Jackson accuser face-to-face with singer in court
Michael Jackson’s young accuser took the witness stand today, facing the singer in court for the first time.
With an expression that appeared to be verging on a sneer, the boy said yes when District Attorney Tom Sneddon asked him if he recognised the defendant.
The accuser followed his 14-year-old brother into the courtroom in Santa Maria, California, who had earlier testified that he saw Jackson grope his sibling in 2003.
The boy, 15, who was a cancer patient when he met Jackson, talked about attending a Los Angeles comedy camp hosted by Jamie Masada, the comedy club owner who would eventually bring him and Jackson together.
The boy said his favourite comedian was “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno and that he often asked Masada if Leno would attend the camp, but Leno never did. The defence contends Leno is one of several comedians which the boy’s family attempted to get money from.
He said his coach at the comedy camp was comedian George Lopez and that he began attending the camp after his mother found a flier advertising it.
“She always thought I was kind of funny,” he said.
Jackson’s accuser also testified about his father hitting him, his sister and mother, and talked about what it was like to have cancer.
“I felt like there was a knife in my stomach,” he said, adding that he would hold a pillow to his stomach as he slept to quell the pain.
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