Michael Jackson Prosecutor in Trouble
Troubled singer Michael Jackson's defense team has accused a prosecutor in his child molestation case of breaking a gag order.
Santa Barbara, California District Attorney Tom Sneddon last month told a Canadian conference of fellow DAs that witnesses had been contacted "to keep them off TV."
Now the "Beat It" star's lawyers have asked Santa Barbara Superior Court to decide if Sneddon's actions are a violation of the order.
Sneddon made his comments in front of a Vancouver crowd on July 20. He said, "We sent letters to some people saying we intended to call them as witnesses in order to keep them off TV."
In June, Jackson was reprimanded by Judge Rodney Melville after he released a statement that read: "I did not, and would not, ever, harm a child."
Melville told the 45-year-old all future comments on the case must be deemed acceptable by the court first.
Jackson denies committing a lewd act on a child, administering an intoxicating agent and conspiring to commit child abduction, false imprisonment and extortion.
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Troubled singer Michael Jackson's defense team has accused a prosecutor in his child molestation case of breaking a gag order.
Santa Barbara, California District Attorney Tom Sneddon last month told a Canadian conference of fellow DAs that witnesses had been contacted "to keep them off TV."
Now the "Beat It" star's lawyers have asked Santa Barbara Superior Court to decide if Sneddon's actions are a violation of the order.
Sneddon made his comments in front of a Vancouver crowd on July 20. He said, "We sent letters to some people saying we intended to call them as witnesses in order to keep them off TV."
In June, Jackson was reprimanded by Judge Rodney Melville after he released a statement that read: "I did not, and would not, ever, harm a child."
Melville told the 45-year-old all future comments on the case must be deemed acceptable by the court first.
Jackson denies committing a lewd act on a child, administering an intoxicating agent and conspiring to commit child abduction, false imprisonment and extortion.
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