Tag Archives: Law and Rights

As jury deliberations continue in Santa Maria on the fate of Michael Jackson, the erstwhile King of Pop, who if convicted on any of the ten felony counts against him would likely end up eating lunch with Charles Manson and Juan Corona in the Protective Housing Unit of California’s Corcoran …

Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson (Zivojinovich), his son Justin, and daughter-in-law Michelle are seeking unspecified monetary damages in a federal suit against the Naples, Florida Ritz-Carlton, its security director and three sheriff’s deputies for injuries, pain and suffering, mental anguish and the costs of his defence in the criminal case that …

Originally, Michael Jackson: The Man Behind the Mask, An Insider’s Story of the King of Pop, by 30-year Jackson PR man Bob Jones (who was fired unceremoniously last year by Michael’s brother Rand) and journalist Stacy Brown, was scheduled to be published in April. It now appears that the King …

Now that all the boring stuff of the trial is over and a verdict and vast media attention is within smelling distance, the Rev. Jesse Jackson could not restrain himself from winging to Santa Maria to lend Michael Jackson his inimitable aid and comfort at close range. After meeting with …

As the jury returns today for its first full day of deliberations in the Michael Jackson trial, contrary to what his spokesperson Raymone Bain said on the matter, the King of Pop clearly IS “falling apart.” Jackson visited the emergency room of the small Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital near …

Michael Jackson’s defense attorney Thomas Mesereau concluded his closing argument today with outtakes from the Living With Michael Jackson film, in which Jackson stated he would “slit [his] wrists” before he would harm a child. In the 30 minutes of footage Jackson also said, “I love innocence. I’m a nut …

UPDATED 2:37 ET After Senior Deputy District Attorney Ron Zonen wailed on Michael Jackson in the prosecution’s closing argument yesterday, lead Jackson defense attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr.’s began his final defense of the beleaguered King of Pop. “This is not a popularity contest between lawyers. This is about the life, …

Closing arguments in the Michael Jackson child molestation and conspiracy trial — a trial which commenced with opening statements on February 28 — began this morning in Santa Maria with Senior Deputy District Attorney Ron Zonen speaking for the prosecution. Zonen opened, “This case is about the exploitation and sexual …

I had honestly thought that based upon court testimony and my understanding of the industry that Nine Inch Nail’s Trent Reznor had a real bad business arrangement with his former manager John Malm, but that it wasn’t illegal (details of the case here). I thought Trent’s caveat had been emptored …

In a surprise move, the rebuttal phase of the Michael Jackson trial ended on Friday in hushed darkness with the prosecution showing a July 6, 2003 videotape of Jackson’s then-13 year-old accuser quietly, somberly and seemingly reluctantly telling law enforcement interrogators for the first time of his alleged abuse by …