Day: March 6, 2006

[b]Jackson Culprits Plead Guilty[/b] Duo who secretly taped MJ cops a plea By TMZ.COM STAFF (Mar. 6, 6:50PM ET) —

Two people plead guilty to recording Michael Jackson on plane ASSOCIATED PRESS 8:18 p.m. March 6, 2006 LOS ANGELES – Two men pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges of secretly videotaping Michael Jackson more than two years ago as he flew to Santa Barbara with his attorney to surrender in a child-molestation investigation. Jeffrey Borer and Arvel Jett Reeves admitted they installed two digital videorecorders to record “a professional entertainer” and his lawyer as the pair traveled on a private jet from Las Vegas to Santa Barbara in November 2003, according to their plea agreements. The entertainer they recorded was Michael Jackson and his attorney at the time was Mark Geragos, although they are not cited by name in the plea agreements. Jackson was later found not guilty of the child molestation charges. Borer and Reeves each pleaded guilty to one felony count of conspiracy before U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz, said Thom Mrozek, spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles.

Jermaine Jackson releases a statement refuting ridiculous tabloid reports fueled by booted ex-family “friend” and accused plagiarist, Stacy Brown FOR