Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Michael Jackson part II

this is Taryns repsonse to my earlier post:
I must agree. This trial has made a complete mockery out of our judicial system. The entire case has been so blatantly based on the character of Michael Jackson, not the alleged molestation. The prosecution should be reprimanded by the courts for bringing this case based on the lack of credible evidence produced in court. Aside from their neglect to address the accusations of the molestation, the prosecution’s case has been characterized by a long list of un-credible witnesses. Most of the witnesses called have testified that they have brought frivolous suits against Jackson in the past, all of which concluded with Jackson’s innocence, and in one case an award of over 1 million in damages to Jackson. Many witnesses on the stand, mostly past employees of the Neverland Ranch, were their to testify to nothing other than the character and behavior of Jackson, confessed on the stand to have created and reported false stories about Jackson, in order to receive money from tabloids. Other witnesses have been convicted of theft from Jackson, and others appeared bitter from lost wrongful-termination suits. Early in the case, the prosecution focused almost exclusively on rebutting the defense’s assertion that, “the boy was coerced into making the allegations by his mother” (paraphrasing). Sneddon proved this by bringing several witnesses to testify to the aggressive demeanor of the boy’s father. The prosecution was even able to attain a credible witness this time, Comedian George Lopez, to testify on their behalf. And what did Mr. Lopez represent to the court? Just that he and his wife were personally victim of the scheming Arvizos. Lopez testified that the family accused the million dollar man of stealing $300 from Gavin, a child he was actively trying to help. Lopez testified that he personally witnessed the father of the accuser aggressively intimidate the boy into saying the money Lopez allegedly stole, actually existed. He went on tell how the relationship had to be terminated because of the numerous calls to the comedian’s home, and threats made to his family. So the point of Lopez testifying was to prove that because the boy was coerced in the past by dad, to lie in order to receive money, it is impossible that he could be coerced by his mother for the same reason?Aside from the fact that the prosecution witnesses were biased and not credible, they had absolutely nothing to offer to prove or disprove the molestation of Gavin.When Gavin testified to the alleged abuse, he could not recall a timeframe during which it occurred, nor the number of times that it happened. He was unable to provide any incriminating details about Jackson, or about any one incident to cement that anything inappropriate did happen. The accuser’s testimony was unbelievable at best. He came across as coached, combative, and selling a story. The defense should not give this case the validity of a response. They should rest their case, and the Courts should punish the district attorney personally, for his suit against Jackson, who is an obvious candidate for schemers like the Arizos.

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