Originally posted by Tabloid Junkie
25/04/2005 20:32:28 Michael Jackson Expected To Win Trial
Michael Jackson is headed for a big win at his high-profile child molestation trial, according to a lawyer closely watching the case.
In an interview with CTV's Canada AM on Monday, Steven Skurka said that, so far, the pop star appears to have the upper hand.
"This may surprise you, but right now Michael Jackson isn't just winning this case, he's winning it by lot," the Canada AM legal analyst said, basing his prediction on a series of critical prosecution errors.
Their biggest mistake, Skurka said, was to link allegations the 46-year-old pop star molested a young fan, to claims the accuser's whole family had been held hostage at Neverland Ranch.
When the accuser's mother took to the stand with those claims, she "turned out to be a wacky witness who lied under oath," Skurka added.
"She was so bad that the prosecution had to try to call an expert witness to say the reason she was so paranoid, the reason she was so dishonest, is because she was abused."