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You wish you would know what lies
afterlife.

Yeah. What heaven is like.

I always said if I had to die, I want to
be buried right where there's children.

I want them next to me. I would feel
safer that way.

I need their spirit to protect me.

Where are they protecting you from?

I see them as protection. I see them as
like angels.

Michael Jackson is back in court for
what could be the most crucial phase of

trial on child abuse charges.

A key prosecution witness is expected to
testify today.

We needed to put Gavin's mother on the
witness stand.

Janet was intelligent, not well
educated, but intelligent, and had a

memory of events.

This is someone who was a guest at
Michael Jackson's ranch during the

time that he engaged in the alleged
molestations, and they were worried

her.

She was capable of blowing a whistle in
a way that could be very harmful for

them.

Gavin's mother is a key witness, and
some observers believe the outcome of

trial could hinge on her testimony.

Throughout the trial, I had to give
Michael Jackson the benefit of the

That's what a defendant has a right to,
not guilty until proven guilty.

But I thought when Janet Arvizo got on
the stand, she would be convincing

to make things look bad for Michael
Jackson.

I wanted the jury to know that when
Janet was in Neverland, She was very

distrusting of what was going on. They
were continuously trying to separate her

from the children.

She told the jury that she's relegated
to one of the guest cottages on the

property. Her sons are in the house in
his room.

The front door is locked.

So her kids are no longer with her, and
she doesn't have access to them.

And you couldn't just walk into his
bedroom unannounced.

There's a combination lock in the access
to the bedroom suite.

And then you walk down a hallway. And
the hallway had chimes in it that were

activated by a motion detector.

So he would hear chimes going off if
somebody was walking down the hallway.

Do you think Janet knew that her son was
being molested? I asked her that many

times.

She certainly had concerns.

He reached the point where she knew she
just had to get out of there, and she

had to get her kids out of there.

But she just wasn't allowed to leave.

To keep her and the kids on Neverland,
they were telling her there are killers

who want to do harm to her children.

You need to stay here.

Very quiet.

Everybody settle. Thank you.

She had to tell the jury.

She was compelled to do this video by
Michael Jackson's people because they

that the Bashir documentary was a
problem for him.

So they had the whole family sitting in
chairs talking about how wonderful

Michael Jackson was.

But it was a tape that they did
deliberately to be able to use in

the contingency of this happening, where
there was an arrest, where there was a

prosecution.

My responsibility of a mother is to make
sure that my children are in safe...

safety.

They were controlling her and where she
went and what she did and who she talked

to. You know, they were desperate to
keep this under the carpet.

The stories by these accusers were
extraordinarily convincing.

Was she kidnapped?

Absolutely not.

Most false fabrication you ever heard in
your life.

Most of the jurors were really taken
aback by what Janet said on the witness

stand.

i think they were not totally convinced
that the allegation

was true none of it computed

none of it made sense to me my family's
visit to neverland

coincided with the arvizo family

we said hello to them and we got to know
them and their kids seemed like really

Friendly. Gavin, thank God, seemed
healthy, which was a really good thing.

And I spoke to his mother, and she
explained to me the journey they had

I felt that they were very happy to be
at Neverland.

Gavin was completely normal, and there
was no weirdness with his family.

So none of this stuff makes sense.

I am subpoenaed by the prosecution to
testify about what I saw at

Neverland.

His name is Rudy Provencio. He
reportedly has kept diaries and logs

of the weirdness and things that he
thought wasn't quite right.

I was fearful and anxious, but I didn't
see anything wrong with just telling the

truth of what I know.

especially when a child might have been
violated in some way.

It's a person's responsibility.

I told the jury I had overheard a
conversation that is being told to the

that these killers could be out there to
get you, and you have to be careful.

You need protection.

It was obvious to me that they were
worried that the Avizos were going to

and make the problem worse for Michael.

One of the witnesses that I remember
quite clearly was Rudy Provencio.

I totally believed him.

Thought he was telling the truth about
his feelings about the Orvisos and that

they were being held at the ranch.

Rudy was a compelling witness.

And not only that, we found a tape.

where they recorded the call, and they
told her there are killers who are out

there who want to do harm.

