Category: MJEOL BULLET

Leaks Force a Jackson Reply, Media Hypocritical About Response – MJEOL Bullet #238 UPDATE Ridiculous comments from ABC’s Jim Avila spark questions from some observers about the hypocrisy of his statements concerning grand jury leaks JAN 20 2005 — More fallout from the illegally leaked grand jury transcripts as the judge in the Michael Jackson “case” allows Jackson to make a public statement about the leaks. Sources say prosecutors are upset at the judge’s decision. Some observers are surprised that prosecutors would have the audacity to be upset after the way their side leaked the grand jury transcripts and other sealed court documents to two different sources: Court TV-backed thesmokinggun and ABC news. In an attempt to poison the jury pool with their one-sided version of events, someone on the prosecution’s side or sympathetic to the prosecution, leaked the grand jury transcripts to the media along with other reports. However, as mentioned in MJEOL Bullet #237, some observers who were squarely behind prosecutors have now started to question the logic and validity of the story once they got some of the specific details about the allegations through these leaks. To some, trying to stack the deck against Jackson may have totally backfired. It seems ridiculous to have a gag order in place if prosecutors are allowed to break it in such an obvious way and not be held responsible or sanctioned in some way. And letting Jackson make a public statement not directly refuting the actual testimony can hardly be seen as an adequate enough remedy, say some.

Illegal Leaking of Grand Jury Transcripts, Shady Pros. Witnesses – MJEOL Bullet #237 Someone has broken the law by leaking sealed grand jury transcripts to a subsidiary of Court TV and to ABC News. All this while more information is revealed about the past of certain witnesses who prosecutors are relying on for their “other victims” theory JAN 17 2005 — Prosecutors in the Michael Jackson “case” seem to have gone into a tailspin, leaking sealed court documents in an effort to poison the jury pool with their one-sided version of events before the Court can seat and possibly sequester a jury. Chasing their quicker, entertainment based competition, ABC News took it upon themselves to only broadcast the prosecution’s side of the “case” based on the illegally leaked grand jury transcripts. Despite the numerous contradictions in this version of the story the accusing family told, the report could hardly have been described as a balanced presentation of “fact” around the “case”. In what I’m sure they may not have expected, ABC’s Primetime Live, which featured these illegal leaks, was selected as a rating’s loser by Mediaweek.com, coming in a distant 3rd with only 6.2 million viewers. That’s compared to CBS’s 18.72 million for Without A Trace and NBC’s 18.48 million viewers with ER on the same night (see Primetime Live featuring Jackson “Special” a Ratings Loser – Mediaweek.com). I guess the Jackson-bashing has finally taken its toll on an exhausted public; some of whom can’t believe the trial still hasn’t started or isn’t over with already. Or maybe they don’t take kindly to these types of transparent poisoning expeditions the prosecutors, with the eager help of the media, seem to be engaged in. Some observers—a number of whom were squarely behind the prosecution until they started to hear some of the specific details of the allegations—have now began to question the validity of the story. As those who were on-the-fence pointed out a year ago, the devil will be in the details. And the more details added to try to make the story believable, the more gaping the holes in the story have become.

Massive Prosecutorial Misconduct during Grand Jury Process? – MJEOL Bullet #162 REPOST 3 Part Series about the Defense’s 995 Motion and what they allege prosecutors did during the process JULY 8 2004 — There are shocking new details today (July 8 2004) in the Michael Jackson “case”.  Apparently there was massive prosecutorial misconduct during the grand jury process.  Prosecutors were bullying witnesses, became involved in personal arguments between witnesses and vouched for their version of events to grand jurors while accusing other witnesses of lying.  Witnesses were also told not to talk to the defense by prosecutors.  In addition, sources say prosecutors didn’t allow grand jurors to ask certain questions and denied their request to have certain witnesses called back for further testimony.  This is massive prosecutorial misconduct which can be corroborated by the grand jury transcripts.

In a scathing 127 page motion (995 Motion) filed by Jackson’s defense team asking for the indictment to be tossed out, his attorneys highlight situation after situation where prosecutors engaged in what can only be termed as misconduct.  From the motion, we lean that the grand jury proceeding spanned from March 29 – April 21 2004 but there were only 12 days of testimony.  It also produced a 1900 page eight-volume transcript filled with information—much of which is inadmissible at trial, says Jackson’s attorneys.

