[Izar]

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SANTA MARIA: Michael Jackson walked out of court a free man on Tuesday, cleared of all charges in a dramatic sex abuse trial that threatened to destroy his career and send him to prison for nearly two decades.

Jackson gripped the hand of his lead attorney, Tom Mesereau, as the verdicts were read to a courtroom packed with reporters and about three dozen fans of the 46-year-old entertainer, many of whom broke into prayers or sobs. Defence lawyer Susan Yu and Jackson’s mother, Katherine, wiped away tears as he was hustled from the courtroom and returned to his sprawling Neverland Valley ranch.

Jackson, who looked expressionless and gaunt as he left the court, refused comment but blew a kiss to waiting fans. He faced nearly two decades in prison if convicted on 10 counts of lewd acts with a child, giving a minor alcohol and conspiring to commit child abduction, extortion and false imprisonment. Outside the courthouse, the verdict triggered a frenzy among who camped there for more than a week awaiting word on Jackson’s fate. Many were dressed in white. Jackson’s defence team left the court without speaking to hundreds of reporters gathered outside from the US and more than 30 other countries.

The case against Jackson was sparked by a February ‘03 television documentary in which the singer was shown holding hands with his accuser and defending his practice of sharing a bed with young boys. The jury of eight women and four men considered testimony by 140 witnesses and looked at some 600 items of evidence, but appeared to have had little difficulty reaching a unanimous decision after seven days of deliberation. A posting on Jackson’s website, www.mjjsource.com, showed a hand giving the...

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Well, cleared... I still think he's guilty, they found kid's fingerprints on adult magazines there and he admitted he let them sleep in his bed, I mean come on...

[Echo_djinn]

Haha I was just about to make this topic. Meh, he got of lucky. They didn't have enough evidence on him. Just wait until halloween come up and I am sure this will happen all over again.

[Elliott]

It is partially the parents fault for allowing their children to sleep with him, but what normal person would sleep with little children? And the children themselves can also be blamed, attention seekers and wierdos. Everyone is at fault here.

[Izar]

The parents had no Idea that he was doing that to their children. They jsut thought it was a normal "wonderland" place where it was sopposed to be for a child's amusement. The children were forced, so it couldn't have been their fault.

[Eugine]

The people who saw all of the evidence found him not guilty. So why are you making assumptions, your simply relying on what the media says. They are simply ridiculing him all around.

[lifeform287]

I never really got to interested in this case anyway....never believe the media unless they have laser/bullet proof evidence. They led me astray once or twice....or ten.

I thought you we're leaving Eugine.

[Izar]

Eugine, not all of them completely believe that he was innocent, they don't have to, they just have to agree to the majority, and I'm not making assumptions. And I'm not caring about what the media says, they all say he's innocent around here.

[Echo_djinn]

MJ must have done something to them for this trial to have gone this long. I mean the kids knew when someone was doing things to them that is inappropriate that they have to go tell their parents or they wouldn't have gone and done so. MJ did commit a crime here no doubt about it but they just couldn't stick the case on him.

[Izar]

Well, his trial was sopposed to last all this week too, they cut it short. If he did it, end of story.

[Eugine]

I said I would of post sometimes <_<, but anyways what's done cannot be undone.

[lifeform287]

Eugine, on Jun 14 2005, 08:18 PM, said:

but anyways what's done cannot be undone.

Just like a TV show. You watched it, you can't unwatch it.

It was supposed to last all weeK? Really?

[Izar]

Yeah, Dunno what it stopped for, it's over, but I expect this is going to happen again, but with new people wanting to sue Michael Jackson...

[I'm Always BROKE]

Yeah he is free finaly...
I think he didn't did anything but who can tell...

[Neo]

I think he was innocent, and I second the jury's statement. I dont think MJ is a pedo... it just... isnt something for him.

[Wiflewood]

Even if he is guilty, at least he has the sense now not to do anything again.

[el_Sethro]

I don't know if he did it or not, and honestly, I don't give a damn.

[Golden Djinn13]

I don't think he did it, but he does need to stay away from children in the future. I heard that 7 people in that jury where parents and 1 of them had a family member that was in a situation like this, so for them to vote him not guilty, then obviously they believed strongly that he didnt do it.

