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| Police Search Michael Jackson’s California Ranch |
| 2003-11-18 |
| I have to pass - its just too easy! Police swarmed over pop superstar Michael Jackson’s opulent Neverland Ranch, near Santa Barbara in central California, on Tuesday as part of an unspecified criminal investigation, police said. A Santa Barbara Sheriff’s spokesman said sheriff’s deputies and officials from the District Attorney’s office went to the sprawling ranch at 8.30 a.m. PST to "serve a search warrant as part of an ongoing criminal investigation." The search was still going on two hours later. Police did not specify the nature of the investigation, but cable channel Court TV said it stemmed from allegations of sexual abuse brought by a 12-year-old boy against the self-styled King of Pop. A spokesman for Jackson was not immediately available for comment and Jackson’s whereabouts were not immediately clear. The allegations come nine years after a 14-year-old reached an out-of-court agreement to settle a lawsuit accusing the singer of molesting him in 1992. No criminal charges were ever brought in that case. Tuesday’s search warrant follows a tumultuous year for Jackson, whose talents as an entertainer have been eclipsed by his often bizarre behavior both before the cameras and away from them. In November last year, the former child-star stunned fans in Berlin by dangling his barefoot baby from a hotel window. Then in February, he revealed in a British television documentary that he shared his Neverland bedroom with young boys and made his children wear masks in public. |
| Posted by:Yosemite Sam |
| #10 If I were dictator, I would have MJ and Kim Jong Il sharing the same cage in my Imperial Traveling Freak Show and History Revue, with Noam Chomsky as the chief barker and Oliver Stone running the slide projector. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2003-11-19 12:23:18 AM |
| #9 I wonder if he'll pull a Roman Polanski... |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2003-11-18 11:11:11 PM |
| #8 I saw this on the news. I boggled in amazement when the newsreader used the phrase "pop-eyed con's ranch". After a second, I realized he said "pop icon's ranch". Maybe the police are searching for the little black kid that Michael used to be before he became a space alien? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2003-11-18 8:45:45 PM |
| #7 I don't care how much money they will make out of shaking down Jacko. The parents of this kid ought to lose custody automatically. What kind of parent brings there kid to the Neverland Ranch to covort with Michael Jackson? The place is the giant honey pot of a guy who looks like a child molester. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-11-18 7:38:58 PM |
| #6 what about the nose? apparently nobody here but me's seen Scarey Movie 3, huh? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-11-18 7:37:13 PM |
| #5 I assume they won't be using sight hounds to look for the nose. Wait a minute.. only Beverly Hills PD got Aghans. Where is Wonderland? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-11-18 6:25:58 PM |
| #4 "What about the nose?" That must be what all those sheriffs are looking for. *rimshot* |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-11-18 5:32:36 PM |
| #3 I've heard of lips falling off.... What about the nose? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-11-18 5:21:36 PM |
| #2 Do the sheriffs have jurisdiction over plastic surgery-addicted pedophiles from outer space? Now we know where some of those 'abduction' stories come from. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-11-18 5:03:51 PM |
| #1 Free Bubbles! Avenge the Elephant Man! What more do we need to keep this sicko away from kids for good? Besides a crowbar, that is! |
| Posted by: Dar 2003-11-18 4:31:40 PM |