "get the 'vacation' for [the accuser] and his family taken care of immediately." A receipt for $1000 provided to Cascio noted that the money was also for "vacation" expenses. The quotes around the word vacation on the Schaffel documents are a clear indication that Jackson aides regarded the family's planned Brazilian as more of an exile than a holiday. Other documents seized recorded the payment of passport and visa fees for the family. A detailed cash ledger listed expenses incurred "for [the woman] and kids," including small purchases at stores like Banana Republic, Levis, and RobinsonsMay, and restaurants like Sbarro, Johnny Rockets, and Hot Dog on a Stick. Investigators even found a March 10, 2003 ledger entry for a lunch tab in the cafeteria at Kaiser Hospital in Hollywood. Submitted by Vincent Amen, Cascio's sidekick, the bill helps partially corroborate one of the Jackson indictment's most bizarre overt acts (#26 to be exact). For additional details, read "Urine Trouble," published here last month. One Schaffel folder was labeled "Fires Brewing-PR" and contained an assortment of e-mails on topics ranging from a supposed tell-all biography being prepared by actor Corey Feldman, a former Jackson pal, to Konitzer's thoughts on the activities of a crisis management team. Elsewhere, detectives found faxed copies of model releases for the accuser and his family that were sent to Schaffel by Jackson lawyer David LeGrand. These were needed in advance of the family's filming of the rebuttal interview, questions for which were jointly crafted by Schaffel, LeGrand, and Christian Robinson, a Schaffel associate.

MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Full Story »

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story »

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FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Full Report »

FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did." Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other key witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0215051jacksonsearch1.html (5 of 9)30/06/2009 3:16:41 PM

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children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

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The Case Against Michael Jackson: Topless Photos - February 15, 2005

The Case Against Michael Jackson Topless Photos

In search warrant barrage, investigators even probed photos of Jackson and his teen nephews FEBRUARY 15--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. By all accounts, however, Anderson's casting call did not result in the kind of witness stampede that investigators had expected. So, four months later, when a tantalizing anonymous e-mail message addressed to "[email protected]" arrived in Anderson's office, his deputies pounced. Referring to an attachment that contained photos of Jackson posing with teenage boys (two of whom were shirtless), the writer noted, "I don't know who took the photos, probably his personal photographer but they don't look like any Sears portraits I've seen." http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0215051jacksonthree1.html (1 of 9)30/06/2009 3:16:55 PM

JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate. Full Story »

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To anyone who has even loosely followed the Jackson matter--let alone case detectives--the attached images should have been familiar. The dozen pictures were publicity photos taken of Jackson and three of his nephews. The young trio, sons of Jackson's brother Tito, perform under the name 3T and posed with their famous uncle to promote a single off the group's 1995 debut, "Brotherhood." While Santa Barbara detectives recognized the 3T publicity photos, which have been published and circulated on the Internet, they still rushed to Judge Rodney Melville for a search warrant. According to a sealed court affidavit, Anderson's deputies needed the warrant to obtain subscriber information from an Internet service provider so they could track down the identity of the person who had sent the 3T images.

MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution. Full Story »

MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

The semi-anonymous correspondent, investigators speculated, might have further information about Jackson and the bare-chested 3T boys. Or, they reasoned, the tipster--who used a starpower.net e-mail account--might even possess information about other alleged molestation victims. The possibility that the e-mail's author was just a guy who had found the images online and simply forwarded them to cops was not addressed. Nor was there apparently any attempt to determine his identity short of an intrusive search warrant. Using the e-mail address, it took a TSG reporter 30 minutes to identify the correspondent, determine that he lives in San Diego, works for the Transportation Security Agency, and once managed a Maryland photo studio. Oh, and he was recently looking to start an adult-themed web site. While documents reviewed by TSG do not reveal whether detectives got their man, it is http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0215051jacksonthree1.html (2 of 9)30/06/2009 3:16:55 PM

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop,

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likely he was tracked down--and found to be of little use. The 3T warrant, signed in April 2004, was one of more than 100 search warrants secured by investigators in the 13-month period following the November 2003 raid of Jackson's ranch. The singer's lawyers have contended that this barrage reflected the overzealous and vindictive ways of Anderson and Santa Barbara District Attorney Thomas Sneddon. Investigators have countered that their tactics, while certainly aggressive and proactive, have been legal, appropriate, and often courtauthorized.

and a teenage boy in the singer's bedroom. Full Story »

APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn. Full Story »

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

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MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Full Story »

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story » http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0215051jacksonthree1.html (4 of 9)30/06/2009 3:16:55 PM

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FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Full Report »

FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did." Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other key witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0215051jacksonthree1.html (5 of 9)30/06/2009 3:16:55 PM

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children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

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Jackson Gave Jesus Juice To Other Kids - January 13, 2005

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JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. The alleged victim, who has told investigators that Jackson also provided wine and liquor to him and his two siblings, mentioned the pair of New Jersey minors during an August 2003 interview with Santa Barbara detectives, according to sealed records reviewed by The Smoking Gun. Documents and TSG sources identified the two children as siblings of Frank Cascio, a 24-year-old Jackson aide who prosecutors branded an unindicted co-conspirator in the entertainer's April 2004 criminal indictment. Cascio, who uses the name Frank Tyson, has been close to Jackson for nearly ten years, and was at Neverland during the early-2003 period when the accuser and his family claim they were held against their will. Cascio is pictured with Jackson in the above video still. It was during that period of purported incarceration that the accuser and his family met Cascio's young relatives--a sister who is currently a high school sophomore in Bergen County, and a brother who is about 12 years old. While answering a question about where at Neverland Jackson provided him alcohol, the accuser, now 15, remarked that "sometimes Michael would also give wine" to the New Jersey siblings when they all were in the estate's wine cellar, which is accessed via a hidden staircase in the Neverland game arcade. He added that Jackson's young drinking buddies would imbibe wine--which Jackson called "Jesus Juice"--straight from the bottle and sometimes from glasses.

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The alleged victim told detectives that Cascio's little brother "would not always drink because he did not like it." Additionally, he told investigators that the New Jersey boy also slept with Jackson in his Neverland bedroom. Joseph Tacopina, a lawyer for Frank Cascio, told TSG that Santa Barbara prosecutors have not sought to interview the New Jersey children about their Neverland stay. While Tacopina would not say whether the minors had spoken with Jackson's legal team, he did acknowledge that defense investigators had been desirous of interviewing the siblings. According to police interviews with the accuser, his brother, and their mother, the New Jersey children were present at Neverland during a crucial moment in the prosecution's conspiracy timeline. It appears Cascio's siblings could provide a unique, first-person account of what transpired during that period (keeping in mind, of course, that their older brother has been accused of playing a leading role in the false imprisonment scheme). Along with noting Jackson's alleged provision of wine to the New Jersey siblings, the accuser told detectives that Cascio's little brother slept in Jackson's bed with him and the 46-year-old entertainer. The accuser added that the New Jersey boy, Jackson, and the accuser's younger brother also shared the performer's bed. So, even in the wake of the firestorm caused by the February 2003 broadcast of Martin Bashir's "Living with Michael Jackson" documentary, the performer was apparently still sleeping with three boys to whom he was not related.

