No news just yet, but they are having a hearing today and tomorrow.
Official Sept 16 Hearing
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Lead defense attorney Thomas Mesereau, Jr. arrives at the Santa Barbara County Superior Court Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2004, in Santa Maria, Calif. for a hearing in Michael Jackson (news)'s trial on charges of child molestation. Fellow defense atorney Brian Oxman is in the background. (AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant)
Thomas Mesereau Jr. (L), and Brian Oxman, attorneys for Michael Jackson, depart after the morning session at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse in Santa Maria, California, September 16, 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
That first picture is so cute!!
Under the watchfull eye of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff, defense attorney Robert Sanger arrives at the Santa Barbara County Superior Court, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2004, in Santa Maria, Calif., for a hearing in Michael Jackson (news)'s trial on charges of child molestation. (AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant)
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Tuesday the 16th?? :saywhatsa
:sillyhead
:nored
:sillyhead
:nored
HeavenSent
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yeah, the news wire can't get their days straight.
Lol @ supermodel.
He does look mighty nice!
Lol @ supermodel.
He does look mighty nice!
HeavenSent
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lol, his hair is so breezy! hehehee, what a guy.
HeavenSent
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sure it is!! 
It's just very full and healthy, lol
It's just very full and healthy, lol
Update from Gail (MJDANCER123) MJJF
1. Maureen Orth is in the courtroom with Diane Dimond and Jim Thomas. Maureen Orth was cracking jokes. Her comments: "Michael during the civil trial (Lee vs Jackson) made faces in the court. He made funny faces to all the little girls that were in the court house because he couldn't go with his inclination to make faces and have fun with the little boys that were there. He knew better."
Jim Thomas and Diane Dimond thought this was funny.
2. Sanger & the Deputy DA's are fighting over evidence right now. Sanger is arguing about evidence seized from Michael's office.
3. Gail contends that the defense is disorganized today. Gail says the media will report this as well. More info on this later.
4. DVD on the search of Michael's office. Media was highly interested. Made comments about artifacts in the office - particularly a picture of MacCauley Culkin that was autographed. The picture was autographed "To Applehead..." For whatever reason, the media gasped in the courthouse! Gail said media peeps were saying, "Who is APPLEHEAD?? WHAT IS AN APPLEHEAD?"
5. On one of the DVD's (evidence) a maid named Maria was questioned by 4 or 5 detectives inside Michael's office. The prosecution witness (a detective) said that Maria was acting in a suspicious manner when they entered into MJ's office. The detective claimed that Maria started turning a light switch on and off, to signal security or someone in the house to come to her rescue because she didn't like the line of questioning.
Sanger objected to this line of questioning, as it is irrelevant to the case.
Motion was sustained (meaning the judge agreed with Sanger) by Melville - Melville told the prosecutor to watch his line of questioning.
More Notes from Gail:
Jane Valez-Mitchell said that the focus of "Celebrity Justice" is changing. She said that the show is taking a more objective tone. She said that it's hard to find ANYONE in the media that's objective in this case. She believes all media thinks that Michael is guilty. She also questions why it's okay for Ray Chandler to go about promoting his book and Michael, nor his team can respond. Mitchell says it's unfair and there must be some objective reporting in this case.
Erm.... EH? lol!
Reporting from Santa Maria, Gail Felix for The Justice System and MJJForum!
1. Maureen Orth is in the courtroom with Diane Dimond and Jim Thomas. Maureen Orth was cracking jokes. Her comments: "Michael during the civil trial (Lee vs Jackson) made faces in the court. He made funny faces to all the little girls that were in the court house because he couldn't go with his inclination to make faces and have fun with the little boys that were there. He knew better."
Jim Thomas and Diane Dimond thought this was funny.
2. Sanger & the Deputy DA's are fighting over evidence right now. Sanger is arguing about evidence seized from Michael's office.
3. Gail contends that the defense is disorganized today. Gail says the media will report this as well. More info on this later.
4. DVD on the search of Michael's office. Media was highly interested. Made comments about artifacts in the office - particularly a picture of MacCauley Culkin that was autographed. The picture was autographed "To Applehead..." For whatever reason, the media gasped in the courthouse! Gail said media peeps were saying, "Who is APPLEHEAD?? WHAT IS AN APPLEHEAD?"
5. On one of the DVD's (evidence) a maid named Maria was questioned by 4 or 5 detectives inside Michael's office. The prosecution witness (a detective) said that Maria was acting in a suspicious manner when they entered into MJ's office. The detective claimed that Maria started turning a light switch on and off, to signal security or someone in the house to come to her rescue because she didn't like the line of questioning.
Sanger objected to this line of questioning, as it is irrelevant to the case.
Motion was sustained (meaning the judge agreed with Sanger) by Melville - Melville told the prosecutor to watch his line of questioning.
More Notes from Gail:
Jane Valez-Mitchell said that the focus of "Celebrity Justice" is changing. She said that the show is taking a more objective tone. She said that it's hard to find ANYONE in the media that's objective in this case. She believes all media thinks that Michael is guilty. She also questions why it's okay for Ray Chandler to go about promoting his book and Michael, nor his team can respond. Mitchell says it's unfair and there must be some objective reporting in this case.
Erm.... EH? lol!
Reporting from Santa Maria, Gail Felix for The Justice System and MJJForum!
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--The defense is disorganized today? Oh man i can hear the media now.
I wonder why? Mez looks like the epitome of organization.
--K, if the media doesn't know what an Applehead is, watch them try and spin it into the most negative, sinister perverted way possible.
