Posted on 02/07/2005 3:15:09 PM PST by Former Military Chick
Michael Jackson (search) told FOX News' Geraldo Rivera that he had become a target for prosecutors because he was a well-known figure and he said that news reports about him were "fiction."
"The bigger the star, the bigger the target. I'm not trying to say I'm the super-duper star, I'm not saying that," Jackson said in the interview, which was taped two weeks ago. "I'm saying the fact that people come at celebrities, we're targets. But truth always prevails. I believe in that."
The interview with Jackson aired Saturday at 10 p.m. ET on the FOX News Channel on "At Large With Geraldo Rivera."
The interview was Jackson's first since he was indicted by a grand jury in April on charges of molesting a boy and plying him with alcohol. Jackson's lawyers and prosecutors are scheduled to begin questioning potential jurors in the trial Monday.
The singer was barred by a gag order from talking about the molestation charges he faces.
Jackson also said in the interview that he designed his Neverland estate (search), where prosecutors say the molestation occurred, as a place where he could enjoy the childhood activities he missed while he was a child star.
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Jerry Rivers must be a bit light in the old loafers himself ................
Jackson will walk. No doubt about it. The MSM (and Geraldo) are convinced he is innocent and will do all they can to make sure he is freed of suspicion and exonerated. Look at all the thousands of people bused in to cheer Jackson's every move. It's OJ all over again with massive MSM coverage and the inevitable "not guilty" verdict.
I have to say, I was pretty disgusted by that Gerlado-Jackson love fest. Geraldo is a tool, a tabloid reporter who should quit Fox and go write for the Weekly World News or start a 24 hour network for news about the British royal family. That's his speed. He had his nose so far up Jackson's ass... well.. nevermind...it's soo sick and depraved to even make a joke out of.
Bones
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