Posted on 11/19/2003 8:12:54 AM PST by Happy2BMe
This is LONDON 19/11/03 - News and city section
Arrest warrant for Jackson By James Langton in New York, Evening Standard
An arrest warrant has been issued for Michael Jackson over new allegations of child abuse.
US police were reported to have been ready to handcuff the singer and take him into custody when they raided his Neverland Ranch in California.
According to TV reports, they were unable to serve the warrant because Jackson and his three children were in Las Vegas.
Investigators are expected to spend a second day at the estate, investigating claims of child molestation, believed to involve a boy of 12 or 13.
After arriving with a search warrant yesterday, more than 60 officers from the Santa Barbara County sheriff 's department spent the day gathering evidence for what was described as "an ongoing criminal investigation".
Police remain tight-lipped about the allegations which were made in a sealed court affidavit. They arrived in a caravan of vehicles including an ambulance, mobile crime laboratory and a portable lavatory.
The investigation is headed by district attorney Thomas Sneedon, who examined earlier claims of child abuse by Jackson in 1993.
Although Jackson avoided prosecution, he later made a multi-million-dollar outofcourt settlement to 14-year-old Jordy Chandler who claimed he had been molested by the singer during sleepovers at the mansion.
The two cases are said to be unrelated, although police say the first case still remains open.
One report said the boy in the latest allegations had been talking to prosecutors for several weeks and may also have tried to reach a settlement.
Police say they will hold a press conference later today. Jackson was staying at the Mirage hotel in Las Vegas at the time of the raid, recording a video. His new greatest hits CD, Number Ones, was released yesterday.
Jackson's attorney Brian Oxman confirmed: "The Santa Barbara Sheriff 's Department did issue an arrest warrant. They will be working through myself to negotiate a surrender."
In a rambling statement released by the lawyer, Jackson, 45, said: "I've seen lawyers who do not represent me and spokespeople who do not know me speaking for me. These characters always seem to surface with a dreadful allegation just as another project, an album, a video, is being released."
He promised to cooperate with the investigation.
His friend, Uri Geller, said he was "very concerned" about the singer, adding: "He is very gullible and he is naive. I believe he is innocent."
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Maybe he will try to cross the border to Mexico.
He just found the nearest Star Trek convention. Everyone thought he was a gay Klingon from the new Star Trek series, "Star Trek: The Next Degeneration".
I learned on the Jackson threads yesterday that Pellicano was involved in buying off the boy back in 1993. Diane Dimond was a reporter working that story and it came out recently when Pellicano was arrested on other matters that he had tapped her phone back then. (I think I recounted that correctly)
R. Kelly (most known for singing "I Believe I Can Fly" from the Michael Jordan/Bugs Bunny movie, "Space Jam") has been accused of acts of sexual perversion with under-aged girls. He has a history inclined in that direction (he married the late pop star Aaliyah when she was 14).
He is known for making video tapes of his escapades. A bootleg tape of some of his exploits has been circulating for some time.
And yes, I've seen this bootleg. As far as I'm concerned, he needs to go into the deepest, darkest regions of the worst jail in the nation. There's no doubt in my mind that he is the one on the tape, and it's obvious that the girls are underaged.
Needless to say, his musical career has continued - people still buy his music, and go to his concerts.
Simply pathetic. And for he and Jackson to do a duet on national television? Ironic, indeed.
Is this a Black Man in a White Bronco Alert?
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