Police find secret room in Michael Jackson raid

Extra TV ^ | 11/19/03 | Extra TV

[jimbo123]

For 15 years, the Neverland ranch has been Michael Jackson's retreat from the world. But now, the walls are literally closing in on him. His fortune, his reputation, and his freedom are now at stake.

Now that a warrant is out for his arrest on multiple counts of sex abuse against a minor, Jackson's secret world is being exposed. And "Extra" is learning more dark secrets from behind the gates of Neverland.

At a stunning news conference, Santa Barbara sheriffs said they are in talks with Jackson's lawyers and negotiating for the international superstar to turn himself in.

Jackson family attorney Brian Oxman reveals to "Extra" what police found when they raided Jackson’s Neverland ranch. They found about one million pictures and thousands of videotapes, but Oxman insists that they are all innocent. He says, "They are looking at things which are the history of Michael Jackson. I don’t really think they know what they are looking for."

But "Extra" has learned about something else that police may have found at Neverland-- a secret room hidden behind the star's walk-in closet. It is a place few have seen because in it are photographs of bare-chested children, babies, toys, games, and even an autographed picture of actor Macauley Culkin signed, "Don't leave me alone in the house."

Jackson has reportedly hired attorney Mark Geragos, who worked for of Winona Ryder and Scott Peterson, to represent him. Meantime, Jackson's people have complained that the raid was carried out on the same day that his greatest hits album "Number Ones" came out, insinuating it was a publicity ploy by police. But the DA shot that theory down.

The rumors have swirled around Jackson since 1993 when sexual allegation charges were reportedly settled out of court. Then came last year's infamous baby dangling incident, followed by Jackson's stunning admission in the controversial documentary hosted by Martin Bashir.

Lorenzo Benet, a staff correspondent for People magazine says that if Jackson loses custody of his three children, his ex-wife Debby Rowe might be the next logical person to take over.

Benet says, "Now Debbie has said in the past that she didn't really have these children to be a mother but legally she is the mother. So in that situation, I think that she would probably have first shot at getting the kids."

[hmeir]

The parents of these kids were and are as much to blame as is anyone who knew what was going on. They let their kids go to Michael's house, and dont tell me they didnt know about the allegations of child molestation that came out years ago. Obviously these parents have a hungar for money and give a crap less about their kids.

[twigs]

This story was on the radio this morning and their emphasis was that the these kids are missing. No one has heard from them since they arrived. They were supposely here for a week and now its been four. Unless someone knows more than they're saying, this could be a serious story. If this was my child, I'd either be on a plane over here looking myself, or I'd be on the phone every hour asking for an update on what they the police have done the last 60 minutes to find my missing child. Ooops. These parents don't trust the police. They trust Jackson.

[kcvl]

Michael's Playroom

[george wythe]

These look more like the good old fashioned kind of leak: beer.

I love your terse assessment.

You're probably right about the source of these leaks.

[juzcuz]

*anyone else booked on child abuse charges would find their OWN children immediately removed from their care. *

So True.. Gloria Allred seems to be ringing that bell... MJ is probably paying his personal (Voodoo) Magician overtime pay to attack people like her.

Removing Michael Jackson would be a great reinforced statement against pedophilia in our country...

I'm wondering why Mothers in California are not picketting outside of Neverland Ranch. Neverland Ranch, how much does it cost to get in there $1,700 per person for what. It's a private lure for MJ perverse interests. All those people are paying to support his perversions.

I say: Mom's of America should picket, protest, shut down that place.

[Hildy]

IT's not weird...it's funny. HE STARRED IN A MOVIE CALLED HOME ALONE, remember? Now I'm hearing that the kid who is doing the accusing is having credibility problems. Parents divorced...custody issues...Like Rush said, what IF he is innocent?

[spectre]

Good post. $1700 a person?!! I could spend a week at Disneyland for that..geeze.

I can't visualize Michael Jackson doing much entertaining for a long, long time.

Mark Geragos will make sure his client isn't inviting little children to Neverland. So I think Michael's source of unloved children has been cut off. (Wishful thinking on my part or reality?)

The millions he is going to pay Geragos, minus his lack of income from the new album, should put him close to the poorhouse. Maybe Geragos will end up owning Neverland Ranch..LOL.

There is more than one way to punish MJ. Hitting him in his wallet is a good start.

Go Gloria!

sw

[juzcuz]

Go Gloria!


