Month: June 2005

Foreman: Jason Francia Not Too Credible Either, No Proof of Guilt – MB#275
Not all Jackson jurors feel the way media-touted Juror #1 feels

JUNE 16 2005 — As some of the media recover from their stunned outrage that an innocent Jackson wasn’t convicted, others are left to dissect what some of the jury members really think.

A number of the jurors don’t believe Jackson has ever molested anyone. For example, juror Susan Drake told the Santa Maria Times that she doesn’t believe Jackson ever behaved inappropriately with children (see Jurors talk about the choice made (June 15 2005) – Santa Maria Times ).

Two female jurors, both with children, appeared on the Today Show June 15 2005 to discuss the case (see  Today: 2 Female Jurors speak out June 14 2005 ).

When pressed, juror Melissa Herard actually said she would let her children visit Neverland under her supervision. If she thought he was guilty of anything, she certainly wouldn’t have said that.

Both Herard and another juror, Tammy Bolton, said there is no evidence that Jackson had ever molested anyone.

In response to Raymond Hultman and his many….many interviews saying Jackson “could be” a molester, Bolton flat out said she doesn’t agree, and that’s one of the reasons why she made the decision she made.  She told the host, “I don’t feel that was proven to me.”

Herard said she’s confident of Jackson’s innocence and made the point that there hasn’t been a trial before this one concerning any of the other allegations. 

Not Guilty Verdict Sparks Media Meltdown – MJEOL Bullet #274 JUNE 14 2005 — A mostly white, conservative Santa Maria jury found Michael Jackson not guilty on 10 felony counts and 4 misdemeanor counts leveled against him by the prosecution in a California courtroom yesterday. Some members of the media have all but pulled their hair out on camera at a verdict that they can’t explain-away/downplay/second-guess. They can’t say he “got off” because the black jurors didn’t trust the government. There were no black jurors. They can’t say he “got off” because it was moved to liberal Los Angeles County. The defense didn’t opt to move it to another location. They have no where to go….oh but that’s not stopping them from trying. Not 2 hours after the verdict, some had already begun to look for a reason why the jury didn’t convict an innocent Jackson of the charges against him. The aptly titled “Nancy disGrace” (that’s Nancy Grace) yelled that the poor minority family didn’t stand a chance against the Jackson machine. ‘Poor minority’ my ass! This ‘poor minority family’ has connections not only to law enforcement, but also to the military. One of Janet Arvizo’s connections was a police officer she’d known for a long time before this trial. She’s also married to an army Major who makes $80,000 a year. Not to mention all of the thousands of dollars out of which they apparently defrauded celebrities. Oh yeah, boohoo for the ‘poor minority family’. If anyone had a handicap coming into this trial, it was Michael Jackson, who the media had already tried and convicted…both in 1993 and 2003…with zero evidence.

Ranieri Hears JC Penney Sex Abuse Alleg. for 1st Time in Depo – MB#273 A shocked Ranieri heard sex abuse claims leveled against JC Penney guards from the mother for the first time during the actual deposition JUNE 11 2005 — Attorney Anthony Ranieri testified on May 24 2005 in the Michael Jackson trial concerning his previous representation of the mother. Ranieri was the family’s personal injury lawyer who worked for the Feldman & Rothstein law firm during the JC Penney lawsuit; the same firm where Mary Holzer was a paralegal. He says he met with Janet Arvizo (Janet A.) the first time he got her call concerning the allegations against the department store in 1998. By now, you should be very family with what triggered the $3M lawsuit against JCPenney. Gavin and Star Arvizo were apparently shoplifting merchandise out of the store. They were stopped in the parking lot by security guards and an altercation ensued. It was some 9 months after the run-in with the guards that the mother sought out the law firm of Feldman & Rothstein, according to Mary Holzer’s testimony. Ranieri was able to testify because the mother fully waived her attorney-client privilege. He says Janet A. had always denied she was abused by her then-husband David Arvizo. She had always maintained to Ranieri that these bruises were from the JC Penney guards.

Astonishing Revelations from Mary Holzer – MB#272 JUNE 9 2005 — As we wait for the jury’s verdict, let’s go back and discuss some details concerning the testimony of Mary Holzer. Testifying on May 24 2005, defense witness Mary Holzer revealed that Janet Arvizo (Janet A.) coached her kids to lie to authorities and to doctors in relation to the $3 Million lawsuit she filed against JC Penney. Holzer is the paralegal who worked for the firm Feldman & Rothstein; the firm that represented her in that lawsuit. You may be familiar with the JC Penney lawsuit. The Arvizo brothers were caught in the mall parking lot with unpaid merchandise from JC Penney. To put it bluntly, they were shoplifting. Security stopped them in the parking lot and an altercation ensued. The lawyer who represented JC Penney spoke out in an interview in March 2004 with NBC. NBC got their hands on over 100 pages of documents related to that case, although they haven’t released any of it nor have they done a follow-up report about it. Anyway, included in those 100 pages were psychiatrist reports of Janet A. The psychiatrist hired by the department store found Janet A. to be “schizophrenic and delusional and severely depressed” (see ‘The Abrams Report’ for March 4 2004: JC Penny lawyer speaks out). The report says Janet A. was “sad over being a nobody…a sad housewife getting fat.” She accused the guards of brutally beating the family.What’s worse is that, reportedly, 2 years after the incident, Janet A. tacked on another allegation of sexual molestation against one of the guards. She said one guard “fondled her breasts and pelvic area for up to seven minutes” in broad daylight. And she claimed in the deposition that they reportedly pinched her breasts about 25 times; allegations she later got her children to echo.

Closing Argument Puts ‘Con Artists’ and Persecutors on High Blast – MB#271 UPDATE Michael Jackson’s defense attorney put the entire family on high blast during his closing argument to the jury. Deliberations have of course begun in the “case” with the jury only deliberating for about 14 hours as of this first writing.

Mesereau did not mince words in explaining to the jury how this family of “con artists, actors and liars” took advantage of a number of people and entities; including Jackson, Chris Tucker, the Mid Valley Newspaper, and the Los Angeles County Welfare system, not to mention the people of the State of California. Mesereau began working his way through the different stories told by this accuser at various times. One of the major points was that the entire timeline of events changed. If you remember, MJEOL and other MJ website contributors pointed out the minute the indictment info was released – and long before any media entity publicly recognized it – the entire timeline shifted.

Delayed Court Doc Reveals Startling Info – HOT DOC / MiniBullet #20 In a court document not released until June 2 2005, but stamped April 20 2005, reveals starting information about the accuser’s sister, Davellin Arvizo. I guess this doc just so happened to get delayed……..for months by the court…..until after the trial was over. The defense motion is in relation to Manuel Ramirez, who was Davellin Arvizo’s boyfriend at the time in the summer of 2003, and Carol Lemere. According to the court doc, Arvizo moved into Ramirez’s house and had a shared bank account with him in the summer of 2003; right around the time they started making allegations against Jackson. The defense wanted Ramirez to testify concerning vital information he had about the Arvizo family.