P.S: It still doesnt mean that I dont think he is creepy

[Izar]

Where'd ya get that?

Yeah, he's a creepy dude.

Anyways, I think he did it, and even if he didn't, allowing kids to handle pornos should be a crime.

[Eugine]

Izar you just got a grudge against the man. He was cleared of ALL charges.

[Izar]

No, you don't have to agree with the jury. <_< And kids' fingerprints on pornos wasn't one of the charges. I don't have a "grudge" against the man, i would have no reason to. :P

[Venus_Man1]

Wiflewood, on Jun 16 2005, 06:11 AM, said:

Even if he is guilty, at least he has the sense now not to do anything again.

And how do we know that? He can run off and do something again.

[Wiflewood]

But surely he wouldn't want to have another court case/pulic attention again?

[Elliott]

He loves the attention. He was dancing on his car before court for Christ's sake. I just think he needs to be put away somewhere. I'm sick of hearing about him. I don't think he was guilty, but he's very creepy. What sane 40 something year old man sleeps with little children?

[Mallick]

Wiflewood, on Jun 18 2005, 04:52 AM, said:

But surely he wouldn't want to have another court case/pulic attention again?

He's been charged with it before, Wifle. The last time he got not guilty, as well.

[Andross]

Izar, most of the stuff you're saying is what the media or prosecution has said . . .

First, Michael said he would share a bed with a child and sleep on the floor - he didn't say he was sleeping in bed with them. There was also *supposedly* cut-clips of Michael saying he'd "slit his wrist" before he'd hurt a child (from the documentary that started all of this). He may have slept in bed with them, but technically you're twisting the truth there.

Second, there was no hard evidence of sexual activity. The porno mag proves nothing and contributes nothing to the case because there was no corroborating evidence to show there was something suspicious happening.

Third, and last of all, the family, and mother especially, was not credible at all. When the mother's credibility got shot to hell during testimony AND when she pissed the jury off, the prosecution lost everything, because all they had was testimony - no DNA, no hairs, no fibers, just what a child said and what his family claimed.

Do I think he's creepy though? Of course. And could he have done it? Yes. But he wasn't found guilty because of lack of evidence and credibility from the prosecution's witnesses. The only thing I hope he does is friggin' get over himself, stop Spooning about his "tough childhood" and get rid of his weirdo look.

[Izar]

The Media here said he was innocent all the way through. Infact, every one here think he is but like, 3 people that I know. I'm going against the media here, like I said like, twice.

Kids Fingerprints + Pornos = Something wrong.

[Golden Djinn13]

In my oppinion, I really don't think he did anything. I think that the media just told everyone the negative things about the trial instead of the posotives ( if there were any). I really don't like to rely on the media on certain issues.

[Mysterious Adept]

Personally, i think he should have been guilty,i mean come on who would even get near Michael Jackson!,but thats my opinion

[l3lueMage]

I would just like to say...michael jackson sucks...and i would also say 1 day i want to go up to him pinch his nose and be like got ur nose...then realize OMG I REALLY DO HAVE HIS NOSE O_O

[Venus_Man1]

Mhm, that would've been funny.

If the kids fingerprints was on the porno, they might have looked at it themself.

[Eugine]

Harhar, but then you wouldn't have his real nose since the one you see is a fake nose.

Yeah what Venus Man said. The kids of today...

[Elliott]

Juse because there kids fingerprints on a pornographic magazine, doesn't mean something is wrong. People are jumping to conlcusions over that. Maybe the child lent on it? Maybe they passed to to someone, maybe they picked it up out of interest? Heck, there are a million different ways a child's fingerprings can get on a porno, maybe the kid brought it over for goodness' sakes? It's very wrong to base an entire argument on one aspect of the case.

I, like most people, think he is very creepy, but I doubt, very highly, that he would, or even be capable of, molesting, and being sexually active with children. Wrong place wrong time maybe? I dunno as I haven't looked into the MJ case very thoroughly.

[Venus_Man1]

Same here. I haven't watch almost anything of it... But I guess I know what it's all about.

