Following Friday’s raid at Michael Jackson’s Neverland home, Jackson’s defense team told FOX News that they believe Friday’s search stemmed from new information from the accuser’s mother, and that they might be looking for DNA. Investigators previously found the DNA of three other people on Jackson’s bed, rather than the accuser’s DNA, and the defense is suggesting it may be tied to this.

Defense officials also suggested that the accuser’s mother is now “coming up with new information” after it was revealed this week that she had paranoid schizophrenia, and that this is her payback for that information leaking out to the press.

But prosecution sources told FOX News that in the last week or two, at least one person close to Jackson is now talking to authorities and “providing valuable information.” FOX News has learned that in this same time period, authorities reached out to several people, including possible unindicted co-conspirators in the case, offering them deals if they cooperate.

Additionally, prosecution sources told FOX News that there were some discussions with the Jackson team in recent weeks about Jackson receiving probation, registering as a sex offender, being monitored with his own children and staying away from others in exchange for no jail time.

The sources said Jackson’s team was not receptive to this. One key member of Jackson’s defense team told FOX News: “If a paranoid schizophrenic accused you of this, would you accept any deal?”

Criminal defense attorney Tom Liotti told FOX News the search could suggest the possibility of a new crime.

“This is not something that can be done sort of in the past, this is something where a judge has to say a crime is actively being committed now,” he said.

FOX News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano called the new search “unusual.”

“They usually have all the evidence they need by the time they indict him, and they’re close to trial. Two, if ever there is a time that a criminal defendant behaves perfectly like a choir boy, it’s after indictment and before trial. The government must believe and they must have persuaded a judge of this [an ongoing crime], because they can’t go in there on their own.

“They must have some evidence to believe that some foul play is going on at Michael Jackson’s ranch as we speak and they want to catch it in the act or want to get evidence of it,” Napolitano said.

Attorneys on both sides are barred from commenting on the case.

At least 60 investigators from the Sheriff’s Department and district attorney’s office conducted that raid on the multimillion-dollar property.

Source: Fox News

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