Pop star Michael Jackson will avoid foreclosure on his Neverland Ranch property with a new loan, a Jackson insider told CNN Wednesday.
Michael Jackson's famously extravagant home, the Neverland Ranch, will be put up for public auction if the singer doesn't pay more than $24 million, according to a court filing.
A handcuffed Michael Jackson arrived at the Santa Barbara jail Thursday to face child molestation charges that could put him behind bars for years if convicted.
Santa Barbara Sheriff's county officers executed a search warrant at Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch Tuesday morning in connection with an abuse charge from a 12-year-old boy, Court TV's Diane Dimond is reporting.
The pop star, according to the agreement, maintained the settlement did not signify an admission of any wrongdoing against the boy or his parents.
A 15-year-old boy who claims singer Michael Jackson molested him in 2003 testified Wednesday that Jackson seemed interested in him primarily when he was cancer-stricken and wanted him to appear on video with the international pop star.
The woman who claims she and her son were victimized by Michael Jackson and his aides admitted Friday that she lied under oath in a past civil case in which she claimed department store security guards victimized her and her son.
Prosecutors rested their case against Michael Jackson on Wednesday after calling their final witness, a man who worked alongside Jackson aides and took copious notes about life inside Neverland Ranch, but had no evidence directly tying the singer to conspiracy or sexual molestation charges.
Family members of two boys who were Michael Jackson's "special friends" more than a decade ago testified Friday that there was nothing wrong with letting children sleep in the entertainer's bed.
Michael Jackson returned to Neverland a free man Monday.
Pop star Michael Jackson will avoid foreclosure on his Neverland Ranch property with a new loan, a Jackson insider told CNN Wednesday.
Michael Jackson's famously extravagant home, the Neverland Ranch, will be put up for public auction if the singer doesn't pay more than $24 million, according to a court filing.
A handcuffed Michael Jackson arrived at the Santa Barbara jail Thursday to face child molestation charges that could put him behind bars for years if convicted.
Santa Barbara Sheriff's county officers executed a search warrant at Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch Tuesday morning in connection with an abuse charge from a 12-year-old boy, Court TV's Diane Dimond is reporting.
The pop star, according to the agreement, maintained the settlement did not signify an admission of any wrongdoing against the boy or his parents.
A 15-year-old boy who claims singer Michael Jackson molested him in 2003 testified Wednesday that Jackson seemed interested in him primarily when he was cancer-stricken and wanted him to appear on video with the international pop star.
The woman who claims she and her son were victimized by Michael Jackson and his aides admitted Friday that she lied under oath in a past civil case in which she claimed department store security guards victimized her and her son.
Prosecutors rested their case against Michael Jackson on Wednesday after calling their final witness, a man who worked alongside Jackson aides and took copious notes about life inside Neverland Ranch, but had no evidence directly tying the singer to conspiracy or sexual molestation charges.
Family members of two boys who were Michael Jackson's "special friends" more than a decade ago testified Friday that there was nothing wrong with letting children sleep in the entertainer's bed.
Michael Jackson returned to Neverland a free man Monday.
The state set a deadline, but Michael Jackson plans to beat it.
California officials have fined Michael Jackson nearly $170,000 and ordered employees at the pop star's Neverland Ranch to stop working, after finding that employees had not been paid since December and the ranch's workers' compensation coverage had been allowed to lapse.
A stoic Michael Jackson walked out of court acquitted by jurors who said they didn't have enough evidence to convict him of molestation charges that could have sent him to prison for years.
A stoic Michael Jackson walked out of court Monday acquitted by jurors who said they didn't have enough evidence to convict him of molestation charges that could have sent him to prison for years.
Michael Jackson walked out of a Santa Maria, California, courtroom Monday acquitted of all 10 child molestation and conspiracy charges against him.
A California jury has exonerated Michael Jackson of the child molestation, conspiracy and alcohol charges that could have sent him to prison for nearly 20 years.
Jurors in Michael Jackson's child molestation trial adjourned for the weekend Friday afternoon, concluding their first full week of deliberations without reaching a verdict on the charges against the pop star.
The eight women and four men deciding Michael Jackson's fate worked for two and half hours Thursday before adjourning for the day without a decision on the 10 felony counts against the pop star.
After deliberating for 20 hours over four days, the jury in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial retired for the evening Wednesday without reaching a verdict.