The DA revealed today that he can
actually corroborate some of the points

claimed. So a lot of the stories she
tells seem to be true.

I told Michael, I said, Michael, if you
had done this, it makes you a

freakazoid.

It makes you horrible.

He says, I know, Brian.

Michael said, Brian, I didn't do those
things. Never.

Never. Brian, show them it's not true.
Tell them. Tell the world.

I told Michael I would overturn every
stone, and I did.

Michael Jackson's defense team got a
hold of every record dealing with the

entire family.

Not just Gavin, but everyone.

Any job application that their mother
had ever applied for, they were able to

get their hands on it.

Medical records, they got their hands
on.

Gavin, of course, had been horribly sick
and undergone surgery.

They had all of his medical records as
well.

They had the gynecological records of
his sister, who at the time was 15 years

old.

There was no piece of paper that they
ever generated that they weren't going

get their hands on.

There was nothing in their lifetime that
they weren't going to know about.

The mother was getting welfare from the
Los Angeles County Bureau of Welfare.

When you apply for welfare, you must do
a full welfare application.

And I sat in my office looking at this
going, oh my, oh my, oh my, oh my.

Talk about a gold mine.

Michael Jackson's defense team gets its
first chance today to cross -examine the

mother of the pop star's main accuser.

The documents showed repeated,
continuous falsity, concealing the

money that Michael spent taking him to
day spas, getting him bikini waxed,

buying this and paying that, and luxury
dinners. They concealed it all.

They lied to welfare, and you won't
believe what they did before.

The jury heard she made previous
accusations of sexual assault, claiming

security guards at this JCPenney store,
quote, followed them into the mall

parking lot and proceeded to beat them,
and that a Tower Records security guard,

quote, joined the fracas, sexually
assaulted her.

The family had claimed that they were
molested.

by a security guard at J .C. Penney. And
the guard just said, oh, you've got to

be kidding.

Well, J .C. Penney's parted with $152
,000, and all of this was concealed

from welfare.

They're just defrauding everybody they
can defraud.

And when Michael Jackson brought this
family into his fold, this was

a moment of opportunity that they...

to bring down the greatest, biggest
superstar in the world.

This was all a scam.

The defense was painting the accusers'
family as grifters, as people

who went after celebrities for money.

What I've learned covering trials is
that the best lawyers are good

storytellers. And if they tell a story
that the jury can picture and absorb and

go, aha, I get that, that is damning.

They were trying to show that she was
just looking for a payday.

I knew it wasn't true.

But this was what Michael Jackson would
do, discredit the mothers of these

children.

Even as Michael Jackson, through the
course of the trial, was becoming frail

more gaunt and thinner, it looked like
the chances of him walking away a free

man were increasing with every
disastrous prosecution witness.

Next month, Wade Robson leaves his
hometown of Brisbane for Los Angeles,

he'll live with the reclusive
millionaire entertainer.

What's the thing you most want to do,
then?

Stay with Michael forever.

Really?

All right.

I understood the importance of being
able to look at other victims. And, of

course, Wade Robson was at the top of
the list because we knew that he had

involved with Michael Jackson for years.

We were absolutely convinced that he was
a victim, even though he had not come

forward and disclosed it.

Wade Robson was a successful
choreographer, and Jackson was

getting his career going.

We reached out to him, hoping that he
would testify, and he said no.

There was another young boy from
Australia, Brett Barnes.

who traveled with him throughout Europe
and South America over a year.

But he wouldn't testify.

Jimmy Safechuck, we believed he was a
victim, but he wouldn't come forward

either.

So we needed the cooperation of all of
them, and we had the cooperation of none

of them.

But, you know, I understand.

I handled a number of child molest cases
over the years.

It's a tough thing.

for kids to come forward and publicly
talk about having been victim of sex

crime, and they disclose when they
disclose.

And there's nothing we can do to speed
up that process.

Michael, innocent!

Michael, innocent!

We also understood that it's not easy
being an accuser of Michael Jackson.

not easy dealing with his fans.

There are multitudes of them, and they
can be vicious.

Michael, innocent!

I was getting death threats on a regular
basis, saying, I know where you live, I

know where your children are, I know
your wife's name, I'm going to kill all

them.

