MJ explains "shamon" to Ed Bradley



NEW YORK - Michael Jackson (news) says he is still in pain from being put in police handcuffs last month and tells CBS's "60 Minutes" that authorities "manhandled" him.

The pop star said he suffered a dislocated shoulder from the way he was cuffed and handled during his arrest on child molestation charges.

"It's hurting me very badly," Jackson said in an interview broadcast Sunday. "I'm in pain all the time."

Representatives of the Santa Barbara County sheriff's department did not return a call seeking comment Sunday. District Attorney Thomas Sneddon has said Jackson was treated fairly while in custody.

Jackson denied the molestation charges against him in a partial transcript of the interview released Friday, and said he still believes it's acceptable to have children sleep in his bed.

On Sunday, CBS released the full transcript of Jackson's Christmas night interview with Ed Bradley.

Jackson, 45, is charged with seven counts of performing lewd or lascivious acts upon a child under 14 and two counts of administering an intoxicating agent. After surrendering to Santa Barbara, Calif., authorities Nov. 20, he was set free on $3 million bail.

"It seemed to me like he reindicted himself," Bill Dickerman, an attorney who represented the family of the alleged victim and remains close to them, told ABC's "Good Morning America" Monday after reviewing a transcript of Jackson's interview.

"He said many things that were not in his favor," Dickerman said. "His reference to being Jack the Ripper or a pedophile or not being Jack the Ripper or a pedophile I thought was very strange."

During the televised interview, when Jackson was asked if he thought it was still OK to sleep with children given the charges against him, he answered: "Why not? If you're going to be a pedophile, if you're going to be Jack the Ripper, if you're going to be a murderer, it's not a good idea. That I am not."

"Before I would hurt a child, I would slit my wrists," Jackson said.

The pop star also said authorities sought to belittle him when he was taken into custody.

"They were supposed to go in, and just check fingerprints, and do the whole thing that they do when they take somebody in," he said. "They manhandled me very roughly. My shoulder is dislocated, literally."

The pain from being handcuffed behind his back "keeps me from sleeping at night," he said.

Jackson said he was locked in a restroom for 45 minutes after he asked to use the facilities. He said the room was smelly because of feces thrown all over.

His bedroom at his Neverland ranch was left a "total wreck" by investigators acting on a search warrant, Jackson said, although he admitted he has yet to see it.

Bradley pressed Jackson, a father of three, on whether he would allow his own children to sleep in a bed with a 45-year-old man and if he understood the way this appeared to others.

"People think sex," Jackson said. "They're thinking sex. My mind doesn't run that way. When I see children, I see the face of God. That's why I love them so much."

OK call me Naive... I am not sure what to think about this whole thing with MJ.. Is he strange??...YES!!!, is he missing a few cards from the deck??.. YES!!! Is it strange and totally inappropriate for him to be letting boys sleep in his bed??.. YES!!! But i still get this feeling that he is just a kid at heart .. he was brought up without a childhood and unable to do all the thing a young boy does... Maybe he just likes still being a kid!!! I mean... maybe i would just like to see the good in people, but I really would like to think he is innocent of all this hooplah! I would really like to believe this is just a man who is going through some sort of regression and now he is wealthy and able, he is enjoying all the things he would not as a young boy...I am not saying I agree with any of what he is doing, because I didnt' say that... BUT then again I also beleived OJ was innocent..
[This message was edited Mon Dec 29 7:31:00 PST 2003 by BabyCakes]

cborgman said:

Hated It!

Christopher said:

bitchface!

Christopher said:

INSATIABLE said:

im wearing your eazy flannel with my gold leg warmers

bbrrr

cborgman said:

:lol; i think that mj should do his hair like that, it would be a good look for him.

Christopher said:

Christopher said:

cborgman said:

LMAO!

Christopher said:

I'm wearing a pink bodysuit with light blue stirrup tight pants and jellies.


it's cold this morn!

cborgman said:

Ick! He'd look better as Mrs. Cleaver!!

Poor MJ! He's such a fucking train wreck of a person. I miss the black Michael from Off The Wall

cborgman said:

wtf??!



im scared

i think its inapropriate to state that mj *did* molest anyone...

im not in support of the man but...let the courts do its job first people....







shakeitedit!!
[This message was edited Mon Dec 29 7:46:04 PST 2003 by sosgemini]

sosgemini said:

I agree. Innocent until proven guilty (although it won't stop me from making jokes about him).

INSATIABLE said:

i wore my red overalls,green bra,black flats,and strawberry shortcake lunch box last night


it is cold...i hope you had coffee or soup!

INSATIABLE said:

AHAHAHAA

sosgemini said:

i know, innocent untill proving guilty... i just wanted to have a fun thread.

cborgman said:

you know, dorthy looks very good there. is that pic from the wizard of oz? or is that some photo shoot work?

Christopher said:

whatever happened to bubbles?

cborgman said:

He retired from showbusiness a broken monkey

Lleena said:

it's always so sad when the biz chews em up and spits em out.

i think in that living with mj special they said bubbles was put in a zoo cause he was becoming violent or something. dont remember well.

Christopher said:

You mean he slapped Michael?

Lleena said:

i am betting he went after a preteen boy that took his place on the lap.

Cloudbuster said:

Co-LMAO!!!

INSATIABLE said:

I just noticed the face on there.. ..

Now that is funny!!!

oy vey!