Will he buy his way out of this one ?

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surely MJ can no longer avoid justice with huge lumps of cash,

I think this one will be the final nail in the coffin.

they must have some pretty substantial evidence to issue
a arrest warrant this time,

but in saying that I cant help but remember the O.J case

I think he'll flee the country. He might initially turn himself in but after he posts bail, once he knows what he's up against and figures out that he can't buy his way out of this, I think he'll hop on his private jet and haul a$$ to France like Roman Polanski.

I agree chelktty. He was just taken into custody and will be out probably before sunset. They say he has to turn in his passport, but we are talking Michael Jackson here, and I dont see Europe turning him away. He is still very big in Europe and China. I am listening to Jermaine Jackson right now, he just said ****ing on CNN! The family supports him. Wow Jermaine is pissed.

Yes, but he IS Michael Jackson. If he runs, he really can't hide. He is too well known. Unless, he gets plastic surgery. Oh wait, he has already done that... A LOT! Guess that won't help!

I agree, yes he can flkee the coutry, but where is going to go? Unless he lives in a cave somewhere remote, he can't hide. I would say he has the most recognisable face in the world.

He posted bail in one hour, so he mustn'; be short of cash like someone said. I heard he was going to file for bankruptcy? He may just buy his way out of it.

God wouldn't it be intesretsing though if he actually did go to jail.

"Michael, meet your cell mate for the nexy 50 years - Big Bubba".

eh, he can claim insanity easily, and you all know he'll get it

how can he lose with the lawyer he has!! tsking the Pederson case.

its sad that famous people have speacial privelages. they should be treated just like anybody else. if some blue coller regular joe was accused of sleeping with kids the cops would have busted his door down. with michael jackson they let him surrender when he "wants" to. who else thinks everybody should be "equal" and tried the same as everybody else. isnt this said somewhere in the constitution?

That's what I've been saying, chodder. Because he is MJ, he get's star treatment, even though he's been accused of something so heinous. If this was the average joe, he would be sitting at the police station, not making the bail that was set. I don't think that it's fair at all.

I agree with both of you, it's not fair that superstars get favorable treatment. To get processed out of jail takes HOURS not 1 hour for average citizens. But like the new saying goes, with the right amount of money, you can get away with murder.

can anybody say OJ Simpson?

surely not again

By the way.... OJ Simpson was allowed to have a personal chef cook for him while he was in jail. He even had satillite television in his cell. My jaw dropped when I saw that on the news. Un-f*cking-believable!

That's because if you're a celebrity... even commiting a crime means nothing.
We give them star treatment... even if the gun was found in their hand, and the blood spats on their clothes. There is no such thing as guilty. We pamper these Hollywood kings and queens because of who they are!

What a load of crap...

We say that so often about celebritys' "They get away with everything". But Winona Ryder got reasonably fair treatment for that shop-lifting stuff, normal everyday treatment, you know.

A lot of celebs have gone to jail, and have gotton "normal" sentences, it is just the ones who get away with it that we remember.

Also I think it is money that matters, not fame, you can be non-famous and have lots of money and probably get away with it too.

No I dont think that is true. As much stuff as she stole in most states she would have done a little time. Plus the crimes that O.J. and Michael are accused of are way worse than shoplifting. I am not saying that either one are guilty, but lets be fair in the treatment of all people.

Not this time.
Besides, he's broke.

The DA locked the buy-out escape-hatch some time ago when they changed the law, and you can bet that they made pretty sure the family was not thinking of going that route prior to even putting pen to paper in the search and arrest affadavits. They would have done everything conceivable to ensure that what happened last time does not happen again. That's not to say it won't, but it is highly unlikely. I don't think this will be a '93 or OJ repeat. It is going to become a hideous monster for MJ of a particularly new and nasty kind - one that is very hard to defeat even for the rich and famous. However if he has done this, then that monster should rightfully devour him.

Only one word comes to mind: Haters

One word comes to my mind: Obsessed.

