Did you know that a similar thing happened to the Marquis de Sade? True story, he was a wanted man in Marseilles for brutalizing & attempting to poison prostitutes. While the latter charge proved somewhat specious, nonetheless, his notoriety was wide-spread. YET, some completely dim parents sent their young daughters to be servants in his household for the winter. It later transpires that he, his wife & his sister-in-law had worked up a harem-esque situation & was found out when one of the girls escaped in the spring. This epsiode is embellished in his Days of Sodom book. You wonder what people can possibly think of to entrust the virtue of their children, even if they personally may believe that the alleged miscreant has been maligned, the welfare of their children far outweighs the advantage of giving misguided support to someone they admire.

That, or they're just greedy wretches. Think of it, now, these people can sign book deals, give interviews, etc. etc. They can make a fortune. It's sad.

Posted by a on June 13, 2005 | Reply

This is just another example of the all mighty dollar winning over justice. And now that he has been found inocent, MJ is probably playing golf with OJ looking for the "real molesters and killer" in their trials.

Posted by Rob on June 14, 2005 | Reply

Personally I think Jackson is a much of a victim as the kids. He's been ruined by this controversy, both financially and in terms of his public image. In any case I think he's in need of some psychiatric help rather than a prison cell and I'm glad to see he's not ended up in the latter.

Posted by Neil T. on June 14, 2005 | Reply

I was expecting a guilty verdict on at least the misdemeanor charge - didn't he admit to giving alcohol to children?

I have to tell you that I'm having a really hard time thinking of M.J. as a victim - although he is really, really strange.

I worked on one of his videos, and the crew had to leave the stage before he came in so we wouldn't look at him.

Posted by Peggy Archer on June 14, 2005 | Reply

I think that it's too bad he wasn't convicted of at least one of the charges. Then they could order him not to be alone or with children. I believe that he should be beaten just for forwarding the cause of pedophilia by saying how beautiful it is for a 40 something year old male to share his bed with children.

Posted by Art on June 14, 2005 | Reply

Stripes

Posted by Art on June 14, 2005 | Reply

If u look at what Michael Jackson does to his own kids its sickening enough, poor kids walking around with crazy mardi gras masks all day long I mean come on! No matter what, the guy isn't right in the head and those parents are either the biggest dumbasses in the world to let that man sleep with their kids or they are heartless greedy bastards.

Posted by ISA on June 14, 2005 | Reply

Oy. I didn't want to take the time and effort to blog about this, so I'm glad you did. I also don't necessarily thing MJ is completely void of any wrong doing, but I also don't think there was enough hard (no pun intended) evidence to prove it.

However, I don't think he's as guilty as every bleeding-heart parent out there wants him to be. And trust me, they're the ones who were "praying" for a guity verdict. I love how all these people are so pro-children, yet I bet you dollars to donuts, that they're nowhere to be found at pro-child charities anytime soon. Everything is always SOMEONE ELSE'S fault, never theirs. Whatever. If parents were half this fire-up over their own kids , this stuff (high-profile pedo cases) wouldn't be half as important/"personal" as they make them out to be. Being a parent is a lifetime committment, not a club you join to lynch someone you don't like. I, for one am glad this whole dog and pony show is over.

Posted by Kirkkitsch on June 16, 2005 | Reply

Posted by Neil T:"Personally I think Jackson is a much of a victim as the kids. He's been ruined by this controversy, both financially and in terms of his public image. In any case I think he's in need of some psychiatric help rather than a prison cell and I'm glad to see he's not ended up in the latter." Your right he don't need to be lock up in a cell he need's to be 6 feet under.

Posted by mushroom on June 20, 2005 | Reply