Posted on 05/09/2005 11:03:53 PM PDT by CHARLITE
SANTA MARIA, California (CNN) -- A former security supervisor at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch testified Monday she never saw the pop star exhibit any illegal or improper behavior toward young boys.
The supervisor, Violet Silva, also admitted she could not get into Jackson's bedroom suite unless it had been unlocked from the inside.
Under cross-examination by the prosecution in Jackson's trial on child molestation charges, Silva conceded there were "some occasions" when boys stayed alone with the entertainer in the main residence.
She said security staff generally went into the house only when summoned.
Silva said that based on her experiences at Neverland, she "would not" have allowed her own children to spend time there on a regular basis.
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As a kid I went to a freak show and the bearded lady was married to the Aligator man...Part of the man's speel was the phrase "Perfectly normal,perfectly normal"....Somehow this story seems apropos to this trial.
Charming.
So far all of the defense witnesses seem to be helping the prosecution.
It's pretty obvious this guy is a child molester. Whether he gets convicted or not is the question.
A very important criminal prosecuting attorney once told me celebrities don't get convicted, the public won't convict you if you are famous (he told me this as the start of the O.J. trial).
I hope this isn't true and that justice is not blind to celebrities, especially ones that buy and sell children for heinous acts.
I wish Hollywood, who certainly has people who know the truth, would stand up for this, instead of the garbage they do 'stand up' for.
But I suppose anyone knowing the truth knows for the wrong reason.
A very important criminal prosecuting attorney once told me celebrities don't get convicted, the public won't convict you if you are famous (he told me this as the start of the O.J. trial).
What about Martha Stewart?
I am reading this sitting in a motel room which has multiple locks and an alarm, probably for the very same reason Jackson's bedroom had them--lots of staff running around with keys.
Does your bedroom have a lock?
If you had a staff of servants would you want more privacy?
Yeah, when the prosecution wrapped up its case one of the talking heads said the defense should just rest and not call any witnesses. Looks like he was right. The defense circus is starting to make the prosecution's case look pretty good after all. I'm still waiting to see if they'll actually call Liz Taylor.
It doesn't prove much by itself, but it does show that the witness clearly couldn't know what was going on behind those doors unless Jacko let her in. Therefore her testimony that she saw nothing inappropriate is meaningless.
Let me say he stipulated a well liked celebrity. Martha Stewart was not well liked.
A few examples; Fatty Arbuckle, Mike Tyson, Bill Clinton, Robert Blake, Errol Flynn, Todd Bridges.
What a freak show! This just makes me sick.
"What a freak show! This just makes me sick."
Ditto.
I didn't see any either. So what!
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