Michael Jackson’s accuser Gavin Arvizo is having “a difficult time” dealing with the not guilty verdict against the pop singer, the prosecutor in the molestation case said today.

Michael Jackson’s fans and the media throng have mostly abandoned their vigil outside the Neverland Ranch in California, leaving the singer inside to recover from his bruising trial and the world outside awaiting his next move.

THE British journalist who triggered one of the most high-profile criminal trials in history stayed out of the limelight yesterday amid reports he could face a muli-million-euro lawsuit from Michael Jackson Martin Bashir, who made the documentary film.

The British journalist who triggered one of the most high profile criminal trials in history was staying out of the limelight today.

A controversy over the gag order in the Michael Jackson case arose when the singer’s lawyer issued a statement saying he had not authorised anyone to hold news conferences on the pop star's behalf.

A GAUNT-LOOKING Michael Jackson arrived at court yesterday to hear final arguments before his child molestation case goes to the jury.

The family accusing Michael Jackson of child molestation and other crimes is trying to pull “the biggest con of their careers,” the pop star’s lead lawyer told jurors today in the second day of closing arguments in the trial.

Michael Jackson’s spokeswoman, Raymone Bain, has denied news reports that surfaced late last night suggesting the pop star was briefly in hospital for dehydration after leaving court in Santa Maria, California.

Lawyers in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial today began discussing proposed instructions the jury will be given before beginning deliberations.

The judge in Michael Jackson’s trial today cleared the way for another possible courtroom face-off between the singer and the boy accusing him of molestation.

Actor and comedian Chris Tucker testified today in Michael Jackson’s child molestation trial that during the time he befriended Jackson’s young accuser he found the boy to be unusually sophisticated and cunning for a 12-year-old.

THE judge in Michael Jackson’s child molestation trial yesterday said he may sanction lead defence lawyer Thomas Mesereau for misrepresenting the terms under which Jackson waived his privilege of confidentiality with former lawyer Mark Geragos.

The judge in Michael Jackson’s child molestation trial said today he may sanction lead defence lawyer Thomas Mesereau for misrepresenting the terms under which Jackson waived his privilege of confidentiality with former lawyer Mark Geragos.

A social worker told Michael Jackson’s child molestation trial today that the accuser and his family praised the singer and denied any sexual abuse during the time they claim they were held captive at his ranch.

The mother of Michael Jackson’s accuser has denied under questioning from the singer’s attorney that bruises she claimed to have received in an altercation with shopping centre security guards were actually inflicted by her former husband.

Prosecutors in the Michael Jackson molestation trial today showed jurors videotapes found in a private investigator’s office to demonstrate that the pop star’s associates had closely monitored his accuser’s family while he, his mother and siblings were allegedly being held captive.

Michael Jackson’s prosecutors ran into another problem today when a witness did not testify as expected that he may have seen the pop star lick a boy’s head in the 1990s.

Jurors in the Michael Jackson molestation case were apparently overheard laughing at a remark that might have been mocking a witness, although no court action was expected.

A former maid at Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch claimed today she once saw the pop star taking a shower with an eight-year-old boy.

Prosecutors in the Michael Jackson case have waited more than a decade for what a judge has now granted them: the chance to tell jurors about past sexual abuse allegations that never led to criminal charges.

Michael Jackson got to court with plenty of time to spare before the resumption of testimony in his child molestation trial today.

A feeble-looking Michael Jackson arrived late again to his child abuse trial, but the judge took no apparent action – and the star sat through testimony from a psychologist who said few child sex abuse allegations turned out to be false.

For the second time in less than two weeks, Michael Jackson arrived late for his child molestation trial today, walking slowly and stiffly into court.

MICHAEL JACKSON’S teenage accuser yesterday said he told a school administrator the singer did not molest him because he wanted to avoid teasing by classmates.

Michael Jackson’s teenage accuser said today he told a school administrator the singer did not molest him because he wanted to avoid teasing by classmates.

Depicting Michael Jackson’s accuser as vengeful and angry over being evicted from the lush life of Neverland, the pop star’s lawyer loaded his cross-examination with suggestions that the boy made up a story of abuse to get even.

The teenager who says Michael Jackson molested him acknowledged under cross-examination today that he told an administrator at his school that the pop star “didn’t do anything to me”.

Michael Jackson’s accuser was due back on the witness stand today as Jackson attorney Thomas Mesereau continues cross-examination.

Hours before the Michael Jackson trial judge was expected to rule on whether US television chat show host Jay Leno can tell jokes at the singer’s expense, he found a way to slip in a quip without opening his mouth.

MICHAEL JACKSON had a narrow escape yesterday when he arrived late, and in his pyjamas, to his child molestation trial to face a judge who threatened to arrest him and revoke his $3 million bail.

A judge issued an arrest warrant for Michael Jackson today after he failed to show up for his trial on time.

THE brother of Michael Jackson’s accuser was yesterday confronted by the singer’s lawyer with a statement he made to investigators showing he gave a different account of the alleged incidents than the one he told to jurors.

The brother of Michael Jackson’s molestation accuser was today confronted by the singer’s lawyer with a statement he made to investigators showing he gave a different account of the alleged incidents than the one he told to jurors.

A 14-year-old boy who said he saw Michael Jackson molest his brother admitted today that he lied under oath in another case when he swore that his mother and father never fought and that his father never hit him.

MICHAEL JACKSON’S defence sought yesterday to undermine the credibility of prosecution testimony by the older sister of the boy who has accused the pop star of child molestation.

Michael Jackson’s defence sought today to undermine the credibility of prosecution testimony by the older sister of the boy who has accused the pop star of child molestation.

JURORS in the Michael Jackson case got their first look yesterday at the singer’s master bedroom suite where he allegedly molested a 13-year-old boy.

A Las Vegas public relations specialist who briefly worked for Michael Jackson gave damaging testimony against the pop star yesterday, suggesting his associates arranged a smear campaign against the family who would ultimately accuse him of molestation.

Child molestation allegations that Michael Jackson faced in 1993 but which did not result in charges were raised by his California prosecutors today.

Police investigating allegations of child molestation against Michael Jackson found no DNA from his accuser when they searched the pop star’s bedroom, his lawyer told the jury today.

Jurors were given opposing images of Michael Jackson at the opening of the pop star’s trial – the prosecution portraying him as a perverted child molester and the defence saying he was the victim of a con artist who used her cancer-stricken son to prey on celebrities for money.

Michael Jackson trial lawyers will spell out their cases to a jury today, more than a year after stunned fans watched authorities arrest the pop star and charge him with molesting a 13-year-old boy at his Neverland Ranch.

In surprisingly quick time, a jury was selected that will decide Michael Jackson’s fate on child sex charges.

Michael Jackson returned to a California court today after a week’s delay and the judge assured prospective jurors that the singer really had been ill and there was no plot to put off his child molestation trial.