In a July 2003 police interview, the accuser's mother recounted how, at one point during her family's Neverland imprisonment, she escaped one night with her children, "running in the dark through Neverland, being led by [Cascio's sister]" to find their way to the car. That car, a black Rolls Royce, transported the family back to their home in Los Angeles and was driven by Jesus Salas, a Neverland security official. The mother claimed that she was forced to bolt from Neverland due to threats directed at her clan by, among others, Jackson's German managers, Dieter Wiesner and Ronald Konitzer. She acknowledged returning with her children almost immediately, however, telling detectives that Frank Cascio told her that her family's life was in danger, and that they would be safer behind Neverland's wall. She also claimed that Jackson's aide assured her that Wiesner and Konitzer had been fired. Upon her family's return to Jackson's estate, the mother told investigators, the first people she encountered were the two Germans, who were still working for the entertainer. Click here for TSG's coverage of the Michael Jackson trial

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The Case Against Michael Jackson - January 6, 2005

The Case Against Michael Jackson The Predator

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Boys detail lurid acts of alleged sexual abuse in sealed court, police, grand jury records JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behind-the-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop, who was indicted last April on ten felony counts for the alleged sexual abuse of a Los Angeles boy in early 2003. This story (and the ones linked at right) are based on a review of confidential law enforcement and government reports, grand jury testimony, and sealed court records provided to TSG by sources. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jackson.html (1 of 9)30/06/2009 3:18:16 PM

JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate. Full Story »

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If the harrowing and deeply disturbing allegations in these documents are true, Jackson is a textbook pedophile, a 46-year-old predator who plied children with wine, vodka, tequila, Jim Beam whiskey, and Bacardi rum. A man who gave boys nicknames like Doo Doo Head and Blowhole and then quizzed them about whether they masturbated and if "white stuff" came out. A man who conducted drinking games with minors and surfed porn with them on a laptop in his Neverland Ranch bedroom, noting that if anyone asked what they were looking at, the kids should just say they were watching "The Simpsons." A man who frequently talked sex with his little companions and explained that "boys have to masturbate or they go crazy." A man who told one pajama-clad boy that he wanted to show him how to "jack off." When the tipsy child declined the demonstration, Jackson announced, "I'll do it for you," and buried his hand in the boy's Hanes briefs, size small. And a man who emphasized to his little friends that these activities were "their little secret" and should not be disclosed to anyone, even if a gun was at their head. The heart of the Jackson prosecution rests largely on accounts provided to investigators by the teenage boy, his younger brother, older sister, and the children's mother (at the time of the alleged molestation, the victim, who had been diagnosed with a rare cancer in 2000, was 13, his brother was 12, and their sister was 16). In the documents reviewed by TSG, the brothers appear a potent one-two punch of first-hand accounts of alleged Jackson misdeeds. They corroborated many of each other's lurid stories, providing the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department and District Attorney Thomas Sneddon with a stereophonic sleaze compendium. While their sister did not witness any sexual abuse--nor was she ever invited to stay in Jackson's bedroom--she told investigators that the entertainer provided her and her brothers with wine at Neverland and also said that her siblings each confided in her about Jackson's explicit sex talk. The older boy, she said, told her that Jackson gave them tequila and Skyy vodka and asked her not to tell their parents about his drinking (Jackson, the boys reported, often concealed the pair's wine (a/k/a "Jesus Juice") in cans of Diet Coke and Sprite). In addition, she told detectives that the older boy said Jackson would touch his behind outside his clothes, something that made her brother feel uncomfortable. According to the documents, the children's mother is a critical witness to the alleged http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jackson.html (2 of 9)30/06/2009 3:18:16 PM

MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution. Full Story »

MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop,

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conspiracy to imprison her family at Neverland in the wake of the February 2003 broadcast of "Living with Michael Jackson," the devastating Martin Bashir documentary. It was during that program that Jackson admitted--and strongly defended--sleeping with boys. At one point in the documentary--which first aired in England on February 3 and then in the U.S. three days later--the performer is seen with the 13-yearold accuser, who rests his head on Jackson's shoulder and talks glowingly about the singer. The woman contends that Jackson and several business associates began illegally scheming to keep her family caged up at Neverland the day after the Bashir documentary aired on Great Britain's ITV. Though Jackson is the only person charged in connection with this purported plot, five of his business associates were identified as unindicted co-conspirators in the performer's heavily redacted April 2004 indictment. Aides Frank Tyson and Vincent Amen, business managers Dieter Wiesner and Ronald Konitzer, and video producer Marc Schaffel are accused of helping Jackson orchestrate the conspiracy, which included plans to ship the family off for safekeeping in Brazil. Family members were repeatedly told by the Jackson camp that the foreign move was necessary because numerous death threats had been directed at the family, according to investigative records. In a bid to buttress the conspiracy claim, prosecutors elicited grand jury testimony from several Jackson associates, most of whom dealt with the family post-Bashir. Those witnesses included Neverland employees like security chief Jesus Salas, guards Christopher Carter and Brian Barron, public relations aide Ann Gabriel, and Schaffel cohort Christian Robinson, who testified with limited "use immunity" about the filming of the family's so-called rebuttal statement, a videotape they later told detectives they were strong-armed into making. Also, as they did during last year's grand jury presentment, prosecutors will display items seized from Jackson's ranch during a November 2003 court-authorized raid. Agents went in searching for pornography, underwear, and any material--photos, correspondence, etc.--further linking Jackson to the alleged victim. They left with more than they could have expected, netting items corroborative of the accounts provided to them by the two boys. The children's 36-year-old mother is, of course, a principal http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jackson.html (3 of 9)30/06/2009 3:18:16 PM

and a teenage boy in the singer's bedroom. Full Story »

APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn. Full Story »

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

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target of the Jackson defense team, which views her as a scheming grifter who has fabricated the abuse accounts, programmed these tawdry tales of masturbation and soiled underwear into her children, and, despite assertions that she is not chasing money, is expecting some kind of future financial windfall. The confidential law enforcement records also document how the family's story changed shortly after the mother hired legal counsel in mid-2003. Until that point, the family had vehemently denied any improprieties by Jackson in interviews with Los Angeles child welfare officials and Santa Barbara Sheriff's deputies. And they sang Jackson's praises in the rebuttal videotape shot by Schaffel's film crew two weeks after the Bashir documentary aired on ABC's "20/20." In addition, Jackson's lawyers have pointed out that, according to Sneddon, the alleged conspiracy to silence the family began more than two weeks before the first molestation incident is alleged to have occurred. The cover-up, Team Jackson argues, began before any crimes occurred. NEXT PAGE →

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MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Full Story »

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story » http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jackson.html (4 of 9)30/06/2009 3:18:16 PM

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FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Full Report »

FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did." Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other key witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jackson.html (5 of 9)30/06/2009 3:18:16 PM

