Re: Jackson to accuse boy's mother

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 07:50:41 -0800, "P Diddy"
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>> On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 17:32:09 -0800, "P Diddy"
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>> >"Neil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>>http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,7956168%255E401,0
>0.html
>> >>
>> >> Jackson to accuse boy's mother
>> >>
>> >> By Robert Lusetich and The Times
>> >> 24nov03
>> >>
>> >> MICHAEL Jackson's defence looks as if it will be based on the motives
>of
>> >> the mother of the boy at the centre of child molestation allegations
>> >> against the pop star.
>> >>
>> >> Gavin Arvizo, who turns 14 next month, has been named by several media
>> >> organisations as Jackson's accuser. Gavin, who had leukaemia and met
>> >> Jackson about 18 months ago as a "last wish" granted to terminally ill
>> >> children, appeared in the controversial documentary by British
>> >> journalist Martin Bashir aired earlier this year. In it, Gavin said he
>> >> had slept in Jackson's bedroom but that Jackson slept on the floor. He
>> >> spoke glowingly of Jackson.
>> >>
>> >> Gavin's mother, Janet, a 34-year-old who has had difficulties making
>> >> ends meet for her three children in a run-down section of Los Angeles,
>> >> has also been publicly supportive of Jackson, calling him "the father
>> >> Gavin never had".
>> >>
>> >> "He is a saint to all my children," she has said.
>> >>
>> >> Jackson's lawyers will contend that Ms Arvizo, who had been living at
>> >> Jackson's Neverland ranch with Gavin and his two elder siblings and had
>> >> received money and gifts, including a car, from the entertainer,
>> >> pressured her son to assert Jackson had had improper relations with him
>> >> only after she learned that Jackson would be cutting her off
>> >> financially.
>> >>
>> >> "This is extortion," Jackson's brother Jermaine said on the weekend.
>> >>
>> >> The Jacksons' family lawyer, Brian Oxman, characterised "the whole
>> >> thing" as being "about money".
>> >>
>> >> Ms Arvizo is believed to have consulted - and according to some
>reports,
>> >> retained - Larry Feldman, the ruthless lawyer who represented Jordy
>> >> Chandler, whose allegations of sexual misconduct against Jackson
>> >> resulted in a legal settlement believed to have been $US20million in
>> >> 1994.
>> >>
>> >> Meanwhile, a high-profile Los Angeles lawyer is demanding that social
>> >> services take over the custody of Jackson's three children.
>> >>
>> >> Gloria Allred - who also, briefly, represented Chandler 10 years ago -
>> >> urged social workers to take Jackson's three children - six-year-old
>> >> Prince Michael I, Paris, 5, and baby Prince Michael II - into
>protective
>> >> custody. In the past she has proved adept at harnessing public opinion.
>> >>
>> >> British newspaper reports on the weekend quoted Mr Oxman as alleging
>> >> that the charges against Jackson related to "some exposure and touching
>> >> and that's it". "There is no sex or anything. Nothing else. No
>> >> penetration, no rape, that's it," he reportedly said.
>> >>
>> >> The Australian could not contact Mr Oxman to verify that information.
>> >>
>> >> Gavin's family is alleging Ms Arvizo became suspicious of Jackson
>> >> earlier this year, after the airing of the Bashir documentary. After
>her
>> >> son had been taunted by classmates at school for being Jackson's
>> >> "boyfriend", she sent him to a psychiatrist.
>> >>
>> >> It was the psychiatrist who reported the allegations to police, not
>> >> Gavin. Other reports said Mr Feldman instructed Ms Arvizo to send Gavin
>> >> to a psychiatrist.
>> >>
>> >> Meanwhile, Gavin's father David Arvizo is planning to take his
>estranged
>> >> wife to court to reclaim custody of Gavin, alleging she was an unfit
>> >> mother and "crazy" to allow the boy to sleep with Jackson.
>> >>
>> >> However, court documents show Mr Arvizo, who was arrested and charged
>> >> with beating his wife, was also charged with nine counts of cruelty
>> >> against his children.
>> >>
>> >> Legal analysts said if he managed to be granted custody, he could
>> >> receive a payout as part of any civil case brought against Jackson.
>> >>
>> >> Chandler's estranged parents were paid $US1 million to $US2 million
>each
>> >> under their son's settlement, according to news reports.
>> >>
>> >> Jackson will appear in a Santa Barbara court on January 9 to enter a
>> >> plea.
>> >
>> >And he should not have his 3 children while all of this goes on. This
>> >according to
>> >famed attorney Gloria Allred who thinks his kids should be taken into
>> >protective custody.
>> >http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30500-12933136,00.html
>> >To my knowledge nobody has ever accusec Micahel Jackson of abusing his
>kids.
>> >Isn't there a presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of
>> >law?
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>> I make no comment about what should happen in this particular case but
>> it is quite usual for children to be taken into care pending
>> investigations.  I suspect that had they been anyone else's children,
>> they would already have been taken away.
>>
>> Ann
>
>I'm not sure I agree with you. Once again *his* kids are not thought to be
>abused.
>http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/XII/169-C/169-C-6.htm

Your link is not relevant.  A court order would be sought.

Ann