Say what you will about Mr. Jackson... he's got some powerful friends, and they're showing up in droves to back their buddy.

This ongoing series of threads can only be attributed to the overwhelming popularity of this performer.

Keep it going, and remember - just try not to repost pics over and over again!

Thanks for playing!

- June7

HOOOOO!










First !!
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damn!

second!

Actor Macaulay Culkin Testifies Jackson Did Not Molest Him


Actor Macaulay Culkin (pictured, left) calmly and confidently testified Wednesday that he was never molested by Michael Jackson and told jurors that he and the pop star have a bond based on the shared experience of being children thrust into stardom.

The 24-year-old star of the "Home Alone" movies was the third young man to testify at Jackson's child molestation trial that as boys they slept with the adult Jackson at his Neverland ranch and were neither molested nor inappropriately touched, as prosecution witnesses have alleged.

"Do you have reason to believe Mr. Jackson molested you at any time," defense attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr. asked.

"Not at all," said Culkin, who entered court through a back way but later left through the front door, his hands clasped behind his back except when he tried to tame his wind-blown hair.

Culkin testified that he and Jackson were drawn together by their common experience as child performers, although he laughingly noted that "it was not like a child actors' self-help group."

"Anyone who was a child performer," he said, "we keep an eye out for each other."

Jackson, 46, is accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy in 2003, giving him wine and conspiring to hold the boy's family captive to get them to rebut a documentary in which the boy appeared with Jackson, who told an interviewer he let children sleep in his bed but it was innocent.

Culkin became part of the case when prosecutors were allowed to present testimony about Jackson's past to suggest he has a pattern of abusing boys. The testimony included an ex-chef who said he saw Jackson with a hand up Culkin's shorts as Jackson held the boy up to a video game.

Culkin, wearing a suit with an open-neck shirt, appeared relaxed and answered questions directly during his testimony, which lasted less than 90 minutes.

Several times during cross-examination, Senior Deputy District Attorney Ron Zonen cut off his answers, drawing an admonishment from Superior Court Judge Rodney S. Melville.

Culkin testified that he was 9 or 10 years old when he met Jackson and that he slept in Jackson's bed several times between the ages of 10 and 14, sometimes with other boys as well. He said the sleepovers weren't planned and that he and others would just fall asleep when they were tired.

Zonen suggested he could have been molested while he was asleep.

"I find that unlikely," Culkin said. "I think I'd realize that something like that was happening to me."

Under questioning by Mesereau, Culkin also denied that Jackson would try to manipulate him with gifts so that the pop star could later touch Culkin.

Asked if Jackson ever pressured him, Culkin said, "He never pressured me to do anything at all. He was just my friend. He never pressured me to go to sleep at a particular time or to eat my vegetables."

He testified that his life changed after he starred in "Home Alone" and spoke of "photographers in the bushes and profiteers -- people out to get you. It was something that just happened."

Culkin said he and Jackson often talked about missing out on their childhoods.

"It wasn't like therapy," he said, "but we talked about how these kind of things happen."

Culkin also spoke of Jackson leading an insular life and how he would have to go shopping in stores after hours.

The young actor called the charges against Jackson "absolutely ridiculous" and said he only learned of the allegations made about him when someone told him he should watch CNN.

"It was amazing to me that nobody even approached me and asked if these allegations were true," he said.

On cross-examination, Zonen asked Culkin if prosecutors had tried repeatedly to contact him but had been rebuffed.

"Not that I know of, no," Culkin said.

Prosecutors seized on Culkin comments in which he described Jackson as childlike and about how guests in Jackson's room were free to look at memorabilia.

The prosecution has shown the jury dozens of sexually explicit magazines found in his room during a November 2003 search, and have alleged that Jackson showed the material to his accuser and the boy's brother.

Asked if he thought it was childlike to have such material, Culkin said, "When I was 12 or 13 years old I had a couple of Playboys under my bed."

When Zonen described the content of the magazines and asked if they were childlike, Culkin said, "I don't think there's anything wrong with having those things."

Culkin himself faces a court hearing next month on two misdemeanor drug counts in Oklahoma City. He was arrested Sept. 17, 2004, after police alleged found more than a half-ounce of marijuana and several tablets of the prescription medication Xanax in a car in which he was a passenger.

Culkin has pleaded not guilty to the charges and is free on $4,000 bail.

In another trial development, Jackson's lawyers announced they would play a video made by Jackson's videographer during the making of the "Living With Michael Jackson" documentary.

The defense contends that outtakes will show that much of what ended up in the documentary was taken out of context.

