The accuser in Michael Jackson’s child molestation trial returned to the courtroom on videotape today as prosecutors showed jurors a 2003 interview in which the boy first told authorities of his allegations against the singer.

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.

Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch was “the happiest place on Earth,” the mother of an alleged victim told his child molestation trial today.

Michael Jackson’s lawyers opened their case in his child sex and conspiracy trial by calling a young man who grew up knowing the pop star and denying a claim that he showered with the singer.

Lawyers in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial argued today over whether some documents used in the prosecution case had been sufficiently authenticated to be admitted into evidence.

The only dramatic flourish – a routine motion for acquittal – came from the defence. Otherwise, the end of the prosecution's nearly 10-week case against Michael Jackson was strictly no-frills.

A Michael Jackson associate cashed two big cheques in early 2003 on an account controlled by him and Jackson, a bank official testified today as prosecutors neared the end of their presentation.

After a week in court that featured testimony about books with pictures of nude boys, prosecutors in the Michael Jackson appeared close to the final stages of their case.

Michael Jackson’s ex-wife today sought to portray the singer as a victim who had been exploited by a raft of greedy employees and associates.

Michael Jackson's defence today asked the judge in his child molestation trial to rule out the testimony of ex-wife Deborah Rowe but did not reveal the reason in open court.

MICHAEL JACKSON’S ex-wife and mother of his two eldest children can be called to testify against him, it was ruled yesterday.

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.

The stepfather of Michael Jackson’s accuser testified today that the boy’s mother called him in distress from the pop star’s Neverland estate during the period in which prosecutors allege the family was held captive.

A youth pastor who claims Michael Jackson molested him three times admitted today that he originally denied any wrongdoing to police.

WITH one ruling, Michael Jackson’s child molestation trial has been transformed from a courtroom drama focusing on one child to a retrospective covering a decade’s worth of accusations against Jackson.

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.

AN array of previous sex abuse allegations made against Michael Jackson can be admitted as evidence in his child molestation trial, a court ruled yesterday.

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.

PROSECUTORS in the Michael Jackson child molestation case asked the trial judge yesterday to schedule a hearing as early as next week on whether to admit evidence of alleged prior sexual offences by Jackson.

Michael Jackson’s lawyers today won permission to ask witnesses whether the boy accusing the singer of molestation once claimed that comedian George Lopez had stolen his wallet containing $300 and demanded the money back.

Prosecutors in the Michael Jackson child molestation case asked the trial judge today to schedule a hearing as early as next week on whether to admit evidence of alleged prior sexual offences by Jackson.

The teenager at the centre of abuse allegations against Michael Jackson said Jackson molested him five to seven times but could onlydescribe two of the incidents in detail, the lead investigator in the case testified yesterday.

The teenager who is accusing Michael Jackson of molesting him has said the singer molested him five to seven times but could only describe two of the incidents in detail, the lead investigator in the case testified today

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.

Michael Jackson’s lawyer cross-examined the pop star’s teenage accuser today about whether he had informed prosecutors that he told a former teacher that Jackson never molested him.

Michael Jackson’s young accuser took the witness stand today, facing the singer in court for the first time.

The family accusing Michael Jackson of child molestation has been seen today by jurors in a video praising him as a father figure.

Michael Jackson plied a teenage boy with wine and showered him with expensive gifts, the boy’s sister told the singer’s child abuse trial.

The teenage sister of Michael Jackson’s accuser told his child molestation trial today that the star suddenly had the family flown by private jet to Miami where he ordered them to not watch a documentary about him that would be on TV that night.

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.

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.

Michael Jackson was admitted to hospital today after his convoy was suddenly diverted as it drove to a California court for jury selection in the singer’s child molestation trial.

Michael Jackson returned to a California court today for a second day of jury selection in his child molestation trial and was greeted by a small group of fans.

MICHAEL JACKSON’S parents yesterday insisted the pop star’s young accuser was simply after his money.

The tortuous task of finding 12 jurors who can ignore everything they have read about Michael Jackson began in a California court today and could last for a month.

Dozens of dancing, screaming fans gathered outside a California courthouse today as Michael Jackson’s child molestation case finally came to trial.

As Michael Jackson’s child molestation case headed to trial today, his parents spoke out in his defence, saying the pop star’s young accuser was simply after his money.

The child sex abuse charges levied against pop star Michael Jackson have devastated his family, his parents said.

A judge has denied a motion for a delay in the child abuse case against Michael Jackson, clearing the way for the trial’s January 31 start.

A judge today rejected a defence attempt to remove the district attorney in the Michael Jackson child molestation case on the grounds that the pop star had been the victim of an overzealous prosecution.

THE judge in the Michael Jackson child abuse case has rejected a defence bid to throw out the charge in a ruling that for the first time publicly detailed the conspiracy charge against the pop star.

Prosecutor Tom Sneddon and his entire office should be removed from the Michael Jackson molestation case because he “is motivated by personal animosity” toward the singer, according to newly released court papers filed by Jackson’s lawyers.