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Originally posted by lostnfound117
http://news.newspress.com/topsports/121104jackson.htm

12/11/04
By DAWN HOBBS

NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER


Fingerprints of Michael Jackson and of the boy accusing him of child molestation were found on pornographic magazines seized last year in the raid of Neverland Valley Ranch, sources told the News-Press on Friday.

Authorities are also looking for fingerprints on wine bottles seized during the Nov. 18, 2003, raid, the sources said.

It's not clear what role the fingerprints would play at trial if they were admitted as evidence.

The prosecution would be expected to point to the fingerprints as proof that Mr. Jackson gave the boy alcohol and showed him pornographic material before allegedly molesting him.

However, the defense would likely say the forensic results do not support the allegations because the boy could have drunk wine and perused the X-rated magazines without Mr. Jackson's knowledge.

Sources say the boy and his brother were often at Neverland when Mr. Jackson wasn't there.

Mr. Jackson, who is out on bail, has pleaded not guilty to child molestation and conspiracy charges.

Other forensic evidence is expected to be presented at trial, scheduled to begin on Jan. 31.

Tests recently revealed that DNA taken from Mr. Jackson's mattress did not match the accuser's DNA. Authorities took a DNA sample last week from Mr. Jackson through a saliva sample.

So far, the prosecution has served more than 100 warrants to search through everything from bank and telephone records and a storage facility to raiding the homes and offices of Mr. Jackson's associates.

Superior Court Judge Rodney Melville is expected to decide in mid-January what evidence he will allow prosecutors to present to jurors.

Prosecutors are also expected to put the boy, his brother and their mother on the stand. Each testified in April during the grand jury proceedings.

The brother told grand jurors he was a witness to the molestation, and his mother alleged she and the children had been kept at Neverland against their will, sources said.

The defense team has already questioned the mother's credibility and mental stability. Mr. Jackson's lawyers will also likely question the boy's behavior, particularly his alleged involvement in a shoplifting incident.

That incident in August 1998 resulted in the mother filing a lawsuit against J.C. Penney Co. alleging that a security guard attacked her and her children and molested her.

In a confidential psychiatric report obtained by the News-Press and NBC, Dr. John Hochman stated the mother was delusional and that medical and police reports did not support the allegations.

The psychiatrist, who was hired by the J.C. Penney defense team in that civil case, also noted that the boys appeared to have been coached before the interview.

The Jackson criminal defense team will likely use this to show the boys may have been coached in the Jackson case and to show the mother's alleged pattern of making up claims for financial gain. J.C. Penney settled the $3 million lawsuit for $137,000.

I'm so tired hearing about Micheal I could scream. I wonder when this whole thing is going to stop. Sometimes I wonder if they are trying to find something that will go with anyone's story.

So is the world suppose to be in shock because they found some x-rated magazines in his house. I don't get it.