Jackson Lawyer: Money Behind Claims

FOX News Online ^ | 11/26/2003 | Staff

[Luis Gonzalez]

LOS ANGELES

[Luis Gonzalez]

"I believe he should have lost custody of his son when he dangled him out of that second story window." Do you think that all parents should have their children taken from them if they make an error in judgment that could possibly endanger the child?

[Chantal]

Look at Russell Halpern's body language, he never looks up at the camera, instead he looks down.

[cyncooper]

I stayed out of this case, figuring the truth would come out in investigation and because Shawn Hannity was convicting him for sleeping with kids. Not having sex with them, but sleeping with them. My kids crawled into bed with me when they had nightmares, and sometines all 4 of us piled into the same bed for warmth when money was extremely tight and we lived in a drafty old house. The difference of course is that they were MY kids...but Hannity says he would never sleep with a child because it's abnormal. Apparently that includes his own. To each his own, but his charges did not prove a crime committed.

No, molestation has not been proven. But a huge suspicion is there because, while on these threads I keep seeing people harking to their own kids crawling in bed with them, or even nieces or nephews, the fact is these kids are not his own, or related to him at all. That's very very odd and is a very reasonable basis to lean toward believing the charges. Not proven beyond a reasonable doubt, of course at this point that would be impossible, but definitely questionable behavior on its face. I would say a grown man sleeping with children not his own like that is indeed abnormal.

[Chantal]

the DA should have done his homework on the mother.....

sorry Charlie, what happened seven years ago won't be admissible in court. The question is "did MJ molest the boy or did he not?"

[Chantal]

The DA sounds like e wackjob in his own right.

I guess the ((((spin)))) machine is working with you.

[LurkerNoMore!]

VH1 is now replaying "Living With Michael Jackson". In the initial promo they showed the clip of that 12 yr old boy with his head on Michael's shoulder.

[Chantal]

"The father's attorney, Russell Halpern, said the mother had lied about the abuse.."

How does the attorney know that, was he there? The only ones who know are the boy, his therapist and of course the Gloved One himself. Geragos has been busy......he had time, he knew since February or March.

[Fred Mertz]

MJ won't get punished, as he did nothing illegal. Watch and see.

[Chantal]

Perfectly OK, I second that..

[Orangedog]

the DA should have done his homework on the mother.....

sorry Charlie, what happened seven years ago won't be admissible in court. The question is "did MJ molest the boy or did he not?"

On the contrary, what happened 7 years ago is admissable in court. Particularly since it establishes a patern of her using her kids to game the legal system for financial gain and personal axe-grinding.

[Chantal]

Do you think that all parents should have their children taken from them if they make an error in judgment that could possibly endanger the child?

Yes...specially if they have been arrested and accused of molestation.

[Orangedog]

I have all kinds of problems with how the DA has conducted this case. In fact, his publicly advertizing for other "victims" to contact his office sounds like damage control since it's pretty obvious that he dropped the ball regarding the mother.

[Orangedog]

Look at Russell Halpern's body language, he never looks up at the camera, instead he looks down.

It doesn't look like this guy has much experience being interviewed remotely. He was probably looking at the monitor.

[Orangedog]

How does the attorney know that, was he there? The woman has a history of coercing her kids to lie in court and to the police.

[Chantal]

This will have to be proven first. I already knew the Geragos thugs were going to gang up on the mother and her son....I have no sympathy for a 45 yrs old freak who sleeps with young boys....he made his his bed,let him lie in it.

[Orangedog]

It has already been proven. And it's the mother's fault for (1) exposing the kid to the situation, a situation where it looks like nothing happened, and (2) pimping her children for her own financial gain. I have no sympathy for women who use their own children that way. But you can console yourself in the fact that society thinks it's ok for women to do that.

[Chantal]

The woman has a history of coercing her kids to lie in court and to the police.

Prove it...we never heard from her, only from the attorney.
The father was abusive to the mother and the children...he has nothing to say.

[Will_Zurmacht]

As wierd as it may sound, after hearing all this stuff about the accusers, a horrible thought has crossed my mind...

Maybe Michael Jackson is the sane one of the bunch.

Maybe he really is just a relatively harmless clownshow freakout of a human who hangs out with kids and chimps.
(I still have a gut feeling about anyone who sleeps with strange boys in their bed, but thats just judgemental old me)

[Orangedog]

Prove it...we never heard from her, only from the attorney.

It's already been done. Turn on a TV.

The father was abusive to the mother and the children...he has nothing to say.

Now it's your turn to prove it. The kids admitted to the judge that the "abuse" never happened to them or the mother once the mother was out of the room. Both the judge AND the prosecutor concluded that the mother had coerced the daughter to make those charges.

[Orangedog]

Maybe he really is just a relatively harmless clownshow freakout of a human who hangs out with kids and chimps. (I still have a gut feeling about anyone who sleeps with strange boys in their bed, but thats just judgemental old me)

Ditto.