Michael Jackson
Mugshot of Michael Jackson provided Thursday by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office
Felony complaint: California v. Jackson .pdf
Protective order: California v. Jackson .pdf
Judge tosses Jackson Molestation lawsuit
A lawsuit filed against Michael Jackson by a Louisiana man who claimed the singer molested him over 20 years ago was thrown out by a federal judge on Thursday. (CBS)
SANTA MARIA - A California jury has exonerated Michael Jackson of the child molestation, conspiracy and alcohol charges that could have sent him to prison for nearly 20 years. (CNN) MORE: Jury finds Jackson not guilty Court Watch: Why Jackson went free
Jackson accuser's mom hit with fraud rap
LOS ANGELES - The mother of the Los Angeles boy who accused Michael Jackson of sexual molestation was charged today with welfare fraud and perjury. (Smoking Gun)
The Smoking Gun obtains 1903-page record of panel that indicted Michael Jackson on molestation and conspiracy charges. (Smoking Gun)
Jackson prosecution witness jailed in robbery spree
SANTA MARIA - In a twist likely to further complicate the prosecution's efforts to convict Michael Jackson, a former bodyguard expected to be a key witness against the pop star is sitting in a Las Vegas jail, facing a slew of felony charges stemming from four armed robberies. (CNN)
Opposing images of Jackson as trial opens
SANTA MARIA, Calif. - As Michael Jackson's molestation trial opened Monday morning, District Attorney Tom Sneddon told jurors the pop star exposed a 13-year-old boy to "strange sexual behavior." (MSNBC)
The case against Michael Jackson
Boys detail lurid acts of alleged sexual abuse in sealed court, police, grand jury records. (Smoking Gun)
RELATED: Jackson 'smoking gun' revealed? Jacko's ex can't talk about sex
Media frenzy to erupt as Jackson trial begins
SANTA MARIA - After months of pretrial back-and-forth, the world will be looking to California as jury selection begins today for pop star Michael Jackson's child molestation case. (CTV)
Uncle details 1993 Jackson case
When the current court case against Michael Jackson finally reaches trial, Santa Barbara County prosecutors plan to bring up a 1993 molestation case against the pop star in an attempt to show a pattern of behavior. (CBS News)
MORE: All that Glitters The Dec. 1993 declaration Jackson hit with $3M lawsuit
Source: Police take sample of Jackson's DNA
LOS ANGELES - Sheriff's investigators took a DNA sample from Michael Jackson this weekend in connection with child molestation charges against the pop star, according to a source familiar with the case. (CNN) PREVIOUS: Investigators search Jackson's Neverland ranch
Jacko admits paying off accuser
LOS ANGLES - Michael Jackson, facing child-molestation allegations, acknowledged he has reached financial settlements with people in the past to avoid the embarrassment of going to court, but added he would never harm a child. (CBS News) PREVIOUS: Report: Jackson paid $2M to another accuser
Jackson attorney fined by judge
SANTA MARIA - The judge in the Michael Jackson child molestation case fined one of the pop star's lawyers $1,000 Tuesday after he refused to back off a line of questioning the judge had told him was off-limits. (CNN) MORE: Judge: Neverland Ranch search was ok
SANTA MARIA - The judge in the child molestation case against pop star Michael Jackson has announced he will push back the start of the trial to January 31, 2005 (CNN) MORE: Jackson case takes shape
A Las Vegas woman who worked briefly as a spokesperson for Michael Jackson was a key prosecution witness whose grand jury testimony linked the King of Pop to a criminal conspiracy targeting the singer's teenage accuser and the boy's family. (The Smoking Gun)
Michael Jackson agreed to pay $15.3 million to settle child molestation charges leveled against him in 1993 by a California boy, according to a confidential legal agreement. (Smoking Gun)
PREVIOUS: Police: No evidence in old abuse claim against Jackson No deal with "The Devil" Is there another on Germany?
