Also testifying was attorney William Dickerman, who was contacted by the family on Feb. 21,2003. He said he was hired to get back possessions that were placed in storage when the family moved to Neverland.

Dickerman said he also wrote letters to Jackson’s then-lawyer, Mark Geragos, claiming the family was being subjected to surveillance and harassment by Jackson associates.

He acknowledged on cross-examination that during the first months that he represented the family he wrote many letters to Geragos but never mentioned allegation of molestation, false imprisonment or giving wine to children.

Dickerman said he eventually referred the case to Feldman — the “go-to guy with regard to Michael Jackson matters.” He said he has a fee-sharing arrangement with Feldman that would give him part of any money obtained in a civil suit by the family but he knew of no plans for a lawsuit.

Mesereau repeatedly implied that the family went to Dickerman because they were after money, but the witness denied that.

“I never made a demand for money for the (family) for any purpose under the sun,” Dickerman said.

He said that when he wrote a letter to a tabloid that had been printing pictures of family members he was not seeking royalties but merely want the paper to stop using the material.

“The concern was to stop exploiting them,” Dickerman said.

Source: CBS