Michael Jackson’s Saliva Sample Taken for a DNA Test

In the latest move to twist and complicate the case of the Jackson allegations, he was ordered today to fly to Neverland by helicopter so that a saliva sample could be taken for a DNA test.

Yesterday, police had planned an unexpected raid on Neverland with the intention of carrying out these same tests on Michael Jackson. On that day, he agreed to return to Neverland the next day to provide a saliva sample.

Michael Jackson cooperated with the test, which involved drying the inside of his mouth with a piece of cotton cloth.

It is still unclear what the prosecutor’s office plans to do with the DNA test in Michael’s case.

The DNA that was obtained in November last year during the first raid on Neverland—taken from Michael Jackson’s bed—showed that the accuser’s DNA did not match the DNA taken from Michael’s bed.

New investigations are being carried out at Michael Jackson’s home while, until his court date, less than two months remain.

Lawry Lawson, a university professor and legal expert, said: “That the prosecution’s office took so long to decide to use the DNA test is unusual, but it is not without precedent. The prosecutor’s office may have obtained new witnesses and decided to use this test to confirm their claims.”

In any case, it is still not clear why this test was not carried out on Michael Jackson back in the same month of November, during the first police raid on Neverland—and only after a year had passed since the charges were filed, and seven months after the grand jury requested that Michael Jackson undergo this test.

Source: Santa Barbara News Press