I mean, it was horrible.

There's an absurdity and almost like a
cult -like following.

People who love Michael Jackson, they
defended him to the teeth. You know,

referred to him more like a god.

He trained his fans to be his soldiers.

There's no question. His behavior, his
idea that he was such a victim and he

needed this protection.

His fans bought it. Hook, line, and
sinker.

And boy, oh boy, did they ever come to
his defense.

Do you feel now that the public is
fickle?

The loyal ones. That no matter what,
they're there, man.

They're thick and thin.

They're right there with you. And you
feel unconditional love from them.

Yeah.

They have been loyal.

They'll fight you about me.

It's been a white -knuckle ride, but
now, 43 days after it started, the

prosecution has rested its case. And
it's time now for Michael Jackson to

his side of the story.

The prosecution had said that Wade
Robson was molested by Michael Jackson.

I had called Wade. He was in Australia.

Wade.

You've got to come and testify.

Brian, I have told everybody it's not
true. I wasn't molested.

I'm not coming. No, I'm not. I'm not
setting foot anywhere near this.

I must have called him at least six
times.

Finally, he says, you're a persistent
man. I says, yes, I am, Wade.

The first witness for the defense was
Wade Robeson.

It's interesting because Wade Robson has
said that he declined and then was

subpoenaed by the defense.

But when he did take the stand, he was a
very strong witness.

Wade Robson told jurors he first met
Jackson at age five and shared a bed

him more than 20 times until he was 14.

He got up in that courtroom and he said,
Michael Jackson never molested me.

Michael Jackson never put his hands any
place that they weren't supposed to be.

Michael Jackson never harmed me. Michael
Jackson did not commit child

molestation with me.

Uncanny testimony.

Fabulous.

That was a problem for us.

Because we were really hammering on the
fact that he was a victim. And he's up

there saying, I'm not.

And I'm telling you, it didn't happen.

The second defense witness, Rhett
Barnes, said the same thing, adding, I

tell you that if he had, I wouldn't be
here.

Did they do a good job?

Oh, my.

You betcha.

The defense has now presented its
witness list, and there are some big

Hollywood heavy hitters on there.

When this started, a lot of people felt
that this was an open and shut case.

But it became a soap opera, as they say,
but really a soap opera on steroids.

The prosecution was claiming that
Michael's employee saw Michael put his

up Macaulay Culkin's pants and play with
his privates.

Okay, well, what does Mack say? What
does Macaulay Culkin say?

One of the most anticipated witnesses in
the Michael Jackson case took the stand

today.

Macaulay Culkin denied it, and to this
day denies that he was molested by

Michael Jackson.

You know, I remember cross -examining
Macaulay Culkin, and he's an actor, you

know, and so everything has a certain
flair to it.

His appearance, his fame, his celebrity,
he was just an extraordinarily

effective witness.

We live in a celebrity -driven society,
and people are really attracted to

celebrities. They're mesmerized by them.
So that certainly happened at the

trial, and I'm sure the jury was
impacted too.

During the trial...

Gavin's mind was completely scrambled,
and it was heartbreaking.

They were just stuck in this apartment
for months and months.

There was a school out the window, and
they just look at the kids

going, they just wanted to be in school.
This was really tough on everybody.

Gavin was by himself in that trial.

He was literally by himself.

And it was very burdensome for him. It
was very challenging.

But he was courageous, and he never told
us, I'm not going to do it, I can't do

it, this is just ruining my life.

But he understood the importance of it.
At 15, he understood his obligation to

do it.

The trial had raised a lot of doubts, in
my mind anyway.

So I wanted to talk to Gavin.

I wanted to, you know, get a chance to
talk to him myself. You know, obviously

all was off the record, and I didn't
report it because, you know, I wanted to

respect his privacy.

He says, you know, the world has me all
wrong. He says, you know, I enjoyed my

time with him.

You know, I just...

The things he did was wrong.

He hurt me.

And I just thought, wow, you know, this
kid is telling me that this grown man,

this international icon, hurt him.

I couldn't help but to believe him.

I found no reason not to believe him.

Michael, are you happy? The case is
almost over.

Silence will be maintained.

