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[unsettling music playing]
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[Kerry] First day of the trial,
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Michael got up
at 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning.
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This was a big day.
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{\an8}This was one of my biggest days,
and I know Michael's biggest days.
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He looked sharp. His makeup was done well.
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His attire was toned down
for this trial proceeding.
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But he still was Michael.
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Okay, we're recording.
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- [woman 1] Michael!
- [woman 2] Michael!
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[woman 3] Michael!
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[Kerry] I wasn't a fan of videoing
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because that takes me away
from what I'm supposed to do.
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But it was at Michael's request.
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[Michael] Can you zoom in
on her sign, Kerry? Then pull out.
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[Kerry] Yes, sir.
I'm zoomed as much as I can go.
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Inside, I was concerned, I really was,
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because they were gonna bring witnesses
accusing him of these crazy things.
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If he was convicted
on any one of those charges,
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he would be going to jail
for the rest of his life.
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- Michael!
- [screams]
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Innocent, innocent, innocent!
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[unsettling music continues]
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Okay.
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More than one year after his arrest,
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Michael Jackson's
high-profile child molestation trial
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has finally begun.
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[crowd] Michael, innocent!
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{\an8}I walked into what looked like a circus.
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Michael is innocent!
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There were news media tents everywhere.
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Satellite trucks lining the streets.
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We had ABC, NBC, CBS,
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{\an8}and you could see helicopters flying over.
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Every other person
had a camera on their shoulder.
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[reporter] You're covering this
for Mexico?
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Yeah. Television Azteca. TV Azteca.
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We are a TV station from Taiwan.
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It's a very big story in Japan.
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[man 1] By some estimates, as many as 1000
Jackson fans from all over the world here.
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There's even a U-Haul truck
giving away free T-shirts that say,
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"I support Michael Jackson."
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It was the case of the century.
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[man 2] This trial
goes to the very heart and soul
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of what the American
justice system is all about.
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It touches on race. It touches on wealth.
It touches on celebrity.
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[woman] They've got the lights
and cameras ready.
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All they need now
at Santa Maria courthouse is the action.
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[crowd yelling indistinctly]
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[car horn honking]
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[Kerry] From the minute
we left the freeway, the fans were just…
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They were chaotic.
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Michael! Michael, we love you!
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They're showing Michael the signs,
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and he's letting the window down,
drawing them in.
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- You're innocent, Michael! We love you!
- We're with you!
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Innocent! We love you!
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[Kerry] He wanted protection,
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but the most important thing to him
was his fans.
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[yelling]
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We had threat assessments done
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that there was idiots saying
that they were gonna kill him.
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Michael! You're innocent!
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[Michael] Kerry, get the window down,
otherwise it's gonna be dark.
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[Kerry] When you expose yourself to people
that say they're gonna kill you,
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that's when they can obviously do it.
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But he's like, "But the fans."
"But the fans."
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When he would see how enthused they were
and how much they loved him,
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that was like a shot in the arm.
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We were escorted
by police officers in uniform.
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[man] Michael!
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[Kerry] We made a turn on the main street.
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[yelling]
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[Kerry] I would describe it
as controlled chaos.
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So my job
was in communication with my guys.
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How's it looking?
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Can we disembark and make sure
all the high ground was covered?
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No snipers.
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[crowd yelling indistinctly]
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[Kerry] When we get out of the car…
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[crowd roars]
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…we were so vulnerable.
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[man] Yeah, he's here. This is him.
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[Kerry] You're in the open,
and we can't cover everything.
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[crowd continues yelling]
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We don't have anything but God
protecting us at this particular point.
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[woman on TV] When he walks into Court 8,
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he'll come face-to-face with his nemesis,
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Tom Sneddon, the district attorney
leading the prosecution.
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[Ron] Tom and I worked very well together.
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{\an8}We really felt that if we believe
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{\an8}that he had molested this child,
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and we did,
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then we have an obligation to pursue it.
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This was a case about a man
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who was one of the most
recognizable people in the world.
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He was unique in his talent
and skill and his accomplishment.
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And he was unique
in his victimization of children.
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[ominous music playing]
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[woman] On the other side of the court
will be Thomas Mesereau.
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He's likely to say that the family
have a history of making false claims.
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Tom Mesereau is incredibly thorough,
leaves no stone unturned.
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And I think the term "shock and awe"
does indeed apply to this defense case.
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[Diane] I want you to remember
the defense team pecking order here.
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Tom Mesereau is the lead attorney.
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There is a local attorney here.
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And then there is Brian Oxman.
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Now he's been a Jackson family attorney
for a long, long time.
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He adores the Jackson family,
every one of them.
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[Brian] I did Randy's divorce.
I did Jermaine's divorce.
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I did Tito's divorce.
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{\an8}I did La Toya's divorce.
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{\an8}And I did Michael's divorce.
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I believed Michael was innocent
from the very get-go.
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No way he had done these crimes.
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I just didn't believe it.
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[ominous music continues]
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Despite Michael Jackson's
enormous fame and privilege,
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Michael Jackson, at the end of the day,
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was still a Black man
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being charged by a white prosecutor.
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And he was going to be judged
by a mostly white jury.
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[Melissa] I was juror number eight.
