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Why Michael Jackson May Never Be Convicted
« on: Mar 14th, 2005, 4:16pm »
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Accuser: Jackson 'Did Nothing to Me'
 
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. - The boy who says Michael Jackson molested him acknowledged under cross-examination Monday that he told an administrator at his school that the pop star "didn't do anything to me."
 
The teenager was asked about conversations he had with Jeffrey Alpert, the dean at John Burroughs Middle School in Los Angeles, where the boy had a history of acting up in class.
 
"I told Dean Alpert he didn't do anything to me," the boy said under questioning by Jackson attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr. "I told him twice."
 
Prosecutors allege Jackson, 46, plied the boy with alcohol and molested him at his Neverland Ranch in 2003.
 
The pop star, who was threatened with arrest when he failed to show up in court on time Thursday, arrived on schedule Monday. Unlike last time, when a disheveled Jackson finally arrived in a coat, T-shirt and pajama bottoms, he wore a smart red jacket with a black armband and black slacks. His parents escorted him inside.
 
Mesereau, during his cross-examination of the boy, quoted Alpert as telling the youngster: "Look at me, look at me. ... I can't help you unless you tell me the truth - did any of this happen?"
 
When asked when the conversation occurred, the boy said: "I believe it was after I came back from Neverland."
 
It was not clear in court why the dean asked the boy about Jackson. But Mesereau confronted the teenager with school records that showed that nine teachers had complained about the boy's disruptive behavior, events that the boy acknowledged.
 
Of one teacher, he said, "I felt as if he didn't deserve respect as a teacher. I didn't respect him as a person."
 
He complained on the witness stand about the teaching methods of virtually every teacher mentioned.
 
"When I would stand up to teachers the other students would congratulate me," he said. He added: "I was argumentative at times. I didn't like the way they taught me. I wasn't learning anything."
 
Mesereau also cross-examined the accuser about similarities between a statement he testified Jackson made about masturbation and an earlier statement the boy attributed to his grandmother.
 
On Thursday, the boy testified Thursday that Jackson told him that if men do not masturbate, they might rape women. Mesereau noted that the boy told sheriff's investigators in an interview that his grandmother had told him the same thing.
 
"Why did your story change between that interview and your testimony last Thursday?" Mesereau asked.
 
The boy denied changing his story. He said that both his grandmother and Jackson had told him the same thing, but the context was different.
 
"She was telling me it was OK to do it, and Michael was saying you have to do it," the boy said.
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Re: Why Michael Jackson May Never Be Convicted
« Reply #1 on: Mar 16th, 2005, 9:51am »
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Ladies and others, read this article I pulled up from the webpage.  The witness does not keep with the same story, thus his attorney will try to prove this kid and his brother are not  creditible witnesses.
If I were Michael's attorney, so would I.  Wouldn't you?
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« Reply #2 on: Mar 16th, 2005, 9:54am »
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Yep, just posted under another topic, the same comment.  That I as a child was molested by a family member, was 12 at the time.  And at 45 can still tell you exactly what happened and when and where and how many times.  So, it's really hard for me to believe that this kid can't remember what happened a few years ago...  Huh
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« Reply #3 on: Mar 16th, 2005, 12:06pm »
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Oh My!  Yesteach, I'm so sorry this happened to you.  I do agree that if this kind of traumatic event had happened to me, I certainly would remember every detail.
 
I'm so sad you've had to deal with this kind of issue in your life.
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« Reply #4 on: Mar 16th, 2005, 1:05pm »
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Well Especially after hearin the kid say something about he should have treated me better in my 11 year old mind completley sounds like he was coached, and because of the recent events I believe Jackson will walk free!
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« Reply #5 on: Mar 16th, 2005, 1:10pm »
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They are just talking circles around these kids.  Does it mean he didn't do it?  No, to me it just proves the lawyers are doing a good job of what they are paid to do.  I worked for 2 years with kids that were abused and for each it's different.  Some may remember vividly and some may have tried to block it out, etc. etc.  Did they tell a different story to different people?  Probably, kids will try to hide it from people, they've been groomed to lie about it and hide it.
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Re: Why Michael Jackson May Never Be Convicted
« Reply #6 on: Mar 22nd, 2005, 12:03am »
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is it michael's alibi or just the kids' excuse?
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« Reply #7 on: Mar 22nd, 2005, 10:11am »
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Brian Google up Michael's trial and you can see why?  
The DA has to have proof BEYOND a reasonable doubt to win this case.
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on Mar 16th, 2005, 9:54am, yesteach wrote:
Yep, just posted under another topic, the same comment.  That I as a child was molested by a family member, was 12 at the time.  And at 45 can still tell you exactly what happened and when and where and how many times.  So, it's really hard for me to believe that this kid can't remember what happened a few years ago...  Huh

 
I also was molested as a kid... and I think you guys are way off..............
 
If I had been molested by a man and then when I arrived back at school, the Principle asked me "if he touched you"? as if I would tell him anything. I would lie and say no to shut him up and then walk away. This doesnt make the kid a liar in regards to what happened, it simply points out that this principle isnt someone the kid has confidence in. The kid has allready said that he doesnt like the teachers he has, this tells you that he probably doesnt like the principle too much either, what amazes me is that the attorney for the kid doesnt put him up on the stand to cross examine and ask why? Lawyers are preposed to be brilliant and the sad fact is that most of them are useless... but they sure know how to memorize........
 
 
 
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« Reply #9 on: Mar 22nd, 2005, 11:57am »
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Most trial Lawyers are heartless as to the feelings of others.
They play to "win" and that is all on their mind, winning!
Sad, but also true!
 
My heart goes out to anyone who has been molested as a child.
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« Reply #10 on: Mar 24th, 2005, 7:36am »
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MJ may be a weird guy but I believe that he's innocent.
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« Reply #11 on: Mar 24th, 2005, 7:47am »
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You're certainly entitled to your opinion, Genius...but  Roll Eyes .  I think something went on.  Even IF he didn't lay a hand on those boys, he still gave them alcohol to drink, made it too easy for them to have access to pornographic material, and used the accuser and his family to further his own image.
 
Genius, if you'll go to thesmokinggun.com you'll see transcripts from the 1993 accusers' testimony to the police.  He was able to accurately describe features of Jackson's private parts that no child should have known about.
 
Pedophiles don't tend to stop at one child.
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« Reply #12 on: Mar 24th, 2005, 8:28am »
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Rupey, I was very young in 93 and didn't folly this too much (I think i was 11 or 12).  I had no idea that was going on!!! How sickening!! I always thought he was guilty, but when you hear something like that, it just makes you shudder!!
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