THE same day the judge in the Michael Jackson molestation case ruled the pop star’s ex-wife can testify as a prosecution witness, word emerged that the defence has lost another member of the team.

The same day the judge in the Michael Jackson molestation case ruled the pop star’s ex-wife can testify as a prosecution witness, word emerged that the defence has lost another member of the team.

THE mother of Michael Jackson’s accuser took the stand outside the jury’s presence yesterday and immediately invoked her Fifth Amendment right to not testify about welfare payments she has received.

THE comedy camp owner who first introduced Michael Jackson to his young accuser described yesterday how he visited the boy in hospital.

Michael Jackson tried to close the door on a 1993 claim of child molestation when he paid millions to a young accuser, but a court hearing in his current trial could resurrect those allegations.

A PROSECUTOR laid out the child molestation and conspiracy case against Michael Jackson yesterday, saying his 15-year-old accuser was abused and employees tried to silence him by warning his mother could be killed.

Jurors in Michael Jackson’s child molestation trial will be allowed to hear evidence that the accuser's mother had made claims of improper touching against department store security guards, a judge ruled today.

A jury was selected ahead of schedule today for the child molestation trial of pop star Michael Jackson.

A judge in Santa Maria, California, agreed today to allow Michael Jackson’s attorneys to see school and psychiatric reports involving his accuser and his family – at the court for an unrelated lawsuit.