The judge agreed to allow the entire two-hour, 40-minute tape to be played despite prosecution assertions that the defense only be allowed to show material that it claims would correct misleading information in the documentary.





Mac came through like a solider...holla


[Edited 5/11/05 13:44pm]

Here's another Culkin article...

Culkin Denies Being Molested by Jackson
By LINDA DEUTSCH, AP Special Correspondent
1 hour, 27 minutes ago



SANTA MARIA, Calif. - "Home Alone" star Macaulay Culkin firmly testified Wednesday that he was never molested by Michael Jackson and told jurors that he and the pop star have a bond based on the shared experience of being children thrust into stardom.

The 24-year-old actor was the third young man to testify at Jackson's trial that as boys they slept with Jackson at his Neverland ranch and were neither molested nor inappropriately touched, as prosecution witnesses have alleged.

Culkin called the charges against Jackson "absolutely ridiculous" and said he did not even learn of the allegations made about him until someone told him he should watch CNN's coverage.

"Do you have reason to believe Mr. Jackson molested you at any time?" defense attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr. asked.

"Not at all," said Culkin, who entered court through a back way without being seen by photographers and about two-dozen Jackson fans outside the courthouse.

Jackson, 46, is accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy in 2003, giving him wine and conspiring to hold the boy's family captive to get them to rebut a damaging documentary about the singer.

Culkin became part of the case when prosecutors were allowed to present testimony about Jackson's past to suggest he has a pattern of molesting boys. The testimony included a former chef's account of seeing Jackson with a hand up Culkin's shorts as Jackson held the boy up to a video game.

Culkin, wearing a suit with an open-neck shirt, appeared relaxed and answered questions directly during his nearly 90 minutes of testimony.

The actor, who is the godfather of two of Jackson's three children, testified that he and Jackson were drawn together by their common experience as child performers, although he laughingly noted that "it was not like a child actors' self-help group."

"Anyone who was a child performer," he said, "we keep an eye out for each other."

He said he slept in Jackson's bed several times between the ages of 10 and 14, sometimes with other boys as well. He said that the sleepovers were not planned and that he and others would just fall asleep when they were tired.

During cross-examination, prosecutor Ron Zonen suggested Culkin could have been molested while he was asleep.

"I find that unlikely," Culkin said. "I think I'd realize that something like that was happening to me."

Prosecutors seized on Culkin's description of Jackson as childlike and his account of how guests in Jackson's room were free to look at memorabilia.

The prosecution has shown the jury dozens of sexually explicit magazines found in Jackson's room during a November 2003 search, and have alleged that the pop star showed the material to his accuser and the boy's brother.

Asked if he thought it was childlike to have such material, Culkin said, "When I was 12 or 13 years old I had a couple of Playboys under my bed."

Culkin himself faces a court hearing next month on two misdemeanor drug counts in Oklahoma City. He was arrested last September after police said they found more than a half-ounce of marijuana and several tablets of the prescription medication Xanax in a car in which he was a passenger.

Culkin has pleaded innocent and is free on bail.

culkin looks hot in that pic above...but then other times his face looks too long...

cant figure out of id bag him or not just yet..

its frustrating me

sosgemini said:

he's a star, of course you would>>>>>and then you would tell us about it.

Mike looks great and funny at the same time in this one.

dag said:

He looks like he's about to start dancing there.

did anyone see/hear/post about this already?

http://www.nypost.com/new.../23973.htm

Culkin also told of midnight shopping sprees with the pop star. One time, Jackson and fellow oddball music great Prince took him to the FAO Schwarz toy store on Fifth Avenue after closing.

"It was just one of the fun things to do when you hang out with Michael," Culkin said.

vanity69 said:

lilgish said:

FUCK! I WANTED TO BE FIRST!



Yes. I best cloudhead though

please no captain eo pic please

lilgish said:

Captain eo rules. Jacko rlease the fucker already.

It looks like Macaulay Culkin blew a huge hole in all of that 1108 nonsense! I hear that the defense has over 300 possible witnesses on their list to testify and one of them is MJ himself.

The prosecution is going to be totally obliterated by the defense

vanity69 said:

so they ARE closet lovers then

vanity69 said:

Prince as in "Prince Michael" (Mike's son), not Prince "Rogers Nelson".

scorp84 said:

That sentance about prince and Mike in a toy store cracks me up. Can u imagine them 2 in a toy store?

scorp84 said:

ahh..that makes sense...

scorp84 said:

nO, it's Prince Nelson, alright

Culkin also told of midnight shopping sprees with the pop star. One time, Jackson and fellow oddball music great Prince took him to the FAO Schwarz toy store on Fifth Avenue after closing.