It's now certain that Michael Jackson
won't be taking the witness stand in his

own defense.

Just as it seemed that this case was
drawing quietly to an end, there is word

a possible dramatic finale.

Months before the trial actually
started, the police had interviewed

I wanted the jury to see it.

Because I think if you watch that, it's
very hard for somebody to watch that and

say, oh yeah, they're making the whole
thing up.

He said that he wanted to show me how to
masturbate.

He wanted to show you how to masturbate?

Okay. I said no.

Then he said you do it for me.

Okay.

And did he do it for you?

Kevin, it's fine?

He put his hand in my pants.

Did he put it on the outside?

Inside. Inside?

And what did he do next?

He started masturbating.

Okay.

After a while, I told him I didn't want
to do that.

Did he stop?

I told him not.

He kept on doing it.

If there was a smoking gun in the whole
case, That was Gavin's interview with

the sheriff's department.

I had really been convinced that Gavin
was telling the truth.

Others on the jury saw this as not being
the case at all.

A lot of people in that courtroom were
very moved by that video.

I got to tell you, Jim, I got to tell
you, a lot of people were moved by that

video, but a lot of people thought the
kid was acting.

You know, I suppose there's reasonable
doubt that he made it up. Or he was told

by Janet to tell the sheriff's
department that he had been molested.

It just didn't come across that way to
me.

He absolutely looked believable.

After 14 weeks of often lurid testimony,
Michael Jackson's trial is now entering

its most crucial phase.

In Santa Maria, California tonight, it's
all in the hands of the jury now. Eight

women, four men on the Michael Jackson
jury will decide whether or not he is

guilty of child molestation.

I was worried about the jury.

I had complete faith in everything Gavin
was saying.

And there was never a question in my
mind as to the honesty or accuracy of

statements. Never.

But this was an international superstar,
one of the most powerful men in the

world. And that changes the equation.

No matter what humanitarian actions or
no matter what joy and entertainment he

brought to the world, if Michael was
harming children, he was a monster.

But he was not a monster. He didn't do
any of those things.

There are people here from more than 28
countries reporting on the trial. Hotel

rooms are booked within a 40 -mile
radius.

Special fences and security have been
brought in. And the fan contingent

continues to grow as well.

The fan presence was there from
beginning to end. And they were

Those are the hardcore Michael Jackson
fans from around the world.

Michael had encouraged his family and by
extension his fans to wear white,

saying that he was innocent.

But I thought, at the very least, it's
going to be a hung jury, but they'll

probably get a conviction.

He could face nearly 20 years in prison.
If the jury comes back guilty, Jackson

will be off to Corcoran State Prison's
protective housing unit, home to, among

others, convicted murderer Charles
Manson.

Michael was feeling...

You're the biggest star in the world.

You have magic that nobody else has, and
you are scared to death.

Your life is coming to an end.

And I said to him, I said, Michael,
we're going to win.

Do you understand?

We're going to win.

He says, Brian, I'm so scared, I don't
think so.

Transmission, can you hear me? Can
anyone hear me?

Edgar, they're on the... Come with me,
it's okay.

There is breaking news that the jury in
Santa Maria, California, has sent word

that it has reached a verdict.

They announced that they had a verdict
and it would be presented in the

courtroom in two hours.

He drove up the freeway from Neverland
Ranch and...

The convoy of cars and fans behind him
was unbelievable.

His motorcade, as you see from this
helicopter shot live, left his so

Neverland Ranch within the past 30
minutes.

In the car, you had Michael in the
middle and Latoya on the right.

And she prayed with him, Dear Lord, take
care of your child, Michael Jackson.

He is your servant, Lord.

He does your bidding.

Protect him, defend him.

And Michael is stoic.

He doesn't say a word.

Outside the courtroom was a zoo.

I've never seen anything like that
before.

Gavin was not there.

It felt like too much to take on.

If he's found guilty, it'll be a journey
not back to Neverland but straight to

prison.

We're in a waiting game now.

By the way, we should point out that the
local police department has dispatched

a number of officers trained to watch
for potential suicidal behavior on the

part of some of these fans.

Brian, I'm told he's opening each ballot
one at a time.

I'm told the room is very silent.

