The Smoking Gun Exclusive - Grand Jury Indictment Documents

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The Smoking Gun obtains 1903-page record of panel that indicted Michael Jackson on molestation and conspiracy charges
FEBRUARY 17--It has been ten months since a Santa Barbara grand jury voted to indict Michael Jackson on charges that he molested a 13-year-old boy and conspired with several associates to falsely imprison the child and his family at the singer's Neverland Ranch. Due to extraordinary (some say unwarranted) secrecy imposed on the case by Judge Rodney Melville, the grand jury transcript--not to mention many court filings, search warrants, and other usually public documents--remain under seal, cloaking many case details. In fact, the 13-page indictment itself has only been released in a redacted form, with six entire pages removed.

Last month, The Smoking Gun provided the first detailed, behind-the-scenes account of the case, which was based on a review of scores of confidential law enforcement reports, sealed court records, and grand jury transcript. Today we go a step further with the publication of hundreds of pages of secret grand jury transcript. In addition, we've published three new stories about the Jackson probe, all based on our review of the transcript and other confidential investigative records. Click here for those reports.

The complete grand jury transcript runs 1903 pages and includes the testimony of 41 witnesses, including the alleged victim and six members of his family, several Jackson employees and associates, flight attendants, child welfare officials, four lawyers, one clinical psychologist, and a comedy club owner. Below you'll find the complete testimony given last spring by the alleged victim, his younger brother, sister, and mother. Since TSG does not identify alleged sexual abuse victims (or family members), we've covered their names with the aliases they have been assigned in court filings. The teenage accuser, now 15, is "John Doe." His mother is "Jane Doe." His 13-year-old brother is "James Doe." And his 18-year-old sister is "Judy Doe."

In addition to the family's testimony, since a prosecutor read the entire Jackson indictment to the grand jury, we've included those transcript pages that provide a verbatim account of what's on the six pages that have been cloaked for nearly a year. We're scanning as fast as we can and plan on posting most witness testimony, so check back in the next day for continuing additions.


JOHN DOE: In two appearances, the 15-year-old accuser tells grand jurors that his relationship with Jackson began when he was hospitalized with cancer. It ended, the boy testified, shortly after the performer allegedly molested him inside a Neverland Ranch bedroom.


March 30, 2004 testimony (112 pages)

April 15, 2004 testimony (42 pages)


JAMES DOE: In highly detailed testimony, the 13-year-old brother of the alleged victim recounts watching, on two occasions, as Jackson molested his sibling. The child also tells the panel that the singer gave him wine, displayed pornography to minors, and once paraded nude in front of him.


March 29, 2004 testimony (119 pages)

April 15, 2004 testimony (51 pages)


JANE DOE: Derided by Team Jackson as a grifter on the make, the accuser's mother claims she was terrorized by the singer's associates. During two appearances, the 36-year-old occasionally seems erratic--and even the prosecutor questioning her has a hard time keeping her in check.

April 6, 2004 testimony (102 pages)

April 7, 2004 testimony (173 pages)

JUDY DOE: Like most girls in boycentric Neverland, the 18-year-old was the third sibling out on visits to Jackson's ranch. She didn't even rate a nickname like her brothers, whom the performer dubbed Blowhole and Doo Doo Head.


March 30, 2004 testimony (66 pages)

INDICTMENT: While details of the alleged criminal conspiracy hatched by Jackson have been judicially scrubbed from court files, they were read verbatim into the record on April 20, 2004 by prosecutor Ronald Zonen.

I'm reading the transcript of the mother right now. I'm hating how she keeps saying "sended"

And he's got a habit of interupting the person questioning her... So far no interesting info.

I'll see how it goes *continues reading*

i read some of it....I just read the parts about the Diet Coke can, I'm not into reading the "dirty"stuff......like in the previous thread about MJ being nude........eeww nasty, man, just nasty!