See Neverland Ranch News: $1,700 per person, $5,000 for the VIP tour (I wonder what that includes?)
http://www.neverland-valley.com/neverland-valley/news/news-main.htm

[spectre]

I couldn't stop reading that web site..Great link!

sw

[juzcuz]

"She did it for me," he said. "She said you need to be a daddy...and she wanted to do that for me as a present."

In the Archive section of Neverland
I was reading the statement from MJ about Debbie Rowe. What Mother in there right mind would give away her children as a present to a predator?

[Richard Kimball]

I know about Home Alone. My youngest daughter loved the movie. We've got Home Alone, Home Alone 2, Home Alone 3, Home Alone 86 (oh no!, we left Kevin at the nursing home!).

Maybe Michael Jackson really is just a case of arrested development who has no sexual desires, and really just wants to get into bed with young boys for reasons other than sex. It's possible, but it's also possible that Bill Clinton didn't rape Juanita Broderick, Vince Foster committed suicide, LBJ really didn't fix his first election by stuffing ballot boxes, and Jimmy Hoffa died of natural causes. If I was on a jury, I'd want to see the evidence. However, Michael Jackson is a self-destructing freak show who hangs infants over the edge of 9th floor apartment windows. He blatantly and transparently lies, and makes the villian in Silence of the Lambs look normal.

[Hildy]

Did you see this:

CLICK HERE

[parisl]

yeah! and they BUILT a SECRET ROOM so it LOOKS even more like he takes little boys for "inappropriate overnights"!!! what i want to know is how they got past security...in order to build the secret room????
didn't michael hear them hammering?
if this was ANYBODY else he would have already been in jail!
HE'S OVER 40 AND SLEEPS WITH LITTLE BOYS by his OWN admission....
HELLO?????? IS ANYONE HOME????
SINCE WHEN IS THIS OK AT ANYTIME WITH ANYONE????
it makes me feel like i could LITERALLY get away with anything i want to as long as there are people like saundra around....
and when the evidence points to me...i'll just say....."someone else put that there" and there will actually be people who will BELIEVE ME!!!
god i love america.
i think i'll go do something illegal.

[parisl]

they didn't "MAY HAVE" held hands with a 12 yr old boy on TV and ADMIT that he has SLEEPOVERS with them....they didn't "MAY HAVE" settled out of court for MILLIONS of dollars and NEVER clear their name....
they didn't "MAY HAVE" STOPPED hanging out and sleeping with children in order to set the record straight.
in short.....there's WAY MORE....."ABSOLUTELY DIDS"...in this disgusting story than there EVER will be "may have's"...it's WAY too late for that!

[PeteFromMontana]

they didn't "MAY HAVE" held hands with a 12 yr old boy on TV and ADMIT that he has SLEEPOVERS with them....they didn't "MAY HAVE" settled out of court for MILLIONS of dollars and NEVER clear their name....
they didn't "MAY HAVE" STOPPED hanging out and sleeping with children in order to set the record straight.
in short.....there's WAY MORE....."ABSOLUTELY DIDS"...in this disgusting story than there EVER will be "may have's"...it's WAY too late for that!

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Who are you, what are you talking about and how did you get my name?

[pointsal]

ping....that is the right conclusion.... This is just a South County witch hunt....follow the election $$$$

[coffee grounds]

KiaKaha said: What about photos of bare chested children in a secret room behind Jacko's walk-in closet? If they were innocent photos, why didn't he hang them up in his living room? In t.v. interviews of police and other officials who worked the last MJ child molesting case, they have said that MJ had one (or maybe more) *books* of naked kiddies. It was said that the kids in the picture books weren't doing anything 'lewd' but in light of Jackson's other abberant behavior and his obvious obsession with young boys, you have to ask yourself *why* he would be in possession of such books. It was also said that he had an alarm of some sort set up to trigger if anyone was approaching his bedroom -- it looked as though he wanted warning if someone came down the hall. He didn't want to be caught 'in the act' so to speak. There are just too many little things like this which make it look as though he may be a pedophile.

[KiaKaha]

Actually my post was 49, “The description of "Bare chested children” is a little vague.Bare chested children performing indecent acts? or Bare chested children as in any shot of children at a swimming pool?. I am sorry but the media’s ability to twist and turn anything makes me sceptical until it gets to court.”

The point of my post was my opinion that I will wait for actual evidence that is put before a court, because quite frankly I do not always trust the media to present what is actually happening as opposed to what little snippet of a whole story can be skewed to increase ratings.

As for Jackson himself I really don’t know, he is either a paedophile or stupidly naïve.

[Xenalyte]

We got one!