Michael is innocent

[splodge24]

I truly believe that Michael Jackson is innocent and that the whole thing is set up. It is a sick money making scam by some sad individuals.
Does anyone agree?
Who will be wearing white tomorrow to support Michaels innocence?
Michael will always be my hero.  

[luckyboy]

I don't know whether hes innocent or guilty, but i have to say i'm a bit doubtful of the timing of these allegations, this boy and his mother where happy as larry with jacko for ages including his sleeping arrangements then along comes bashir and his programme with its airing in front of hundreds of millions including many lawyers no doubt, and then hey presto not long after this family makes these claims, funny that.but then if he is innocent jacko only has himself to blame for this, once bitten and all that, his huge wealth is just a invitation for these types of claims and the like.why just cant he just stay well clear of these kids.?

[splodge24]

I understand where you are coming from keen2learn but each case has to take into account the personality of the accused. Michael Jackson may 'sleep with children' in a none sexual way etc but as a child i remember sharing a bed with uncles and cousins etc. It doesn't mean anything. 

[El D]

I tend not to try and second guess a court case before any evidence has emerged . . . that is what its based on.

[ll_billym]

It was obvious that the man was going to end up in the dock at some stage, you cannot be a global megastar and act and talk the way he does and expect nothing to be done about it.

I will withold judgement on the man until the evidence is made public but my own personal feeling is that he is slightly insane and, whatever he did, he cannot see why society feels that his behaviour is wrong.  A pathetic ending to the career of one of the greatest performing artists of all time.

[TEAK36]

Sorry Splodge24, but I think you are talking a load of p**.I think the 'MJ never had a childhood' excuse is wearing a bit thin.It is not normal for a grown man to share his bed or bath with other peoples children.We know MJ is not normal, but this does not make it ok.What happened with Jordy Chandler should have been enough for MJ to realise that this type of behaviour is neither normal,nor acceptable to most people.

[natalie_1982]

I'm wearing black today, not because I think he's guilty but because white makes me look like an obese elephant.

I support a fair trial and, as others have already mentioned, I cannot possible say whether he is innocent or guilty without hearing any evidence, although my opinion is that he needs help. 

I don't believe that he has sexually abused the boys but I do think that a man in his 40's shouldn't be sharing his bed with children. 

I also cannot understand why any parent in their right mind would let their child sleep in a bed with a grown man (who is not their father, brother, etc) without being present, which leads me to suspect that perhaps they are not the doting mothers they are painting themselves out to be.

I agree with Jills, that MJ should be punished (or not) according to his crimes and I strongly believe he should be made to realise that sharing a bed or a bath with a child that is not your own is wrong.  I also agree with someone on the previous page (I forgot your name!) who mentioned that he has been in court before, and that perhaps it ought to have made him think a little before getting himself in this situation again.

[Englishbird]

After the video he put on his website I think the penny is finally dropping that he cannot continue to act like this should he be found innocent.

I think the interesting question is whether he can have a fair trial in America?  Maybe 12 "death mettlers" would be the only people who would actually listen to the details of the case :)

As someone else rightly said, they key will be whether the outcome matches the evidence.  Whatever you think of MJ on a personal level, we do stand to lose one of the greatest pop song writers and performers the world has ever known.  Obviously if he is guilty then rightly so - but do we really trust the american courts to find out whether he's guilty or not?

[luckyboy]

''  Whatever you think of MJ on a personal level, we do stand to lose one of the greatest pop song writers and performers the world has ever known. "

That should not come into the equation at all.Thats the one thing that troubles me about this thread, would and i include myself in this, we have as much understanding for a ordinary guy if he was on these charges..no it would be guilty as charged sir do we have to hear the evidence. There is a arrogance about jackson that at times comes out, and the hero worship of his fans outside the courtroom is also nauseating.

Reminds me of the oj simpson fiasco and all those awful "free the juice" chants. all this is serious legal stuff, not some entertainment spectacular. 

[jills]

luckyboy you echo my thoughts re OJ.  A fiasco that was hard to believe if you'd watched the case and heard all the evidence.  This case has a very similar feel....the lawyers who perform best will be the winners, not necessarily justice.

[jills]

and I really don't give a rats *** whether he's "one of the greatest performers" ya da ya da ya....

never a fan of him or his music to be honest, barring one or two of his tunes which I'll sing along to on the radio, which is why I find the hero worship that surrounds him so very, very unsettling.  I guess I just don't get it (thankfully).

[natalie_1982]

Me either Jills, I mean I used to be obsessive like that about NKOTB and East 17 but I was 6 and 10 at the times.

I don't know why people worship him, and although I can appreciate he is a pop star I don't think he's any more special than any other pop star (apart from he is up in court for the 2nd time regarding child molestation).  And at the end of the day, that is all he is.

And I don't remember much about OJ trial at all, maybe I was drunk.  How long ago was that?

[jills]

natalie, if 1982 is your date of birth, it's no wonder you don't remember the OJ trial. Off the top of my head it would have been around 1994/95 I think.  The trial was shown live on tv. I remember the moment the verdict was announced...it was amazing.  Unsurprising, yet shocking and sickening at the same time.

[luckyboy]

And she would have been 12, old enough to remember that trial surely, it was everywhere you could not escape it, papers, tv, radio. i'm not that much older and i can recollect it.. 

[jills]

well hooray for you luckyboy, but I'd guess that not many 12 year olds would give a rats a** about some old American footballer/mediocre actor up on a murder charge.  Most normal 12 year olds would have much better things to do than be watching telly and reading newspapers.

natalie...hope you didn't think I was being patronising about your age.xx

[luckyboy]

Ouch. i hope you and natalie enjoy your life together.

I'm off to watch tv.

xx.

[jills]

sorry if I was a bit nippy there luckyboy....no offence meant (even if you were a nerdy 12 year old who read newspapers and watched the tv news a lot ;-)) 

Pals?? xx

[Dagman]

 Remember OJ Simpson? We still don't know if he did/didn't do it. At the end of this, whatever the outcome, we still won't know unless someone admits something. I don't know if Michael did anything wrong and the same goes for OJ Simpson. It would be nice to see him cleared due to admission by the prosecution of false accusations etc but if they were to do that, they wouldn't have come this far. Oh and don't forget, lawyers are lining their pockets big style yet again. They win whatever the outcome!

[Greedyfly]

Hero no, wearing white no, I do think he could be innocent to an extent and I believe he is so messed up and child like that he truly believes that having children in his compnay the way he does is right/normal.

 

I also believe that he will be found guilty and if he is and sent to jail that he will not last a couple of months let alone a couple of years.  He set himself up for this by being the way he is, he my not choose it but is strange and seems to act stranger for the attention.

[jills]

sorry Dagman, but I totally disagree.  I can't KNOW whether OJ was guilty or not,  but I did watch the trial daily.  On canvassing all the people I know that also watched it, I could only find  1 person out of approx 20 who actually agreed with the jurys verdict.