Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror

General Information About 2003 False Allegations
On December 18, 2003, Jackson was charged with seven counts of child molestation and two counts of administering an intoxicating agent, in order to commit that felony, in February and March 2003. Along with the warrant to search the premises was a warrant for the arrest of Jackson. Jackson was in Las Vegas, Nevada at the time recording a music video for his most recent hit single "One More Chance" from his Number Ones greatest hits album, which had been released at midnight, just hours before the warrants were issued and the allegations broke to the media. On November 20, Jackson flew in a leased jet to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport and surrendered himself to California police. Driven by police to the Santa Barbara County Jail, he emerged from the police vehicle in handcuffs. Many lawyers and Jackson supporters saw it as a police and media attempt to convince the public of Jackson's guilt, while some saw a racial element to the police's actions.

He was charged with "lewd or lascivious acts" with a child younger than 14 under section 288(a) of the California Penal Code.

Jackson had been temporarily exempted from the requirement to stay in the US, for a possible trip to Britain ending no later than January 6, but he did not use this exemption. Shortly after being arrested, Jackson was required to surrender his passport to Santa Barbara authorities. At the time of his booking, his weight was measured at 56 kilograms (120 lb), a notably low weight for a 1.8 meter (5 ft11 in) middle-aged man. A series of public vigils to protest his innocence, organized by fans, were held on November 23.

On November 25, 2003 it was revealed that unknown to Jackson, the private jet that was chartered to take him and his attorney from Vegas to California was secretly wired with recording devices.

On December 18, 2003, Jackson was charged with seven counts of child molestation and two counts of administering an intoxicating agent, in order to commit that felony, in February and March 2003; all regarding the same boy under 14. Jackson denied these allegations and said that the sleepovers were non-sexual, he said the boy was manipulated by greedy parents. (Wikipedia)

MJ accuser (General Information)?
Gavin Arvizo was born in December 1989. He was 13 years old between February 20 and March 12, 2003 when the alleged crimes were said to have been committed, two weeks after Bashir's documentary aired in the US. In 2000, the accuser was diagnosed with cancer and had his spleen and a kidney removed. Jackson organized a blood drive and accommodated transport for his chemotherapy treatment. Soon thereafter, Jamie Masada, the owner of a comedy club called Laugh Factory, fulfilled his wish to meet Jackson, and the boy visited Neverland eight times, where in two occasions he and his family met Michael Jackson as on the other six times Jackson was not home or not available. In 2001, there were no visits but he and Jackson had 20 or so telephone conversations regarding his recovery as the cancer had remissed. In 2002, the documentary Living With Michael Jackson was filmed, and aired February 6, 2003. Until February 2005, the accuser was officially anonymized as "John Doe" by the court and the media, although his full name was already available all over the Internet.  (Wikipedia)

Accuser’s Father (General Information)
David Arvizo, visited Neverland several times in 2000, sometimes with the whole family, other times with just the children. After 2000, the accuser's parents were divorced, and his mother had custody over him and his older sister and younger brother. In 2002 David Arvizo pleaded no contest to spousal abuse and in 2003 pleaded no contest to child cruelty. After having completed classes in parenting and anger management the father applied for having a three-year restraining order against him temporarily lifted, to allow him to see his three children.He claimed he wanted to see for himself how his son's health was, and hoped to find out whether the boy and Jackson had sexual contact. He blamed his ex-wife for allowing the boy to sleep in the same room with Jackson, and also claimed that she had been in a mental hospital.  (Wikipedia)

