This won't be popular but.
The right decision was made, and it was made for this reason.
The mother is a professional con-artist, she plays victim for a living, I forgot all the people she's sued, (I know one of them was a shopping guard who she claimed had assualted her), and she saw Micheal Jackson, and well she knew what she was doing.
Seriously, who actually leaves theie kids with Micheal Jackson. When you combine the fact that she has her history, and the fact that she left the kid with Jacko...
She was looking for a mark, Mesereau had it right.
Now, if we are going to use OJ as one extreme and Kobe as another, I think this case falls in the middle. With OJ, you had a clear miscarriage of justice, not only did he deserve to be convicted, but he was actually on trial for a crime he was guilty of.
In Kobe, you had the exact opposite, you had a woman of loose morals willingly act as a groupie to Kobe, you had her bragging about it, and then suddenly, she realizes that she can make some money off of this. Notice that as soon as she dropped the criminal charges, she began expressing official interest in a civil case.
Micheal falls in the middle. I do believe he is guilty of child molestation and deserves to be sent to prison for it, but, I just don't believe he is guilty in this case. That mother is clearly not to be trusted, and considering this is not the first time she's had a mark case around the children, I don't think they are to be trusted either. As a parent, it revolts me to say this, but, you've got to do better.
You know Jacko has actually molested children, find an actual case and charge him on it, and make sure when you charge it, that the mother is not first class grifter.
This being said, I do believe there is enough evidence (even if I doubt the validity of this particular case) to bring Jackson up for suit in civil court where the burden of proof is lower, and I think that will happen in this case.
Yes, her credibility was very easy to attack.
You know that MJ does not even start to unsnap the little boy's fly until he has read the mother's police and credit reports.
Ditto your comments.
Good post Azalea.
Nice rant, but you missed the most important fact: Jackson deliberately picks his victim's families JUST LIKE HER.
You may be saying somethign different when the new book about Jackson comes out.