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{\an8}I grew up in Detroit, in the Motor City.
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{\an8}And I remember watching
the Jackson 5ive on cartoons on Saturday.
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That was like one of my favorite cartoons.
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[together] The Jackson 5 has arrived.
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Ta-da!
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The Jackson 5, eh?
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["ABC" playing]
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He had the talent
and the voice and the moves.
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[chuckles] He just was everything.
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[Tammy] I was juror number six.
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{\an8}My 23rd birthday
was the day I was selected.
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[suspenseful music playing]
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I felt a little excited
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and a lot nervous.
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I didn't want to be responsible
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for sending somebody innocent to prison.
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And I didn't want to be responsible
for letting a pedophile walk free.
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[crowd yelling indistinctly]
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[Trent] The judge made the decision
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that despite the enormous interest
that the media and the public had,
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that cameras weren't
allowed in the courtroom.
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When Judge Melville decided there would be
no cameras in the courtroom,
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I-- I was-- I was thrilled.
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Where the cameras were in the courtroom,
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what happens is people start, uh,
trying the case to the cameras,
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not to the judge, not to the jury.
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It begins to affect your decisions.
I mean, prosecution and defense.
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It's just a human response to knowing
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you're going to be
on the six o'clock news.
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[ominous music playing]
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[Melissa] I sat in the very back
against the wall.
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And Michael Jackson walks in.
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He was real. [chuckles]
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Michael was scared to death.
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We were beside ourselves.
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[Ron] We believed he was a criminal
in a very profound way.
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And he was able to get away with it
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because he had the power
of his fame and celebrity.
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[Diane] The defense said, "No, no, no."
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"Michael Jackson is a kind,
wonderful man who loves children."
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{\an8}"It's all been misconstrued."
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{\an8}"And people who say these horrible things
are just after the money."
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[Thomas] It was our opinion
that this family
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began to come up with these allegations
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only when they realized
that they were on the way out.
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{\an8}They needed to do something else to stay
involved in his life and get a big payday.
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{\an8}And this is what they came up with.
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[woman] Based on opening statements
in Michael Jackson's trial,
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the pop star is either a sexual predator,
according to the prosecution,
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or the target
of an elaborate extortion scam,
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according to the defense.
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[Kerry] Tom Mesereau and the team said,
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"Let us do our job,
and we can get you out of this."
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But that's easier said than done.
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I turned around.
I said, "How do you moonwalk?"
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He said, "What do you mean?"
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He said, "You just moonwalk."
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I said, "That's just how
you have to approach this."
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All you got to do is be you.
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Be there. We'll handle this.
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[Diane] Witness number one, Martin Bashir.
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This is the man whose documentary
has sparked this entire criminal trial.
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[man on TV] Today,
the British journalist Martin Bashir,
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who made the controversial documentary
Living with Michael Jackson,
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is expected to take the stand.
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The first prosecution witness
to give evidence in this trial.
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{\an8}[Martin] The anxiety levels
are through the roof.
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{\an8}I'm frightened by the rhetoric
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{\an8}that's being written
about the film and about me.
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I'm distressed about the way
his legal team and his PR people
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are attacking the program.
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You know, you're petrified.
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[crowd yelling indistinctly]
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[Diane] In the courtroom,
he spots me and I spot him.
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And we shook hands with each other.
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It was pretty clammy, that hand,
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so I knew that he was nervous.
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The prosecution played the Martin Bashir
documentary in its entirety.
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[Martin on TV] Eight months ago,
I put a proposal to Michael Jackson.
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Show me the real man,
but show me everything.
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Make nothing off-limits.
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[Diane] And I think the prosecution
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wanted to show
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the eccentricities of Michael Jackson.
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Do you come out here on your own?
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- Yeah.
- How often?
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All the time.
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- You come out on your own?
- Yes.
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The problem was because there were
so many clips of music,
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you could see that the jury
were kind of enjoying the film
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because it was fabulous,
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and the music
was the music of Michael Jackson.
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{\an8}["Billie Jean" playing over speakers]
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{\an8}[Randy] I looked around,
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{\an8}and all the people
in the courtroom and the jury
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{\an8}and, you know, the judge,
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{\an8}and everybody's just
bobbing their heads up and down.
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They're literally swaying in their seats.
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I remember me moving in time to his music.
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At one point, Tom jabbed me and said,
"Would you stop moving your foot?"
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{\an8}Seeing him sitting there
while they're playing his music,
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it was neat.
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I thought,
"Wow, they really love this guy."
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[tense music playing]
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But when it came to that scene with Gavin,
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the court was very quiet.
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{\an8}There was one night I stood in
and asked if I could stay in his bedroom.
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{\an8}He let me stay, and I was like,
"Michael, you can sleep on the bed."
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{\an8}"If you love me,
you can sleep on the bed."
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{\an8}I was like, "Oh, man."
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{\an8}[Diane] Michael Jackson was holding hands
with Gavin, talking about his cancer.
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{\an8}Gavin puts his head on his shoulders.
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{\an8}[Martin] …when they say,
"Is that really appropriate?"
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[Diane] You know,
jurors are allowed to take notes.
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And during the Bashir documentary,
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I didn't notice any jurors
taking any notes at all.
