The Gloved One.

[onewyteduck]

As we are about to embark on what could well wind up being the biggest judicial and media circus any of us have ever seen I'm curious as to what everyone's thoughts on this are. So, trial by Kevin's Watch.

[Dromond]

Arghh...
This guy is something intolerable.

I was telling people he was a child molester back in the '80s,not believing his saying then he was just befriending those boys.

Arghh...

I hope he gets what he's asking for.. a fair trial! I doubt it though, his money and fame will get him an acquittal.

Arghh!

(I voted guilty, btw.)

[onewyteduck]

Arghh...
This guy is something intolerable.

I was telling people he was a child molester back in the '80s,not believing his saying then he was just befriending those boys.

Arghh...

I hope he gets what he's asking for.. a fair trial! I doubt it though, his money and fame will get him an acquittal.

Arghh!

(I voted guilty, btw.)

It sounds as tho' you'd have him walking your plank quite soon!

[The Pumpkin King]

God knows, Jackson's 'walked enough planks' as it is...

I honestly hope justice is served.

[Avatar]

Hmm, initial reaction is that he's guilty. Whether he is or not, he's clearly disturbed, if not outright crazy.

I certainly hope that justice is served, and that his wealth and fame are meaningless in the courtroom, but will that happen, and what is justice anyway?

--A

[matrixman]

Whether or not he is in truth guilty or innocent, MJ will forever be labeled by the media and the public as guilty. It always feels good to see an obscenely wealthy and/or pompous public figure taken down a notch. In that respect, there are a number of other much more annoying celebrity jerks I'd rather see fall from grace.

[dennisrwood]

but Michael is the only known child molester. watch the interview where he is feeding his baby. the man is shaking and trembling. he's getting off on feeding his baby! my hope is that the has to sell the Beatles songs to McCartney and ends up in prison.

[matrixman]

Return the Beatles songs to McCartney? Now that's what I would call poetic justice! That would be a wonderful day for all Beatles fans, but is it likely to happen? Would MJ really give up the enormous prestige of owning the Lennon-McCartney catalog?

[Plissken]

It's not the prestige, it's the CASH. MJ's earned more selling "Revolution" to Nike than "Beat It" ever earned.

As for his guuilt or innocence, I just wish than anyone who is that far removed from reality is kept away from our children. If he's guilty, shoot him, and have done with it.

[Alynna Lis Eachann]

It's a pretty serious allegation. I am inclined to believe he's guilty, but I'm trying to remain impartial. I hope he rots in hell if he's guilty, though. All child molestors should.

[Cail]

I'm trying to remain impartial, but boy, it's hard. He's definately a freak. The sad thing is, even if he is convicted, there's no way he's going to end up in the general population in a maximum-security prison (which is where he'd belong).

[Avatar]

Can you just imagine it? MJ in the general prison population? If he is guilty, it'd be poetic justice of a sort, but as you say, its highly unlikely. And anyway, they'd call it cruel and unusual.

--A

[Zahir]

Michael Jackson is weird. I wouldn't be surprised to learn he was guilty as sin. Nor would I be surprised to learn he was totally innocent. I've seen nothing I'd call real evidence.

[Kymbierlee]

Can you just imagine it? MJ in the general prison population? If he is guilty, it'd be poetic justice of a sort, but as you say, its highly unlikely. And anyway, they'd call it cruel and unusual.

It'll never happen. He'll be in protective custody in segregation for his whole sentence. General popultion would be the death of him in 2.2 seconds. BTW, the man is a sick freak, and I am pretty sure he is guilty, but sees nothing wrong with what he did.

[Lady Revel]

Zahir said:

I've seen nothing I'd call real evidence.

From what I understand, they found some porn, but how incriminating is that? However, he has some REALLY strange habits, and he has flaunted them widely. Perhaps he thinks he is above the law? Well, its all coming back to him now.