LA investigators ask The Smoking Gun to serve up Jacko "source"
The L.A. Department of Auditor-Controller, you see, is conducting a "criminal investigation" into TSG's publication of a Department of Children & Family Services memo and they'd really, really like the "name of the person from who you received the memo" and the "circumstances under which it was received," among other things. (The Smoking Gun)
Jackson search warrants to remain sealed
SANTA MARIA - The date for a preliminary hearing for singer Michael Jackson, charged with molesting a child, will be decided April 2, and search warrants in the case will remain sealed, a judge ruled Friday. (CNN)
MORE: Jackson search warrant documents sealed
Jackson pleads not guilty, then gives fans a thrill
SANTA MARIA - Michael Jackson pleaded not guilty Friday to seven felony counts of child molestation, then went outside and climbed to the roof of his SUV, clapped his hands, stamped his feet and blew kisses to his frenzied fans massed outside the Santa Barbara County Courthouse. (CNN) MORE: Smoking Gun: Allegations 'unfounded' Michael Jackson charged
Charter airline barred from releasing Jackson tapes
LOS ANGELES, California - Mark Geragos, lawyer for pop singer Michael Jackson, obtained a temporary restraining order Tuesday against a charter airline that he said secretly videotaped Jackson and him talking on board one of its planes and shopped the tapes to media outlets. (CNN)
Leaked child welfare memo supports Jackson
LOS ANGELES - A leaked memo from the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services concludes that allegations of sexual abuse of a young boy by pop superstar Michael Jackson were "unfounded." (CNN)
Jackson Lawyer: Money behind claims
LA - Molestation accusations levied against pop superstar Michael Jackson are being fueled by money, according to the entertainer's lawyer. (FOX News)
Michael Jackson defense plan emerges
LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's defense team plans to vigorously attack the credibility of the mother of the boy whose allegations led to last week's arrest of the pop superstar. (Fox News)
Sources: Jackson accuser appeared on documentary
LOS ANGELES - The boy who accuses Michael Jackson of molesting him participated in a documentary about the pop music star, according to two sources, one close to the boy's family and the other close to the 45-year-old singer. (CNN)
Jackson web site calls charges 'big lie'
LA - Michael Jackson launched a Web site Monday dedicated to countering what he called "a big lie" -- the child molestation accusations against him.
Jacko's wallet could feel the pinch
Jackson, who once was noted as the richest entertainer in the world, with a $750 million net worth, now is heavily in debt and was counting on his latest compilation CD "Number Ones," a published report said Thursday. (CNN – Nov. 20)
Jackson arrested, booked, released
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The first act in what could become the most sensational celebrity court case ever concluded peacefully Thursday as pop superstar Michael Jackson was arrested, booked and then released on $3 million bail for multiple counts of child molestation. (FOX News)
Jacko Lawyer on case for months
Forget all these stories that Mark Geragos was hired to represent Michael Jackson just yesterday. Or the day before. Were we all born yesterday? Geragos has been on the case since last March. (FOX News)
Michael Jackson Booked for child molestation
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A handcuffed Michael Jackson was booked Thursday on suspicion of child molestation and released from the sheriff's office after posting $3 million bail. (FOX News)
Editorial: Would you let your kid bunk with Jacko?
The correct question is: What’s wrong with these parents who let their kids sleep over at Jackson's Neverland Ranch, and what are the authorities going to do about them? (Robin Wallace FOX News)
Accuser: 'Wine, sleeping pills'
The 12-year-old boy at the center of the Michael Jackson child molestation scandal may have confessed to his psychiatrist that the pop singer plied him with wine and sleeping pills when he allegedly molested him, according to sources. (Fox News - Nov. 19)
Surrender deal reached for Michael Jackson
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Pop superstar Michael Jackson and his legal team will "choose their own time and their own place" for his surrender to authorities, a lawyer close to the Jackson family said Thursday. (Fox News - Nov. 20)
Case reflects rivalry between Jackson, DA
LOS ANGELES - The bad blood between Michael Jackson and County District Attorney Tom Sneddon, the prosecutor who filed child molestation charges against him goes back more than a decade. (FOX News - Nov 20) PREVIOUS: Jacko song about D.A. may haunt him
Jackson faces multiple molestation counts
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Michael Jackson is facing multiple counts of child molestation, Santa Barbara County authorities said Wednesday. Culminating a months-long criminal probe, officials issued a warrant for the singer's arrest. Bail for the 45-year-old "King of Pop" has been set at $3 million. (FOX News - Nov. 19)
Cops search Michael Jackson's Ranch
LOS OLIVOS, Calif. - Investigators armed with a search warrant swarmed Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch on Tuesday as part of a criminal probe. Sources told Fox News and other media outlets that a 12-year-old boy had brought sexual allegations against the pop star, who was in Las Vegas filming a music video at the time of the raid. (FOX News - Nov. 19)