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They were just enthralled with the show.
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The prosecution strategy from the outset
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was that if they showed
the film to the jury,
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it would unsettle them.
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{\an8}When people hear
that children from other families
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{\an8}have come and they've stayed
in your house,
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{\an8}they've stayed in your bedroom.
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{\an8}[Michael] Well, very few.
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{\an8}[Martin] But, you know, some have.
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{\an8}And they say,
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{\an8}"Is that really appropriate for a man,
a grown man, to be doing that?"
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{\an8}How do you respond to that?
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{\an8}I feel sorry for them
because that's judging someone
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{\an8}who wants to really help people.
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[tense music continues]
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Then after that, I was brought
into the witness box and questioned.
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[Diane] Tom Mesereau said,
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"You always went in thinking
you were going to get a big scoop
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and make a big sensational splash, right?"
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That was the tone of Tom Mesereau
talking to Martin Bashir.
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[man on TV] After the viewing,
there followed tense exchanges
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between Bashir and Jackson's lawyer,
Thomas Mesereau.
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I think it was clear that Tom Mesereau
wanted to smear Martin Bashir
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and his intentions from the get-go.
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When you actually
invite children into your bed,
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you never know what's going to happen.
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But when you say bed,
you're thinking sexual.
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They make that sexual. It's not sexual.
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What do you think
people would say if I said,
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"Well, I've invited some
of my daughter's friends round,
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or my son's friends,
and they'll sleep in bed with me"?
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[Michael] That's fine!
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[man] The TV journalist refused to answer
most of the questions put to him.
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At one stage, Bashir told the court,
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"I want to stand by the film
and let it speak for itself."
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[Martin] I was briefed by our lawyer
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as to how to respond to any questions.
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And I was told to say,
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"I'm not going to answer that question."
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And that was substantively what I said
to every question that I was asked.
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[Thomas] Martin Bashir
was a disaster for the prosecution.
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He wouldn't even answer basic questions
about the work he had done
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and what he did and why he did it.
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And that had to have looked very evasive,
I think, to the jury.
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Would I let my kids sleep
with somebody that's famous like that
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and share a room with them? No.
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But I thought Martin Bashir
was trying to trap Michael Jackson
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into saying something wrong
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to kind of make things out
that weren't there.
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[Thomas] My opinion was that Mr. Bashir
was very cleverly
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{\an8}and very maliciously manipulating him
down a path of destruction.
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He made Michael Jackson think this
was going to be a positive documentary,
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but it was the biggest mistake
Michael Jackson ever made.
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- [woman] How are you feeling today?
- Angry!
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[woman] Anger.
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[man] Michael Jackson simply
couldn't contain his frustration
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after a day of relentless questioning,
but precious few answers.
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This trial always promised drama,
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and it's delivering.
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[crowd screaming and cheering]
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[Kerry] On the drive back to Neverland,
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he referred to Martin Bashir as another
demon just trying to destroy him.
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Because this is what started it.
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He's all a part of this conspiracy.
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"They're trying to kill me,"
kind of thing.
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I'm not supposed to be really
focusing on your conversation.
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I'm supposed to be doing my job.
But I do hear it.
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And I'm thinking, "This is the first guy."
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"Wait till these other witnesses
get up here
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with the kind of stuff
they're going to say."
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[tense music playing]
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[sheriff] There's a lot of people here
that want to get tickets.
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We need your cooperation.
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If you do not cooperate,
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and we can't do this
in an orderly fashion,
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then we won't do it.
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[woman] What's up? What's happening?
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{\an8}I was at the courthouse steps
no later than about 5:30 a.m.
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because I know around 6:30 a.m.,
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they are drawing tickets
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to who could sit
in the actual courtroom that day.
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[sheriff] Again, everybody must have
a picture ID before we start the lottery.
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In January, I let my boss know
that I would be resigning
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from my preschool teaching job,
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and I would be moving to Santa Maria
for the Michael trial.
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And that's exactly what I did.
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- [sheriff] Let's go.
- [woman] Come on.
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[Sheree] A lot of people don't realize
love is not a word.
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It is an actual action.
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[sheriff] Keep walking down.
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[Sheree] As fans and advocates
and people of love, soldiers of love,
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at your lowest point, here we are.
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[sheriff] 7-2-4.
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6-7-4.
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8-2-6.
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- Yes! Thank God. Bless.
- [crowd cheering]
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[man] Go, Sheree! [barking]
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[Sheree] The media had decided
that Michael was guilty
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and that he was going to jail.
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That was their angle.
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So I knew the media
wasn't going to cover it.
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Transcripts wasn't gonna
allow you to really find out
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exactly what was going on
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unless you were sitting in the courtroom
and hearing it for yourself firsthand.
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{\an8}[suspenseful music playing]
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{\an8}[crowd chanting] Michael is innocent!
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[man] Michael!
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[man on TV]
Jackson arrived at the courthouse,
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his parents and brother Jermaine with him,
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while the brother of his accuser
was coming in through another entrance.
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[Diane] It's the two brothers' testimony
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that's at the crux
of the prosecution case.
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Gavin Arvizo, the alleged victim,
and his younger brother Star,
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these are the two most critical witnesses
of the entire trial
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because that's what it's all about.
