Okay, it's true, I've taken the week off thus far from the MJ affair, the limits of my tolerance having been reached for morbid psychological disorders and tawdry testimony touching upon (no pun intended) groping, masturbation, pornography, alcohol, emotional manipulation, 13 year-old cancer patients and 46 year-old men in the guise of kabuki aliens. But it's time for me to buck up.
I have had another epiphany regarding Michael Jackson's face, by the way: it looks like what happens to a carved pumpkin about a week after Halloween - it caves in on itself and can no longer support its own weight. 
In the latest developments, today, with the jury having the day off, Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Rodney Melville set a March 28 hearing to decide whether jurors can hear about past sex offense allegations against Jackson, a potential bombshell involving accusations of molestation made against Jackson by another 13-year-old, which were settled out of court for a reported $23 million in 1993. The prosecution wants to call the '93 accuser to testify - the defense, on the other hand, does not.
Judge Melville also dismissed a motion for a mistrial brought by the defense on the grounds that the former Neverland housekeeper who testified on Thursday mentioned the name of the '93 accuser. The woman, Kiki Fournier, who worked on and off at Neverland from 1991 to 2003, told the court how the singer had a series of close friendships with ten boys including Jackson's current accuser, his brother and the '93 accuser. She also said "children appeared intoxicated" on three or four occasions, though she never saw Jacko give alcohol to a minor.
In addition, Fournier testified that Jackson let kids run around wild in the mansion (like Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone - hey, Culkin WAS one of Jackson's boy pals). "Neverland became like Pinocchio's pleasure island without the parents," she told the jury. "He did let them have a free hand. They could get pretty rambunctious." And, "With the absence of an authority figure, these children became wild," she said. Fournier added that children at Neverland were allowed to eat whatever they wanted, stay up late and spend their time playing video games or watching movies. Calling Nanny 911!
Article comments
1 - Eric Berlin
Nice description of Jackson i.e. Rotten Pumpkin Head.
Talk about Thriller...
2 - Eric Olsen
think we can get E! to pick up the "Rotten Pumpkin Head" nickname?
3 - Eric Berlin
I don't think it's nearly outside the realm of possibility.
4 - Eric Berlin
It's a great Halloween idea though -- could be worth a fortune.
And scary, too!
5 - Eric Olsen
shudder
6 - jerry
i love the whole rotten pumpkin head bit its a great discription that should be his nickname on all the tv shows and trial talk abouts
7 - Eric Olsen
thanks Jerry, no hint of that happening yet!
8 - Thriller
I can just imagine that is what happened at neverland... not really suprising at all its almost stating the obvious.
9 - Eric Olsen
are you talking about the head implosion?
10 - barb
look if the man is quilty he will pay through the law .
if he is being played for a money scam i pray the parents will pay for what they are doing to Michael .
as far as his face why do people want to rip this man apart.it is not your face so dont worry about it.
go look at the perfection in your mirror i am sorry but we focus to much on the crap .
Barb
11 - Eric Olsen
indeed: if he is quilty, he will pay
12 - zozo
I find him rather sexy !
13 - Eric Olsen
so you like those androgynous alien types, eh?
14 - zozo
oh yes. He is damn sexy !
15 - MJ'sGirl
He is so AMAZING. And 2 all U H8ers if U keep dissin' him I suggest U shut up un less U wanna die. And I'm serious I LOVE U SO MUCH MICHAEL!! LONG LIVE THE KING OF POP!xxxx
16 - sr
MJ'sGirl. Nuke the twit.