Jackson prosecutors seek to raise previous allegations

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.

Jackson, 46, has never been convicted of a prior sexual offence but prosecutors want to present witnesses they believe will show that the current case is part of a pattern.

On Thursday, a witness mentioned Jordy Chandler who made allegations against Jackson in 1993 and received a multimillion-dollar civil settlement.