People V. Jackson (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles People vs. Jackson (full case name: 1133603: The People of the State of California v. Michael Joe Jackson) was a 2005 trial involving recording artist Michael Jackson. The accuser was a boy, Gavin Arvizo, who was 13 years old at the time of the alleged crimes. Jackson was indicted for four counts of molesting a minor, four counts of intoxicating a minor in order to molest him, one count of attempted child molestation, and one count of conspiring to hold the boy and his family captive at his 2,700-acre (11km2) Neverland Ranch, as well as conspiring to commit extortion and child abduction. He denied all counts and asserted that he himself was the victim of a failed extortion attempt. On June 13, 2005, the jury found Jackson not guilty on all fourteen charges, which included all of the above plus four lesser-included misdemeanor counts.