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THE defence lawyer who won Michael Jackson his freedom is believed to be considering suing the Santa Barbara District Attorney for “malicious prosecution”. Thomas Mesereau Jr is also said to be demanding that the defeated prosecutor, Tom “Mad Dog” Sneddon, give back the photographs taken of Mr Jackson’s genitals during a 1993 investigation into abuse claims. Mr Jackson said the photographs, taken by detectives, were one of the most humiliating experiences of his life. His legal team are believed to fear that Mr Sneddon may leak the images to the public in revenge for losing the case. The photographs were...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- A jury acquitted Michael Jackson yesterday of molesting a 13-year-old cancer survivor at his Neverland ranch -- exonerating the pop star who insisted that he was the victim of mother-and-son con artists and a prosecutor with a vendetta. Jurors also unanimously acquitted Mr. Jackson of giving the boy alcohol and of conspiring to imprison his accuser and the boy's family at the storybook estate. Mr. Jackson had faced nearly 20 years in prison. "Justice is done. The man's innocent. He always was," said his chief lawyer, Thomas Mesereau Jr. The verdict was a total legal victory,...

The child molestation case against Michael Jackson went to the jury Friday after the defense begged the panel to acquit the singer, portraying Jackson as a victim of grifters trying to pull "the biggest con of their careers." "They are trying to profit from Michael Jackson. They think they have pulled it off. They are just waiting for one thing — your verdict." Prosecutors painted a vastly different picture — one of Jackson as a serial child molester and his Neverland Ranch as a predator's lair. "Why would Mr. Jackson do it?" Senior Deputy District Attorney Ron Zonen said. "Because...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (Reuters) - The judge in the Michael Jackson molestation trial on Thursday barred prosecutors from calling an expert on domestic violence they hoped would explain the apparently erratic behavior of the accuser's mother for jurors. Judge Rodney Melville also said he would allow evidence showing that Jackson's then-13-year-old accuser and younger brother had masturbated while looking at the pop star's pornography, potentially bolstering defense claims that the boys had run wild at Neverland. Both rulings were setbacks for the prosecution, which is in the final stages of presenting its case to the jury of eight women and...

In the beginning, I think I was like most people who wanted to know if Michael Jackson was guilty or innocent. Now I just want the whole sick thing to end. The question is what is more disgusting, the details of his alleged sex acts with minors or the media coverage of every piece of evidence in the trial? Wednesday nights headline on Drudge is "SNEDDON TO PRESENT 'VASELINE EVIDENCE' IN JACKO TRIAL... **GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION**..." Prosecutor Tom Sneddon is planning on calling a witness to the stand to testify that Michael Jackson requested one of his guards to get a...

In 1995, Michael Jackson, in his first LP after the out-of-court settlement of an accusation of child molestation, lashed out at law enforcement and the media in the double-album HIStory. It featured "Scream," a track recorded with his sister Janet (in which he dropped an F-bomb), " Childhood" (the theme of Free Willy 2) and the regrettable anti-Semitic song "They Don't Really Care About Us" ("Sue me, Jew me, everybody do me...Kick me, kike me, don't you black or white me..."). HIStory was a truly subpar effort from Jackson, and slid steadily off the charts after the first few weeks....