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Did he or did he not molest a child?
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[tense music playing]
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The prosecution took Star
through what happened at Neverland.
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And Star said, "Well, Michael Jackson
took us aside and said,
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'Ask your parents if you can
spend the night in my room.'"
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And they did.
And the parents gave permission.
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And once in the bedroom,
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Star said they were shown
a laptop computer
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with many porn sites on it.
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Now, Star Arvizo, 14 years old,
doesn't know the word "grooming."
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But the prosecution made it clear
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these were the steps
of grooming these boys.
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[unsettling music playing]
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[Ron] You have to understand a little bit
about the layout of Neverland.
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The house itself
is an older Tudor-style home.
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And there's a separate entrance
into the bedroom suite.
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There's a combination lock.
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The kids knew the combination
to the combination lock.
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Their mother didn't.
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[unsettling music continues]
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There was a loft that you went up
a set of stairs to be able to get to.
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And in the loft was a king-size bed.
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Above the bed was a painting.
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The painting was a depiction
of the Last Supper.
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Um, but the Christ figure in the middle
was not Christ.
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It was Michael Jackson.
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[Diane] Star said once in the bedroom,
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the pornography was brought out.
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Jackson always said, "Don't tell anybody."
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When you feel like you're in the company
of someone otherworldly, almost,
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and they tell you to,
shh, keep the secret,
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you keep the secret.
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[on TV] From the master bathroom,
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three books of nudes in a plastic bag,
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a couples' magazine,
a book of nude photos of men.
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And from the den
and a second floor closet,
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a book of nudes called Naked as a Jaybird,
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and several porno magazines
in a black briefcase.
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[Ron] There was one particular publication
that I thought was noteworthy.
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And it's a publication
that was titled Barely Legal.
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And it depicted nude, young-looking women.
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They looked like the girls
these boys would go to school with.
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And if this was designed
to groom children, and it was,
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then it would be effective
in sexualizing children
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by showing them
what they would find to be intriguing.
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[unsettling music continues]
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Star testified that he was walking
up the stairs in the bedroom
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and was able to see
Michael Jackson doing something
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that was suspicious with Gavin.
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And Gavin appeared
to be completely out of it.
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Either asleep or possibly unconscious.
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[Diane] It was bombshell.
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I mean, pornography,
liquor, acts of molestation.
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[Jim] This witness is huge.
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{\an8}If the defense cannot
shake up this witness
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{\an8}or have him recant on major issues,
I think this is a big part of the case.
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{\an8}[Brian] Oh my God.
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Talk about devastating testimony
from a child.
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What do you do with that?
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When a child says that
very plainly, very clear,
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that's what his testimony was.
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What do you do?
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[suspenseful music playing]
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[man on TV] In California,
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defense attorneys
in the Michael Jackson molestation trial
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will try to discredit
a key witness later today.
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[woman] The 14-year-old brother
of Jackson's accuser
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{\an8}is to return to the witness stand today
for cross-examination.
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{\an8}[suspenseful music continues]
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{\an8}[Diane] When the prosecution
was questioning him,
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Star did a really good job describing
all the pornography that they saw
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on the computer and in the magazines.
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On cross-examination,
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Tom Mesereau pointed
to one of the exhibits,
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a copy of Barely Legal,
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and he said, "Is this the one you saw?"
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And Star said, "Yes, that's the one
Michael Jackson showed us."
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[Sheree] He continued to ask him,
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"Is this the magazine
that Michael showed you?"
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He got him to say point-blank,
"Yes, it is the magazine."
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Then he uncovered the date.
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And that magazine was at a date
where they had long past left Neverland.
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[man 1 on TV] "Look at the magazine
on top," says Mesereau.
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"It's dated August 2003,
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long after your family
left Neverland for good."
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[man 2] It seems it couldn't have been
the actual magazine.
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But I think more important
were the inconsistencies
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about exactly what he saw.
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On different occasions,
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he described
what he saw quite differently.
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And Tom Mesereau pointed that out.
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There was apparently an alarm
or chime that would sound
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when you would enter the doorway
of Michael's bedroom.
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So the question is, didn't that go off?
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[unsettling music playing]
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[Melissa] Star goes up those stairs.
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{\an8}In order to get to those stairs,
you have to go through a door.
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{\an8}The door has bells.
And then you're going up the stairs.
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{\an8}You have more.
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Don't you think Michael Jackson
would have heard that
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and stopped what he was doing
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and rolled over
and pretended he was asleep?
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[Sheree] Everyone in the courtrooms
were just like…
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[gasps] "Oh my goodness."
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You know, "That just totally show
how much you're lying."
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"And you're willing to just keep lying,
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even though somebody
is asking you over and over again."
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I remember Tom Mesereau
calling Michael to the side,
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just right there in the courtroom.
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And we could see them
just chatting a little bit.
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And then Tom Mesereau came back and said,
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"This, beyond a shadow of a doubt,
had proven Michael innocent."
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He was a total master of his game,
Tom Mesereau.
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[man] Michael, how did you feel
hearing those allegations today?
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I'm sorry, I'm under gag order.
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[Melissa] Hearing some of the things
the prosecution said
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really got to me.
