Yes-please. 0 Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 ''I AM MISUNDERSTOOD' Pop star Michael Jackson has given a TV interview in which he protested his innocence of child abuse charges. Jackson said he and other celebrities are "targets" and sensational reports about him are "fiction." "The bigger the star, the bigger the target," Jackson told Fox News Channel correspondent Geraldo Rivera in an interview set to air on the cable network on Saturday. "I'm saying the fact that people come at celebrities, we're targets," the 46-year-old singer said. Jackson is constrained by a court-issued gag order barring him from speaking publicly without a judge's permission about the case, in which a 15-year-old accuses Jackson of molesting him two years ago. He did not specifically mention the criminal case, but said sensational reports about him are untrue. "It's like looking at a fictitious movie. Because it's fiction. It's like watching science fiction. It's not true," Jackson said in excerpts of the interview released before the broadcast. Defence lawyers have said in the past that the young accuser invented his account of abuse to extract money from the entertainer. "I know eventually, the truth will prevail and I'm about truth," he said. "I've become immune in a way too. I have rhinoceros skin, but at the same time I'm human. So, anything can hurt like that, but I'm very strong." Jackson also said he has tried to "create my world behind the gates" of his Neverland Valley Ranch in California "because I can't go to the local movie theatre down the street or the local park down the street or go pick up ice cream at the market, at the corner store." Link to post Share on other sites
jstepp 0 Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 GUILTY! has anyone read the written statement of the boy from his first accusation in the early 90s? Its on thesmokinggun, and its disgusting so reader beware. Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 In answer to the main question. I don't know. Do any of us? It will be interesting to see what the court case turns into though Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderbird2 0 Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Have you seen the state of that guy walking into court? What a fckn joke. He went in pyjamas yesterday. Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 What's going on there!! Tactics? Just put him in jail for stupidity. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 And for child molestation. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 The man is just ridiculous. Thats the best word I can think of. And I'm not sure about the man word either. Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Debts of up to 300 million? Is that just absurd or what. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4342255.stm Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Hard to believe things like that. Makes a few thousand pounds seem ever so slightly insignificant. Link to post Share on other sites
unit 0 Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 What about the parents!! I mean seriously.. Would you let your kids sleep in the same bed as Michael Jackson? F'n idiots!! Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Hey it might be the jackpot though. (Some people probably think that way, unbelievably) Link to post Share on other sites
unit 0 Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Sad but true. Link to post Share on other sites
its-a-clock 0 Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 That man gets stranger by the day. Link to post Share on other sites
jstepp 0 Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Just thought id throw this out there... have any of you seen the Southpark episode featuring MJ? OMG that was great! Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 The defence rests its case. So, what do you reckon a verdict will be then? -------------- DEFENCE RESTS ITS CASE The defence in the Michael Jackson case has rested its case, in a shock move. It was expected lawyers would recall some witnesses, including Jackson's accuser Gavin Arvizo, but Jackson's attorney Thomas Mesereau told the court their case was over. It means there will be no more evidence in the trial. Link to post Share on other sites
blinkin'ek 0 Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Well it seems that he has been cleared of all charges. I always belived in Mikey, poor misunderstood guy he is an' all. Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Now he can go home and get a good sleep, probably by himself this time, or maybe with his monkey? Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Here is a great MJ joke. Whats micheal jackson's favorite thing about thirty-eight year-olds? The fact that there are thirty of them Link to post Share on other sites
boardbaka 3 Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 HE GOT OFF!- Shame on the US legal System! Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 The world needs him!!!! >>>>>>>>>>>>> "Michael you can rebuild your reputation, just ignore the media. Fans all over the world still love you. Just be ready for the real judge. Because God knows your heart, more than anyone you will ever know." Bruke, Virginia, USA "I am thrilled! The trauma is over for Michael Jackson. Mike you are innocent and free. Take a break, and pick up the threads. The world needs you!" Joseph Francis, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 This thread still exists!? It is hard not to have faith in the US legal system! Link to post Share on other sites
Amos in Utsunomia 0 Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Some "interesting" according to Sky facts on MJ: :: Billie Jean was the first video by a black artist to be added to MTV's regular playlist. :: In 1992, Michael was crowned 'King Sani' in a West African village in Gabon, Ivory Coast. :: Michael's nickname is "Smelly". Film director Steven Spielberg gave him the name for refusing to shower on video shoots. :: Michael was brought up in the Jehovah Witnesses faith. A group of Witnesses once announced that he was the Messiah :: The singer publicized the release of double album, HIStory by floating a 60-foot statue of himself down the Thames. :: The album Bad produced five US number 1 singles. :: In 1992 Jackson did his first ever major interview, with Oprah Winfrey. During the interview, which was shown worldwide, the singer claimed his father Joe used to beat him and call him names as a child. :: Michael Jackson's first release as a solo performer was the ballad Got To Be There. :: The Jackson Five's Victory Tour in 1984 sparked the greatest demand for concert tickets in the history of popular music. :: Jackson confessed to being addicted to painkillers in 1993. He said he was seeking help. :: The star bought the rights to The Beatles' back catalogue of songs. This led to him falling out with one-time collaborator Sir Paul McCartney. :: In 1996, his over-the-top display of self-importance at the Brit Awards led to the infamous stage invasion by the Pulp singer, Jarvis Cocker. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Live 8 beckons... "I'm bad! I'm bad! You know it! You know!" "Your butt is mine..." Link to post Share on other sites
snobee 0 Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Shame on Who??? Beyond reasonable doubt is all that's required and there appeared to be truck loads of that. The prosecutions case was primarily based on the inconsistent cries of a proven liar and perjuror, the mother. NOT a good start. Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Judging by the answers given by interviewed Jurors, they were woefully ignorant in the ways of molesters... the prosecutors did a rather poor job educating the jurors, by all accounts, and as Snobee said, left much hanging on the words of a questionable source. Link to post Share on other sites
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