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Jackson Accuser Having 'Difficult Time'
AP ^ | 6-15-05 | Greg Risling

Posted on 06/15/2005 12:51:59 PM PDT by RushCrush

LOS OLIVOS, Calif. - Michael Jackson's accuser is distressed and having "a difficult time" dealing with the not guilty verdict against the pop singer, the prosecutor in the molestation case said Wednesday.

Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon told NBC's "Today" that he spoke to the accuser immediately after Jackson was acquitted on all counts Monday.

"He's very down. He's having a difficult time understanding why people didn't believe him," Sneddon said.

"He's gone through a lot in his life. He's survived cancer, a very serious bout of cancer," he said. "He didn't necessarily want to get involved in this case. ... It was very painful for him to tell people what had happened to him."

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KEYWORDS: grifter; jacko; molestation; scamartist; sneddon

1 posted on 06/15/2005 12:52:13 PM PDT by RushCrush
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To: RushCrush

All this time I thought MJ was the victim.


2 posted on 06/15/2005 12:53:28 PM PDT by Hoodlum91 (The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind. - Humphrey Bogart)
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To: RushCrush

I really feel sorry for the kid. I can't imagine how difficult it must be for him.


3 posted on 06/15/2005 12:54:07 PM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: RushCrush

This kid was never referred to in the MSM as a "victim" as far as I can recall. (Admittedly, I didn't follow much of this stinky mess.) I wonder if that would have been the case if it had been a female teen.


4 posted on 06/15/2005 12:54:11 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: RushCrush
I feel for this poor boy. He feels like no one cared about his story. The jury just looked at his mother and hated her from day one. Nothing the child said mattered, they found his mother detestable and the son has paid for the sins of the mother.
6 posted on 06/15/2005 12:57:37 PM PDT by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
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To: RushCrush

His Greedy mother - that's why. Poor kid!


7 posted on 06/15/2005 1:04:24 PM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)
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To: Stovepiper

Exactly, and I'm still not convinced he actually was guilty, at least in this particular case.

Just watch, within the next 2-3 months, a civil suit will be filed, where the burden of proof is much lower, and where to be honest, I think the mother wanted to be all along, because now she can say she's doing it for justice, not money, because she lost the criminal case. Nevermind that she'd be making millions if she won.


8 posted on 06/15/2005 1:06:35 PM PDT by AzaleaCity5691 (If you want Siegelman to win a 2nd term, by all means, vote for Roy Moore in the primary)
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To: RushCrush
Hey kid, ever hear of the boy who cried wolf????

MJ is not the first rich guy this kids family tried to extort.

9 posted on 06/15/2005 7:02:10 PM PDT by teenyelliott (Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
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