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But in this country,
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it's you're innocent
until you're proven guilty.
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So the prosecution
had to prove to me that he did this.
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[crowd screaming and cheering]
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My sources are telling me
that after this young boy testifies,
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his brother, the accuser,
will be on the stand.
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I mean, this is what
the case is all about.
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It comes down to what this boy
says occurred to him.
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[woman on TV] Gavin Arvizo is now 15.
485
00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:23,720
It's his story that will
make or break this case,
486
00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:26,080
and he will have his day in court.
487
00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,160
[unsettling music playing]
488
00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,040
[telephone ringing]
489
00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:39,080
[Kerry] Between 2:00 and 3:00,
I get a call from Michael.
490
00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:40,160
And he told me,
491
00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:43,600
"Kerry, come up to my room. I need help."
492
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,240
He said, "I fell, and I hurt myself."
493
00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:49,960
I noticed that he had a cut on his face.
494
00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:51,640
His shirt was disheveled.
495
00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:54,560
And he had on some pajamas.
Like, what happened?
496
00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,000
He told me he slipped in the shower.
497
00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:00,440
I said, "Okay, well,
let's go to the hospital."
498
00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:03,560
So I took him to the hospital.
499
00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,120
They injected him with something.
500
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,080
A sedative or whatever.
501
00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,360
But Michael would just keep talking,
502
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:15,280
saying that he was in pain
and he couldn't sleep.
503
00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:19,640
I went out, and I said, "Mr. Jackson
would like some more pain medication."
504
00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:20,960
"It's not working."
505
00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:22,920
[ominous music playing]
506
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,440
They came in
and they gave him something else.
507
00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:30,800
Forty-five minutes later,
he's still not going to sleep.
508
00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,880
It's, you know, four o'clock,
five o'clock in the morning.
509
00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,800
He says, "Kerry, go tell them
I need something else. It's not working."
510
00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,520
So I go tell them he needs something else.
511
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:47,400
And the doctor comes in, and he says,
"I can't give him nothing else."
512
00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,360
"I've given him enough
to tranquilize an elephant."
513
00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:57,320
[man on TV] His accuser once called
Jackson the coolest guy in the world.
514
00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:00,240
Today, the 15-year-old
will be on the stand
515
00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,360
face-to-face
with the world-renowned pop star.
516
00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:07,440
[Aaron] Will the jury believe the story
told by the young teenager
517
00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:09,560
who is accusing Jackson of molesting him?
518
00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:10,880
It's that simple.
519
00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:15,800
If they don't believe, Jackson walks.
If they do believe, he goes to jail.
520
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,280
[Diane] This is the first full day
of testimony of Gavin Arvizo.
521
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,760
We all get into the courtroom, 8:30,
like we're supposed to.
522
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:25,080
There's no Michael Jackson.
523
00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:31,000
[David] Turns out the self-proclaimed
King of Pop is in the town of Solvang
524
00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:33,160
at a small 22-bed hospital
525
00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:37,160
seeking treatment for a, quote,
"serious back problem."
526
00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,040
He's still in a lot of pain.
527
00:27:39,120 --> 00:27:41,760
And I eventually asked the doctor, I said,
528
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:43,840
"Will you call the judge?"
529
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:47,000
"Because now, somebody should be in."
530
00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,000
That's how late it had gotten.
531
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,400
[Diane] Tom Mesereau stood up
and said to the judge,
532
00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:56,720
"Um, well, Your Honor,
he's at the hospital."
533
00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:58,200
And the judge didn't hesitate.
534
00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,680
He said, "There's a warrant for his arrest
in one hour if he isn't here."
535
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:03,640
"You get him here right now."
536
00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:06,600
"The bond will be revoked,
and I will put him under arrest."
537
00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,240
It's the only time
I ever saw Tom Mesereau flustered.
538
00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,240
What he told me was virtually impossible.
539
00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:13,120
I got to go back to Neverland
540
00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:19,600
and then drive, you know,
45 minutes to Santa Maria Court.
541
00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:21,600
And I'm like, "This is a setup."
542
00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:23,440
I just said, "We got to go, Michael."
543
00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:25,080
[tense music playing]
544
00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,640
[David] With a national audience watching
and his very freedom on the line,
545
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:30,440
Jackson must hurry.
546
00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:32,320
It's a 37-mile journey,
547
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,960
a 45-minute drive
in the best of circumstances.
548
00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:39,040
As the Jackson entourage
speeds down the 101,
549
00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:40,560
exceeding 90 miles an hour,
550
00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,920
Jackson's attorney
nervously paces outside.
551
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,160
He constantly checks his cell phone.
552
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,800
8:49, 9:09,
553
00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,560
9:14, 9:20,
554
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:52,880
9:29.
555
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:57,880
It's clear to all who are watching
the clock, it's going to be close.
556
00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:03,360
Michael was terrified,
upset, beside himself.
557
00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:06,720
He thought that his whole life
was evaporating.
558
00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:10,640
[woman] Can you imagine
559
00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,040
your client not showing up?
560
00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:17,520
And there's Mesereau on the barbecue,
taking the heat.
561
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,600
[suspenseful music playing]
562
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:23,120
An hour went by,
and there's no Michael Jackson.
