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American actor and singer (born 1980)
The “” story — a lurid claim that celebrities and elites wear red shoes made from children’s skin and participate in ritual child abuse — is a modern conspiracy that traces to internet forums, social-...
Michael Jackson repeatedly admitted in interviews and was reported by journalists and trial records to have allowed unrelated boys to spend the night in his bedroom and sometimes to share his bed; def...
Michael Jackson publicly defended sharing beds or bedrooms with children as an expression of non‑sexual love and closeness, telling interviewers that “the most loving thing to do is to share your bed”...
The 2005 Michael Jackson trial ended in a full acquittal after a nearly four-month proceeding with 140 witnesses and intense global media attention; the verdict removed criminal liability but did not ...
Key defense witnesses who testified that Michael Jackson did not molest children included Wade Robson (who in 2005 denied any abuse) and Macaulay Culkin (who defended Jackson’s bed-sharing with boys),...
The 2005 criminal trial of Michael Jackson ended in acquittal on all counts after roughly four months of testimony and about 32 hours of jury deliberations; the jury’s initial vote was nine to acquit ...
In 2024 a stream of celebrity rumors — from relationship "fakes" and breakup stories to death hoaxes and fabricated political endorsements — was repeatedly debunked by celebrities, representatives, fa...
The 2005 criminal case centered on allegations by a 13‑year‑old, , and members of his family that had sexually abused Gavin and related counts including intoxication and conspiracy; prosecutors relied...
Michael Jackson was criminally charged in the 2005 Santa Barbara County case with a total of 14 counts: four counts of child molestation, four counts of administering an intoxicant to a minor to facil...
During Michael Jackson’s 2005 Santa Barbara trial, prosecutors presented testimony alleging he shared beds with minors and behaved inappropriately; defense witnesses — including Wade Robson and Macaul...
The principal prosecution witnesses in Michael Jackson’s 2005 criminal trial were the Arvizo family—chiefly (the accuser), his brother Starr (often spelled “Star” in contemporaneous reporting), and th...
(March 4, 1954 – January 30, 2026) was a Canadian-born actor, comedian and writer whose five-decade career moved from and sketch work to defining film roles in and and a late-career renaissance as Moi...
The 2005 prosecution of Michael Jackson largely rested on witness testimony and documentary footage rather than incontrovertible forensic or physical evidence; jurors and multiple news outlets conclud...
In the 2005 People v. Jackson trial the prosecution’s key witnesses included the accuser Gavin Arvizo, his family members and former Neverland staff who described observations; the defense’s high-prof...
Multiple defense witnesses at Michael Jackson’s 2005 Santa Barbara trial testified that they had slept in Jackson’s bed as children and said nothing sexual occurred; key defense witnesses who describe...
In the 2005 Santa Barbara trial, defense and prosecution witnesses sharply disagreed about Michael Jackson’s habit of sleeping with boys: multiple defense witnesses (including Wade Robson, Brett Barne...
The 2005 criminal trial of Michael Jackson centered on allegations by Gavin Arvizo that Jackson molested him and supplied him with alcohol; the jury acquitted Jackson on all counts on June 13, 2005 af...