[Izar]

Agatio, on Jun 23 2005, 07:44 AM, said:

Juse because there kids fingerprints on a pornographic magazine, doesn't mean something is wrong. People are jumping to conlcusions over that. Maybe the child lent on it? Maybe they passed to to someone, maybe they picked it up out of interest? Heck, there are a million different ways a child's fingerprings can get on a porno, maybe the kid brought it over for goodness' sakes? It's very wrong to base an entire argument on one aspect of the case.

I, like most people, think he is very creepy, but I doubt, very highly, that he would, or even be capable of, molesting, and being sexually active with children. Wrong place wrong time maybe? I dunno as I haven't looked into the MJ case very thoroughly.

Jackson shouldn't have had pornos around where kids could get them. He should at least have put them up. His own sister (not janet, the other one) even thinks he did it.

[Andross]

Izar, on Jun 22 2005, 10:49 AM, said:

The Media here said he was innocent all the way through. Infact, every one here think he is but like, 3 people that I know. I'm going against the media here, like I said like, twice.

Kids Fingerprints + Pornos = Something wrong.

The media at the moment is saying 'Okay, he's innocent' but there were plenty of times before the trial where the media would be saying things that you have said. But it's more so what the prosecution said during/before trial - remember how he was being potrayed a year or so ago? It doesn't really matter, because the prosecution could plain not prove anything. They simply didn't get good witnesses and evidence.

[Golden Djinn13]

there only saying hes innocent, because they would look stupid if they kept saying stuff about him. I think that the only reason why a whole lot of people thought he was crazy and did do all that stuff, was because of the media. They always try to make things the top story when there just minor little things. Like i said before I dont rely on the media that much

[Izar]

Andross, on Jun 23 2005, 09:07 PM, said:

The media at the moment is saying 'Okay, he's innocent' but there were plenty of times before the trial where the media would be saying things that you have said.

Whatever. The media HERE is saying ALOT different things that what the media THERE says. And they stick to the same opinion here, more liable. They have said he was innocent even before the trial began. I've said he was guilty even before the trial began. :silence: I don't rely on the media.

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there only saying hes innocent, because they would look stupid if they kept saying stuff about him.

Yup. If he was guilty they would say he's guilty.

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Like i said before I dont rely on the media that much

:unsure: Same here.

[Dullahan]

who actually beleives the media, they are lying scum who will say anything as long as it makes the news or papers.

Although Jacko was found innocent that doesn't mean he didin't do anything.

[Eugine]

Yay Dullahan posted!

Anyways, since he was proven innocent on all charges theres nothing to say he did :wacko:

[Andross]

Izar, on Jun 23 2005, 10:46 PM, said:

Whatever. The media HERE is saying ALOT different things that what the media THERE says. And they stick to the same opinion here, more liable.

Dude, I live in the US too, in your state, so it can't really be that much different, or I'm just aware of the subtleties a lot more o-o

[Dullahan]

each state has different media coverage? i really don't know much about America. its pretty much the same everywhere in the uk

[Golden Djinn13]

What did they say in the UK? was it good or bad? ( why am I even asking)

[Andross]

Dullahan, on Jun 27 2005, 02:01 AM, said:

each state has different media coverage? i really don't know much about America.  its pretty much the same everywhere in the uk

Not, really, just the local news teams and whatnot, so I'm not sure why Izar is saying the HERE and THERE stuff. I just picked up on a lot more subtelties apparently.

[l3lueMage]

he probably watches the local news, which they might not believe or they believe he did it...or if he lives in a nother country entirely then that country could have an opinion or somethin i dunnoo...

[Izar]

Andross, on Jun 26 2005, 11:57 PM, said:

Dude, I live in the US too, in your state, so it can't really be that much different, or I'm just aware of the subtleties a lot more o-o

I was not talking about being by state or country. I live more in South East Texas, much different than Dallas. Houston news never changes their opinion. And I watch both local and the news on the Satalite. The satalite never does our areas, so when I want new for the world, or for a specific area, I go on the internet.

[Andross]

I think he should be imprisoned now for actually comparing himself to NELSON MANDELA. OMG, what a dumbass, he actually thinks his acquital is on par with the falling of the Berlin Wall. It's almost as if he thinks the world would suffer eternally if he wasn't around :wacko:

[Tetsu]

Meh, i believe he is innocent.
Come on, a rich man who has kids in his bed.

That would be the perfect story to get money.