--That Orth comment was totally uncalled for! Her connotation just goes to show you how ****in immature these people are.
I wonder why? Mez looks like the epitome of organization.
--K, if the media doesn't know what an Applehead is, watch them try and spin it into the most negative, sinister perverted way possible.
--That Orth comment was totally uncalled for! Her connotation just goes to show you how ****in immature these people are.
They later said "disorganized" was too strong a word.
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thanks for the update.
Jackson Defense Challenges Evidence Seizure At Neverland Ranch
POSTED: 10:56 am PDT September 16, 2004
SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- Michael Jackson's defense attorneys on Thursday showed a judge videotapes of the search of the singer's Neverland Ranch to press their claim that law enforcement officials improperly took evidence while building a molestation case against the pop star.
Defense attorneys, claiming authorities overstepped their bounds, are trying to keep some of the items seized from Jackson's home and a private investigator's office from being admitted as evidence in the case, which is scheduled for trial Jan. 31.
In one scene videotaped by authorities, investigators walked around the ranch as carnival music from the property's many amusement rides and exhibits played in the background.
At one point in the footage investigators entered a video library where the shelves were stocked with films. At another point they entered a museum filled with costumed mannequins.
Defense attorney Robert Sanger questioned Santa Barbara County sheriff's Sgt. Ross Ruth about his reasons for entering an office that one ranch employee had identified as Jackson's.
Ruth testified he entered the office without believing it was the singer's. He said he did not believe the employee, a woman named Maria in a maid's uniform, because she gave evasive answers.
At one point on a videotape she flicked a light switch. Ruth said he was suspicious when she flicked the switch because there didn't seem to be any reason to do so.
Ruth said he suspected she might be activating cameras, but Judge Rodney S. Melville struck that testimony from the record, saying it was speculative.
On Friday, the mother of the boy Jackson is charged with molesting will take the stand and face questions about whether she knew private investigator Bradley Miller was working for former Jackson attorney Mark Geragos when his office was searched.
Authorities say Jackson indicated he will be in court when the boy's mother testifies.
Jackson, 46, has pleaded not guilty to child molestation, conspiracy and administering an intoxicating agent, alcohol.
Reporters got a rare look at the defense's strategy late Monday when Sanger accidentally sent an e-mail to an attorney for news agencies containing a motion he planned to file under seal.
The motion also included the name of the accuser's mother -- which is known to reporters, though prosecutors publicly call her "Jane Doe" -- as well as arguments against a prosecution effort to limit her testimony.
Defense attorneys say the mother and prosecutors knew or should have known that Miller worked for Geragos and that his office should not have been searched because of the attorney-client privilege of confidentiality.
The mother's "communications with law enforcement regarding Mr. Miller is a critical issue in the hearings before this court. She met with Mr. Miller and later provided an account of those meetings to the government," Sanger said in the motion. "The prosecution concedes that (she) was expressly informed that Mr. Miller worked for Mr. Geragos."
http://www.ktvu.com/news/3736446/detail.html
POSTED: 10:56 am PDT September 16, 2004
SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- Michael Jackson's defense attorneys on Thursday showed a judge videotapes of the search of the singer's Neverland Ranch to press their claim that law enforcement officials improperly took evidence while building a molestation case against the pop star.
Defense attorneys, claiming authorities overstepped their bounds, are trying to keep some of the items seized from Jackson's home and a private investigator's office from being admitted as evidence in the case, which is scheduled for trial Jan. 31.
In one scene videotaped by authorities, investigators walked around the ranch as carnival music from the property's many amusement rides and exhibits played in the background.
At one point in the footage investigators entered a video library where the shelves were stocked with films. At another point they entered a museum filled with costumed mannequins.
Defense attorney Robert Sanger questioned Santa Barbara County sheriff's Sgt. Ross Ruth about his reasons for entering an office that one ranch employee had identified as Jackson's.
Ruth testified he entered the office without believing it was the singer's. He said he did not believe the employee, a woman named Maria in a maid's uniform, because she gave evasive answers.
At one point on a videotape she flicked a light switch. Ruth said he was suspicious when she flicked the switch because there didn't seem to be any reason to do so.
Ruth said he suspected she might be activating cameras, but Judge Rodney S. Melville struck that testimony from the record, saying it was speculative.
On Friday, the mother of the boy Jackson is charged with molesting will take the stand and face questions about whether she knew private investigator Bradley Miller was working for former Jackson attorney Mark Geragos when his office was searched.
Authorities say Jackson indicated he will be in court when the boy's mother testifies.
Jackson, 46, has pleaded not guilty to child molestation, conspiracy and administering an intoxicating agent, alcohol.
Reporters got a rare look at the defense's strategy late Monday when Sanger accidentally sent an e-mail to an attorney for news agencies containing a motion he planned to file under seal.
The motion also included the name of the accuser's mother -- which is known to reporters, though prosecutors publicly call her "Jane Doe" -- as well as arguments against a prosecution effort to limit her testimony.
Defense attorneys say the mother and prosecutors knew or should have known that Miller worked for Geragos and that his office should not have been searched because of the attorney-client privilege of confidentiality.
The mother's "communications with law enforcement regarding Mr. Miller is a critical issue in the hearings before this court. She met with Mr. Miller and later provided an account of those meetings to the government," Sanger said in the motion. "The prosecution concedes that (she) was expressly informed that Mr. Miller worked for Mr. Geragos."
http://www.ktvu.com/news/3736446/detail.html