The Case Against Michael Jackson - January 6, 2005

children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

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Neverland's naughty stash discovered in raid JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys-and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. A nine-page inventory of items removed from Jackson's Neverland chamber reveals that investigators found a photo of the child in his nightstand, a folder of e-mails about the youngster, and several letters and cards from the boy, who signed one missive with his Jackson-bestowed nickname, "Doo Doo Head." Pornographic magazines like Club, Barely Legal, and Couples were found in a leather bag next to the bathroom sink, in a box at the base of Jackson's bed, in a Samsonite briefcase, and inside the nightstand. Four "Barely Legal" DVDs and the hustler documentary "Pimp Up, Ho's Down" comprised his bedroom's video library on the November 2003 http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jacksonhouse.html (1 of 9)30/06/2009 3:18:24 PM

JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate. Full Story »

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morning when investigators arrived unannounced. The affidavit sworn in support of the Neverland raid lists items that investigators were looking for, including magazines depicting lewd acts involving minors and/or adults, any photo of a minor without clothes, and any images showing and representing children and/or animals engaging in sexual conduct. Seized item #365 is described as "2 books of photographs of nude women and boys, located in master bedroom." And then there was the underwear. Since the victim told detectives that, after sexual encounters, Jackson had him swap his dirty underwear for clean garments, investigators were on the lookout for the brand and size the boy said he wore--Hanes white briefs, size "small." The inventory reveals that the raiding party booked into evidence item #327, "Underwear: Hanes: White boys underwear located in Paris' bathroom." Paris Jackson is the singer's six-year-old daughter. On a related note, agents cut away portions from the top and bottom of Jackson's mattress, and walked out with the entertainer's mattress pad. Jackson's bathroom, where he apparently spends quality time, yielded all sorts of interesting items, including open bottles of Jack Daniels and Pinot Noir, a book "containing nude photographs of men," two nude art magazines, and three "books containing nude photos in plastic bag." Other assorted items scooped by the raiding party were a "book containing pictures of children on beach," a photo inscribed "To Apple Head," a letter addressed "Dear Apple Head," commercially produced photographs of semi-nude girl, and a Liza Minnelli Christmas invitation. Finally, sometimes there is less than meets the eye when it comes to search warrant inventories: On the inventory, Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department officials reported seizing "The Chop Suey Club" a book described as containing "photos of nude young boys." While it may sound to the http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jacksonhouse.html (2 of 9)30/06/2009 3:18:24 PM

MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution. Full Story »

MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop,

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uninitiated like some Asian rough trade volume, the book is actually by famed fashion photographer Bruce Weber. The book "Poo-Chi," detectives wrote, contained "photographs of female groin area." Officers, they only look like the female groin area! The volume is the, um, inventive work of Mayumi Lake, who photographs underarms and knees to create the illusion that you are looking at a woman's nether region. Some photo titles: "Wetting Porn," "Puffy Pink Porn," and "Cheerleader Porn."

and a teenage boy in the singer's bedroom. Full Story »

APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn. Full Story »

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

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MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Full Story »

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story » http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jacksonhouse.html (4 of 9)30/06/2009 3:18:24 PM

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FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Full Report »

FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did." Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other key witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jacksonhouse.html (5 of 9)30/06/2009 3:18:24 PM

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children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

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The Mug Shot The Felony Complaint The Indictment DCFS Memo Finds Charges "Unfounded" 5. 1993 Declaration Of Alleged Victim 6. Jackson Pays Off His 1993 Accuser

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The Case Against Michael Jackson The Telltale "Splotch"

Photos of Jackson's body confirmed '93 claims JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. A detailed recounting of the criminal probe of Jackson is contained in sealed documents reviewed by TSG. An affidavit from former Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department deputy Deborah Linden was filed in 1993 to secure court permission to photograph Jackson's private parts. Investigators sought the images in a bid to corroborate allegations made by 13-year-old Jordan Chandler. The boy told police that Jackson frequently masturbated him, adding that he could provide a detailed description of the star's penis as a way of proving the pair had been intimate. According to the Linden affidavit, Chandler told police that Jackson justified the illicit acts by saying, "it was okay and natural because other friends had done this" http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jacksonsplotch.html (1 of 9)30/06/2009 3:18:58 PM

JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate. Full Story »

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with him. The singer, then in his mid-30s, also allegedly told the boy that, "masturbation is a wonderful thing." The celebrity also told Chandler that if he ever spoke about the incidents, he would be "placed in Juvenile Hall," and they both would get in trouble. The document also describes a confrontation between Jackson and Chandler's father Evan, who suspected that the performer may have been assaulting his son during sleepovers. The elder Chandler tracked Jackson down to his "hideaway apartment" in Los Angeles. The boy's father asked Jackson, "Are you fucking my kid?" The entertainer "became very upset" and told Chandler that he did not use that word. Linden notes that the singer did not answer the question or deny the allegation. With Los Angeles Police Department detectives weighing his claims, Chandler gave them a roadmap to Jackson's below-the-waist geography, which, he said, includes distinctive "splotches" on his buttocks and one on his penis, "which is a light color similar to the color of his face." The boy's information was so precise, he even pinpointed where the splotch fell while Jackson's penis was erect, the length of the performer's pubic hair, and that he was circumcised. It wasn't long after law enforcement's photo session that Jackson agreed to settle Chandler's civil claim for north of $20 million. In a recent sealed affidavit, Tom Sneddon is quoted as saying that Chandler's presearch description (and a drawing) "corroborated" photos taken of Jackson and observations made by officers who examined the body of evidence. In light of Sneddon's proclivity for hardball tactics, perhaps it shouldn't be a surprise if he tries to have those old images finally admitted into evidence. We're pretty sure Jackson would oppose that, though he did tell Chandler years ago that he was "proud of his coloration" and thought he "looked like Pan."

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MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution. Full Story »

MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop,

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APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn. Full Story »

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

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MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Full Story »

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story » http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jacksonsplotch.html (4 of 9)30/06/2009 3:18:58 PM

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FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Full Report »

FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did." Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other key witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jacksonsplotch.html (5 of 9)30/06/2009 3:18:58 PM

The Case Against Michael Jackson - January 6, 2005

children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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The Case Against Michael Jackson - January 6, 2005

JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

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The Case Against Michael Jackson Urine Problem?

The strange story of a "spilled" sample JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. The urine plot is one of 28 "overt acts" that comprise a felony conspiracy count included in the pop star's April 2004 indictment. While details of those specific acts have been redacted from the charging instrument, TSG has reviewed sealed court, police, and grand jury records that detail the nature of the purported conspiracy hatched by Jackson and several associates. The urine caper occurred in March 2003, several weeks after Jackson allegedly began providing wine and assorted booze (Jim Beam, tequila, vodka) to the 13-yearold boy, who had been diagnosed in 2000 with a rare form of cancer and lost a kidney and a spleen to the disease. On the night before the urinalysis, Jackson told the boy of his concern that the alcohol might be detected, a worry the child shared with his mother the following day as they were driven to a medical laboratory. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jacksonurine.html (1 of 9)30/06/2009 3:19:12 PM

JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate. Full Story »

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According to a sealed search warrant affidavit, the boy was scheduled to submit a 24hour urine sample for a creatinine clearance test, which allows his doctor to monitor the health of the youngster's remaining kidney. The large sample was stored inside a car carrying the boy, his mother, and driver Vincent Amen, a Jackson aide, from Neverland Ranch to the Los Angeles lab. En route to the lab, Amen pulled over at a restaurant so the woman could use the restroom. When she returned, she discovered "the container of [the boy's] urine was almost empty, though it had been full before they stopped at the restaurant." The mother told detectives that when she questioned Amen about missing urine, "Vinny told her that he accidentally knocked it over and spilled the contents," according to the affidavit.

MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution. Full Story »

But she did not buy that excuse, especially since the container had a screw-on top, making an accidental spill nearly impossible. Instead, she believed that Amen dumped most of the urine to stymie the test and keep Jackson's provision of alcohol to the 13-year-old a secret. If that was, in fact, Team Jacko's goal, it worked. While the mother and son continued on to the lab and submitted the remains of the urine sample, they subsequently received a letter from Kaiser informing them, the affidavit stated, "that the sample was insufficient" to perform the creatinine clearance test. In an interview with detectives, the woman said that the urine episode served to confirm her belief that the Jackson camp was a bunch of scheming manipulators. "After Vinny spilled [the boy]'s urine sample, she finally felt she had something people were going to believe and that she was not crazy," one investigator wrote. Until then, she "had been very careful about not telling anyone about what has happened to her and her family," since a Jackson lieutenant once cautioned her that the performer's camp "did things a certain way, so that if she ever went to somebody they would be able to refute her."

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MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop,

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APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn. Full Story »

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

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MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Full Story »

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story » http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jacksonurine.html (4 of 9)30/06/2009 3:19:12 PM

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FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Full Report »

FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did." Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other key witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/010605jacksonurine.html (5 of 9)30/06/2009 3:19:12 PM

The Case Against Michael Jackson - January 6, 2005

children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

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This is the confidential Department of Children & Family Services memorandum detailing the Los Angeles child welfare agency's February 2003 investigation into sexual abuse allegations against Michael Jackson. The Smoking Gun has blurred the names of the children involved in the probe, which ended with a finding that the charges were "unfounded." Click here for Court TV's comprehensive coverage of the Jackson case.

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Inside The Jackson Grand Jury - February 17, 2005

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The Smoking Gun obtains 1903-page record of panel that indicted Michael Jackson on molestation and conspiracy charges FEBRUARY 17--It has been ten months since a Santa Barbara grand jury voted to indict Michael Jackson on charges that he molested a 13-year-old boy and conspired with several associates to falsely imprison the child and his family at the singer's Neverland Ranch. Due to extraordinary (some say unwarranted) secrecy imposed on the case by Judge Rodney Melville, the grand jury transcript--not to mention many court filings, search warrants, and other usually public documents--remain under seal, cloaking many case details. In fact, the 13-page indictment itself has only been released in a redacted form, with six entire pages removed. Last month, The Smoking Gun provided the first detailed, behind-the-scenes account of the case, which was based on a review of scores of confidential law enforcement reports, sealed court records, and grand jury transcript. Today we go a step further with the publication of hundreds of pages of secret grand jury transcript. In addition, we've published three new stories about the Jackson probe, all based on http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/021505mjgrandjury.html (1 of 9)30/06/2009 3:33:04 PM

JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate. Full Story »

MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution.

Inside The Jackson Grand Jury - February 17, 2005

our review of the transcript and other confidential investigative records. Click here for those reports. The complete grand jury transcript runs 1903 pages and includes the testimony of 41 witnesses, including the alleged victim and six members of his family, several Jackson employees and associates, flight attendants, child welfare officials, four lawyers, one clinical psychologist, and a comedy club owner. Below you'll find the complete testimony given last spring by the alleged victim, his younger brother, sister, and mother. Since TSG does not identify alleged sexual abuse victims (or family members), we've covered their names with the aliases they have been assigned in court filings. The teenage accuser, now 15, is "John Doe." His mother is "Jane Doe." His 13-year-old brother is "James Doe." And his 18-year-old sister is "Judy Doe." In addition to the family's testimony, since a prosecutor read the entire Jackson indictment to the grand jury, we've included those transcript pages that provide a verbatim account of what's on the six pages that have been cloaked for nearly a year. We're scanning as fast as we can and plan on posting most witness testimony, so check back in the next day for continuing additions.

JOHN DOE: In two appearances, the 15-year-old accuser tells grand jurors that his relationship with Jackson began when he was hospitalized with cancer. It ended, the boy testified, shortly after the performer allegedly molested him inside a Neverland Ranch bedroom. March 30, 2004 testimony (112 pages)

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MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop, and a teenage boy in the singer's bedroom.

April 15, 2004 testimony (42 pages) Full Story »

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JAMES DOE: In highly detailed testimony, the 13-year-old brother of the alleged victim recounts watching, on two occasions, as Jackson molested his sibling. The child also tells the panel that the singer gave him wine, displayed pornography to minors, and once paraded nude in front of him. March 29, 2004 testimony (119 pages) April 15, 2004 testimony (51 pages)

JANE DOE: Derided by Team Jackson as a grifter on the make, the accuser's mother claims she was terrorized by the singer's associates. During two appearances, the 36-year-old occasionally seems erratic--and even the prosecutor questioning her has a hard time keeping her in check.

APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn. Full Story »

April 6, 2004 testimony (102 pages) April 7, 2004 testimony (173 pages)

JUDY DOE: Like most girls in boycentric Neverland, the 18-yearold was the third sibling out on visits to Jackson's ranch. She didn't even rate a nickname like her brothers, whom the performer dubbed Blowhole and Doo Doo Head.

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

March 30, 2004 testimony (66 pages)

INDICTMENT: While details of the alleged criminal conspiracy hatched by Jackson have been judicially scrubbed from court files, they were read verbatim into the record on April 20, 2004 by prosecutor Ronald Zonen.

MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges.

Read the indictment (9 pages) Full Story »

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Inside The Jackson Grand Jury - February 17, 2005

LARRY FELDMAN: The Los Angeles lawyer, who represented the boy who made molestation allegations against Jackson in 1993, told grand jurors that John Doe's mother was not angling for a payday: "If I wanted to settle this lawsuit for money...or the kid wanted to do that, all I had to do was pick up a phone and tell them what I had." March 29, 2004 testimony (21 pages)

DR. STANLEY KATZ: Acting on a referral from Feldman, the clinical psychologist interviewed the accuser and his brother. During these sessions, the children spoke about their relationship with Jackson, admissions that caused Feldman to report his suspicions of abuse and molestation to child welfare and law enforcement officials.

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

March 29, 2004 testimony (18 pages)

JESUS SALAS: Until his resignation in June 2003, Salas had been a fixture at Neverland since Jackson purchased the ranch in the mid80s. Salas, the property's house manager, testified that Jane Doe "wasn't allowed to leave" Neverland without the approval of Jackson aides Dieter Wiesner and Frank Cascio. Asked by prosecutor Gordon Auchincloss if he believed Doe family members were held against their will, Salas answered, "Yes."