I'm sorry, we have to interrupt you
because we're beginning to hear a little

of audio coming from the courtroom.

The microphone's on.

Superior Court of the State of
California, count one, verdict.

We, the jury in the above entitled case,
find the defendant not guilty.

Count two, verdict.

Not guilty. Count

three,

verdict. Not guilty of a lewd act upon a
minor child.

The clerk read it. Not guilty, not
guilty, not guilty, not guilty, not

not guilty, not guilty.

Not guilty on all 10 counts.

I always believed in him. I would not
have came here if Michael Jackson was

guilty of these crimes. I believed in
him, and I fought for him.

Michael Jackson is now free.

This case is over. This is an all -out
vindication for Michael Jackson and his

supporters.

Michael got up, everyone congratulated
everyone, didn't say a

word, turned around, and he walked out.

There he is, the first look at Michael
Jackson after his acquittal on

all ten counts.

Clearly, this jury did not buy that
these people were telling the truth.

There's no doubt about it. The defense
said this family, this mother, wanted to

ride the gravy train.

Jurors realize that, you know, in the
celebrity land of Michael Jackson,

do get accused of things that they
haven't done.

Your reaction to the news, Stacey?

Well, Brian, I'm stunned.

I really thought that there was going to
be a couple of convictions there.

He dodged a bullet.

I truly felt that Michael Jackson was a
child molester.

I felt that then, and I haven't changed
my mind now. But the problem was proving

it.

And the jury had a hard time believing
the Arvizos.

We got Gavin on the phone.

And Gavin, poor Gavin.

I just remember that voice.

Why didn't they believe me?

Why didn't they believe me?

It was over.

We would talk about Michael going
through the fire, or the book of Daniel.

And I said, Michael, you are being
tested by fire, Michael.

As it turns out, this trial hurt him.

It hurt him badly.

He never went back to Neverland.

It was spoiled. It was ruined. It was
defiled.

It was no longer the place of dreams.

So I think it was three days after the
verdict, Michael got in his limousine.

to LAX, to Bahrain.

Michael Jackson turned up at a Bahrain
shopping mall, hiding his face behind a

veil and wearing a black robe
traditionally worn by Middle Eastern

He became what even his family described
as a vagabond.

Michael and his kid would go from place
to place, anywhere he could find a home.

He was lost. Michael was lost.

Last night, his crown was looking
distinctly tarnished.

Amid the adulation, the clear sound of
booing.

Michael hated being hated.

He disliked being disliked.

He took it very personally. He was very
fragile in that regard. He was used to

being loved.

But at that time, he really was...

Very unhappy at how hated he felt.

Michael Jackson finally came back to Las
Vegas.

But he was a broken man.

There was tremendous financial problems.

And also believed that his drug problems
continued to mount.

There were terrible reports I got that
Michael was using medications.

And the family staged an intervention.

Well, no, no, no, I got this under
control. I'm not addicted.

I'm not, I go, whatever, Michael. I
tried. I tried to.

After the trial, Gavin was a different
person.

He was very different.

He was subdued.

I would take him out driving.

We would just kind of process everything
that had gone on.

It just was tough. Things were tough.

They had all changed their names to go
back to school, but some

of the Michael Jackson fans had
discovered.

their aliases and sort of outed them on
MySpace.

He became extremely depressed.

It was very, very difficult for him to
picture a life for himself.

Michael believed that if he could
perform again, that he would gain

from his fans.

Because his livelihood and his life was
the stage.

I love you.

I really do. You have to know that. I
love you so much.

We were.

concerned that the phones were being
disconnected.

Mrs. Jackson had indicated at one point
she hadn't spoken to him in 12 weeks.

Every time she tried calling, the line
was disconnected.

Well, that's the same thing that was
happening to us.

But I don't think anybody really thought
it was anything very sinister going on.

My show, I want to say, I've never

seen anything like this in my life.

It's the greatest entertainment in the
world.

When I heard that, I was shocked.

I'm like, that's pure bullshit. Somebody
took a recording and put it on slow

motion. That didn't even sound right.

Okay, how old is he?

He's 50 years old, sir.

If he's unconscious, he's not breathing?

Yes, he's not breathing, sir.

