Child abuse claims justified Jackson search, says judge

CHILD molestation allegations by a 12-year-old boy provided authorities with legal justification for a massive search of Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch last year, a judge ruled.

Child abuse claims justified Jackson search, says judge

Superior Court Judge Rodney Melville short-circuited a plan by Jackson's lawyers to call multiple witnesses in an effort to show that prosecutors had insufficient information to justify the invasion of Jackson's estate last November.

Defence attorney Steve Cochran argued that authorities "relied on a lot of pontificating" from people without sufficient expertise.

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