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story »

March 30, 2004 testimony (25 pages)

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Inside The Jackson Grand Jury - February 17, 2005

BRIAN BARRON: The part-time Neverland Ranch security guard told grand jurors that, during the period the Doe family was allegedly falsely imprisoned, he saw a written directive posted in the estate's security office regarding the teen accuser. According to Barron, the directive notified guards that the boy was "not allowed off property." As the panel was informed, Barron's full-time gig is with the Guadalupe Police Department, where he works as a patrol officer and K-9 handler. April 12, 2004 testimony (23 pages)

FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Full Report »

MARIA DOE: Testifying in Spanish through an interpreter, John Doe's maternal grandmother told jurors about alleged threats and harassment directed at family members following their departure from Jackson's estate. She also claimed that before her grandchildren went to Neverland she gave them this curious warning: "...little boys should never allow themselves to be touched by anybody." April 7, 2004 testimony (23 pages)

OPENING STATEMENT: On the grand jury's opening day, prosecutor Ronald Zonen gave panel members a broad outline of the charges against Jackson, as well as brief biographical sketches of Doe family members. March 29, 2004 statement (21 pages)

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FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did." Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other key witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the children's accounts of their troubling

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MICHAEL DAVY: Corroborating Doe family claims that they were being surveilled after leaving Neverland, Davy, an official with the Los Angeles Unified School District, testified that he saw a man videotaping the accuser in front of the child's school. Davy chased the man, who cops later identified as working for Jackson's private investigator, Bradley Miller. April 6, 2004 testimony (18 pages)

CYNTHIA BELL: According to the corporate flight attendant, Jackson was among the most nervous fliers she'd seen, and apparently calmed himself with in-flight shotgunning of wine and other alcohol (which he guzzled from an emptied-out Diet Coke can). Along with describing the pop star as "touchy-feely," Bell called John Doe "very rude" and a "weird kid" who was "defensive when I had conversations with Mr. Jackson." April 1, 2004 testimony (21 pages)

LAUREN WALLACE: When Jackson flew on chartered Gulfstream jets, he had one principal "unwritten special request," according to Wallace, a flight attendant. "The first one is--the white wine in the Diet Coke can," testified Wallace. April 1, 2004 testimony (14 pages)

relationship with Jackson. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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CHRISTOPHER CARTER: A bodyguard who shadowed Jackson round-the-clock, Carter recalled how he once discovered John Doe intoxicated at Neverland. After advising the boy he should not drink, Carter testified that the child responded, "Well, I can handle it. Michael said if I can handle it, it's okay. It's part of being a man." Asked about the accuser and his siblings, Carter described the children "running around the ranch like reckless," adding that it "was getting on Mr. Jackson's nerves in a way." April 2, 2004 testimony (32 pages)

JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

ANN GABRIEL: Hired as part of a post-Bashir damage control effort, Gabriel testified that she was made "sick to my stomach" by the maneuverings of some Jackson associates. "I felt personally like this was something out of a very bad 'B' movie," she told jurors. Gabriel also recalled a conversation with Jackson lawyer David LeGrand during which the attorney gleefully told of plans to smear Jane Doe as a "crack whore." April 15, 2004 testimony (48 pages)

JAMIE MASADA: The owner of Hollywood's Laugh Factory comedy club, Masada met the accuser's family before John Doe was diagnosed with cancer. After the child fell ill, Masada arranged for him to meet comedians like Adam Sandler and Chris Tucker. More importantly, Masada also facilitated the boy's initial contact with Jackson in mid-2000 (which came while the child, then 10, was hospitalized). March 30, 2004 testimony (18 pages)

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JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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HAMID MOSLEHI: The Los Angeles videographer, who worked frequently for Jackson, testified that he was hired to film the socalled rebuttal statements by the Doe family. Videotaped in Moslehi's home two weeks after the Bashir documentary aired, the Does had nothing but positive things to say about Jackson. However, their salutes did not appear in the rebuttal film produced by the Jackson camp and later aired on the Fox network. Moslehi testified that he refused to provide Jackson associate Marc Schaffel with the Doe interview tape because "my invoices were not being paid for a year and a half with Mr. Jackson." The Doe tape, however, was recovered during a police raid of Moslehi's West Hills home in November 2003.

JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

April 2, 2004 testimony (25 pages) JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

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JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate. Full Story »

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with the exception of the accuser and his brother--testified to ever seeing Jackson act inappropriately toward children. And since some of these 41 witnesses were close to the performer--including his round-the-clock bodyguard and Neverland's longtime house manager--this lack of independent corroboration of the boys's molestation claims reflects a key weakness in the prosecution case. In addition to testimony from Jackson aides and business associates, the 19 grand jurors were also presented with surveillance videos and a tape of a secretly recorded telephone conversation, powerful evidence that could support prosecution claims that Jackson and his cohorts conspired to threaten and falsely imprison the accuser and his family (see "Search. And Destroy?" sidebar at right). The Smoking Gun has reviewed sealed police and court records--including the 1903-page transcript from last year's grand jury proceeding--that detail how District Attorney Tom Sneddon and fellow prosecutors methodically sought to buttress testimony from the boys, their sister, and mother. While the brothers are the only witnesses to the four acts of molestation charged in the Jackson indictment, grand jurors heard damaging testimony from Jackson insiders, most of which served to flesh out details of the alleged conspiracy to silence, extort, and falsely imprison the accuser, then 13, and his family. Highlights of the grand jury presentment included: * A California cop who moonlighted as a Neverland Ranch security guard told of seeing a written directive ordering that the accuser not be allowed to leave the 2800acre property. The directive, posted in the estate's security office, came during the period in which investigators allege the boy and his family were imprisoned at Jackson's estate. * An ex-bodyguard who testified that his job was to shadow Jackson 24 hours a day, said that one afternoon he discovered the teenage accuser drunk. When he confronted the boy and told him he should not be imbibing, the child replied, "Well, I can handle it. Michael said if I can handle it, it's okay. It's part of being a man." Jackson has been charged with four felony counts of providing booze to the accuser, a cancer survivor who lost his spleen and a kidney to the disease. * Jackson's former house manager testified that the accuser and his family were held against their will at Neverland and that two of the singer's top aides told him that the boy's mother "wasn't allowed to leave the property." He also noted that the alleged victim and his brother, then 11, slept almost every night with Jackson in the singer's bedroom. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0215051jackson1.html (2 of 9)30/06/2009 3:34:36 PM

MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution. Full Story »

MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop,

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* A public relations expert hired to handle crisis management chores for Jackson testified that one of the singer's lawyers was "absolutely gleeful" when he told of plans to smear the accuser's mother as a "crack whore." * A corporate flight attendant testified that Jackson was "secretive about his drinking" and rejected spirits she delivered in a "fluted crystal stem." Instead, the singer wanted his wine served in a Diet Coke can, which the woman emptied and refilled in the privacy of a Gulfstream bathroom. The alleged victim has testified that Jackson provided him wine concealed in a Diet Coke can on several occasions, including one cross-country trip staffed by the flight attendant. * A second attendant, who worked 18 Jackson flights, also told of the entertainer's principal travel request: "The first one is--the white wine in the Diet Coke can." * Corroborating accounts from the accuser's family, a school administrator testified that he chased away a man videotaping the alleged victim outside his Los Angeles middle school. Investigators determined that the thuggish surveillance agent--who tailed the accuser and his family after they left Neverland for the final time--was working for a private investigator hired by the Jackson camp. What follows are recaps of significant grand jury testimony given by witnesses likely to appear during the prosecution case against Jackson (the individual questioning of prospective jurors, the voir dire process, began yesterday).

