Hello, je me permets de vous transmettre quelques infos, pour les personnes un temps soit peu intéressées......
[Merci à Buttercup de MJF]
Pourquoi Michael Jackson ne peut pas avoir commis ce crime.
Le 18 décembre 2003, Michael Jackson a été officiellement chargé par le procureur de Santa Barbara, Tom Sneddon, d'acte lubrique et lascif sur un garçon de moins de 14 ans, commis entre le 7 février et le 10 mars 2003, à la suite d'une plainte déposée par le docteur Stan Katz, psychologue de Los Angeles, et par la famille Arvizo.
Document 1 : Les charges de Sneddon
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/jackocharge2.html
Or, dans la période du crime avancée par l'accusation, Michael Jackson a fait l'objet de deux enquêtes distinctes et indépendantes, suite au scandale provoqué par le documentaire de Martin Bashir, "Living With Michael Jackson", diffusé en Angleterre le 6 février 2003, et où le chanteur affirmait qu'il n'y avait pas de mal à partager un lit.
Michael Jackson est son futur accusateur, Gavin Arvizo, dans "Living With Michael Jackson" de Martin Bashir.
Le 26 novembre 2003, après avoir menée une enquête du 14 février au 27 février 2003, les services sociaux de Los Angeles (L.A.'s Department of Children & Family Services) ont publié leur conclusion dans un rapport où la famille Arvizo fait l'éloge du chanteur, et où l'enfant « nie avoir été abusé de quelques manières » par Jackson et affirme n'avoir « jamais dormi dans le même lit que le chanteur » :
Document 2 : http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/dcfsmemo1.html
DECEMBER 9, 2003-The Smoking Gun- A confidential investigation by Los Angeles police and child welfare officials concluded earlier this year that allegations Michael Jackson sexually abused a cancer-stricken boy were "unfounded," according to an internal government memo obtained by The Smoking Gun.The probe's findings were based, in large part, on interviews with the alleged victim, his two siblings, and the boy's mother. According to the memo, when the child was questioned in February by a social worker assigned to the Sensitive Case Unit of L.A.'s Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS), he "denied any form of sexual abuse" by Jackson and said that he never "slept in the same bed as the entertainer." While not specifically named in the DCFS memo, the 45-year-old Jackson is referred to repeatedly as "the entertainer."The memo notes that the boy, now 14, and his 12-year-old brother--who also denied sexual abuse--expressed "a fondness for the entertainer and stated they enjoyed visiting his home, where they would often ride in the park, play video games, and watch movies." The pair's sister, now 17, told a social worker that she accompanied the boys on "sleepovers at the entertainers home," but had "never seen anything sexually inappropriate between her brothers and the entertainer."The children's mother told investigators that Jackson was "like a father to the children and a part of her family." While acknowledging that her son "has slept in the same room as the entertainer," the woman claimed "they did not share a bed. The entertainer would sleep on the floor," according to the November 26 memo.The joint probe by DCFS and the Los Angeles Police Department ran from February 14-27 and, the memo states, the "investigation by the Sensitive Case Unit concluded the allegations of neglect and sexual abuse to be unfounded both by the LAPD-Wilshire Division and the Department." When an investigation is closed, child welfare officials can summarize their findings in one of three ways. If evidence is found to support abuse charges, the case is marked "substantiated." A case is termed "not substantiated" when evidence discovered is not sufficient to support allegations (though the charges may, in fact, be true). Finally, a matter is branded "unfounded" when officials determine there is no merit to the allegations.
