Mon Aug 23, 1:34 PM ET
Thomas Mesereau Jr. (L), and Robert Sanger ® attorney's for entertainer Michael Jackson, arrive at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse in Santa Maria, California August 23, 2004. Jackson was not in court today, having signed a waiver that allows him to skip such pretrial proceedings. Jackson has pleaded innocent to a 10 count indictment charging him with committing lewd acts on a boy under the age of 14 as well as child abduction, extortion and false imprisonment. REUTERS/Phil Klein