Michael Jackson’s 15 year old accuser took the stand Wednesday sneering as he acknowledged that he recognized the defendant, Michael Jackson, when asked by District Attorney Tom Sneddon.
The accuser said that he had met Mr. Jackson through a Los Angeles comedy club camp he attended. He said he told comedy camp host Jamie Masada that Jackson along with Chris Tucker and Jay Leno were celebrities he wanted to meet.
The defense contends Jay Leno is one of the several comedians that the family tried to scam for money. The defense says that Leno, who has been subpoenaed for the trial, once talked with the boy by phone and became concerned enough that he called Santa Barbara police to report the family was looking for a mark.
The accuser alleged that it was Mr. Jackson that suggested that the boys sleep in his room the second night the family stayed at Neverland. He also alleged that he and his brother viewed sexually explicit web sites while in Mr. Jackson’s room. The accuser stated that there were other young people in his room including Mr. Jackson’s young son sleeping on his bed. The accuser also claims Jackson made vulgar comments about women to his sleeping son as the group perused the sexually explicit web sites.
The 15 year old accuser continued with claims that others were more attentive to him than Jackson when he was sick with cancer and that Mr. Jackson did not give much help to him.
Earlier in the day a musically scored production was shown to the court that was apparently part of Jackson’s personal video archives. The singer was seen with the accuser, then a ghost like figure with little hair during the time he was undergoing chemotherapy treatments.
Jurors saw the boy in a wheelchair being pushed by his brother. Jackson walks alongside them, then walks with the boy to a tree where he spreads a blanket for them to sit on and look out over the lake a Jackson’s Neverland ranch.
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