Year: 2005

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Tempest in a Thimble: Fmr. DA Says Feldman Testimony Worthless – MB#244

Tempest in a Thimble: Fmr. DA Says Feldman Testimony Worthless – MJEOL Bullet #244
A nosy Feldman’s questions about a heath book is labeled as “showing pornography”, while a former San Diego DA calls Feldman a “worthless witness” to prosecutors. Also members of ABC’s 20/20 forum weigh in with skepticism and disapproval

Feb 13 2005 — “If I were Tom Sneddon, I would run, not walk, away from this witness,” said former San Diego District Attorney Paul Pfingst on The Abrams Report Feb 11 2005 in response to what the prosecution should do with Corey Feldman, a bitter ex-friend of Michael Jackson’s from the 1980s.

This stems from the latest speculation frenzy in the media, sparked again, by ABC’s newest “glorified tabloid reporter” and accused blackmailer, Martin Bashir. Pfingst’s blunt comments stemmed from Feldman’s interview.

The interview, as suspected by some, turned out to be a tempest in a thimble, especially given all of the material that’s already been dug up by Celebrity Justice, and info probably yet to be aired by a number of people about Feldman.

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I was blackmailed by Bashir, says child prodigy’s father – Mail on Sunday

I was blackmailed by Bashir, says child prodigy’s father

By Louisa Pritchard February 23 2003

The Mail on Sunday Controversial TV journalists Martin Bashir has been hauled before the Broadcasting Standards Commission after being accused of blackmail by one of his interviewees.

Farooq Yusof, father of runaway child prodigy Sufiah told the commission at a private hearing in London on Wednesday that Bashir had claimed to have vital information about his missing daughter — but would reveal it only if Mr. Yusof would appear in a Bashir documentary.

In the film, shown on ITV’s Tonight With Trevor McDonald in 2001, Bashir interviewed Sufiah — then aged 16 — who had run away from Oxford University to escape her ‘domineering’ father.

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Do Feldman Tapes Indicate Jackson Witch-Hunt? – CJ

Do Feldman Tapes Indicate Jackson Witch-Hunt?

February 10, 2005
A "Celebrity Justice" exclusive.

Former child-star Corey Feldman was grilled by Santa Barbara sheriff Sgt. Deborah Linden about the actor’s close friendship with Michael Jackson. The interview occurred in 1993, as cops conducted an investigation into charges of child molestation brought against Jackson.

On the tape, obtained exclusively by "CJ," Corey repeatedly insists that their friendship was totally innocent, while the cops repeatedly express suspicion, for over an hour.

"Is your belief in him and your love for him getting in the way of you telling us things?" Sgt. Linden is heard to say.

Feldman replies: "Everything I’ve told you is true and there’s… I mean, nothing happened."

Linden also states, "I’m so concerned that if something happened you’re not going to tell us because it would be so hard to tell us…"

"…No," Feldman insists.

Corey also tells Linden, "You don’t know how many times I have racked my brain and gone, ‘is there something I’m forgetting? Is there something that, you know, I’m thinking didn’t happen but it really did?’ If I could find something I would love to be able to tell you, but nothing happened."

We spoke with noted Beverly Hills defense attorney Jay Jaffe, who observed that, though Feldman certainly sounds believable on the tape, the investigators, "Want to hear what they want to hear, not what the witness wants to say."