Grand Jury Transcripts: No Witness Saw Jacko Act Inappropriately Toward Children

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The Smoking Gun reports that while the sexual molestation case against Michael Jackson relies heavily on the lurid and highly detailed accounts provided by the alleged teenage victim and his younger brother, a Santa Barbara grand jury last year heard testimony from other witnesses--several of whom worked closely with the embattled singer--that appears to corroborate many key aspects of the children's accounts of their troubling relationship with Jackson. However, in what would be considered a plus for the defense camp, no witness--with the exception of the accuser and his brother--testified to ever seeing Jackson act inappropriately toward children.

I don't think the two kids he paid off before have testified yet, I don't know if they will testify at all.

This one made me shake my head at this woman
Q "Is this a document you've seen before?"
A "No"
Q "Okay"
A "I've seen it after"

She also have a habit of refering to events as names, like something happened "after Neverland", yet she's mentioned about 3 or 4 occasions where she was at Neverland. Don't know what she means 30% of the time. She also mentioned that they misused the word family, when her definition is cute, but incorrect...

Also has a habit of saying "and that's a quote" even when something obviously isn't.

And so so so many double negatives



They mention a document she's signed, but she said she simply signed a blank piece of paper.... now, I'm thinking they can probably find out, if the ink of the pen runs through the ink of the printer, which was there first. Mystic, you have any idea if this is possible? I'd imagine so...

Anyways, to be perfectly honest, the charges of kidnapping may stick, but this woman is a bit of an idiot. With all these "threats" against her family, she never once called the police to find out if there was any validity to it...

I believe the core of what she's saying is probably true, but she is going to come across as being a bit of an airhead, regardless. Plus, what she's saying may make Michael and accessory to kidnapping, but not actually doing it... It seems she could technically get out any time she wanted to, but I guess people do weird things when they're confused.

It wasn't the police, she didn't even really mention who those people were (though I read later they were Michael's aides), just associates of Michaels. I don't know what kind of idiot does that... they just told her it'll make the killers go away. She's really a twit, to be honest.

Reading the daughter's testimony... she really makes a lot more sense than her mother does, I can tell you that. Uses the same double negatives but seems like a smart girl.

Yeah, they were all telling them that there were killers after "John" (do I get in trouble for saying the name Gavin?)... Anyways, after the documentary with him in it aired, Jackson and his "associates" told them there were death threats made to them and they should do this and that, which involved going to Miami for a press conference (that never happened), then going back to Neverland, where they weren't really allowed to leave. The woman apparently still spoke with her fiance on the phone often enough, so I don't know why she just didn't call the authorities to find out the truth. Though in actuality, I think this woman's a few sandwiches short, if you know what I mean

She's definitely a few tacos short of the combo platter. It must be easy to manipulate someone like that. Just tell them that there are people out there who are after her and her family and she'll believe. Tell her she can avoid getting pregnant by wrapping her head in plastic wrap and she'll believe! She doesn't seem that bright at all. An optimal target for someone trying to get to her kids.

Yeah. Actually, one theory I've concocted, is that, well, this kid was basically told he was going to die. I'm sure the prosecution's already thought of this, so they may argue that Michael wanted to be close to the boy to get his jollies, hoping a few days later the kid would be dead, along with any accusers.

I'd actually like to know how long was it after the "kidnapping incident" was it when the Police actually went into neverland. Because it was about a year between the original airing of the documentary to the time when Michael was arrested.

There hasn't been a clear time line established yet, though, for how long exactly they were kept in neverland. From a quick glance at the statements, you initially think it's a couple of days, but I think the word "weeks" was used in there somewhere.

So, really, I'd wanna know, why did it take so long to arrest the guy? I know investigations take time, but it's a little ridiculous.

Indeed it is. Sicker than typical child molestation, even.

I just don't think the kidnapping is gonna stick reguardless. But the drinking one is the tricky one, MJ camp could say it was "sparkling fruit juice" cause it does come in wine shaped bottles, but if he was trying to get the boy drunk to "feel"on him, why did the sister get to drink also at the house? That's one too many saying that they drank at his house, and she's not even accusing MJ of anything.

But then it might be true about his "closet" drinking because of the airline stewardess. But ordinary people get in trouble for letting their kids and their frinds drink at their house, so that's not too shocking. If anything the alcohol might be the one that might stick.