BRIAN BARRON Of the 16 law enforcement officers to testify before the Jackson grand jury, 15 were part of the Santa Barbara investigative team targeting the pop star. But Brian Barron (pictured at left) surely had the most intimate knowledge of Neverland Ranch. That's because Barron, a patrol officer and K-9 handler with the nearby Guadalupe Police Department, has worked as a part-time security guard at the estate since 1997, when he was a police academy trainee.

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APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn. Full Story »

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

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After providing an overview of the property's security setup during his April 2004 testimony, Barron was asked by prosecutor Gordon Auchincloss about a directive posted in the Neverland security office in early-2003. Barron testified that a message on a whiteboard notified guards that "[the accuser] is not allowed off property." Asked if that was the first time a Neverland guest "was not allowed to leave," Barron answered, "Yes." He added that, during the week or so that the directive was posted, had the child tried to leave the property, "we would not have opened the gate" without first getting permission from a security supervisor or the ranch manager. Barron, who testified that he never saw Jackson act inappropriately with young boys, was not asked whether he ever questioned the directive (though as a cop he might have been expected to wonder what right Neverland brass had to issue such a detention order).

CHRISTOPHER CARTER After meeting Jackson at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Christopher Carter left the Strip in August 2002 for a temporary security gig with the King of Pop. After a trial run, he was hired full-time and would eventually, according to his grand jury testimony, "pretty much stay with [Jackson] 24 hours a day" until he quit Neverland in August 2003. During that year's employment, Carter testified, he observed Jackson entertaining the accuser, his brother, and three minor siblings of aide Frank Cascio in his office. Carter said the group watched movies as they sat around a table filled with glasses of wine (though Carter testified that he did not see the children drinking). But Jackson, he testified, would tell kids that he called wine "Jesus Juice," explaining that, "Jesus drank wine, so we shall be more like Jesus." Carter also recalled an encounter with the tipsy teenage accuser, who was planning to drunkenly pilot a golf cart around the Neverland property. "I was like, 'Whoa, whoa, whoa,'" Carter recalled, adding that when he told the child the should not drink, the boy claimed that Jackson told him if he could handle the booze, it was okay to drink. In police interviews and grand jury testimony, the child said that, despite his illness, Jackson encouraged him to drink, saying that the alcohol would relax him. In addition to his booze recollections, Carter reported that Jackson secretly monitored telephone calls placed by Neverland visitors. "He has a machine inside http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0215051jackson1.html (4 of 9)30/06/2009 3:34:36 PM

MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Full Story »

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story »

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his room, and pretty much he can pick up his phone any time he wants and listen on any call inside the ranch," Carter testified, noting that Jackson "showed me a tape of when he had did it." Carter added that he once walked into the singer's bedroom when "one of the kids" was eavesdropping on a call. This account dovetails with the accuser's grand jury testimony. The boy told the panel that Jackson demonstrated how the eavesdropping device worked and said that the entertainer "would like to listen to the security guards talking to their girlfriends and stuff." Both the accuser and his brother told sheriff's investigators that the listening device was used to monitor their mother's phone calls during the monthlong period the family was held at Neverland in early-2003. Like Barron, Carter testified that he never saw Jackson inappropriately touch anyone.

FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau. Full Report »

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FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

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Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: John Doe - February 17, 2005

Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: John Doe In two appearances, the 15-year-old accuser tells grand jurors that his relationship with Jackson began when he was hospitalized with cancer. It ended, the boy testified, shortly after the performer allegedly molested him inside a Neverland Ranch bedroom. Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: John Doe, Part 2 - February 17, 2005

Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: John Doe In two appearances, the 15-year-old accuser tells grand jurors that his relationship with Jackson began when he was hospitalized with cancer. It ended, the boy testified, shortly after the performer allegedly molested him inside a Neverland Ranch bedroom. Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: James Doe - February 17, 2005

Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: James Doe In highly detailed testimony, the 13-year-old brother of the alleged victim recounts watching, on two occasions, as Jackson molested his sibling. The child also tells the panel that the singer gave him wine, displayed pornography to minors, and once paraded nude in front of him. Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: James Doe - February 17, 2005

Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: James Doe In highly detailed testimony, the 13-year-old brother of the alleged victim recounts watching, on two occasions, as Jackson molested his sibling. The child also tells the panel that the singer gave him wine, displayed pornography to minors, and once paraded nude in front of him. Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Jane Doe - February 17, 2005

Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Jane Doe Derided by Team Jackson as a grifter on the make, the accuser's mother claims she was terrorized by the singer's associates. During two appearances, the 36-year-old occasionally seems erratic--and even the prosecutor questioning her has a hard time keeping her in check. Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Jane Doe - February 17, 2005

Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Jane Doe Derided by Team Jackson as a grifter on the make, the accuser's mother claims she was terrorized by the singer's associates. During two appearances, the 36-year-old occasionally seems erratic--and even the prosecutor questioning her has a hard time keeping her in check. Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Judy Doe - February 17, 2005

Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Judy Doe Like most girls in boycentric Neverland, the 18-year-old was the third sibling out on visits to Jackson's ranch. She didn't even rate a nickname like her brothers, whom the performer dubbed Blowhole and Doo Doo Head. Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: The Indictment - February 17, 2005

Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Indictment While details of the alleged criminal conspiracy hatched by Jackson have been judicially scrubbed from court files, they were read verbatim into the record on April 20, 2004 by prosecutor Ronald Zonen. Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Larry Feldman - February 17, 2005

Jackson Grand Jury: Larry Feldman The Los Angeles lawyer, who represented the boy who made molestation allegations against Jackson in 1993, told grand jurors that John Doe's mother was not angling for a payday: "If I wanted to settle this lawsuit for money...or the kid wanted to do that, all I had to do was pick up a phone and tell them what I had." Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Stanley Katz - February 17, 2005

Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Stanley Katz Acting on a referral from Feldman, the clinical psychologist interviewed the accuser and his brother. During these sessions, the children spoke about their relationship with Jackson, admissions that caused Feldman to report his suspicions of abuse and molestation to child welfare and law enforcement officials. Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Jesus Salas - February 17, 2005

Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Jesus Salas Until his resignation in June 2003, Salas had been a fixture at Neverland since Jackson purchased the ranch in the mid-80s. Salas, the property's house manager, testified that Jane Doe "wasn't allowed to leave" Neverland without the approval of Jackson aides Dieter Wiesner and Frank Cascio. Asked by prosecutor Gordon Auchincloss if he believed Doe family members were held against their will, Salas answered, "Yes." Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Brian Barron - February 17, 2005

Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Brian Barron The part-time Neverland Ranch security guard told grand jurors that, during the period the Doe family was allegedly falsely imprisoned, he saw a written directive posted in the estate's security office regarding the teen accuser. According to Barron, the directive notified guards that the boy was "not allowed off property." As the panel was informed, Barron's full-time gig is with the Guadalupe Police Department, where he works as a patrol officer and K-9 handler. Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Maria Doe - February 18, 2005

Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Maria Doe Testifying in Spanish through an interpreter, John Doe's maternal grandmother told jurors about alleged threats and harassment directed at family members following their departure from Jackson's estate. She also claimed that before her grandchildren went to Neverland she gave them this curious warning: "...little boys should never allow themselves to be touched by anybody." Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Opening Statement - February 18, 2005

Jackson Grand Jury: Opening Statement On the grand jury's opening day, prosecutor Ronald Zonen gave panel members a broad outline of the charges against Jackson, as well as brief biographical sketches of Doe family members. Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Michael Davy - February 18, 2005

Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Michael Davy Corroborating Doe family claims that they were being surveilled after leaving Neverland, Davy, an official with the Los Angeles Unified School District, testified that he saw a man videotaping the accuser in front of the child's school. Davy chased the man, who cops later identified as working for Jackson's private investigator, Bradley Miller. Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Lauren Wallace - February 18, 2005

Jackson Grand Jury: Lauren Wallace When Jackson flew on chartered Gulfstream jets, he had one principal "unwritten special request," according to Wallace, a flight attendant. "The first one is--the white wine in the Diet Coke can," testified Wallace. Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Christopher Carter - February 22, 2005

Jackson Grand Jury: Christopher Carter A bodyguard who shadowed Jackson round-the-clock, Carter recalled how he once discovered John Doe intoxicated at Neverland. After advising the boy he should not drink, Carter testified that the child responded, "Well, I can handle it. Michael said if I can handle it, it's okay. It's part of being a man." Asked about the accuser and his siblings, Carter described the children "running around the ranch like reckless," adding that it "was getting on Mr. Jackson's nerves in a way." Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Ann Gabriel - February 22, 2005

Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Ann Gabriel Hired as part of a post-Bashir damage control effort, Gabriel testified that she was made "sick to my stomach" by the maneuverings of some Jackson associates. "I felt personally like this was something out of a very bad 'B' movie," she told jurors. Gabriel also recalled a conversation with Jackson lawyer David LeGrand during which the attorney gleefully told of plans to smear Jane Doe as a "crack whore." Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Jamie Masada - February 22, 2005

Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Jamie Masada The owner of Hollywood's Laugh Factory comedy club, Masada met the accuser's family before John Doe was diagnosed with cancer. After the child fell ill, Masada arranged for him to meet comedians like Adam Sandler and Chris Tucker. More importantly, Masada also facilitated the boy's initial contact with Jackson in mid2000 (which came while the child, then 10, was hospitalized). Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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Inside The Jackson Grand Jury: Hamid Moslehi - February 22, 2005

Jackson Grand Jury: Hamid Moslehi The Los Angeles videographer, who worked frequently for Jackson, testified that he was hired to film the so-called rebuttal statements by the Doe family. Videotaped in Moslehi's home two weeks after the Bashir documentary aired, the Does had nothing but positive things to say about Jackson. However, their salutes did not appear in the rebuttal film produced by the Jackson camp and later aired on the Fox network. Moslehi testified that he refused to provide Jackson associate Marc Schaffel with the Doe interview tape because "my invoices were not being paid for a year and a half with Mr. Jackson." The Doe tape, however, was recovered during a police raid of Moslehi's West Hills home in November 2003. Join TSG's mailing list. Search The Smoking Gun. E-mail story to a friend.

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The Case Against Michael Jackson: The Witnesses - February 15, 2005

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continued JESUS SALAS When Jackson purchased Neverland in the mid-1980s, Jesus Salas was already working at the 2800-acre estate. He stayed on and eventually became the property's house manager before resigning in June 2003. During his March 30 grand jury appearance, Salas testified that the accuser's mother was crying and distraught during her early-2003 stay at Neverland. Salas said that, on the orders of Cascio and Dieter Wiesner (a German businessman who comanaged Jackson), the woman "wasn't allowed to leave" the California property. However, Salas testified, he agreed one night to drive the woman and her three children from Neverland to their Los Angeles home (they were transported there in a Rolls Royce). After the family subsequently returned to the estate, Salas testified, he was told by Cascio that if the accuser's family again sought to depart Neverland, the Jackson camp "would decide if she was going to be able to leave or not." He added, "It had to be okay with them." http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0215051jackson2.html (1 of 9)30/06/2009 3:47:46 PM

JUNE 13--In a stunning and sweeping victory for Michael Jackson, a California jury today acquitted the singer of charges that he molested a teenage cancer survivor and conspired to falsely imprison the boy and his family at his sprawling Neverland Ranch estate. Full Story »

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Prosecutors contend that Jackson and his cohorts sought to initially isolate the family at the property in a bid to stymie any possible contact with law enforcement officials or the press. They then plotted to ship the family off to Brazil, claiming that the move was needed because of purported death threats. "Did it appear to you, based on everything you saw that [family members] were being held against their will?" Auchincloss asked Salas. He answered, "I would say yes."

ANN GABRIEL Hired days after the February 6, 2003 U.S. broadcast of Martin Bashir's "Living with Michael Jackson" documentary, Ann Gabriel briefly handled crisis management and public relations chores for the entertainer. She was hired by David LeGrand, a Las Vegas attorney who began representing Jackson in January 2003.

Gabriel, who spent only two weeks with the so-called Michael Jackson Working Group, told grand jurors that she dealt principally with Marc Schaffel, a Jackson intimate who prosecutors have named an unindicted co-conspirator of the performer. Gabriel testified that after the accuser and his family unexpectedly left Neverland one night (apparently in the Rolls driven by Salas), an "extremely upset and agitated" Schaffel called her to say that "there was a problem at the ranch." Schaffel, she testified, said he was worried that the mother might seek to sell her story to a British tabloid. In a subsequent conversation, Schaffel told Gabriel that "the situation had been contained" and "we found them and brought them back to the ranch." Schaffel's reference to a "situation" being "contained" left Gabriel concerned. "I felt personally like this was something out of a very bad 'B' movie. It made me sick to my stomach," she testified. After repeating to http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0215051jackson2.html (2 of 9)30/06/2009 3:47:46 PM

MAY 24--Despite his positioning as a crucial defense witness in the Michael Jackson case, comedian Jay Leno today fired a blank on the witness stand, testifying that he was never asked for money when contacted five years ago by the Los Angeles teenager at the center of the current child molestation prosecution. Full Story »

MAY 11--Ending months of speculation and anticipation, Macaulay Culkin took the witness stand in the Michael Jackson trial this morning and forcefully denied that the entertainer ever molested him, terming those claims "absolutely ridiculous." Full Story »

APRIL 21--Just when you thought the Michael Jackson case couldn't possibly get any sleazier, things have now officially hit the slippery slope. Literally. In a legal motion released late yesterday, prosecutors disclosed that they are seeking to present jurors with testimony from a former employee that involves a jar of Vaseline, an "aroused" King of Pop,

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The Case Against Michael Jackson: The Witnesses - February 15, 2005

LeGrand (pictured at left) what Schaffel said, Gabriel told the attorney, "Don't make me think that these people were basically hunted down like dogs and brought back to the ranch." LeGrand, Gabriel testified, "told me that he couldn't talk about it."