Mike's son wasn't even born yet.

talk about it here.

http://www.prince.org/msg/7/145179

Viner: Feldman Did Not Believe Accuser, Called Mother a 'flake' - AP
Jackson defense filing questions lawyer's testimony for prosecution

LINDA DEUTSCH

Associated Press

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - The lawyer who first talked to Michael Jackson's accuser and his mother told TV talk show host Larry King and another man that he considered the mother "a flake" and that he didn't believe the boy, according to a report of a witness interview filed by Jackson's investigator.

The memo, which was filed Monday and released by the court Wednesday, was offered by the defense to attack the earlier testimony of attorney Larry Feldman in Jackson's child molestation trial.

In the memo, investigator Scott Ross said he interviewed publisher Michael Viner on April 26 about a breakfast meeting with Feldman and King about six months before the trial began.

According to the memo, Viner said the three men met at Nate and Al's Deli in Beverly Hills along with other friends. He said that Feldman wanted to talk with King about the becoming a commentator on King's show during the Jackson trial.

"Viner recalled that Feldman had referred to the mother as 'a flake' and said he did not believe the boy," the memo said. "Feldman added that he sent the mother and boy out to 'another expert and they failed the smell test.'"

"Feldman added that he did not believe them and they were into this case for one reason, 'money,'" Ross wrote. "When I asked Viner if Feldman actually said that, he replied, 'Absolutely.'"

Ross said he advised Viner that Feldman had testified he did not know the publisher.

"Viner said that was not true, that they had met several times.... Viner has no idea why Feldman would say such a thing," the memo said.

King has been subpoenaed to testify at the trial and the defense is fighting an effort to exclude Viner's testimony as hearsay.

During his testimony, Feldman said he has never met Viner but did remember meeting with King and "six of his pals" at Nate and Al's Deli. He denied making the comments in question.

Feldman testified he was first contacted by the accuser's family because of a dispute over the boy's appearance in a documentary about Jackson and that he referred the family to a psychologist. It was the psychologist who reported suspicions of molestation to authorities after interviewing the family.
Jackson defense filing questions lawyer's testimony for prosecution

Friend says Jackson accuser never mentioned molestation
By Quintin Cushner/Staff Writer


A friend and classmate of a boy who accused Michael Jackson of child molestation during the early 1990s testified today that the accuser never mentioned the alleged abuse.

Carlos Velasco attended Santa Maria High School with a boy who earlier testified that tickling sessions with Jackson led to sexual groping by the singer.

Velasco said he was a friend of the accuser, who also attended Santa Maria High and is the son of a former maid at Jackson's Neverland Valley Ranch near Los Olivos.

Velasco, also the son of a former Neverland employee, said his friend had never mentioned the alleged molestation. He also said he attended several events at the ranch near Los Olivos with the accuser and did not notice Jackson treating the accuser differently than anyone else.

"(Jackson) talked to all of us," Velasco said. "It wasn't just specifically (the accuser)."

The accusations made by the boy were never litigated after Jackson paid him millions to settle the case.

Also this morning, a Las Vegas attorney who represented Jackson in 2003 testified about events surrounding the debut of a controversial documentary about the entertainer.

David LeGrand said he was retained by Jackson in January 2003 after clips from "Living With Michael Jackson" began appearing on television. LeGrand said he assembled a team of lawyers and public relations people to sue Grenada Television, the British producer of the program.

"Living With Michael Jackson" includes footage of the singer holding hands with his current accuser, and defending his practice of sharing his bed with children - a practice he called innocent and non-sexual.

LeGrand testified that there was not a proper contract drafted at the onset of the production, and that Jackson received no money for his participation in the documentary.

LeGrand said Jackson was concerned that his children were depicted on the documentary, which he believe posed a safety risk for them.

Jackson has pleaded not guilty to four counts of molesting a 13-year-old boy and four counts of administering alcohol to help him with the alleged lewd acts. He also has pleaded not guilty to a conspiracy charge involving abduction, false imprisonment and extortion and a count of attempted child molestation.

The Santa Maria Times, following its established policy, is not identifying those who allege they were abused by Jackson, even though they are being named in court.

Staff writer Quintin Cushner can be reached at (805) 739-2217 or qcushner@pulitzer.net.

looking kinda sleepy. Mike what have you been doing??

dag said:

Michael says: Do you realize what time it is? I have to get up early every morning for this shit.
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dag said:

lilgish said:

[Edited 5/12/05 12:40pm]

scorp84 said:

When did MJ's son become a music great?

dag said:

Making musc, I hope.

or making love to me, I wish.