More Disgusting Leaks from a Frightened Set of Desperate Prosecutors – MJEOL Bullet #236 JAN 13 2005 — Just when you thought prosecutors in the Michael Jackson “case” couldn’t get any worse, they go and surprise you. After leaking sealed court documents to a website, someone has now leaked testimony from the grand jury transcripts; three guesses as to who it was. After being handed somewhat of a defeat yesterday (Jan 12 2005) by the judge–who ruled that prosecutors will have to stand or fall on this current “case” alone for the time being–now comes more back-alley leaks. This time to ABC News. Cynthia McFadden is reporting that she was allowed to read the grand jury transcripts and she even reports some of the testimony from the one-sided process where there are no defense attorneys to offer up cross-examination. For the record, during the grand jury process, there are no defense attorneys, there are no probative questions concerning the truthfulness of the allegations being made, and there is no judge to keep his hands around the throat of prosecutors to keep them from lying or allowing others to lie on the stand. The nonsense that was allowed to go on during the grand jury process was discussed in a previous 3-part MJEOL Bullet. This is pure and utterly disgusting jury pool tainting at it’s finest. These set of prosecutors are so incredibly desperate to convict Jackson that they actually have the gall to try this non-existent “case” in the media like a bunch of wimpy-ass cry babies; afraid to actually take their medicine in a court of law and have their “witnesses” face Jackson’s attorneys’ blistering cross-examination.

Pt 3: Past Scams, Nonsensical Claims & a Lying, Controlling Mother – MJEOL Bullet #235 Jamie Masada has made public statements about the family that raise a number of questions. All this, while at least one news outlet reports of a unsupervised shopping spree with the accuser and his little brother in early 2004

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JAN 11 2005 — While the prosecution’s latest PR stunt involves convincing an unknowing public that there are “other victims”, they can’t seem to get them all to actually testify against Jackson. In fact, more than a few of the ones prosecutors are reportedly looking at have already repeatedly denied that Michael Jackson molested them. At least 5 of these people–who prosecutors WANT to make “victims”–have never even alleged Jackson did anything to them at all, say sources and published reports. Some have even, reportedly, told the defense they are willing to testify for Jackson. It looks as if these latest reports are nothing more than frenzied and pathetic attempts to use unfounded tabloid gossip and unsubstantiated, one-sided speculation in the Jackson “case” against him. Some observers say that this “case” against Jackson may have evaporated when prosecutors found it necessary to leak sealed court documents to a website. While others suggest that prosecutors no longer want to dance with the family that brought them, and are now putting out feelers for other dance partners, so to speak. Whatever prosecutors decide to do, it seems like they are attempting to get out of this quicksand by digging themselves deeper in the hole. Not good. And try as they may, they still can’t get away from the family’s past, or the words of those who ran to the cameras pushing their sob-story.

Pt 2: Past Scams, Nonsensical Claims & a Lying, Controlling Mother – MJEOL Bullet #235 Children tell conflicting stories to the authorities about their father as major bombshells about past conflicting stories are revealed

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JAN 9 2005 — There are new reports in the Michel Jackson “case” about police combing Los Angeles looking for someone who may not have even be an accuser; and from 1989 no less. These last minute searches directly conflicts with the prosecution’s previous proclamations in court that they were “ready” to go forward. Obviously that isn’t the case. But while the prosecution is out chasing down false tabloid leads and searching for mythical accusers based on unfounded rumors, they can’t get away from having to deal with the history of the accusing family. We pick up with Part two of this special MJEOL Bullet discussing what some media analysts have openly called “possibly felonious” behavior, and information about other allegations the family has leveled against other people; including their own father. __History catches up with the family__ The public learned that the family already has a history with the Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS). In October 2001, there was a domestic incident between the mother and father which sparked DCFS to get involoved. As a result, LA child services workers (CSW) investigated. According to these documents (docs), at least two CSW met with the children at the home during an unannounced visit when the mother wasn’t present.

Past Scams, Nonsensical Claims & a Lying, Controlling Mother? – MJEOL Bullet #235 The past scams of the accusing family, under the guide of a “Svengali-like” mother, are now catching up with them. This as the more details we hear about the current “case”, the more ridiculous the allegations against Jackson become.

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More devastating information concerning the accusing family’s past was revealed recently by Celebrity Justice (CJ). They report that the mother once scammed a paper telling them a sob-story and deceiving them into soliciting donations for “medical bills” that sources say never existed, may have defrauded a number of celebrities including Jackson, and apparently conned the Los Angeles Police Dept. Not one to let negative news about the accusing family circulate in the press without an equal amount of negative Michael Jackson news, prosecutors and/or police have leaked sealed court documents (docs) to the website thesmokinggun.com. The docs were sealed by the Court, but apparently that didn’t matter to the leaker at all. However, this leak may have backfired as the docs are now being ripped apart by everyone from legal pundits and “case” observers, to Jackson fans; even the writer for thesmokinggun.com expresses some suspicions about the story the family is trying to float. More on that later. What makes this worse for the family is that Jackson isn’t the first one to whom they told an elaborate story for their own ends. The editor of that conned newspaper, the Mid Valley News, went on the record in an explosive interview in which she detailed the scam. She told the show that the mother talked about how expensive the medical bills were and implored the paper to write a story in which they would ask for donations for the family. Connie Keenan, the editor, says at first the mother asked that the money to be sent directly to her home in her name. Keenan told TV show Celebrity Justice: “She pleaded her case that her son needed all sorts of medical care and they had no financial means to provide it” (see Did Jackson Accuser’s Mom Falsely Solicit Aid for Son’s Treatments?).

