Year: 2004

Prosecutors STILL Senselessly Searching for “evidence”? – MJEOL Bullet #152 The Santa Barbara News-Press recently reported (June.5.2004) that prosecutors are still being granted search warrants to seize phone records in the Michael Jackson “case”. What the hell do phone records have to do with a molestation “case”, you may ask? Some say that prosecutors aren’t looking for “evidence” of molestation, but rather they’re trying to find dirt on Jackson’s personal life or the personal lives of those around Jackson; possibly those alleged “unnamed co-conspirators” (ha!).

LA Investigators Clear Jackson of Abuse – MJEOL Bullet #151 Very little TV coverage in comparison to when the story first broke The LAPD has cleared Jackson of another false claim of molestation.An 18 year old man, according to sources, was running around Los Angeles trying to procure a psychologist and an attorney after claiming he was abused by Jackson in the 80s.The two month investigation came up empty: no proof of abuse, no other accusers, and no proof that this fake accuser even met Jackson at the time he was claiming abuse.The broadcast media, being their usual selves, of course didn’t give this news nearly as much attention as the original claim received.

48 Hours: Deep on Peterson, Shallow on Jackson – MJEOL Bullet #150 Jackson attorney Tom Mesereau appeared on CBS program 48 Hours last night (June.2.2004).Because of the sweeping gag order, he couldn’t talk about the Michael Jackson so-called “case”.But what is more interesting about the overall report last night was not what was said, but what was not said. The bulk of the program last night focused on the Scott Peterson case. However, instead of simply reciting a litany of what has already been reported in the media, serious questions were posed about that case which made one think about it in a different way. Why, then, were there so many questions left unanswered and unasked about the Jackson “case” even given the short amount of time spent on it? Further, could more of that short amount of time have been spent on Mesereau and his charitable past?