LA Station Stands By Story Despite Statement
September 22nd, 2004Despite an official statement released by Michael Jackson’s attorney’s yesterday, some people are not getting the message.
Michael Jackson’s defense attorney said in a court-approved statement Tuesday that news reports about photographs reportedly seized from the singer’s home are false and that the prosecution in the child-molestation case agrees.
The information was not specified, but defense attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr.’s statement followed a report by Los Angeles radio station KFI that among a half-dozen photos seized were images of a naked boy or boys.
KFI news director Chris Little said an attorney for Jackson called and asked for a retraction but was turned down.
“We stand by the story,” Little said.
Parties in the Jackson molestation case are under a gag order, but Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Rodney S. Melville has allowed attorneys to comment on news reports in approved statements.
Mesereau read his statement in a law office in Birmingham, Ala., but took no questions from reporters.
Source: Associated Press
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