Prosecutorial Misconduct History Could Affect ‘Case’? MJEOL Bullet #234 The Jackson “case” isn’t the first one where this DA’s office has been accused of prosecutorial misconduct. And further information may be made public about past settlements, not with Jackson, but with this DA’s office and Santa Barbara sheriff’s department In the face of prosecutors and prosecution-sympathizers trying desperately to convict Michael Jackson in the court of public opinion, there seems to be a developing story surrounding the current Santa Barbara district attorney’s propensity to level criminal charges and allegations against people who, some say, are in the way of a case he’s attempting to prosecute. Renewed speculation of Jackson attorney Mark Geragos being called to testify at a possible trial is running rampant. Some observers have joked that if prosecutors are expecting Geragos to testify against Jackson, that they either must be on something or should have a doctor prescribe something. Prosecutors seem to be seeking to level “conspiracy” charges against everyone who was present to witness the accusing family’s “manipulative” and “threatening” behavior during the prosecution’s timeline in an attempt to keep them from testifying against the accusing family. If that’s now going to include Geragos, then they really must be on something. But there’s an undercurrent of information that is bubbling up to the surface. The DA’s office apparently has a history of ruining the reputations, practices, and lives of attorneys and others, who they deem as preventing them from pursuing a case, say some researchers. For example, months ago prosecution sympathizer and tabloid reporter Diane Dimond made claims on Court TV’s Crier Live that her sources say prosecutors are inclined towards bringing attorney Mark Geragos into this “conspiracy” charge against Jackson. Now the story has changed to Geragos possibly testifying. Some may not know what to make of this Geragos rumor. For all the public knows, it could be the ramblings of a desperate wanna-be-insider using a “lazy” and biased tabloid reporter to further their lies. Or there could be some semblance of truth to it.

Investigation Clears Jackson as Accuser’s Story Changes – MJEOL Bullet #233 A look back at what the accusing family was doing at the time they now claim to have been “held hostage” at Neverland In MJEOL Bullet #232, some of the latest information around the Michael Jackson “case” was highlighted. The “case” is ripe with inconsistencies from the accusing family, and some highly damaging material that may make this “case” non-existent before too long. Aside from the huffing and puffing from current DA Tom Sneddon, the prosecution’s “case” may be shored up by rank speculation from the likes of defeated and fired ex-employees. But the questions permeating this “case” won’t go away by simply speculating or thinking up another lie to cover-up the original one. For those who have been living under a rock, Jackson is accused of first conspiring against a family, then kidnapping them, then allegedly molesting the accuser, and then conspiring some more. He’s also accused of plying the recovering cancer patient (possibly on medication) with wine and at some point showing the allegedly passed-out teenager heterosexual porn. Yeah sure. Uh huh. That makes sense. The new conspiracy charge originated to cover-up the fact that they had already exonerated Jackson numerous times during the time when they now claim they were abducted/kidnapped/molested. Remember, Jackson wasn’t originally charged with conspiring nor was there even talk of prosecution-alleged “co-conspirators.” None of these alleged “co-conspirators” have been arrested, indicted or charged as of this writing, by the way. Through court docs and published reports, the public has become aware of a number of things wrong with the prosecution’s set of events. This may be why there is renewed interest in the prosecution wanting to fall back on the speculation from the 1993 investigation.

Judge Hell-Bent on Jan 31 Date, Pros. Breaking Court orders– MJEOL Bullet #232 UPDATE Stinging new court docs released show prosecutors still up to their old tricks while the judge looks the other way While Court TV tries to publicly hang Michael Jackson with lies and speculation before he even steps foot inside a courtroom for a possible trial—doing a hatchet job with reporting the “facts” in the “case” today (Dec 22 2004)–it’s important to note that there have been some incredibly damning court documents (docs) and other evidence that has made its way to the public about the accusing family. The disgusting ‘guilty until proven guilty’ attitude held by Court TV anchors can’t change the fact that this “case” is full of incredulous allegations which make no sense given the prosecution’s own set of so-called events; not to mention holes in their story the size of the Pacific Ocean. During the December 20 2004 hearing, the public learned that some 70 names on the prosecution’s defective witness list are identical to names on the defense’s witness list. This slashes the speculation from hack-reporters who want to claim that everyone subpoenaed by prosecutors are going to testify against Jackson. In a decision that some “case” observers are openly calling “odd”, “surprising”, and “ridiculous”, the current judge in the Michael Jackson “case” has refused to delay the trial date from January 31 2005. Melville recently signed search warrants on Nov 24 2004, which prosecutors didn’t execute until Dec 3 2004; over a year after raiding Neverland on November 18 2003. Despite those last minute searches—tantamount to invasion of privacy, say the defense—the judge has refused altogether to delay the trial in any way. Most legal analysts had previously said that the defense’s request to delay the trial would be granted because of the prosecution’s last minute scrambling. This can be viewed two ways: Either prosecutors got what they wanted or the judge has essentially called their bluff in face of their declarations of being “ready” to go forward. But the questions being raised now are whether or not this judge is hell-bent on taking this case to trial regardless of the current circumstances around it.