MJEOL News Update #1
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MAY 11 2005 (12:30 PM ET) -- Mac Culkin has testified that he was never molested by Michael Jackson, directly shooting down previous testimony from prosecution 1108 witnesses.
The jury has now heard from 3 of the prosecution-alleged "victims", who have testified under oath and before the world, that they were never molested or touched inappropriately by Jackson.
Some observers say that everything now is ancillary and there is nothing the prosecution can do under cross-examination that will blunt the fact that all 3 of these now young men have refuted false allegations from prosecution witnesses.
While others complain that it's really a shame they've had to come to court to testify in the first place because neither Culkin, Brett Barnes, nor Wade Robson have ever accused Jackson of molestation. Not 12 years ago and not now.
According to Steve Edwards (Fox 11 News), Culkin was asked what he thought of the charges against Jackson and he replied "Absolutely ridiculous."
He also testified that he has never seen Jackson act inappropriately with any other child either, according to updates from thesmokinggun.com.
Also according to thesmokinggun.com and shockingly enough, Culkin also testified that the prosecution never contacted him to ask him whether or not the claims being made by their 1108 witnesses were true.
Some pro-prosecution observers are now telling MJEOL that this is just "unacceptable" and are exclaiming their disapproval that these prosecutors didn't even try to get Culkin's response to such allegations.
It has been a rather pathetic cross-examination with prosecutor Zonen trying to convince Culkin he was molested in his sleep, with zero evidence to back up that theory. This is the same thing he tried to do with Robson and Barnes.
According to tsg, Zonen was shut down cold by Culkin when asked if he'd ever slept in the same room with any other 35 year old man. Here's how the exchange went according to them:
In a follow-up, Zonen asked if Culkin had ever slept with any other 35-year-old men. "Not that I remember," the actor testified. "But I wasn't friends with any other 35-year-old men who understood me."
(see tsg)
Some observers report that they simply aren't buying this theory and that it would be highly illogical to claim that they were ALL "molested" in their sleep without the prosecution providing one shred of evidence before now to suggest that it is some kind of modus operandi with Jackson.
More as we get it.
Source:
http://site2.mjeol.com/modules/news/articl...hp?storyid=1660