The jury in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial will be back at work Wednesday after deliberating for six hours Tuesday without coming to a decision on the 10 felony charges against the pop star.
Jurors in Michael Jackson's child molestation have ended deliberations and will reconvene Tuesday morning.
Michael Jackson visited a hospital for about two hours Sunday afternoon for treatment of a recurring back problem and returned to his nearby Neverland Ranch, his spokeswoman said.
A jury of eight women and four men will resume deliberations on pop star Michael Jackson's fate Monday, and when they reach a verdict it will be broadcast.
A prosecutor Thursday told jurors during closing arguments that pop star Michael Jackson is a "predator" with a drinking problem who sought out vulnerable boys from fatherless homes -- including his teenage accuser -- and took them "into the world of the forbidden" for his own sexual gratification.
The Michael Jackson child molestation case is heading toward its close. Both sides rested Friday in something of a surprise.
With his defense complete and the jury's judgment nearing, Michael Jackson has "a strong grip on reality," but his trial has "been very tough on him, both physically and emotionally," his spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Michael Jackson's former attorney, Mark Geragos, said Friday that he issued a "broad directive" to private investigator Brad Miller to follow the family of the pop star's teenage accuser in February 2003, but he did not instruct the investigator to videotape them.
The family of Michael Jackson's teenage accuser never complained they were being held against their will at the pop star's Neverland Ranch in 2003 and they never asked for help to escape, a woman who befriended the family testified Thursday.
Michael Jackson's defense tried to undercut the conspiracy charge against him Monday by calling witnesses who disputed claims by his accuser's mother that she and her children were held against their will at Neverland Ranch.
Former child star Macaulay Culkin is expected to take the witness stand Wednesday in Michael Jackson's child molestation trial -- the biggest celebrity name so far to testify.
A former security supervisor at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch testified Monday she never saw the pop star exhibit any illegal or improper behavior toward young boys.
The leadoff witnesses for Michael Jackson's defense Thursday denied the pop star molested them as boys, even though they spent several nights in Jackson's bedroom at Neverland Ranch.
Michael Jackson faces millions of dollars of debt and a looming financial crisis, a forensic accountant testified Tuesday at the singer's trial on child molestation charges.
Prosecutors used telephone records Monday in hopes of bolstering their contention that Michael Jackson's associates tried to intimidate and control the family of his accuser, but a detective said the pop star did not take part in those calls.
Michael Jackson's defense team won a tactical victory Thursday when Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Rodney Melville agreed that the testimony of a third boy is "relevant" to the pop star's accuser's credibility.
Former child movie star Macaulay Culkin plans to testify on behalf of Michael Jackson in the singer's trial on child molestation charges, a source close to the case told CNN.
Michael Jackson's defense attorney kept up his attack Monday on the mother of the pop star's teenage accuser, trying to use her own statements to raise questions about her credibility.
The mother of the teenager accusing Michael Jackson of child molestation testified Thursday that she and her children were held at Neverland Ranch as virtual prisoners by the pop star's associates and security guards.
The family of the teenager at the center of Michael Jackson's child-molestation trial was offered a new house and free college educations in exchange for appearing in a video refuting a damaging TV documentary, the teenager's stepfather testified.
The mother of a boy who alleged Michael Jackson molested him in 1993 testified Monday that she allowed her son to start spending nights alone with the pop star after a sobbing Jackson pleaded with her to let them sleep together.
A former chef at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch testified Friday that he saw the pop star improperly touch child movie star Macaulay Culkin in the early 1990s.
A man who used to cook Michael Jackson late-night snacks told jurors Friday that he once caught the pop star improperly touching then-child actor Macaulay Culkin.
A former security guard and a maid at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch testified Thursday they witnessed sexual contact between him and a young boy who received a multimillion-dollar settlement from the pop star in 1994.
A former housekeeper at Neverland Ranch testified Tuesday that she saw Michael Jackson taking a shower with a young boy, one of several sleepover guests who also periodically shared his bed.
Michael Jackson's former personal maid testified Tuesday that she saw the pop star showering and laughing with a young boy at Neverland Ranch -- with their underwear lying outside the shower door.
A man who says he was sexually molested by Michael Jackson as a boy broke down on the witness stand Monday as he described three separate tickling games he engaged in with the King of Pop that he says escalated into unwanted groping and ended in hush money.
