Lookie here, Michael Jackson's spokeman has run away after last night's disaster. Pop Star Michael Jackson's Spokesman Resigns
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson (news)'s chief spokesman resigned on Monday, citing "strategic differences" with other members of the embattled pop star's team over the handling of child molestation charges.
Stuart Backerman stepped down a day after CBS News broadcast an interview with Jackson in which the onetime "King of Pop" said he still saw nothing wrong with sleeping with children and claimed to have been mistreated by police.
"I resigned today over strategic differences with the way things are going," Backerman told Reuters in an interview. He declined to elaborate on those differences. "The one thing I will say is that I love Michael Jackson and his fans."
Backerman said he had no firm plans for the future and did not know who would replace him as spokesman for the 45-year-old entertainer, who was charged less than two weeks ago with nine counts of child molestation.
Jackson is being represented in that case by high-profile Los Angeles lawyer Mark Geragos, who sat in on the CBS interview and in one case prevented his client from answering a question from TV personality Ed Bradley.
Geragos could not be reached for comment after business hours on Monday evening.
I guess the cord on his phone isn't long enough to reach under his bed where he is hiding.
What an absolute mess. Everyone deserves to be tried before a jury of his peers,,, but where in the world will they find 12 people like Jacko?
"The big lie against Michael Jackson is anchored in the most vicious allegation imaginable, one that resonates across every culture: the spectacle of harming a child. That spectacle invites outrage, and it should. But this spectacle is rooted in a lie.
"Michael said, 'Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons. The truth will win this marathon in court.'
"Michael is going to defend himself with the force of his spirit, as would anyone falsely accused of something so monstrous."
Yawn.
"I resigned today over strategic differences with the way things are going," Backerman told Reuters in an interview. He declined to elaborate on those differences.
Mr. Backerman isn't interested in playing the race card it seems. Or perhaps Calypso Louie and his thugs make Backerman uncomfortable.
Of course Geragos has no shame and will float any outrageous barbra striesand to free his client.