563
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:29,480
And then suddenly,
we were told that two reporters,
564
00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:31,600
a print person and a television person,
565
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,680
could go out and watch the arrival,
and I was one of them.
566
00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:37,760
- [crowd yelling indistinctly]
- [ominous music playing]
567
00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:47,240
We show up to court.
568
00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:49,160
And I'm looking at Mesereau.
569
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:53,480
And he's gone like,
"What the heck? What? What is this?"
570
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:04,400
[woman on TV] It has to be
the most shambolic public appearance
571
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:06,600
Michael Jackson has ever made.
572
00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,320
The usually immaculately groomed star
573
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:12,120
shuffled into court
in pajamas and slippers.
574
00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:17,320
He was disorientated, disheveled,
and over an hour late.
575
00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:23,000
[Ron] He was almost being carried
by his assistants,
576
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,840
as if he's the most feeble person
in the world, right?
577
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,200
All a show. All a show.
578
00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:33,560
[Stacy] Michael played the victim
579
00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:37,600
{\an8}better than anybody I've ever seen.
580
00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:42,840
It was timed to distract
from Gavin's testimony,
581
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:46,040
but also to say,
"See? I'm the victim here."
582
00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:47,240
"I'm injured."
583
00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:50,000
"They're dragging me into court
in my pajamas."
584
00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:51,440
"I'm the victim."
585
00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:55,760
So I just think
it was master manipulation.
586
00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:58,600
[poignant music playing]
587
00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:01,560
[Diane] I remember saying, you know,
588
00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,480
"Good morning, Mr. Jackson.
How are you feeling?"
589
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:05,560
No answer.
590
00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:08,840
"Are you on pain medication, Mr. Jackson?"
591
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:10,800
Nothing.
592
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:14,120
And he went into the court
and, like a zombie,
593
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,560
walked down the aisle very slowly,
594
00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:20,280
took his seat, and slumped down.
595
00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:27,600
[ominous music playing]
596
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:32,080
[Randy] So there was a big sort of buildup
to the moment when Gavin,
597
00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:35,880
this supposed victim,
would finally be on the stand.
598
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:38,640
{\an8}I had never met Gavin.
599
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:42,520
{\an8}We just knew it had to be bad
because we're here, right?
600
00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:44,720
When he was finally there in person,
601
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:49,000
the thing that struck me was,
"Wow, he's just a kid."
602
00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:55,640
[Ron] What we saw, I thought, was a child
who had experienced sexual abuse.
603
00:31:55,720 --> 00:32:00,960
But you also saw a child who presented
as very intelligent and very honest.
604
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:04,480
I was hoping that a jury
would come to see that.
605
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:08,600
[Diane] This is my notebook
from the court,
606
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:14,000
and it says, "The boy looks frequently
at Michael Jackson with a steely gaze."
607
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:18,400
The boy described how Jackson asked him,
"Do you masturbate?"
608
00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:21,280
And he said, "I felt uncomfortable
with this conversation."
609
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:26,200
"During the encounter,
he was masturbated by Michael Jackson."
610
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:29,720
"Michael Jackson
comforted him after the act."
611
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:36,280
{\an8}At a minimum, what the prosecutor wants
from Gavin's testimony are the following…
612
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:42,440
{\an8}Did Michael Jackson spend time with him
intimately and molest him?
613
00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:43,960
The answer to that was yes.
614
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:48,080
And the prosecutor got Gavin Arvizo
to acknowledge that on the witness stand.
615
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:52,280
He said that Michael Jackson molested him
twice at the Neverland Ranch.
616
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:55,800
They also got the fact
that Michael Jackson gave him
617
00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:58,760
what he says
Michael Jackson called Jesus Juice.
618
00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:00,120
That was alcohol.
619
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:03,320
That was important because
part of the prosecution's narrative,
620
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:07,560
part of the allegation,
is that Michael Jackson used alcohol
621
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:09,600
to dull the senses,
622
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:12,000
to remove the inhibitions of Gavin.
623
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,520
[woman] This is a pretty
compelling witness, this young man.
624
00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:19,080
And he was extremely detailed
about all the things that happened.
625
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:22,440
There were love notes
that Michael Jackson gave to him.
626
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:25,360
Uh, they were in bed together constantly.
627
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:28,160
They slept together,
many, many nights together.
628
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:29,480
And also with the brother.
629
00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:32,360
So this is a lot of specific detail
630
00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:36,320
that the defense is gonna have to overcome
and say that it's all made up.
631
00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:38,520
[ominous music playing]
632
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:42,880
[Tammy] I think for such a young kid,
he held himself very well.
633
00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:48,280
{\an8}I tried to be open and feel for this kid
634
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,080
{\an8}that possibly was molested.
635
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:54,600
[Melissa] He was asked,
"Do you miss being his friend?"
636
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:56,360
And Gavin goes, "Yes, I do."
637
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,160
That kind of tore my heart out
because looking at Gavin,
638
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,080
and I knew he was sincere about that.
639
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:05,720
I just remember Michael's head
going down like this.
640
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:11,120
And he was just, like,
devastated by this kid's testimony.
641
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:15,400
[Louise] After the trial started,
642
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,640
I would go over there
and visit the Arvizos.