Document 3 : Le Memo
De même, le service du sheriff du comté de Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Departement), deux semaines après la diffusion du reportage de Martin Bashir, fait sa propre enquête du 18 février jusqu'au 16 avril 2003, et conclue également qu'il n'y a pas eu d?activité criminelle. Tout comme dans le rapport précédent, l'enfant et sa famille, tous interviewés séparément, réfutent catégoriquement tout acte malveillant et sexuel :
Document 4: Today Show - MSNBC Interactive :
Mother of alleged victim initially said, "I trust my children with him" By Mike Taibbi NBC News correspondent.Updated: 9:50 a.m. ET March 12, 2004 - Michael Jackson has called the charges that he molested a 12-year-old cancer patient "a big lie," insisting he's totally innocent. But what exactly does the alleged victim and his family say that Jackson did? And what are they saying now? NBC News correspondent Mike Taibbi has explosive details in this exclusive report.When the controversial British documentary "Living with Michael Jackson" aired in the U.S. on February 6th last year, Beverly Hills psychiatrist Dr. Carole Lieberman was among a handful of child advocates who quickly fired off a detailed complaint. "I felt enough was enough. I just couldn't believe that the world was standing by and letting these children be potentially harmed."On the day of the broadcast, Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon said what appeared on screen was no substitute "for credible, cooperative victims," but later would dismiss as unimportant an early investigation by Los Angeles County that said allegations that Jackson abused his eventual accuser were ?unfounded.? Sneddon says, "To call that an investigation is a misnomer, it was an interview plain and simple and that's all it was." NBC News can report exclusively that just two weeks after that documentary aired, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department began its own official investigation of Jackson?s possible abuse of his alleged victim and that Dr. Lieberman's letter of complaint was a key reason the probe was started.It was February 18th, last year. The investigation of "Suspected Child Abuse" was given a case number and daily report number. One early entry, from last March 10th: an account of an interview by three Los Angeles social workers of the accuser and his brother, sister and mother at the apartment of the mother's boyfriend. From the accuser, then a 12-year-old cancer patient: "Michael is like a father to me, he's never done anything to me sexually." And the boy "never slept in bed with Michael," his "mother... always aware of what goes on in Neverland."From his mother: "Michael is like a father to my children, he loves them and I trust my children with him." She said Michael's kind, and misunderstood and "an important part of (her son's) recovery" from cancer. Sometimes, the mother said, her kids "would be on Michael's bed, watching TV and eating S?mores. But as for the allegations that they share a bed, it is 'no.'" Her children "were never solely alone with Jackson...there's always someone around." She said Michael has, "never been anything but wonderful. My children have never felt uncomfortable in his presence. Michael has been a blessing."The accuser's older sister was "teary eyed," according to the report, adding, "Michael is so kind and loving." The father, interviewed separately, says "there's no reason to suspect any wrongdoing" by Jackson, adding that he too "attributed (his son's) recovery to Jackson."On April 16th, the Santa Barbara's sheriff's department reached a conclusion. "Based on the interviews with the children and their father, it was determined that the elements of criminal activity were not met. Therefore, this investigation was classified as a suspected sexual abuse incident report, with no further action required. Case closed." Case closed after a two-month investigation that took place much of the period when Jackson is said to have molested his alleged victim 7 times. But the case wasn't closed. NBC News learned that on June 13th last year it was dramatically resumed, when Santa Barbara?s investigators heard -- as NBC News is reporting for the first time -- version number two of the story told by the accuser and his family in their own words.The family told this version of the story to psychologist Dr. Stan Katz. In the documents we reviewed, Katz told Santa Barbara's investigator the details. The records quote Katz saying the accuser claimed he "drank alcohol every night and got buzzed? whiskey, vodka and Bacardi," and that when his head hurt from the drinking, "Michael said keep drinking, it will make it feel better."He said Michael "showed (him) pictures of naked women on the computer," that he once "saw Michael just standing there, naked for a moment," and that Michael told him "he (Michael) had to masturbate or he'd go crazy."According to the documents Katz said the accuser's brother told him, ?That on a flight back from Miami he saw Michael ?licking (the accuser's) head? as the boy slept against Michael's chest.? That Michael provided "wine, vodka and tequila on numerous occasions." That one of Jackson's security guards "told us he'd kill us and our parents if we told about the alcohol." And that Michael "talked a lot about sex." He said he and his brother "constantly sleep in Michael's room with Michael and (his brother) in Michael's bed." He gave graphic details NBC News will not repeat about at least two incidents of inappropriate sexual touching initiated on the accuser by Michael. The documents quote Katz saying the accuser's sister told him Michael "gave her some wine," and that she saw Michael "kissing him on the cheek, hugging him, always rubbing him."According to the report Katz said the family claimed, about their earlier interviews, "they made them say Michael's a father figure, he's great, he'd never do anything bad." Katz said he believed the family was telling him the truth. ?I don't get the feeling the mom is lying about anything, though she may distort -- I really felt the kids were credible." Credible enough that formal charges of molestation have been brought against Michael Jackson. But we now know the details of the two totally opposite stories told by the family for the record and thus the question remains: which story to believe?" The one about Michael as a loving father figure, a safe haven, a blessing? Or the one that describes a predator who plied his vulnerable young victim with alcohol and his own sexual obsessions?Both stories, and any explanations, would surely be tested at a trial which NBC News has been told won't begin until well into 2005.
Chacune de ces enquêtes ont conclue que les accusations portées par Martin Bashir dans son reportage, étaient « sans fondement ».