MJ, I'm so darned sorry you didn't have a childhood. You poor thing. Life is hard for a lot of us. But not everyone has millions of dollars to show for their tough upbringings. And not everyone is such a FREAK because of them. Get over it already, jeez.

It seems to me Michael has a lot of questions to answer.

Is it possible the mother of this child is looking for her payday? Of course! But MJ virtually asked for someone to do this to him. Maybe he thought he could just keep paying people off forever.

I have also heard that the mother and the children's stories are really coordinated. Something about the boy saying he had liquor in a pepsi can on a plane. And in another room, when they asked the mother if she saw something suspicious she immediately answered she saw soda cans hanging around. The police thought that it was odd she equated soda cans as being suspicious. It sounded very planned.

I cannot remember this clearly, but the other boy - the one in the nineties - didn't he say he could describe the birthmark on MJ's hoo-hoo? Not good, even if they were just innocently relaxing in the sauna.

I agree with those who say that if he is guilty, he ought to do time like everyone else, and not get special priviledges. The crime he is being accused of is disgusting and makes my stomach turn flip flops. I wouldn't care about his safety. Let the other inmates at him. Reality, however, will not deliver such justice. If he is convicted, he will end up somewhere with a golf course, and perhaps a zoo.

Okay, now that I have made it clear I read waaaaay too many tabloids, I must conclude with my opinion that MJ is in some real trouble here. And strangely enough, I don't think he even realizes it. It seems as though he doesn't have a care in the world.

Well, I guess they call him Whacko Jacko for a reason.

Cheers, LR[/quote]

[ChoChiyo]

Can you just imagine it? MJ in the general prison population? If he is guilty, it'd be poetic justice of a sort, but as you say, its highly unlikely. And anyway, they'd call it cruel and unusual.

--A

It would be cruel and unusual to the other inmates to have to be continuously exposed to sicko Michael.

The amount of security one must pass through to get to his bedroom, along with his own statements that children visiting his mansion sleep in his bed--and the fact that little boys' undergarments were found amongst his bedding many times by his former employees--lead me to believe that something is not quite right in the land of Never-never.

I have no doubt that Michael is a very disturbed individual who is this way for a reason, but the threat he poses to children outweighs my sympathy for him as a sick dude. His own kids need to be taken away from him AT ONCE while there is still a chance for them to turn out normal.

And the woman who incubated them for him for $$$$ should be horsewhipped twice a day for every single day that those poor children have had to suffer under his roof.

Has anyone ever considered doing a medical examination of his children to see if they are physically damaged???

I'm not completely without pity for him--but I pity the children more.

I vote guilty.

[onewyteduck]

From what I understand, they found some porn, but how incriminating is that?

I suppose that would hinge on the type of porn it is and to the best of my knowledge all that has been released is that there was "porn". If it's a stash of Playboys and Hustlers that might well work in his favor. If it's kiddie porn, he's dead.

I would like to think I could sit on that jury and remain impartial but I just don't know......

When the allegations arose in the 90's and he paid these people off, that pretty much did it for me. There are things where I could see paying someone to go away would be easier and cheaper in the long run but an accusation of pedophilia isn't one of them. At that point, he went from merely eccentric to just plain sick in my book.

Guilty

[Dromond]

Don't know if it's true yet or not, but it was reported awhile back that two sets of fingerprints were on the magazines, Jackson's and the accuser.

[Avatar]

When the allegations arose in the 90's and he paid these people off, that pretty much did it for me.

Yeah, I know what you mean. Paying them, although possibly just easier, certainly leaves the implication that he was guilty. Of course, what sort of parent accepts money instead of punishing her child's molester? Possibly one who only wanted money in the first place?

Aah, will have to wait. But as I said, instinctively, I think he is guilty. Of something.

--A

[dennisrwood]

Avatar: my prisons belive he is a kiddie raper. and they should know. many of them are. but even if he is found guilty and goes to prison, Kym is right, he will be in solitary his entire stay. the inmates would rape him day, night and more...