Schmiggens, since I don't waste major time with minor people, I'll just ignore you.

Schmiggens! I bet you're heartbroken over being ignored eh? I on the other had thought it was funny!

Seriously, if I found the guy who made calling someone "hater" fine, as long as they don't agree with you, I swear I'd give him... an ear full...

Hmm... wait a minute, calling someone a hater is hating too... therefore someone who calls a person a hater is a "hater" themselves...

One word comes to mind: Hypocrit.

Yeah, don't beat yourself up schmiggens

Exactly, Grant... someone that wants to be a hater on people, calling them haters, is NOTHING other than a hypocrite!!!!

That would be like someone coming in a thread and *****ing at people about being so pro-violence, and screaming at them about how violent they are and saying that you would kick their @sses, etc...

If you want to read the off topic "crap," it's been moved to the Flamers Ward, where it belongs!

Okay...Ill have to repeat myself again then.


If MJ buys his way out of this one (financially speaking)....that will make me wonder even more...kind of like how he bought his way out of the first one.

People who are innocent usually fight it in court...they dont just pay people to be quiet.....

I wouldnt pay someone off if I were innocent.....and I wouldnt offer them another life in another country....

Thats a true sign of guilt in my eyes....but thats just my opinion.

I have to say that I agree with you about that, mystic.
If I was guilty... I would go down in flames to prove my innocence.
How the law just allowed him to pay off someone, for those charges is beyond me.

hmm... I don't know, people pay to make problems go away, if the problem is a person lying for financial gain, perhaps money is the only thing that'll make them back down... otherwise, you could be a lot worse off...

but I don't know. After all, I've never owned a beatles song, nor have I been accused of a crime... erm... recently

i don't think he'll buy his way out of this one. but you know if michael jackson gets put in prison all we'll hear about for months is that it's just the white man trying to keep a white woman down.

Larke, you crack me up, time and time again!

If he IS guilty and can't buy his way out of this one... I can't see MJ surviving prison. I KNOW that they wouldn't put him in general population. But, prison would kill him. UNLESS, he get's star treatment in there too!!!

Sooooooooooooo right. I completely forgot about that thing with Bill Cosby. But, he DID fight it, and proved what they were doing. If I was MJ, I would have spent that money (that he paid off that family with 10 years ago) and instead of giving it to them, I would have made that money go to the best investigators, and lawyers, and I would have fought that thing, tooth and nail. His name was ruined because of all that stuff years ago, and he will always look guilty for paying them off. Even if he didn't do it.

I agree Kris. You have to fight and prove them wrong. Settling only makes you look guilty. It does not help that he still is doing the sleepovers with kids.

So what is the truth about Jacko's molestation? Is it really true when famous, he will pay $20 M to just get it behind him even if it was false? Do you pay minor fines instead of fighting city hall? What's relative value of $15 million plus contingent attorney fees for scoring a lottery against a celebrity worth several hundred million? And if the secretary was making say $40K a year working for the lawyer and later being fired, she goes and writes A book to report what went behind the molestation complaint. <---Just Click Here

I find it so interesting that now that Black people have enough money to hire the best legal minds, people are angry, complaing, etc. I remember when it was the other way around only the white people didnt need alot of money to get off scott free. I remember black men being lynched for looking at a white woman or being murdered just for being black and the person got off. Civil Rights leader murdered and black people had to just live with the outcome. Now Black people are playing the same game as White people and some not all are crying foul. White people murder Black people all the time and how many have gotten the death penalty? maybe 1 or 2? Please, if this were Tom Cruise or Ben Afleck, the same would apply to them as the people you are complaing about.


Peace

Playing the race card again? The Jacko case doesn't need it to win over the dumb prosecution Sneddon. The Santa Barbera DA will fall on own sword. It's becoming more transparent the Jacko case is less and less about molestation evidence, but more about prosecutorial revenge, post-retirement enrichments, book royalties, public speaking and personal fame. Certainly doesn't look like a good faith prosecution. Bad case make bad case laws.