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Re: مايكل جاكسون برئ من التهم الموجهة له (Re: bushra suleiman)
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Thanks Bushra
I just saw it in TV *******************************
Michael Jackson Acquitted of All Charges
By LINDA DEUTSCH The Associated Press Monday, June 13, 2005; 5:26 PM
SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- A jury acquitted Michael Jackson on Monday of molesting a 13-year-old cancer survivor at his Neverland ranch, vindicating the pop star who insisted he was the victim of mother-and-son con artists and a prosecutor with a vendetta.
Jurors also acquitted Jackson of getting the boy drunk and of conspiring to imprison his accuser and the boy's family at the storybook estate _ a total legal victory but one that may do little to improve his bizarre image.
Michael Jackson fans react to the announcement of a verdict in the case in front of the Santa Barbara County Courthouse in Santa Maria, Calif., Monday, June 13, 2005. The jury in the Jackson child molestation case was in their seventh day of deliberation. (AP Photo/Michael Mariant) (Michael Mariant - AP)
Jackson looked straight ahead as the verdicts were read and showed no visible reaction as he was found not guilty of all counts.
The verdict _ reached after about 30 hours of deliberations over seven days _ ended a star-studded, four-month trial that offered a global audience a lurid look into the weird world of Michael Jackson and presented jurors with vastly different portraits of him: a creepy pervert who preyed on little boys, or the victim of a frame-up by mother-and-son shakedown artists.
Screams of joy rang out among a throng of fans outside the courthouse. Fans jumped up and down, hugged each other and threw confetti in celebration of the news. A woman in the throng released one white dove each time an acquittal was read.
During the trial, prosecutors who had been pursuing Jackson for years branded him a deviant who used his playland as the ultimate pervert's lair, plying boys with booze and porn before molesting them.
Defense lawyers described Jackson as a humanitarian who wanted to protect kids and give them the life he never had while growing up as a child star. The boy had asked to meet the star when he thought he was dying of cancer.
The defense said the family exploited the boy's illness to shake down celebrities, then concocted the charges after realizing Jackson was cutting them off from a jet-set lifestyle that included limo rides and stays at luxurious resorts.
Jackson was cleared of all 10 charges, including four counts that he molested the boy in early 2003. Jackson also was charged with providing the boy with wine _ "Jesus juice," the pop star called it _ and conspiring with members of his inner circle to hold the accuser and his family captive to get them to rebut a damaging documentary.
In the "Living with Michael Jackson" documentary made by a British journalist, Jackson held hands with the boy and acknowledged sharing his bed with children, a practice he described as sweet and not at all sexual.
Jackson agreed to take part in the documentary because he hoped it would help his image after years of eccentric behavior that included transforming his face through plastic surgery.
But the airing of the program in February 2003 triggered intense media scrutiny of Jackson's relationship with the boy, as well as calls for investigations. Authorities interviewed the boy and Jackson was charged before year's end. At the trial, prosecutors would allege that Jackson molested the boy in the weeks after the family helped Jackson record a rebuttal video.
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Re: مايكل جاكسون برئ من التهم الموجهة له (Re: bushra suleiman)
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Michael Jackson acquitted on all charges 8.02AM, Tue Jun 14 2005
Pop superstar Michael Jackson is a free man after being found not guilty of all the charges against him.
It was a dramatic end to his ####### abuse trial that threatened to destroy his career and send him to prison for nearly two decades.
Jackson has so far refused to comment on his ordeal but his fans have been celebrating since the not guilty verdicts were returned.
He was cleared of sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy, plying him with alcohol and conspiring to hold him and his family captive.
The pop star emerged from the court after hearing the verdict looking shaken.
He waved briefly to the huge crowd of ecstatic fans, before leaving in his black 4x4 without making any comment.
The eight women and four men of the jury reached their verdict after more than 31 hours of deliberations.
If found guilty, the singer could have been sentenced to almost 20 years in prison.
Spoon-bending celebrity psychic Uri Geller said he was relieved that his friend Michael Jackson had been acquitted.
Mr Geller said: "I'm just so relieved and so happy for Michael Jackson. The nightmare is over.
"This ordeal that he went through all these months is finished, it's behind him. Thank God he survived this."
Judge Rodney Melville read a statement on behalf of the jury.
"We the jury, feeling the weight of the world's eyes on us all, thoroughly and meticulously studied the evidence," they said.
"Following the jury instructions we confidently came to our verdict. It is our hope that the verdict is testament to the beliefs in our justice system and the truth." http://www.itv.com/news/world_311621.html
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Re: مايكل جاكسون برئ من التهم الموجهة له (Re: عمر محمد عبد القادر)
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المشكله انو دايرين يستغلوهو ياود الباوقه..ورغم الكلام عن انو مافى فصل عنصرى فى امريكا الا انو محاولات تشويه سمعتو وسمعة الفنانين السود عموما بتثبت ذلك..على العموم ربنا يكون فى عونو.. سمعت خبر مفادو انو حينقل نشاطو لى بريطانيا او السعوديه..عشان يبدا بدايه جديده بعيدا عن المشاكل.
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