Après la diffusion de "Living With Michael Jackson", autrement dit, pendant la période supposée du crime, Gavin et sa famille ont donné plusieurs interviews à différents organes de presse, dans lesquelles une fois de plus, ils niaient toute conduite inappropriée de la part de la star :
Document 5: The Telegraph
Mother complains over Bashir interviewBy Chris Hastings and Elizabeth Day(Filed: 09/02/2003) - The TelegraphThe mother of the 12-year-old boy who admitted that he had shared a bedroom with Michael Jackson has defended the singer and reported Martin Bashir's documentary to the Broadcasting Standards Commission.Janet Ventura-Arvizo said yesterday that Mr Bashir's interview with the 44-year-old American performer, entitled Living with Michael Jackson, was a "gross distortion of the truth" that breached broadcasting guidelines governing interviews with children.She has now instructed Theodore Goddard, the London law firm, to lodge official complaints with the commission, which oversees British television, and the Independent Television Commission, the ITV watchdog. Both forbid interviews with children under 16 without the express permission of a parent or guardian.In her first public comment on the ITV documentary, which was broadcast on British television last Monday, Mrs Ventura-Arvizo, who lives in Los Angeles, says she was appalled by the two-hour programme and the way it used her son, Gavin. She claims that Mr Bashir and his Granada team failed to obtain her written consent for the interview, in accordance with rules laid down by the BSC and ITC.She also attacked the presenter's commentary, which alluded to previous child sex allegations made against the star. She claimed that those allusions distorted her son's relationship with the singer.In a statement issued through Jackson's London representative, she said: "I am appalled at the way in which my son has been exploited by Martin Bashir and Granada Television. At no time did either I or Gavin's father sign a consent form for Gavin to be interviewed by Granada Television which I believe is a legal requirement both in the USA and in England, as Gavin is a minor."She added: "I would never have given consent for Gavin to appear in Bashir's film which, in my opinion, is a complete distortion of the truth about Michael Jackson, as I know and admire him." Two of Mrs Ventura-Arvizo's other children, Star and Davellin, have also stayed at the star's Neverland ranch. She claims that Jackson is like a father to them and has been a tremendous help to Gavin, who has been battling cancer.She said: "At no time has Gavin ever been treated with anything other than love, respect and the deepest kindness by Michael. Michael has been so important in Gavin being able to recover from cancer. His constant support, both practical and emotional, helped give my beautiful little boy the strength to fight his cancer."Jackson's aides hope that the complaint by Gavin's mother will stem a wave of criticism engulfing the singer a week after the film was aired. His admission that he continues to share his bed with children, a decade after he was embroiled in a child sex lawsuit, is threatening to destroy his career and could yet be the subject of a police inquiry.Critics, however, are bound to question Mrs Ventura-Arvizo's motives, particularly after she admitted receiving gifts from the star. She was unavailable for comment last night after being moved by the singer's aides to a secret location.At the centre of the dispute is the boy's disclosure to Mr Bashir that he has shared the singer's bedroom and even slept in his bed. In the documentary, which was watched by more than 35 million viewers when it was broadcast again on American television on Thursday, Gavin told the reporter how he had slept in the bed while Jackson had slept on the floor.Mr Bashir's subsequent questions about the boy's parents suggest that the reporter might not have spoken to them about the sleepovers. At one stage he asks: "Were your parents happy that you were here with Michael? Did they come with you?" In the commentary towards the end of the documentary that has infuriated Gavin's mother, Mr Bashir states that he "felt very uneasy after this conversation".The complaint is the latest in a series of controversies involving Mr Bashir, who came to prominence when he interviewed Diana, Princess of Wales for the BBC's Panorama in 1995.Granada Television insists that the programme was completed in accordance with proper procedures. A spokesman said: "We will be responding to the regulators when they raise these complaints with us. Until then it would be inappropriate for us to comment further."The broadcaster refused to say last night whether permission had been sought from Gavin's parents but insisted that all proper procedures had been followed.In 1994 Jackson was accused of molesting 13-year-old Jody Chandler. The star denied the allegations but paid the boy's parents £18 million to drop a civil case against him.
