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Michael Jackson Jury to See 'Adult' Material
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Fri Jan 28, 2005 8:29 PM ET
By Dan Whitcomb
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (Reuters) - "Erotic material," including pictures of nude children, seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Valley Ranch, can be shown to jurors at the pop star's upcoming child molestation case, a judge ruled on Friday.
Superior Court Judge Rodney Melville said that Santa Barbara County prosecutors could introduce the books, magazines and DVDs, which were found during a police raid on Jackson's sprawling estate in November of 2003, as evidence -- over the objections of defense attorneys.
Melville also ruled that Jackson's accuser, now 15, and his brother will have to testify in open court, rejecting a prosecution attempt to close the courtroom to the press and public for that key portion of the trial. Prosecutors had argued that forcing the boys to take the witness stand in open court would traumatize them....
By Dan Whitcomb
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (Reuters) - "Erotic material," including pictures of nude children, seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland Valley Ranch, can be shown to jurors at the pop star's upcoming child molestation case, a judge ruled on Friday.
Superior Court Judge Rodney Melville said that Santa Barbara County prosecutors could introduce the books, magazines and DVDs, which were found during a police raid on Jackson's sprawling estate in November of 2003, as evidence -- over the objections of defense attorneys.
Melville also ruled that Jackson's accuser, now 15, and his brother will have to testify in open court, rejecting a prosecution attempt to close the courtroom to the press and public for that key portion of the trial. Prosecutors had argued that forcing the boys to take the witness stand in open court would traumatize them....