643
00:34:17,720 --> 00:34:20,360
{\an8}They were pretty secluded.
The kids were not in school.
644
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:21,960
{\an8}They had maybe a six-month period
645
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:23,960
{\an8}where they really
didn't leave their house at all.
646
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:27,680
{\an8}They were being stalked and followed
by reporters and fans
647
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:33,400
and all sorts of unsavory elements that,
you know, were potentially dangerous.
648
00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:36,960
So I would just go over
and just sit and talk with them.
649
00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,040
[poignant music playing]
650
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,440
Gavin was getting more and more…
651
00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:44,960
in his head.
652
00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:49,680
And a lot of it
had to do with him believing
653
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:52,560
that he would have no life after this.
654
00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:54,920
Those were the words he used.
655
00:34:56,360 --> 00:35:00,960
[man] We are not affiliated
with Michael Jackson or his people.
656
00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:03,680
Okay? We are law enforcement officers.
657
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:08,000
[Louise] Gavin was a very sparkly,
658
00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:10,680
outgoing, mischievous,
659
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,520
twinkly individual
660
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:16,240
with a smile for everyone.
661
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:20,040
And his personality dramatically changed,
662
00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:25,040
not by cancer and a year
of aggressive chemotherapy,
663
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,800
but by his time with Michael Jackson.
664
00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:30,400
I just saw it in his demeanor.
665
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,600
[unsettling music playing]
666
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:37,960
The defense then takes over
cross-examination on Gavin Arvizo.
667
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:41,120
And I made a note here in my notes
668
00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:46,680
that, uh, Mr. Mesereau started off
by calling him Mr. Arvizo.
669
00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:50,200
And Gavin shot back, "Yes, Mr. Mesereau."
670
00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:53,040
And I wrote down,
"Oh boy, the gloves are off."
671
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:56,560
Mesereau was literally screaming at Gavin
for the first half hour.
672
00:35:56,640 --> 00:36:00,240
You could hear him down the street,
he was screaming so loudly at him.
673
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:02,600
It was a vicious cross-examination.
674
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:06,240
[woman on TV] Tom Mesereau
came in like gangbusters
675
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:09,000
and started to try to rip up
this boy's story.
676
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:10,200
He's very good at that.
677
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,640
Now, this boy was feisty and talked back
678
00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:16,920
to the point that the judge warned
both of them not to argue with each other.
679
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:20,880
When Tom Mesereau started
to question him on cross-examination,
680
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:23,600
Gavin changed.
681
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:25,800
He got flustered. He got confused.
682
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,080
He got angry at points.
683
00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:31,160
And it didn't work in his favor.
684
00:36:31,240 --> 00:36:35,240
Dealing with a child
who's already scared to death
685
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,800
and who's already mortified at the thought
686
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:42,360
that they're being accused
of being a liar and a manipulator
687
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,920
by this prominent attorney
standing in front of them,
688
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:49,400
screaming at them
in front of a room full of people,
689
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:54,040
being asked intimate questions about
whether their penis was touched or not,
690
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:56,760
the kind of question
none of us would ever want to answer
691
00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,520
in a public setting
or even a private setting,
692
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:04,120
uh, then you understand
how harrowing that can be for a child.
693
00:37:04,720 --> 00:37:08,080
And for jurors who don't
understand the phenomena,
694
00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:10,760
all they see is a misbehaving child.
695
00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:13,320
The prosecutor
can control a lot of things.
696
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:15,560
What they can't control
is the passage of time.
697
00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:20,040
When they initially
interviewed Gavin years earlier,
698
00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:21,760
he was a prepubescent boy.
699
00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:24,520
But now it's different.
He's now pubescent.
700
00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:26,040
He's now more combative.
701
00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:31,360
He's got all the energy, the fire,
the hormones of a teenager.
702
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:34,120
Some of this appeared
to come out of nowhere.
703
00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:38,360
And I don't think that he came across
as the kind of credible witness
704
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:41,040
that you would have expected
of your star witness
705
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:42,640
if you're the prosecutor.
706
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:44,760
[unsettling music playing]
707
00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:46,400
[Diane] On his direct examination,
708
00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:49,280
Gavin talked about
how Michael Jackson told him,
709
00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:51,120
"You must masturbate
710
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:54,880
because otherwise you'll grow up
to be a man that rapes women."
711
00:37:55,720 --> 00:37:58,560
That's a pretty stunning thing
to tell a child.
712
00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:00,160
But that's what he testified to.
713
00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:02,360
On cross-examination,
714
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:07,200
Tom Mesereau said, "Wait a minute,
there's this statement, Gavin,
715
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:09,800
that you made to the sheriff's department
a while back,
716
00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:13,760
and you said your grandmother
told you exactly the same thing."
717
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:15,520
"So who was it?"
718
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:18,000
"Was it your grandmother,
or was it Michael Jackson?"
719
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:21,360
"Were you lying then,
or are you lying now?"
720
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:26,120
These are the types of traps
that Mesereau got these children in.
721
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:31,040
[Trent] Gavin Arvizo
indicated very clearly
722
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:33,120
that Michael Jackson had molested him.
723
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,000
He'd touched him inappropriately.