Document 6: The Sunday Telegraph
Mum happy for kids to stay with JacksonBy David Gardner in Los Angeles09/02/2003-The Sunday TelegraphTHE mother of the 12-year-old cancer sufferer who shares Michael Jackson's bed has revealed how he thinks of the singer as his father and even calls him Daddy.Janet Arvizo says she is comfortable with her son Gavin and her two other children staying at the star's Neverland ranch. "Michael has brought something special into our lives," she said. Gavin, who was given only two weeks to live when he was diagnosed with kidney cancer two years ago, tells his mother: "I am living for my daddy, Michael." The family has suffered so much hardship it is not surprising they see Jackson as a guardian angel. Struggling to scrape together enough welfare cash to feed and clothe Gavin, his brother Star, 11, and sister Davelin, 16, Mrs Arvizo was once so poor that the family was forced to live in a stable. Thanks to Jackson, they now have a car and live in a comfortable flat. Mrs Arvizo said, "All of my kids have stayed over with Michael. I am comfortable with that. "They are happy with him and have a lot of fun. They are hoping to travel the world with him. He is their angel." Jackson's relationship with Gavin was revealed in last week's TV documentary about the singer. Before meeting Jackson, now 44, Gavin was at the lowest point in his difficult upbringing in a rundown district of Los Angeles. While Jackson would spend millions in a morning shopping spree on Beverly Hills' Rodeo Drive, Gavin's mother was struggling to find a decent home. "They were living in a stable with the hay and horses for a long time," said family friend Jamie Masada. "Another time they were all living in a tiny room in Compton that wasn't big enough for one person. They couldn't afford to buy clothes or food." Ironically, it was Gavin's battle with kidney cancer that turned his life around. Surgeons were forced to take out one of Gavin's kidneys and his spleen. Exhausting chemotherapy sessions made all his hair fall out and sapped his spirit. Gavin, Star and Davelin had earlier attended a comedy camp that Mr Masada holds each summer for underprivileged children. Mr Masada kept in touch with the family, and after Gavin became ill asked the boy for a wishlist of celebrities he wanted to meet. Jackson was Gavin's third choice, behind comedians Adam Sandler and Chris Tucker, Mr Masada said. "I contacted Quincy Jones, who talked to Michael. He asked Gavin if he wanted to visit Neverland. Gavin and his brother Star went to Neverland and stayed for two days. No matter what people may say about Michael Jackson, he came in and has helped this boy to survive.""Gavin said they had fun and played games. Gavin is not a naive kid. He would have said if something bad had happened." Ten years ago Jackson paid $10m to settle a civil suit brought by 13-year-old Jordy Chandler, who alleged the star had sexually abused him. But Santa Barbara County District Attorney Thomas Sneddon said yesterday that in Californian law, merely sleeping with a child was not a criminal offence.
Le journaliste Ed Bradley de l'émission « 60 minutes » sur la chaîne américaine NBC, était à Neverland les 7 et 8 février 2003, en présence de l'enfant et de sa famille.
Dans une interview accordée à Larry King sur CNN, le 4 février 2004, il confirme qu'à cette époque, Marc Gerados avait déjà été engagé par Michael Jackson, et affirme avoir passé du temps seul dans la cuisine avec un Gavin souriant, sa mère, son frère et sa soeur, à boire des sodas, et que ceux-ci, une fois de plus, parlaient du chanteur en termes élogieux :
Document 7: Larry King Live, CNN
KING: The Jackson interview. How did it happen? BRADLEY: You know, the Michael Jackson interview is an interview that we have been working on for more than a year. Last February I was out at Neverland, we had been working on it for some months at that time. I went out with my crews, producer, associate producer, sat down with Michael, just the two of us in a room. Left everybody outside and talked for about half an hour.[..]BRADLEY: We sat there for hours waiting. It was his people. Mark Geragos just started at the head of his legal team at that time. KING: This was before the charges were brought, now, way before. BRADLEY: Oh, yes. In fact, the kid who is now charging him and his mother were there that day. KING: Really? BRADLEY: We sat in the kitchen having coffee and doughnuts and sodas and his mother and the kids said they were willing to go on television to say what a great person Michael Jackson was.
Conclusion
Le timing dans cette affaire innocente Michael Jackson. Que la star ait abusé de Gavin du 7 février au 10 mars, le lendemain du reportage de Bashir, et en même temps que se déroulaient les enquêtes des Services Sociaux du 14 février au 27 février, et du sheriff de Santa Barbara du 18 février jusqu'au au 16 avril, est absolument ridicule !
Pourquoi Jackson déciderait-il d'abuser d'un garçon qu'il voit depuis 2 ans, au coeur même d'une tempête médiatique qui émet des doutes sur la nature de ses relations avec les enfants, alors qu'il avait 2 ans pour le faire ?
Pourquoi s'en prendrait-il à un Gavin à partir du 7 février, alors qu'il a engagé son avocat Marc Gerados le 3 février ?
Comment nier que nous sommes visiblement en face d?une affaire de gros sous, avec une mère, qui après avoir fait l'éloge de Michael Jackson auprès des autorités et de la presse pendant des mois, décide de faire le tour de tous les avocats de Los Angeles pour vendre une nouvelle version des faits, et se rend fin mai chez Larry Feldman, un spécialiste des affaires FINANCIERES et en aucun cas criminelles, déjà présent dans l'affaire Jordy Chandler en 1993-94, avant même de porter plainte chez la police !
Comment accorder la moindre crédibilité à cette femme, qui dans une affaire de vol à l'étalage, a poussé ses enfants à porter de fausses accusations d'abus sexuels contre les magasins J. C. Penny en août 1998, quand la justice enlève d'office toute confiance à un témoin qui a menti par le passé ?