Jackson Didn’t Share Coke Can

March 30th, 2005

A corporate flight attendant says the Michael Jackson never shared his soda pop can of wine with his young accuser or any other child on a flight from Miami to California, contradicting key testimony from the boy and his siblings.

In a setback for prosecutors who called her to the stand, Xtra-Jet International flight attendant Cynthia Ann Bell shot down the accuser’s claim that Jackson urged him to tank up on “Jesus Juice” to shake off flying fears on the Feb. 7, 2003, flight.

At first, prosecutors looked pleased when woman labeled Jackson “a very private drinker” who downed almost two bottles of white wine, hidden inside a Diet Coke can, during the cross-country flight. “It’s a long flight,” she said sheepishly.

But when prosecutor Gordon Auchincloss asked Bell whether she’d seen Jackson share his can of wine on that flight - as the accuser, his brother and sister testified earlier - she replied sharply, “No.”

Jackson’s defense lawyer Tom Mesereau quickly made hay. “You have never seen Mr. Jackson share a Diet Coke can with wine with any child, have you?”

“That is correct,” Bell agreed.

Source: Ny Daily News

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