With prosecutors poised to call him to the stand, the legal woes for a key prosecution witness in the Michael Jackson trial continue to mount.
The son of Michael Jackson's former personal maid testified Monday that Jackson initiated tickling sessions which escalated to the pop star fondling the boy -- after which Jackson would give him a $100 bill and tell him not to tell his mother about the money.
Testimony about Michael Jackson's alleged history of bad behavior with young boys is fair game, a judge ruled Monday in the King of Pop's child-molestation trial.
The mother of Michael Jackson's accuser made a frantic phone call to the owner of a Los Angeles comedy club saying she and her children were being held against their will at the pop star's Neverland Ranch, the club owner testified Tuesday.
A forensic analyst testified Thursday that at least one of the prints recovered from sexually explicit magazines seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch belongs to his accuser's younger brother.
The focus of Michael Jackson's child molestation trial shifted Tuesday from the entertainer's character to that of his alleged accuser's parents.
A comedian testified Tuesday that the estranged father of the teenager at the center of Michael Jackson's child molestation trial -- not the mother -- pressed her for money.
Changing stories and fuzzy details on specific dates are consistent with the way children who are victims of sexual abuse behave, an expert testified Monday at the Michael Jackson trial.
The judge in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial on Friday denied a defense request to call a mistrial.
Michael Jackson's former housekeeper described Neverland Ranch on Thursday as a place where children "became wild" during long stays without their parents, drank alcohol in Jackson's presence and often slept with the pop star, instead of in their assigned guest rooms.
The lead investigator in the Michael Jackson child molestation case testified Wednesday that the police probe remains active.
The lead investigator in the Jackson case said he was not aware until five months into his investigation that the teenage accuser and his family made video and audio tapes lauding Jackson and denying child molestation allegations.
Michael Jackson's teenage accuser said Thursday that the pop star manually stimulated him on two separate occasions -- and tried to get the then-13 year old to do the same to him during overnight sleepovers at Jackson's Neverland Ranch two years ago.
The teenager at the center of Michael Jackson's child molestation trial said in court Wednesday that he was "kind of hypnotized" by the pop star after meeting him while undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer.
The brother of the teenage boy accusing Michael Jackson of child molestation cited nervousness Wednesday for giving different versions of an incident in which he claimed to have walked in on Jackson groping his brother.
A boy who claims he twice saw Michael Jackson molesting his brother in the singer's bed admitted Tuesday that he perjured himself in the past and gave conflicting accounts of the alleged molestation.
Michael Jackson's defense attorney Tuesday went after the credibility of the brother of the teenage boy accusing the pop star of child molestation, challenging the boy's account of seeing the singer grope his brother.
The younger brother of the teenage boy accusing Michael Jackson of child molestation testified Monday that he twice walked into the singer's bedroom and found Jackson masturbating, with his other hand down the sleeping boy's pants.
The older sister of a 13-year-old boy who accused pop superstar Michael Jackson of molesting him testified Thursday that she saw Jackson whisper in her brother's ear, give him a watch and share a can of Diet Coke that prosecutors say contained wine.
The sister of the teenager accusing Michael Jackson of child molestation said her brother seemed to withdraw from their family in the weeks after a controversial television documentary featuring he and Jackson aired two years ago.
A district attorney described in graphic detail to a jury Monday how pop superstar Michael Jackson allegedly sought to alter a teenager's morals as part of a seduction scheme.
The judge in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial opened the door Friday for the pop star's defense to challenge the character of the mother of Jackson's accuser.
Jury selection has been completed in Michael Jackson's trial on child-molestation charges, clearing the way for opening statements to begin Monday, the presiding judge announced Thursday.
Pop star Michael Jackson eluded reporters and left Marian Medical Center on Wednesday evening, not long after a doctor said he would stay another night.
Lists of possible witnesses were read to the pool of potential jurors in the Michael Jackson child molestation case Monday -- including basketball star Kobe Bryant, actress Elizabeth Taylor and family members of Jackson's accuser as potential defense witnesses.
The trial of Michael Jackson will be unusual because the defendant is a celebrity. It will also be unusual because the prosecution's star witness -- the closest thing it has to a "smoking gun" -- is just a kid.
