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With the opening of his long-awaited trial just a day away, Michael Jackson yesterday released a video statement rebutting the child molestation charges against him and condemning court transcript leaks outlining the prosecution case. “In the last few weeks, a large amount of ugly, malicious information has been released into the media about me,” the […]

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. Jackson attorney Thomas Mesereau read more than 100 names, including “60 Minutes” correspondent Ed Bradley, singer

Jurors in Michael Jackson’s child molestation trial will be allowed to hear evidence that the accuser’s mother had made allegations of improper touching against store security guards, a judge ruled Friday. Attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr. made the allegations during motions on whether evidence could be admitted about the family’s lawsuit against J.C. Penney. The family

At least he was spared the indignity of wearing an electronic belt designed to stun wearers if they try to flee. OJ was forced to wear one when he accompanied jurors on a field trip to the scene of his former wife’s murder. Michael Jackson did not need one: he never left the courtroom. His

An attempt by computer hackers to steal £220m in one of the world’s biggest bank robberies has been foiled by British detectives. A high-technology crime gang planned to transfer millions of pounds from the London offices of the Japanese bank Sumitomo Mitsui into 10 bank accounts around the world. But before they could download any

Prosecutors in the sexual molesting trial of Michael Jackson on Friday painted a picture of him riffling through dirty magazines and showing the pictures to two young boys. The prosecution repeatedly projected onto a large screen images of sexually explicit periodicals like Hustler’s Barely Legal Hardcore and had fingerprint experts identify on their glossy pages

1990 Terri Schiavo suffers brain damage during cardiac arrest, a result of a potassium imbalance that may have been caused by her suspected bulimia. She emerges from her coma but does not regain consciousness. A Florida court appoints her husband Michael guardian.•1992 Michael sues Terri’s doctor and in November wins $750,000 for her and $300,000

The attorney for two former altar boys who claim a Roman Catholic priest molested them in Antioch asked a jury Tuesday to impose $27 million in damages, a figure one church attorney said was unwarranted and “pulled out of the air.” The Rev. Robert Ponciroli victimized Tom Thatcher, 33, and his brother Bob, 34, two

Jury selection for former Bank of America broker Theodore Sihpol III is set to begin today in Manhattan Supreme Court. In a 40-count indictment, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, as part of his office’s ongoing efforts to curb alleged abuses in the mutual fund industry, charged Sihpol for late-trading by helping hedge fund Canary Capital Partners

A military judge Wednesday threw out Pfc. Lynndie England’s guilty plea to prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, saying that he was not convinced that she knew that her actions were wrong at the time. Col. James Pohl entered a plea of not guilty for England to a charge of conspiring with Pvt. Charles Graner Jr.