During one conversation with LeGrand, Gabriel testified, Jackson's lawyer said that he was not concerned about the accuser's mother. "We've got her on tape and we're going to make her look like a crack whore," LeGrand said, according to Gabriel's grand jury testimony. "The only thing I can tell you adamantly is that he was absolutely gleeful when he said that to me," she added. Gabriel, who said she disagreed with the Jackson team's cautionary PR style, was canned via e-mail in mid-February. A Jackson associate previously told TSG that she got bounced after booking herself on "Access Hollywood" without Working Group authorization.

and a teenage boy in the singer's bedroom. Full Story »

APRIL 4--In a bid to convince jurors that Michael Jackson sexually molested Macaulay Culkin and screened X-rated movies for other boys visiting Neverland Ranch, prosecutors are expected to soon call as a government witness a Los Angeles man who has described himself as the "master authority" on Internet porn. Full Story »

MICHAEL DAVY In March 2003, after the accuser and his family left Neverland for the final time, the boy and his brother re-enrolled in an L.A. middle school. It was there that administrator Michael Davy confronted a man videotaping the children. Davy testified that he was alerted to the surveillance agent's presence by Jay Jackson, then the boyfriend of the pair's mother (he has since married her). Jackson had arrived at John Burroughs Middle School at dismissal time to pick up the boys when he spotted the man filming from a car. According to Davy's testimony, a "very agitated" Jackson told him about the surveillance, which prompted the educator to confront the man. "You can't videotape schoolchildren," Davy said he told the man, who detectives later identified as Johnny Majetich, a 43-year-old Los Angeles man working for Bradley Miller, Michael Jackson's private investigator. Since a school police officer was not on duty when Majetich was approached, Davy testified that he told cops about the incident the following day, and provided them with a description of Majetich's car, a pearl white Nissan. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0215051jackson2.html (3 of 9)30/06/2009 3:47:46 PM

MARCH 28--In a significant legal setback for Michael Jackson, a judge ruled today that Santa Barbara prosecutors can present jurors with evidence that the performer previously molested five young boys. Full Story »

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Davy's testimony corroborated family accounts that, after departing Neverland, they were harassed, followed, and intimidated by Majetich and other Jackson representatives.

CYNTHIA BELL Michael Jackson had terrible taste in wine. He preferred "yucky Kendall Jackson," which had to be decanted into an empty Diet Coke can before it was served, testified flight attendant Cynthia Bell. His food of choice on chartered Gulfstream jets was "KFC with all the fixings." Bell testified that the first time she flew with Jackson, the performer's doctor "pulled me aside on the ground and asked me to make certain that Mr. Jackson had wine." When she tried to serve Jackson the wine in a fluted crystal stem, "he sat the drink down and went, 'No.' At that point I went ahead and took away the glass and put it in a Diet Coke can." Though she had manned a previous Jackson flight--during which he drank alcohol from a "weird plastic mug thing"--Bell had forgotten that the star was a "secretive drinker." When Auchincloss asked about a February 2003 flight from Miami to Santa Barbara--on which the accuser and his family were passengers--Bell testified that Jackson drank wine and vodka to the point of intoxication. She said that the performer was seated next to the alleged victim and that Jackson "had his arm around him at times."

MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. Full Story »

MARCH 15--Michael Jackson "doesn't really qualify as a pedophile. He's really just this regressed 10-yearold." That was the surprising evaluation offered to police by Dr. Stanley Katz, the Los Angeles child psychologist who interviewed the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's brother--and who is expected to soon testify as a government witness at Jackson's molestation trial. Full Story »

According to the grand jury testimony of the accuser and his brother, Jackson gave them wine inside Diet Coke cans on the Florida-California trip. The younger boy told investigators that Jackson was "acting funny" during the flight, poking passengers "in the butt with his foot." The entertainer, then 44, also passed the time by placing obscene crank calls (the younger child said Jackson asked one person who answered the phone, "Does your pussy stink?"). It was also during this flight, according to testimony from the alleged victim's mother and brother, that Jackson http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0215051jackson2.html (4 of 9)30/06/2009 3:47:46 PM

MARCH 7--With their sister already struggling on the witness stand, the Los Angeles brothers at the heart of the molestation case against Michael Jackson are now waiting in the wings, with their anticipated testimony appearing more crucial than ever. Full Story »

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licked the accuser's head while the child slept.

LAUREN WALLACE Like Bell, Lauren Wallace flew with Jackson while working as a flight attendant for Xtra Jet, a Santa Monica charter firm. When asked if she fulfilled any "unwritten special requests" for Jackson, Wallace replied, "The first one is the--the white wine in the Diet Coke can."

FEBRUARY 28--TSG staffers will be reporting live from the Santa Maria courthouse with up-to-the-minute accounts of opening statements delivered by Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau.

BACK TO PAGE 1 Full Report »

Page 2 of 2 | 1 2 FEBRUARY 27--The Los Angeles boy who has accused Michael Jackson of molestation told investigators that the singer was a naif when it came to "the birds and the bees," claiming that his alleged abuser "didn't know much. I knew more than he did." Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--While the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other key witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the http://www.thesmokinggun.com/michaeljackson/0215051jackson2.html (5 of 9)30/06/2009 3:47:46 PM

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children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--In addition to valuable items of evidence seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, investigators also hit major paydirt while executing search warrants at the home of a business associate of the singer and the Beverly Hills office of a private investigator working for Jackson, according to sealed court records reviewed by TSG. Full Story »

FEBRUARY 17--During a November 2003 press conference called to announce criminal charges against Michael Jackson, Santa Barbara investigators were asked about the prospect of additional victims besides the Los Angeles boy who had accused the entertainer of molestation. Sheriff Jim Anderson replied, "Yes, there is that possibility and we would encourage the public to come forward if they have any information" about similar sexual assaults. Full Story »

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JANUARY 13--Two New Jersey children were served alcohol by Michael Jackson during an early-2003 visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch, according to police interviews with the California boy who has accused Jackson of sexual molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--While jury selection is scheduled to begin later this month, specific details of the criminal molestation case against Michael Jackson have been shrouded through a judicial gag order, heavily redacted legal filings, sealed court proceedings, and other secrecy measures. But now, for the first time, The Smoking Gun has compiled an authoritative, behindthe-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop. Full Story »

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JANUARY 6--A raid of Michael Jackson's bedroom suite turned up porn galore--including books of photographs of nude women and boys--and many items related to the 13-year-old boy who has accused the singer of molestation. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--As search warrants go, you won't find one more intrusive than the one executed on Michael Jackson's, um, person in 1993. And the results of that intimate Kodak moment from a decade ago could resurface in the performer's upcoming molestation trial. Full Story »

JANUARY 6--Concerned that a urine test would reveal that he was giving alcohol to a teenage boy, Michael Jackson allegedly participated in a bizarre scheme to dump the sample, according to sealed investigative records. Full Story »

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The Mug Shot The Felony Complaint The Indictment DCFS Memo Finds Charges "Unfounded" 5. 1993 Declaration Of Alleged Victim 6. Jackson Pays Off His 1993 Accuser

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