The Trials of Michael Jackson
Date: October 9th, 2006.
Territory: Worldwide
Author: Lynton Guest
Details: 320 pages, Hardback book.

News of Michael Jackson's appearances in court on paedophile charges in 2005 was broadcast to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Everyone had opinions about the testimony and the witnesses as the drama was played out in the small town of Santa Maria in California. This book not only tells the story of that trial but of what was secretly going on behind the scenes - a far more important and mysterious tale than that unfolding in the courthouse.

'The Trials of Michael Jackson' reveals the sensational events which led to the downfall of a megastar at the hands of the mighty Sony company and an obsessive but compliant prosecutor. Using previously unpublished material, personal interviews and evidence gathered during research on three continents, Lynton Guest uncovers the truth about the bitter feud between one of the biggest corporations in the world and pop music's greatest legend.

For the first time, the reasons behind Martin Bashir's infamous documentary and the strange decisions taken by the Santa Barbara prosecutor, are laid bare. The incredible machinations of the men from Japan and their American allies were designed to ensure nothing less than the destruction of Michael Jackson and billions of dollars of profit for Sony.

This book takes us on a roller-coaster ride, from the ashes of a defeated Japan in 1945 to the twenty-first century celebrity culture which now spans the globe. It provides the most authoritative look yet at the music business and its extreme excesses over the last forty years. But more than anything else 'The Trials of Michael Jackson' shows how the man who gave us 'Thriller', the biggest selling record of all time, was hunted down and all but destroyed by forces beyond even his control. As Jackson attempts to put his life back together in Bahrain, those who seek to benefit from his demise have not gone away. They remain in the shadows, watching and waiting.
It's time they were held up to the light.

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Definately picking up that book!!
A definate peek into how many things in this world work.

Now if folks only knew about what cloudbusting is too.








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sexyfunkystrange said:

Cloudbuster said:

is that exactly what the author of this book is doing?

CHIC0 said:

Get back in your cage.

Cloudbuster said:

kiss it hee hee!!!(said in best MJ voice)

Cloudbuster said:

another anti MJ conspiracy story, I guess that the fans of the kop will like it.

Cloudbuster said:

didu hear about the fire near the Neverland ranch? poor animals

CHIC0 said:

It's okay, Michael wasn't there.

Cloudbuster said:

CHIC0 said:

LMAO! You're just wrong on every fucking level.

Cloudbuster said:

so..what's the deal with this guy?

1. is he really broke and busted?

2. does Sony own his catalogue? (i.e. Warner Bros & Prince)

3. did he sell or did he even really own the Beatles catalogue?

4. what happens to Neverland ranch?

5. does he owe anything to Sony, contract wise? (more albums, etc..)

6. new album coming out or not?

7. with all these reissues of his albums, box sets, singles, etc...doe he profit or is it only Sony?

CHIC0 said:

Who cares, he's a paedophile.