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on: March 10, 2005, 09:03:44 AM

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Judge Orders Arrest of Michael Jackson

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By TIM MOLLOY, Associated Press Writer

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - An angry judge issued an arrest warrant for Michael Jackson (news) on Thursday after he failed to show up for his child molestation trial on time and his attorney announced the singer was being treated for a serious back problem.

Superior Court Judge Rodney S. Melville said he would also revoke Jackson's $3 million bail unless he appeared in court within one hour.

The announcement came after a few minutes after court was to have begun. Jackson's accuser was expected to begin a second day of testimony against the singer.

The jury was not yet in the courtroom when the judge entered.

Jackson's lawyer, Thomas Mesereau Jr., said, "Mr. Jackson is at Cottage Hospital in Santa Ynez with a serious back problem. He does plan to come in."

The judge, obviously angry, declared, "I'm issuing a warrant for his arrest. I'm forfeiting his bail. I will hold the order for one hour."

Mesereau had been observed talking urgently on his cell phone for about a half-hour before the session was to begin.

Jackson has had health problems that previously interrupted the proceedings. During the first week of jury selection he went to a hospital with flu symptoms. But he has been on time or early since then.
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Reply #1 on: March 10, 2005, 09:35:06 AM

Good show.

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Reply #2 on: March 10, 2005, 09:47:54 AM

Good, I hope they force him to spend the rest of the trial under lock and key. The bastard has been doing this since the "flu" thing.

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Reply #3 on: March 10, 2005, 09:49:30 AM

I am sure he will be overcome by the vapors when he is in the courtroom at some point.

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Reply #4 on: March 10, 2005, 11:15:51 AM

Nothing says FREAK better than a [alleged] child molester in pajamas.  Wonder if those are the same britches he was wearing when he... uh... nevermind.

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Reply #5 on: March 10, 2005, 11:32:04 AM

I know it's cool to hate on MJ, but revoking a $3M bail for showing up an hour late is a wee bit out of hand, especially for a Superior Court judge. Sounds like the guy lost his temper and took it out on MJ, an easy target with lots of money. Hey, gotta make up that deficit somehow.
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Reply #6 on: March 10, 2005, 11:57:39 AM

I know it's cool to hate on MJ, but revoking a $3M bail for showing up an hour late is a wee bit out of hand, especially for a Superior Court judge. Sounds like the guy lost his temper and took it out on MJ, an easy target with lots of money. Hey, gotta make up that deficit somehow.

The trial has been delayed before because of his "health" for about a week. This is not an isolated incident. Also, this is not like showing up late to work, he's on trial.

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Reply #7 on: March 10, 2005, 12:01:55 PM

It's not the first time he's pulled it, though.  He'll probably just get a second warning, anyway.  I wish they'd toss him the slammer...  just for a bit... people should see that he's not special or above the dictate of the court.  If Wacko Jacko is convicted and goes to jail, however, I can't see that they would be able to let him mingle with the general prison populace.  It would probably only take Bubba a piece of unraveled string to hang his skinny sorry butt.

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Reply #8 on: March 10, 2005, 12:36:16 PM

I would imagine there would be pretty good yard bragging rights to be the guy that shanked MJ.

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Reply #9 on: March 10, 2005, 02:37:55 PM

I bet wearing your jammies in public becomes the next big thang for the under 14 crowd!  I'll have to go to that Michael Jackson fan site and suggest that his supporters show up wearing their pajamas next time.

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Reply #10 on: March 11, 2005, 10:53:48 AM

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Michael Jackson May Be Near Bankruptcy

59 minutes ago

By TIM MOLLOY, Associated Press Writer

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Prosecutors seeking access to Michael Jackson (news)'s financial records told the judge in his child molestation trial Friday that the singer may be "on the precipice of bankruptcy."
   