724
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:36,200
But at the same time,
725
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,040
he admitted that he still
admired Michael Jackson.
726
00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:41,480
He still wanted to hang out
at Neverland Ranch.
727
00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:44,000
He wanted to go back to Neverland Ranch.
728
00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:46,800
[tense music playing]
729
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:50,760
Gavin Arvizo was angry at Michael Jackson
because he wanted him out of his life.
730
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:55,720
I never believed he was angry at him
because he was molested.
731
00:38:56,720 --> 00:38:58,320
[Brian] No more magic.
732
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:01,680
No more flying on airplanes.
733
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:06,080
No more having the time of your life.
734
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:10,000
You have been thrown out of Eden.
735
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:13,640
[Melissa] He's a kid.
736
00:39:13,720 --> 00:39:19,600
I wanted to make sure
that I listened to what he was saying.
737
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:25,520
But then when Mr. Mesereau gets up
and then he puts it all in order,
738
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:29,760
it's like, "Oh, definitely,
that does make more sense."
739
00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:33,920
[Trent] Tom Mesereau
brought out the inconsistencies.
740
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,960
He walked Gavin through the evidence.
741
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:40,080
He pulled the thread
of those inconsistencies
742
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:42,120
until the garment fully came apart.
743
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:46,120
I don't think there's any doubt,
now that Gavin has left the stand,
744
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:48,000
that the defense is ahead.
745
00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:50,680
In fact, the star witness
for the prosecutor
746
00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:53,320
now appears to be
the star witness for the defense.
747
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:55,400
[suspenseful music playing]
748
00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:03,160
[woman] Michael, how did it feel
watching the accuser testify?
749
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:06,280
- Sorry.
- [woman] How was it facing your accuser?
750
00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:08,240
- Sorry, I can't speak now, sorry.
- [woman] Okay.
751
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:11,040
- Are you hurting right now, Michael?
- Yes. Very much.
752
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:12,760
[crowd yelling indistinctly]
753
00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:16,280
[Kerry] We put him in the car and,
you know, it was kind of silent.
754
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:17,480
And then you'd hear…
755
00:40:19,720 --> 00:40:21,120
You'd hear him beating on the…
756
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:25,320
Like, how could you do that to a person?
How could you do that?
757
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:30,240
Meaning, how could Gavin
accuse him of these egregious acts?
758
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:32,320
[somber music playing]
759
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:37,120
[Randy] You know, despite the fact
that the prosecution's case was so weak,
760
00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:41,320
we were all, like,
pummeled by this testimony.
761
00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:45,600
The image that Michael
had created for himself,
762
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:47,960
that he'd been working on
since he was 8 years old,
763
00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:49,440
was just shattered.
764
00:40:52,240 --> 00:40:55,680
There was a lot being said
among the press corps about,
765
00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:58,480
"Well, the Arvizos
were really discredited."
766
00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:00,600
"This case is over."
767
00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:04,040
Dismal as it looked
for the prosecution at that point,
768
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:06,600
what most people didn't know
769
00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:11,760
was they had some real cards
up their sleeves still to play.
770
00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:14,240
[tense music playing]
771
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:17,760
[Ron] Why would a man who has children,
who has a job,
772
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:22,080
who does well in his community,
all of a sudden decide to molest a child?
773
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:23,680
That just doesn't make sense.
774
00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:26,400
Well, if you've got other kids
who come forward and say,
775
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:28,120
"Oh no, he did it to me too,"
776
00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:31,920
now you have somebody
who clearly has a propensity for doing it.
777
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:34,960
And so if we can get
other kids to come in,
778
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:37,720
or adults who were abused as children,
779
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:41,520
and say, "Yup, he did it to me,"
it's overwhelming evidence.
780
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:43,760
[tense music continues]
781
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:46,040
[man 1 on TV] The defense
in the Michael Jackson trial
782
00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:47,920
suffered a big setback today.
783
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,880
The judge said he will allow
the prosecution to present evidence
784
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:54,760
that Jackson has been accused
of molesting children before,
785
00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:57,600
and that he paid
to settle two of the cases.
786
00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:02,920
{\an8}The allowance of prior bad acts
by the judge landed like a thud,
787
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,840
like a lead balloon, just in your stomach.
788
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:09,760
It made the prosecution feel,
"We can get him."
789
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:12,400
[man 2 on TV] In a clear victory
for DA Tom Sneddon,
790
00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:14,720
the judge ruled that under California law,
791
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:18,360
jurors could hear about old,
unproven molestation allegations
792
00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:20,040
involving five boys.
793
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:24,000
[Andrew] It's one thing to say one family
is out to get Michael Jackson.
794
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:26,040
{\an8}Now they have to say
that many families are,
795
00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:28,520
and they all have the same story,
they're all in it for money.
796
00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:30,320
And that's a tough sell with the jury.
797
00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:34,720
Now, this looked like a serial predator.
798
00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:39,440
These people were bringing him down.
799
00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:43,400
[Anne] This is now a trial
about pattern evidence, about propensity,
800
00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:45,840
and once a pedophile, always a pedophile.
801
00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:49,320
- [crowd yelling indistinctly]
- [dramatic music playing]
802
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:53,080
[dramatic music continues]
803
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:37,160
[music fades]