![]() THR speculated it was because the mother of a key witness, a 15-year-old boy, appeared to be “bent on using her son to extort money from Jackson” and was not viewed sympathetically by the jury, to whom she was “arrogant … snapping her fingers at them from the witness stand. Jackson was acquitted of all charges on June 13, 2005. (The Neverland title comes from the 3,000-acre estate Jackson transformed into a private amusement park.) Santa Barbara County District Attorney Thomas Sneddon indicted Jackson, who was represented by Thomas Mesereau (the white-haired lawyer who in 2018 would unsuccessfully defend Bill Cosby in his sexual assault case). Jackson faced 10 counts involving child molestation, conspiracy and providing alcohol to minors. But the singer’s 2005 trial in Santa Maria, California, was as public as you can get. 25 at Sundance), which focuses on Michael Jackson’s history of alleged pedophilia. ![]() An adult can always deny a child’s testimony, and where there is. There’s a veil of secrecy surrounding HBO’s documentary Leaving Neverland (premiering Jan. In a case like Michael Jackson’s, a high-profile, pedophile case, the problems so typical of such accusations are exacerbated.
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