These old charges were civil jurisdiction, and weren't enough to spawn a search warrant or arrest warrant, weren't they? If so, then I shudder to think what the current charges must look like. By the way, some of the things the kid in the old charges claims that Michael said sound JUST LIKE Michael in the most recent interview, as far as "being friends," "what other people think is wrong isn't neccessarily wrong," etc.
Michael is just ahead of the curve by a few years. Now that sodomy isn't a problem its just a matter of time before we can shed our old out dated thinking an accept that children can have rich loving physical relationships with adults also.