Accuser’s Mother (General Information)
Janet Ventura Arvizo, has been identified as the most problematic of the prosecution witnesses. Before the trial, she had committed welfare fraud. Her behavior of snapping her fingers and staring at the jurors was criticized by jurors after the trial. There were often instances when the court erupted in laughter over her answers. She claimed that she and her family was held against their will at Neverland Ranch. Despite the claim, during their supposed days of captivity, she and her family had gone out to shop at the local Toys R Us, visited the beauty parlor, had races removed at the dentist, and had gotten visa forms for a trip to Brazil in downtown LA. Domestic staff testified that the idea that the family were prisoners of Neverland was ludicrous, as there is no fence surrounding the property and opposite the busy main road were two schools. In fact the housekeeper testified that the Arvizo family enjoyed their stay at Neverland, often at the expense of the host. She insisted that Michael Jackson's associates wanted to keep them there because of the negative impact of Martin Bashir's documentary on Jackson's image, and, due to damage control, that they were forced to stay to film a rebuttal documentary. Her plan to escape Neverland by hot air balloon was met with widespread laughter in the courtroom.  (Wikipedia)

Neverland Raid in 2003
The search warrant was served at 9 a.m. and authorities remained at the multimillion-dollar property, which includes a zoo and amusement park rides, until late morning. It was what Michael Jackson described as his darkest day at Neverland Ranch.

Michael Jackson Talking About Police Brutality

Who is Martin Bashir?
In 2003, Bashir conducted a series of interviews with pop singer Michael Jackson, as part of a documentary for ITV. Following the broadcast, which was viewed by 14 million in the UK and 38 million in the US, several media personalities accused Bashir of yellow journalism, claiming that he deliberately doctored the recordings in order to paint Jackson in an unflattering light, as well as emphasising the allegations of child molestation made against Jackson. The New York Times called Bashir's journalism style "callous self-interest masked as sympathy."

In response, Jackson and his personal cameraman released a rebuttal interview, which showed Bashir complimenting Jackson for the "spiritual" quality of the Neverland Ranch, thus contradicting the journalist's previous statements that it was a "dangerous place" for children. Bashir also describes Jackson as a wonderful father and says that Jackson's relationship with his children "almost makes him weep".

As a result of this documentary Bashir was offered a job with the US network ABC.

Dieter Wiesner, the pop star's manager from 1996 to 2003, stated about the influence of Bashir's documentary on Michael Jackson: It broke him. It killed him. He took a long time to die, but it started that night. After Michael Jackson's death in June 2009, in an interview with The Sun newspaper, Bashir stated in his defense, When I made the documentary, there was a small part that contained a controversy concerning his relationship with young people. But the truth is that he was never convicted of any crime, and I never saw any wrongdoing myself.  (Wikipedia)

Michael Jackson 2005 Trial Statement

The Trial

The jury selection for the jury trial started on January 31, 2005, and lasted less than a month. Twelve of 200 people were selected for the final list of jurors in the 2005 Michael Jackson trial. The final 12 jurors consisted of eight women and four men with eight alternate jurors, consisting of four men and four women. There were no African-American jurors in the final 12, though there was one African-American among the alternate jurors. There were 91 prosecution and 50 defense witnesses, although fewer than planned. Melville allowed Jay Leno, defense witness, to continue making jokes about Jackson and the case as long as they were not related to an incident about which he would act as a witness in the trial. Outside the courtroom, there was an historic 2,200 reporters.  (Wikipedia)

Verdict
At approximately 2:25pm PDT (21:25 UTC) on June 13, 2005 the jury of the Superior Court of the State of California, held in and for the County of Santa Barbara, determined that Michael Jackson was not guilty on any of the charges he had been accused with. The not guilty verdicts on all ten charges, including four lesser substitute charges, were read aloud by court clerk Lorna Frye. Fans cried from happiness outside of the courthouse as the verdicts were announced (one woman even went as far as setting free doves for each time a "not guilty" verdict was announced). The investigation and trial lasted for 574 days.  (Wikipedia)

Attorney Tom Mesereau Interview

Aphrodite Jones and Thomas Mesereau  about 2005 case

FBI Files - Proof That Michael Jackson Was Innocent

Michal Jackson - Victory

More Proof that Michael Jackson Was Always Innocent

Recommended Reading

1. Aphrodite Jones interview with Fox news
http://www.reflectionsonthedance.com/Interview-with-Aphrodite.html

2. The Michael Jackson Conspiracy by Aphrodite Jones
http://www.aphroditejones.com/