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UNDER TRIAL: Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the first day proper of the Jackson Trial is the decision that the don't-call-him-a-victim kid's name is going to be used in court, because, pointed out prosecutor Sneddon, it'd be virtually impossible to continue without using people's real names.

The second most interesting thing is the way the Jackson fanbase has almost vanished outside the court.

The prosecution case, in brief, is that when the Bashir documentary turned out to be a really rotten move, Jackson panicked and tried to get the boy to take part in a video rejecting the claims (despite, of course, Bashir having merely given Jackson the space to condemn himself); they claim it the actual wrong-touching came later. Sneddon suggests there were two specific molestation incidents, including some horrible business with Jackson masturbating. The defense objected to the prosecution's attempts to suggest that Jackson's money woes lay at the heart of the attempts to coerce the family into singing his praises as Judge Melville has yet to decide if financial affairs fit into the case.

Allegedly, when the boy first went to neverland, Jackson told the boy to ask if he could sleep in his room; the boy did. It was then that Jackson showed the ten year old 45 minutes of porn.

The five unidicted co-conspirators were named as Jackson employees Frank Tyson, Ronald Konitzer, Dieter Wiesner, Marc Schaffel and Vincent Amen. The case continues. Quite a lot.

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