Breaking News-------He's been charged!!!

[OtherHD]

Hasn't he already been charged for this stuff?

[RNS]

He's been charged!!!

Good now OFF WITH HIS.. uh.. well.. Just Off with it

well he will most definately get his fill of "da boys" while in an 8x10 version of neverland ranch...

[chadtm80]

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) - Michael Jackson was formally charged Thursday with lewd or lascivious acts in a case stemming from allegations he molested a cancer-stricken boy invited to his Neverland Ranch, setting the stage for what could become one of the most sensational celebrity trials this Internet-wired, 24-hour-cable world has ever seen.

The charging documents specified seven counts alleging violation of a statute involving lewd or lascivious acts upon a child under age 14 and two counts of administering an intoxicating agent.

The victim is identified as a "John Doe."

The charges come nearly a month after authorities raided Jackson's estate and arrested him days later on suspicion of child molestation. He has been free on $3 million bail.


(AP) Michael Jackson thanks the audience during the Radio Music Awards on Oct. 27 at the Aladdin Hotel...
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Jackson, 45, has said the charges are "predicated on a big lie." His attorney, Mark Geragos, has said Jackson's accusers are after the singer's money.

Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon agreed to delay Jackson's arraignment a week to Jan. 16 and return Jackson's passport to allow him to travel to Britain from Dec. 20 to Jan. 6.

The allegations are believed to involve a boy, now 14, who spent nights in Jackson's bedroom at his estate, which gets its name from the Peter Pan story.

Ten months ago, the boy appeared on national television in a British documentary holding hands with Jackson, who said the two had slept in the same bedroom but not the same bed. Jackson defended his penchant for holding sleepovers with children, describing the practice as sweet and innocent.

The arrest came just as Jackson released a greatest-hits album, which has had disappointing sales. Jackson's record sales overall have slumped in recent years, and he has gained more attention for his bizarre behavior - dangling his infant son from a hotel balcony, radically altering his face through plastic surgery, sharing his bedroom with children - than for his music.


(AP) Surrounded by Michael Jackson supporters members of the media, Danielle Carr, 22, right, answers...
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This week, the district attorney's office brought in a Hollywood public relations firm to handle the expected crush of media inquiries - a move criticized by the Jackson camp and others as unseemly.

A decade ago, Jackson thwarted Sneddon and escaped prosecution in another molestation case. He settled out of court with the accuser's family for a reported $15 million to $20 million, and the boy refused to testify. No charges were ever brought. Jackson later wrote a song attacking Sneddon.

In the month since Jackson's arrest in the current case, questions have been raised about the credibility of the boy's family.

In a leaked confidential memo, Los Angeles County child welfare investigators who looked into the case last February said they found no improper behavior on Jackson's part. According to the memo, the boy, his mother and siblings praised Jackson and said no abuse occurred.

Prosecutors said they were aware of the finding when they decided to arrest Jackson, and they dismissed its significance.

The boy's family also filed a lawsuit claiming that the boy, his brother and mother were beaten by mall security guards in 1998 after the boy left a Southern California J.C. Penney store carrying clothes that had not been paid for. The lawsuit also alleged the mother was sexually assaulted. The family received a $137,500 settlement.

In addition, the boy's father pleaded no contest to child cruelty in 2002 and spousal abuse in 2001. The couple are now divorced.

Russell Halpern, an attorney for the father, has said the boy's mother had a "Svengali-like ability" to make her children lie in testimony.

Jackson and the boy met two years ago through comedy club owner Jamie Masada, who had asked the pop star to cheer up the young cancer victim. At the time, the boy had been given three weeks to live. His spleen and one of his kidneys had been removed because of stomach cancer.

The boy's current medical condition is unclear. Masada has said his remaining kidney is failing, while Halpern has said the boy is in good condition. The boy's mother has declined to speak to the media.

[Lake Effect1]

The saddest thing of all ,is if these allegations are true, the parents that he was able to pay off, in my opinion are just as guilty.

[chadtm80]

Exactly what I said.. They should be behind bars.. Its sick.. Pimping out your kids is EXACTLY what it is

[Stormsfury]

well he will most definately get his fill of "da boys" while in an 8x10 version of neverland ranch...

LOL ... it won't matter much if he's black or white, either ... just fresh meat ...

[Stephanie]

That was fast! If the grand jury came up with this verdict so quickly, then, I'd have to believe that there's much more to the story than what we have been exposed too. I was surpirsed to hear 7 counts!

[azsnowman]

He's been charged!!!

Good now OFF WITH HIS.. uh.. well.. Just Off with it

With all the plastic surgery he's had over the years, who's to say, uh.....maybe his REAL name is uh, Michelle, Marci, Micaela, Mona, MiMi.....you get the picture

Dennis

[GalvestonDuck]

Gross, gross, gross!!

Unless he had it done in the past couple of years, I doubt he's had it done at all. If you read the disgusting details of the first case *gag* then you know that he still had everything. Plus, he's fathered children since then. He's not a freaking weirdo transsexual. He's a freaking criminal child molesting pervert. As hard as it is to understand why anyone in their right mind would want to alter their body in that way, it's at least dismissable as "weird." Child rape is criminal.

[Miss Mary]

The latest pic of MJ is dead-on Diana Ross! OMG, why on earth would he want to alter his appearance this much? Compare a pic of him 20 years ago and it's like looking at two entirely different people. Imagine generations years from now looking at old news archives. They'll think there were two different MJ's!!!

Sicko is right Duck. The creep just creeps me out. I can't even call him a man. Or a woman. What the heck is he?

M.

[Stephanie]

The latest pic of MJ is dead-on Diana Ross! OMG, why on earth would he want to alter his appearance this much? Compare a pic of him 20 years ago and it's like looking at two entirely different people. Imagine generations years from now looking at old news archives. They'll think there were two different MJ's!!!

Sicko is right Duck. The creep just creeps me out. I can't even call him a man. Or a woman. What the heck is he?

M.

I thought the same thing when I saw the mug shot floating around - CREEPY!!!

[TexasStooge]

OOPS!! Jacko Did It Again!!

[Miss Mary]

Recently I spent sometime in the magazine aisle, to send my nephew a mag over in Iraq. My eyes kept coming back to a cover with MJ's weirdo face on it. It was haunting me!!! So you know what I did - I just flipped that magazine over. And I continue to do so. I can't stand looking at his picture. It makes me want to vomit, it really does! I don't think little kids need to keep seeing his mug shot, over and over again, while they're waiting for their parents to check out. Think I'll start a new campaign - turn over mags with his pic on them! Or carry post-it notes with me, slapping them on covers. LOL

Hey arrest me!!!

Mary

[GalvestonDuck]

[CINCINNATISUN]

I agree Mary, the other day at Meijer I saw
a magazine with his picture and I felt like
dropping the magazine behind the racks lol.


Happy Holidays, Steve