REVENGE PLOT ON JACKO?

Philadelphia Daily News ^ | 11/21/03 | JOHN F. MORRISON

[randita]

COULD IT have been a "scorned woman" who did Michael Jackson in?

Geragos is getting more realistic this time. At least he hasn't blamed a satanic cult -- yet.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

"She's very screwed up," a source told Fox News reporter Roger Friedman.

Both she and Jackson are wacko, obviously. And she has allowed her son to become a victim of Jackson. I pray for the boy's future... poor kid!

[Tijeras_Slim]

Fine, so she's screwed up. Charge her with child endangerment.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

I wish it would be that easy.

There are none so blind as those who refuse to see. And I think this mother was one of them.

But, I don't know that this makes her negligent, in terms of the legal definition of the word.

[kitkat]

Well, the smear tactics against the accusers have begun. We'll see a lot more of that.

No matter what becomes of this case, that picture of Jackson holding his son over the edge of a balcony four stories in the air is enough for me to think he's WAY beyond control and should be jailed.

[Holly_P]

Jermaine, denounced the allegations in a CNN interview as "nothing but a modern-day lynching

There's the race card rearing it's ugly head. you can only say things like that if you are black.

I am wondering though how it applies to Jermain's white brother Michael?

[camle]

ah! the smear begins.

aside from the obvious fact that any parent who allows their kid to get anywhere near this nutcase is loony as a jaybird, Wacko Jacko and his team of lawyers has learned well from the Clintons: defend by attacking your attackers.

[umgud]

Jackson did himself in. In this day and age, men don't sleep with young boys even if it is innocent. Especially rich or notable men. He's an idiot and shouldn't be shocked or outraged at these charges. I am outraged at his spokesmen who chide those who suspect him of ill behavior. What are we supposed to think? He made his own bed........

[grumple]

In Los Angeles, Jackson spokesman Stuart Backerman issued this statement on behalf of the singer:

"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.

And this guy said what about NAMBLA??

[Holly_P]

Michael said, 'Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons. The truth will win this marathon in court

But that doesn't rhyme Michael. If you are going to use the sing song defence you better get some help from Johnny Cochran (If the glove doesn't fit-You must acquit) or at least consult Jesse Jackson.

[11th Earl of Mar]

"She's very screwed up...There's videotape of her acting weird, too."

Name one person on either side of this case that is not screwed up.

Michael is screwed up. Any parent who would allow their children to spend the night with him is screwed up. And now, the boy, no doubt, is screwed up.

[Free State Four]

he will be face to face with the man who...

Well, sort of. Maybe face to face parts.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Call me old fashioned, but I believe that it shows lack of moral character to accept things like a house and car from someone when the only thing you have done is to provide access to your child. Of course, denial can be a powerful force when coupled with greed.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

My husband mentioned an interesting point.

Jackson is always hanging around little boys, not little girls. If Jackson had a great affinity for ALL children, and everything was above board and not SO suggestive, then any accuser would have a difficult time attacking him.

HE IS NOT CREDIBLE IN THE LEAST. And the fact that he is a loon, does not help his case.

[proud American in Canada]

" Call me old fashioned, but I believe that it shows lack of moral character to accept things like a house and car from someone when the only thing you have done is to provide access to your child. Of course, denial can be a powerful force when coupled with greed."


very well said.

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

Sneddon told Vanity Fair that the photos matched descriptions of Jackson's genitalia as given by boys to investigators.

I suspect the description is either small and retracted, or non existant. I suspect he is completly sexless and innocent of these charges. Yet to admit it would hurt record sales. Though at this point it won't matter much therefore he probably will not pay them off this time.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

It appears that the mother facilitated the relationship.

Damn... would you want to leave your kid anywhere near that man?

I don't know if it was celebrity, or money that she was after... but this just reminds me of child prostitution.

This does NOT excuse Jackson's behavior in the least. I think he is completely guilty.

[Lorenb420]

For months now there have been various stories in the press about how Jacko is/going broke. In fact today, FoxNews is saying that Jacko got his bail money from the mob.

Jacko’s Bail Thanks to Reputed Mobster?

Michael Jackson’s finances are a little better than we thought. That may be because Miami loan king Al Malnik is on his side and in his corner.

I am told that Malnik was instrumental in a recent restructuring of Jackson’s finances — no mean feat considering his tumultuous history. I am also told that Jackson’s ability to pay his $3 million bail and legal bills in the multi millions may come from Malnik’s largesse and interest in his career.

On the new "Greatest Hits" album, Malnik’s name is one of the few who are mentioned under "Special thanks" from the singer.

Malnik was the lawyer for late mobster Meyer Lansky and when Lansky died in 1983, Reader’s Digest called Malnik the mobster’s "heir apparent," a moniker that has been repeated frequently.

Malnik has become very close to Jackson in recent years. And according to my sources, he’s loaned Jackson money — lots of it.

The 69-year-old lawyer is the owner of a famous restaurant called the Forge in Miami. But his real business is loaning money, just what Jackson needs right now. His firm, Title Loans of America, according to the Palm Beach Post, is a national chain of loan stores that makes money from the interest charged on quick cash offered to people who need cash, and fast.

The New York Times reported in 2000 that Malnik was cited by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission in 1980 and 1992 as "a person of unsuitable character."

Malnik is popular on the Miami social scene with his new wife Nancy, and he has always denied mob ties. He was arrested and tried in April 1969 for income tax evasion but was subsequently acquitted, according to the Miami Herald.

Calls to Malnik at The Forge went unreturned.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

I suspect he is completly sexless and innocent of these charges.

Perhaps, but I suspect you're in for a rude awakening.

[kcvl]

"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."