Month: April 2005

Maybe It’s Brown Who Needs A Reality Check? – MiniBullet #18

Imagine my interest when someone mentioned a recent article from Stacy Brown, who has parlayed his marginal (at best) connection directly to Michael Jackson into a job at MSNBC as a trial “analyst”.

Brown, touted as a “Jackson family friend” seems to be using whatever position he has to profit from this Jackson connection; be it through co-writing a book with the fired Bob Jones or that cushy “analyst” job with MSNBC.

Both Brown and Jones had to testify in court recently where Jones waffled about what he claims he saw with Jackson in 1993.

Since Jones is writing a book and has to put something salacious in it, it was interesting when he told Tom Mesereau on the stand that he had not approved the accuracy of what was written thus far in a rough draft of the book concerning this all-too-conveniently-remembered “head licking”.

Brown was called by the prosecution to try to impeach Jones’s waffling on the stand.

It was a wishy-washy assertion….or non-assertion….or assertion….or non-assertion…that Bob Jones witnessed “head licking” on a plane with the 1993 accuser.

Now, why the hell Jones wouldn’t have called the police or tried to stop what he claims he didn’t see…did see….didn’t see….is beyond me.

But what can Jones, and co-writer Stacy Brown, say now? Their book seems to be shot to hell after the prosecution yanked them up and put them on the witness stand.  If they both suddenly come up with a bunch of salacious garbage now, people are going to be wondering why they didn’t testify to such claims under oath.

In a ridiculous article <a href=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6308419/>“Jackson needs a reality check”</a>, Brown takes shots at Jackson, his fans, and asserts that it’s a “ridiculous notion” that the media is biased against Jackson when covering this trial. 

Arvizo Combative, Evasive, Possibly Perjuring Herself on the Stand – MB #258 Update #1 APRIL 16 2005 — Unbelievable testimony yesterday in the Michael Jackson “case” with the accuser’s mother, Janet Arvizo, being cross-examined by Tom Mesereau. Reportedly, she was evasive, combative, shown to be lying on the stand, and was anything but a fragile “victim” who couldn’t stand up to people. In the interest of time, I’m simply going to list some of the information that came out in court yesterday under cross-examination according to reports from Mike Taibbi (NBC), Trace Gallagher (FOX), Savannah Guthrie (Court TV) as well as comments from a number of legal experts who have appeared on various shows on various networks, and data gathered from different articles: Major Points General Points -It was very contentious. The mother was combative, argumentative, and snide. -Trace Gallagher reported on Dayside (Fox) that Janet Arvizo is being very evasive; skirting the questions —Says she was asked questions 3 and 4 separate times and still unable to give a simple yes or no answer Explosive Bombshell Documents? -According to listeners of 790AM KABC, a Los Angeles Radio Station, Mesereau presented the court with documents with Janet Arvizo’s signature on them where she tells the sheriff’s department that she actually previously launched an investigation into Jackson —She reportedly admitted she started her own “investigation” into Jackson even BEFORE she had actually met him. —Listeners reported that the KABC reporter says Mesereau had the documents officially entered into evidence today. —–Still waiting on confirmation of this information Lying under oath -Under cross, Mesereau got Arvizo to admit that she lied under oath during a deposition for the J.C. Penney lawsuit. —She used “bruises” apparently on her body claiming that they were given to her in her alleged beating by JC Penney guards —Now she’s claiming the bruises were given to her by her ex-husband, David Arvizo in domestic violence dispute —This is important because she’s seemingly falsifying evidence to get over $150,000 in that lawsuit …continue