Assistant District Attorney Gordon Auchincloss said during a hearing on motions that prosecutors believe financial problems may have motivated Jackson to take part in an alleged conspiracy to hold his accuser's family captive and try to get them to help rebut a TV documentary that damaged the singer's public image.

Prosecutors believe Jackson may be $300 million in debt, then said the singer may have $400 million in liabilities and that his financial troubles "will all come crashing down on him in December of 2005," Auchincloss said.

"All we are looking for is a concise snapshot of the defendant's financial condition," he said.

The defense is fighting the request.

Jackson attorney Robert Sanger said that Auchincloss' statements, "whether they are accurate or not, and I don't believe they are, are totally irrelevant to this."

Sanger said that what was at issue was Jackson's financial picture in February and March 2003, the time of the alleged conspiracy. He said existing case law should prevent admission of evidence about any possible financial motive.

Superior Court Judge Rodney S. Melville was hearing motions on Friday. Testimony by Jackson's accuser resumes Monday.

On Thursday, Jackson angered the judge by arriving late and then. When the trial got under way, the accuser described a night at the Neverland ranch that he said started off in the arcade and ended in the entertainer's bed.

The 15-year-old boy told jurors that Jackson on that particular night asked him if he ever fondled himself and offered to "do it for me."

"He said if men don't masturbate they can get to a level where they might rape a girl or they can be kind of unstable," the boy said of Jackson, who was in the courtroom.

Jackson — in pajama bottoms, slippers and a suit coat — had arrived in court more than an hour late because of a trip to an emergency room for what his lawyers described as a serious back problem caused by a fall. The judge threatened to have him arrested and to revoke his $3 million bail if he didn't come to court, but set aside the arrest warrant after Jackson arrived.

A Jackson spokeswoman emphasized Friday that the delay was for a physical ailment, "not a mind problem, not an emotional problem."

"He was having problems with his back. He was not intimidated by going in there facing his accuser," Raymone Bain told ABC's "Good Morning America."

Under questioning by District Attorney Tom Sneddon, the boy described how he and Jackson drank alcohol and looked at sex magazines together.

The boy said Jackson molested him twice, both times in the singer's bedroom. He said they both wore pairs of Jackson's pajamas.

The second incident occurred "about a day after" the first encounter, he said. In the second instance, he said, he resisted an attempt by Jackson to place the boy's hand on Jackson's genitals.

The accuser's testimony differed from his 14-year-old brother's description of witnessing two molestations, and it was unclear if they were talking about the same alleged incidents. The brother said Jackson and the boy were in underwear and that the boy was asleep. The brother also said the boy was on top of the bedcovers.

Defense attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr. accused the witness of making up the story.

"After you met with an attorney, you came up with a story that you were masturbated by Michael Jackson," said Mesereau.

"No, I never told him about anything," the boy said, referring to the lawyer.

He acknowledged that he and his family returned to Neverland several times after meeting with attorneys.

Mesereau then attacked the accuser's testimony that the boy did not feel that Jackson had done much for him when the youngster had cancer.

"I didn't see him much," the boy said. "He was my best friend in the world and my best friend was trying to avoid me when I had cancer."

Prosecutors allege the family was held against their will at the ranch and the other locations because Jackson wanted them to help him rebut a documentary in which he held hands with the accuser and talked about sharing his bed with children.

When Mesereau asked if the boy had stayed at Neverland for free, the boy said, "Everybody stays at Neverland for free."

"Well, who do you think pays the bills?" Mesereau said.

At that point, the judge told the attorney and the boy not to argue.

The session ended with Mesereau questioning him about his part in a lawsuit that his family brought against J.C. Penney stores on a claim that they had been abused by security guards.

Mesereau said that in a deposition in the suit, the boy said he was told what to say by lawyers. The boy denied that.

Jurors got only a hint of the strange courtroom drama that began the day.

"Mr. Jackson had a medical problem and it was necessary for me to order his appearance," the judge told jurors, adding that he didn't want the panel to draw any negative inferences from the developments.
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