Where's he at right now?

He's on the bed, sir, but he's not
responding to the CPR or anything.

I went to the emergency room, and inside
the emergency room was the family. I

saw them. I saw Mrs. Jackson. I saw Mr.
Jackson.

And I was looking through the window,
and they're in the background. They're

pumping somebody's chest.

I said, oh, my.

Oh, my.

Michael Jackson is dead at the age of
50.

What I felt was absolute infernal

Rage. You stupid, stupid man.

Michael, Michael, what have you done?
You've orphaned your children.

I think it took a few hours for the rage
to wear off and then terrible grief set

in.

Are you afraid of death?

Yes.

We all want to see what that other side
look like, though, don't we?

Do you think there are children playing
in heaven?

Oh, God, I pray that that's what it's
like.

Like Adam and Eve, the way they're
described.

Yeah, like Adam and Eve.

It's just a happy garden, a perfect,
peaceful place.

Just a pure innocence.

I pray that it's like that.

Michael's favorite word with innocence.

because Michael was robbed of that
childhood innocence.

He said to me, I never had innocence.

My life has been a constant effort to
reclaim lost innocence, like a return

to Eden, a return to paradise.

There is new global backlash tonight
following the bombshell documentary,

Leaving Neverland. The accusations made
by Wade Robson, who's now 36, and James

Safechuck, now 41, are quite similar.

Both were befriended by Jackson when
they were young boys, and both were

to his Neverland ranch, where they
claimed the abuse began.

So what are you alleging that he
actually did?

He sexually abused me from 7 years old
until 14.

I've lived in silence.

and denial for 22 years and i can't
spend another moment in that

i was appalled i was shocked

wade robson told the jury under penalty
of perjury it didn't happen and then he

does this film and says oh yeah it
happened well the two don't jive it

me that it's false

I have never seen the documentary, but I
think these are cases of people coming

out and saying horrible things long
after anything is provable, when there's

lot of money at stake.

The Michael Jackson I knew was a really,
really sweet, kind -hearted person.

I don't know why I get so protective.

It doesn't make any sense.

Do you think he's innocent?

After everything you've seen, do you
feel that he's possibly innocent?

The world will say what it will say, and
perhaps only God knows the truth.

Could I believe that he was a pedophile?

Absolutely, categorically not.

But how do you know?

How do I know that he wasn't a
pedophile?

Oh, I don't know. I can only say based
on all the evidence, all the trials, and

my personal knowledge of him, he was
absolutely incapable of harming a child.

I remember him putting my hands on his
head

when he was down there.

I'll never forget the feeling of his
hair.

The way they painted the picture of
inappropriate behavior, sexual

it moved me. I just thought, oh, my
gosh.

If you saw that documentary, you have to
have some compassion for Wade and

James.

I think I was just kind of wincing.

I was asking him not to do it, but he
did it, and he said, oh, you'll like it.

It was so powerful.

So powerful. I was as big a Michael
Jackson fan as anyone.

But that documentary showed how this man
manipulated

not just those boys, not just their
family.

Michael manipulated the entire world.

I believe that the outcome could have
been different if Jimmy Safechuck and

Robson had been able to talk about what
had happened.

But I don't blame them.

I'm not angry.

I may be a little frustrated, but I'm
really not angry. I'm glad that they

come forward now.

I think it's helpful. It's helpful for
Gavin.

I think it's helpful for the rest of the
country to understand what actually

happened.

A lot of folks did not.

want to believe Gavin. They wanted to
believe their hero, their idol.

We're talking about the king of pop, and
we don't want to believe that

such a phenomenal talent is dangerous.

We just don't want those two things in
the same place.

It's very difficult.

I'll be the first one to tell you
because...

I love his music. I love what he
created.

But Gavin, his story has never shifted.

And we would know by now if the reason
they had done this was money. There's

been no exchange of money in regards to
any of this for the Arvizo family.

So maybe we need to ask ourselves, is
that body of work worth

the price of...

James, Wade, Gavin, is that a fair
price?

Gavin is doing extraordinarily well.

I'm magnificently proud of him, but he's
fought for it.

He's fought hard.

Yeah, it's hard to talk about.

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