June 14, 2005

One can only hope.

Jackson Won't Share Bed With Kids Again

One also hopes that this doesn't have an addendum, such as, "But Has No Qualms About Sharing the Floor," or "Sleeping Bags Still Just Fine," or "Defines 'Kids' as Women Over 18."

Well, it's all very much a mess. But given the outcomes of the O.J., Kobe, and Baretta cases, I suppose it's not at all surprising. Neither is this corker from one of the jurors--Juror: Jackson 'Probably' A Molester. Why not convict him?

Well, according to that article, the jurors didn't like the mother, who can safely be called a grifter of the highest order.

[...] Juror No. 5 said she remembered the woman snapping her fingers at the jury. The juror said she thought to herself, "Don't snap your fingers at me, lady."

Another juror said she wonders why the accuser was allowed to stay with Jackson so long -- saying no mother "in her right mind" would let her child just go off and sleep with someone, Michael Jackson or anyone else. [...]

Yep, she was after something, and maybe she even thought by selling her child to a freakish wealthy pedophile, she might be able to hit the bigtime. Sort of a sick symbiosis--one feeding his lust for small boys by preying on the sorts of people who find him fascinating; the other feeding her lust for money and reflected fame.

But it still seems clear to me that despite the appearance that Jackson was being set up for extortion, he made it awfully easy to do. Like crack to Marion Barry, some things are just too hard to resist for some people, even if it is a setup.

Anyway.

Posted by Terry Oglesby at June 14, 2005 08:25 AM
Comments

I can sum it all up in one word:
Ick.

The whole sorid mess is just one big ick.

I think we need ponies and free ice cream.

Posted by: Sarah G. at June 14, 2005 08:32 AM

Any bets on him releasing an album in the next few months? Followed by the "I'm a Lover Not a Pedophile" Tour? From what I've heard he's close to bankruptcy, and Never-never land may soon have a FSBO sign in front. I wouldn't be surprised to see someone buy it and make an amusement park out of it.

Think things are a little tense in the LA DA's office? OJ, Baretta and now Jackson - three strikes and someone is going to be out. It's unfortunate that the jurors seemed to be swayed more by emotion than evidence, but that's our justice system.

Posted by: MarcV at June 14, 2005 08:53 AM

The last man publicly hanged in Alabama was the great-grandfather of a boyhood friend. After the hanging, the jury said that they weren't sure he committed the murder for which they convicted him but they all knew he had killed several people (including his own brother) for which he was never tried so they took the opportunity to get rid of a bad man. The Jackson jury didn't do that. The juror who said he thought Jackson had molested boys said that he wasn't sure that he molested this particular boy thus the not guilty. The prosecution has to prove its case and it doesn't help to put admitted lying squirrels on the witness stand.

Posted by: Larry Anderson at June 14, 2005 09:05 AM

On "The Late Show" last night, Letterman said he knew Michael Jackson would be found innocent when the jury asked to see O.J.'s glove. :-)

Posted by: Stan at June 14, 2005 09:06 AM