Pop star Michael Jackson appeared confident as jury selection began in his child molestation trial Monday, smiling and laughing in court while prospective jurors craned their necks to catch a glimpse of him.
Pop singer Michael Jackson issued a video statement Sunday, a day before jury selection begins in his child molestation trial, calling leaks from the grand jury "disgusting and false."
Police and prosecutors are fashioning a new weapon in their arsenal against criminals: digital evidence. The sight of hard drives, Internet files and e-mails as courtroom evidence is increasingly common.
Prosecutors want to show jurors "erotic materials" seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch when the pop singer goes on trial on child molestation charges, according to newly released court documents.
Michael Jackson's lawyer has blasted the leak of secret grand jury testimony that includes lurid details from Jackson's accuser about what the cancer-stricken boy says happened between him and the pop superstar behind closed doors at the Neverland ranch.
The judge in the Michael Jackson child molestation case Wednesday postponed hearing arguments on whether accusations of past sexual abuse against the pop star should be admitted as evidence at his upcoming trial.
Michael Jackson's attorney railed against prosecutors, calling the child molestation case against the entertainer "garden variety," court documents revealed.
Prosecutors in the Michael Jackson child molestation case want to include as evidence previous allegations of sex offenses for which police did not charge the singer.
Claiming the January 31 trial date is "impossible" to meet, an attorney for Michael Jackson has asked for a six-week delay to the start of the trial, calling those weeks "indispensable" in preparing for the trial.
Fingerprints of Michael Jackson and those of his accuser have been found on "pornographic magazines" seized during a raid on the pop singer's Neverland ranch, a source familiar with the case told CNN.
Sheriff's investigators took a DNA sample from Michael Jackson this weekend in connection with child molestation charges against the pop star, according to a source familiar with the case.
The judge in the Michael Jackson child molestation case Thursday denied a defense motion that would have removed prosecutor Tom Sneddon and his entire staff from involvement in the upcoming trial.
The judge in the Michael Jackson child molestation case denied defense motions Thursday to suppress some evidence and a motion to dismiss the case altogether.
Pop star Michael Jackson's ex-wife wants more involvement in the lives of her children, CNN has learned.
Court documents released Tuesday revealed some of the evidence that will be admitted -- and some that will likely get tossed -- later this month in the child molestation case against pop star Michael Jackson.
Another accuser says pop star Michael Jackson touched him inappropriately and the boy was paid money to keep quiet, CNN has learned.
The judge in the molestation case against pop star Michael Jackson on Thursday ordered the release of part of a report by the state's attorney general concluding that the singer was not treated roughly when he surrendered on the charges last year.
The judge in the Michael Jackson child molestation case fined one of the pop star's lawyers $1,000 Tuesday after he refused to back off a line of questioning the judge had told him was off-limits.
The judge in the child molestation case against pop star Michael Jackson has announced he will push back the start of the trial to January 31, 2005.
Michael Jackson paid out approximately $25 million to settle a civil suit by a boy who accused him of molesting him in 1993, according to the confidential agreement which was exclusively obtained by Court TV's Diane Dimond.
Underwear believed to have been worn by Michael Jackson and photographs of him with young boys have been seized by authorities investigating child molestation charges against the pop star, Monmouth County, New Jersey, officials confirmed Monday.
Michael Jackson pleaded not guilty Friday to child molestation charges that include accusations of child abduction, false imprisonment and extortion.
A bench warrant has been issued for Michael Jackson following his indictment by a grand jury investigating allegations that the pop star molested a 12-year-old boy, a source close to the case said Thursday.
The date for a preliminary hearing for singer Michael Jackson, charged with molesting a child, will be decided April 2, and search warrants in the case will remain sealed, a judge ruled Friday.
The judge in Michael Jackson's child-molestation case ordered documents relating to a search of the singer's Neverland ranch sealed Friday, in part because they include information about another child's allegation of abuse.
A planned auction of Michael Jackson's Bentley Limousine, which had been scheduled for Saturday night, has been called off. At least for now.
After a horde of supporters and newspeople witnessed his arrival Friday for an arraignment, Michael Jackson pleaded not guilty to child molestation charges.
Michael Jackson pleaded not guilty Friday to seven felony counts of child molestation, then went outside and climbed to the roof of his SUV, clapped his hands, stamped his feet and blew kisses to his frenzied fans massed outside the Santa Barbara County Courthouse.
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