Fraud charges filed against mother of Michael Jackson's accuserLINDA DEUTSCH

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES - The woman whose son accused Michael Jackson of child molestation in a trial that led to Jackson's acquittal was charged with welfare fraud Tuesday in a five-count complaint alleging she collected $18,782 in payments while making false claims she was indigent.

At Jackson's trial, the woman invoked her Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination and refused to testify about the welfare matter.

But Jackson's lawyers presented evidence that she and her family had received a $150,000 settlement in a 2001 lawsuit against a department store at a time when she was claiming to be indigent.

They also showed the woman was receiving money from her boyfriend to pay the rent on her apartment.
AP


The Associated Press is withholding the name of the woman to protect the identity of her son.

The five-count complaint filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Bureau of Fraud and Corruption Prosecutions alleged that the woman hid from authorities the fact that she had received the settlement and also failed to report the receipt of $637 for payment of her rent in January 2003.

It said the payment occurred in February 2003 but was not discovered until a social services investigator received a tip from a private investigator on Feb. 2, 2005. That was just before the Jackson trial began.

The woman was a key witness for the prosecution against Jackson. Many jurors said her lack of credibility on the witness stand was a major factor in their verdict of not guilty.

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HAHAHA!!! Take that, you B.ITCH!!!!!
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You know whats funny.

WHERE is This Family looking for MJ's MONEY??

ALL that talk of them looking for HIS money, where is it?? ALL I have seen is Michael Jackson HIMSELF always making money off all these cases!

$2 Million for a Magazine Interview

He is the one making money off all of this!



He has made money off all these cases & charges for 10 years!

60 Minutes (paid for)
Rebuttle (paid for)
MJ Home Movies (paid for)
Magazine Articles (paid for)

10 Years of making money off his sexual behavior and trying to spin his Illegal Perv Lifestyle.

Get over it. Michael was found not guilty. I know you don't wanna accept that but you will have to. The trial is over so stop trying to spin and shove your beliefs about Michael Jackson down everyones thoarts.

What magazine article? Never published. No contract signed. Just gossip.

ElectricBlue said:

Oh,stop it.We know you hate Michael Jackson,but please stop defending this crooked family.It just makes you look ridiculous.You claim that they're not out to make money,but there is plenty of evidence that suggests otherwise.This family has a long history of trying to scam famous people for money.Just ask Jay Leno,George Lopez,Chris Tucker and many other celebrities.Then there was that bogus lawsuit against JCPenney's,where the mother "coached" her children to lie under oath.Even the children's father admitted this.She taught her children how to lie to on the witness stand.Janet Arvizo is a desperate,money-hungry,blood-sucking,scandalous,lying,golddigging bitch who illegally received welfare payments (nearly $20,000) even after receiving a $150,000 settlement payment from JC Penney! She uses her "sick" son to get sympathy and to make rich people donate money for his medical bills,but she spends all the money on herself.She has zero credibility.She reminds me of that stupid bitch who planted a finger in a bowl of Wendy's chili...lying and scheming,trying to get rich quick.No wonder MJ was acquitted.How the hell can any jury believe this lying,cheating,sorry-excuse-for-a-mother? She is a proven liar,and so are her children.What kind of mother would turn her own cancer-stricken son into a "whore",allowing him to sleep in a millionaire man's bed? She didn't even care if he was being abused.She only cared about hanging out at Neverland,going on shopping trips,getting her nails done and spending MJ's money.But when he got tired of having this shady family around,that's when she decided to strike back with the molestation charges.How convenient! In any case,welfare fraud is a serious crime.Let's see how many scams she can pull when she's behind bars.Lock this bitch up and throw away the key!
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Actually Jay Leno wimped out and didn't admit to exactly what he originally told the police. George Lopez blamed it all on the father, but anyopne involved in that Laugh Factory place seems quite oddly protective of some obvious scam artists. With Jamie Masada's pathetic lies on TV and contradictory testimony, he could be behind some of the "charity" scams himself.

But Janet was the one organising those "benefits" for the sake of medical bills already fully covered by insurance while hardly ever visiting her son in hospital, when her then full-time working husband was by his side the whole time. Plus the dates of being in full remission not adding up; the kids swapping around their ages so Gavin appeared to be the younger one for more sympathy; pleading poverty to police officers while at the same time frolicking around with celebrities and getting payouts for chemo treatment but spending it on expensive stereo equipment instead :rolleyes:

Chris Tucker and his ex-girlfriend were definitely scammed though.
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I hope nobody catches me on the numerous welfare frauds I have been responsible for over the years. This is indeed kind of a funny turn of events however.

Karma

BlueNote said:

Not really. Just uncareful and stupid con-artists.

Novabreaker said:

That's what you get for getting a boob job and a tummy tuck while raising money for non existent medical bills.