In a motion released Wednesday, prosecutors said they should be allowed to tell defense character witnesses of alleged moral flaws, including showing adult material to children, giving them wine, and having allowed children into his bed "while heavily addicted to Demerol and other controlled substances"However, no evidence was included in the motion to support their allegations. In court they have presented several books and magazines containing adult material, all seized from Jackson’s home, and the accuser and his siblings have accused Jackson of giving them alcohol.
The prosecution also seeks to tell jurors more details of a boy's allegations in 1993, claiming abuse. However, no charges were ever filed.
Jurors have already been told of the allegations but not specific details.
Furthermore the prosecution seeks to ask witnesses about claims that Jackson employee Norma Stakos and friend Miko Brando do not leave their children alone with the singer, and that Jackson allegedly once paid $1 million in hush money to a boy's family.
The latter allegation was made by Jackson's sister, LaToya Jackson, in a televised interview in 1993. However, Latoya has since then recanted the allegations, saying they were fabrications by her ex-husbands, and she has supported Jackson throughout the current allegations along with several other family members.
Prosecutors also allege that Jackson has been "reckless in his care and treatment of his own children by dangling one over the balcony of his hotel and exposing the others to danger in a public crowd."
The in the 2003 documentary "Living With Michael Jackson" expresses the same concerns. Jackson defends his behavior, saying he would never put his children in danger and that both events, which occurred in 2002, were exaggerated.
In the first incident Jackson said he wanted to show his youngest son to the crowds gathered outside his hotel, and in the other, he took his children to a zoo, and large crowds formed around his entourage.
Judge Melville has not ruled on the prosecutor's request yet.
Jackson's attorneys have said they may call Jackson's friends and associates, including Stevie Wonder and Elisabeth Taylor to testify on his behalf.
Source: AP/MJJF/eMJey