Category: MJEOL BULLET

93 Settlement Was Not A Settlement for Molestation Claims – MJEOL Bullet #166 Yesterday brought further clarification of the 1993 settlement agreement from the transcript of the July 9 2004 hearing in the Jackson “case”. It seems that the 93 settlement agreement wasn’t as black and white as even we claimed. Initially, it looked as if Jackson had agreed to some unknown form of negligence not related to molestation. However, it turns out that he didn’t even agree to that much. There was absolutely no agreement of anything whatsoever; not even negligence. In short, to call the 1993 settlement a ‘molestation settlement agreement’ is erroneous and has no basis in fact at all.

Prosecutors STILL Dragging Feet in Handing over Discovery – MJEOL Bullet #165 Prosecutors in the Michael Jackson “case” still haven’t turned over key discovery, including 4 videotapes made of the actual search of Jackson’s Neverland Ranch.  Defense attorneys say prosecutors are still sitting on very important information and have yet to turn over all unredacted and complete copies of the search warrants and their corresponding affidavits.  Why is it taking so long to hand over the most basic information to Jackson’s defense team?  Are prosecutors just bogged down in paperwork or are they intentionally stalling to prevent the defense from adequately defending Jackson?

DA’s Office has History of Illegal Searches, Breaking Atty-Client Privilege? – MJEOL Bullet #164 As previously reported, the search warrant served upon a defense attorney’s private investigator, Brad Miller, is a major point of contention in the Michael Jackson “case”. Aside from it being illegal for prosecutors to raid the office of anyone working with the defense team, there appears to be a history of this kind of brazen behavior with the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office (SB DA’s Office).

Apparently, Miller and Jackson aren’t the only persons whose rights may have been trampled on by this DA’s office. There have been other cases in regards to the DA’s office getting into trouble for screwing-over a defendant’s constitutional rights, as outlined in a June 22 2004 defense motion and July 9 response to the prosecution’s reply. Redacted copies were released by Judge Rodney Melville on July 8 2004.

Continuing the series of reporting on the misconduct during the grand jury process, we learn even more about the way in which grand jurors may have been intimidated by prosecutors and received incorrect statements of the law. We also learn that the lead detective investigating this Jackson “case” was the same person responsible for escorting grand jurors to and from their meeting place. On top of these facts is more information cited from the grand jury transcripts regarding Sneddon allowing jurors to hear total hearsay and speculation on which to base their decision.

In continuation of the series on reporting about the prosecutorial misconduct during the grand jury and before, more information found in the grand jury transcripts reveals just how argumentative and one-sided the process was. If you remember, prosecutors were alleged to have bullied witnesses, became involved in personal arguments between witnesses and vouched for their version of events to grand jurors while accusing other witnesses of lying. They are also accused of a host of other actions where they defense cite examples of their misconduct during the grand jury process.

Defense Subpoenas Sneddon & Others for Misconduct – MJEOL Bullet #163 Update2 Michael Jackson’s attorneys are calling prosecutors out on their misconduct today (July 9 2004) in a pre-trial hearing. Tom Sneddon, the current district attorney of Santa Barbara, apparently engaged in misconduct when he lied—intentionally or not—in order to obtain a search warrant to raid the offices of a private investigator working for Mark Geragos. Sneddon himself went to Miller’s office, took picture and looked up Miller’s number in a phone book at a phone booth, days before he got the search warrant. As a result, Sneddon and investigators have now been subpoenaed to testify in at the next pre-trial hearing to be held July 27 2004; possibly by videotaped deposition.

Massive Prosecutorial Misconduct during Grand Jury Process? – MJEOL Bullet #162-Part 1 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 to for further testimony. This is massive prosecutorial misconduct which can be corroborated by the grand jury transcripts.

Media Whining About Access to Jackson Docs – MJEOL Bullet #161 Apparently some are becoming insane from not having access to certain information Judge Rodney Melville, the judge presiding over the Michael Jackson “case”, seems to be the bane of the media’s existence at the moment.Despite the outcry from media attorneys, tabloid reporters, cry-baby TV lawyers and legitimate reporters, he has consistently disallowed access to a number of different documents.As a result of all the secrecy, some in the media have become temporarily insane, making ridiculous arguments about what they should be entitled to do and have access to.

ET Continues to Highlight Defamatory Nonsense- MJEOL Bullet #160 Update Interview with fmr. detective meant to poison current jury pool Update: In MJEOL Bullet #83, it was reported that Entertainment Tonight (ET) ran an old interview with a former maid of Michael Jackson’s who claimed that the singer did inappropriate things with her son and other children.In that report, ET repeatedly and purposely neglected to inform its audience that this maid, Blanca Francia, was paid $20,000 for that interview by the now defunct tabloid show Hard Copy.Police later found her accounts were not credible.Well, ET is at it again, this time with a two part interview with a retired detective who was involved in the 1993 “case”, Bill Dworin.

Accuser’s Family Spoke to Media When Allegedly ‘Kidnapped’ & After – MJEOL Bullet #159 It has come to MJEOL’s attention that the current accusing family was speaking to the media during the time when they were allegedly being kidnapped and conspired against to keep quiet by Jackson’s employees, according to prosecutors.The Sunday Herald, in a report dated in Feb 2003, reported the family as saying some very flattering things about Jackson at a time when they were supposed to be abducted and being conspired against for their silence.Those things include the accuser calling Jackson “daddy” and plans to “travel the world with him.”