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Innocent!

Innocent! Innocent!

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

of his 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 very good memory
of events.

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

during the period of time that he
engaged in the alleged molestations,

and they were worried about 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 this trial
could hinge on her testimony.'

Throughout the trial
I had to give Michael Jackson

the benefit of the doubt.

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 enough
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.

She 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. Thank you.

Janet told the jury she was
compelled to do this video

by Michael Jackson's people,
because they knew

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.

I'm sorry, I can't comment.

I'm sorry, I can't comment.

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.

But 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 been on.

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 about some 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 mother

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 Avrizos were going to talk
and make the problem worse

for Michael.

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

Um, I totally believed him.

Thought he was telling the truth
about his feelings,

about the Arvizos, 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 they actually corroborate

'some of the points she claimed.
So a lot of the stories

'she tells seems 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 defence team
got a hold of every record

dealing with the entire family.

Not just Gavin, but everyone.

So, 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 gynaecological
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 to 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 defence
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 spa,

getting him bikini wax,
buying this and paying that,

and, and, 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...'

'..and that a Tower Records
security guard...'

The family had claimed that they
were molested by a security guard

at JCPenney.

The guard just said, "Oh,
you got to be kidding."

Well, JCPenney'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 took to bring down

the greatest, biggest superstar
in the world.

This was all a scam.

The defence was painting
the accuser's 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 and 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 home town of Brisbane

'for Los Angeles, where he'll live

'with the reclusive
millionaire entertainer.'

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

- Um, stay with Michael forever.
- Really? All right.

I understood the importance of being
able to locate other victims.

And, of course, um, Wade Robson
was at the top of the list,

because we knew that he had been
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 instrumental
in getting his career going.

Thank you, Britney.

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

There was another young boy
from Australia, Brett Barnes,

who travelled 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.

It's not easy dealing with his fans.

There are multitudes of them
and they can be vicious.

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 of them."

I mean, it was horrible.

Michael innocent,
Michael innocent.

There was that absurdity.

And almost like
a cult-like following.

People who loved Michael Jackson,
they defended him to the teeth.

You know, they referred to him
more like a god.

SCREAMING

He trained his fans
to be his soldiers.

There's no question.

His behaviour, this 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 defence.

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 tell 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."

"Bryan, 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 say, "Yes, I am, Wade."

The first witness
for the defence was Wade Robson.

It's interesting
because Wade Robson has said

that he declined and then
was subpoenaed by the defence.

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 with 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.
I'm telling you, it didn't happen."

The second
defence witness, Brett Barnes,

said the same thing, adding,

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

Did they do a good job?

Oh, my. You betcha.

The defence 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 hands
up Macaulay Culkin's pants

and play with his privates.

OK. Well, what does Mac 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 mesmerised 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.

It was heartbreaking.

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

There was a school...

..out the window

and they'd just look
at the kids going.

They just wanted to be in school.

This was... This was really
tough on everybody.

Gavin was by himself in that trial.

He was literally by himself.

And it made...

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, 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?

His silence
will be maintained.

It's now certain
that Michael Jackson

won't be taking the witness stand
in his own defence.

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

there is word of a possible
dramatic finale.

Months before the trial
actually started,

the police had interviewed Gavin.

And 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 wanted to show you
how to masturbate?

OK.

OK.

Did he put it on the outside?

Inside?

And what did he do next?

OK.

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...
- Go ahead.

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 he was told
by Janet to, erm...

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

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

He absolutely looked believable.

- Michael's innocent!
- Michael's innocent!

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.

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 I... There was never
a question in my mind

as to the honesty
or accuracy of his 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,

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 vociferous.

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

Innocent!

Innocent!

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 Prisons
Protective Housing Unit,

home to, among others,
convicted murderer Charles Manson.

Michael was feeling...

..frightened.

You're the biggest star
in the world.

You...

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 OK.

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-called Neverland Ranch
within the past 30 minutes

and is winding its way...

In the car, you had
Michael in the middle

and La Toya 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'd 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 behaviour
on the part of some of these fans.

- Brian, I'm told...
- We can hear our producer.

He is opening each ballot
one at a time.

I'm told the room is very silent.

- But some of them...
- I'm sorry,
we have to interrupt you

because we're beginning
to hear a little bit 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.

CHEERING

Count two verdict, not guilty.

Not guilty!

Count three verdict,

not guilty of a lewd act
upon a minor child.

He's vindicated! He's vindicated!

The clerk read it -
Not guilty. Not guilty.

Not guilty. Not guilty.
Not guilty. Not guilty.

Not guilty
on all ten counts.

I always believed him!

I would not have come here
if I thought 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 defence said this family,
this mother,

wanted to ride the gravy train.

Jurors realised that, you know,

in the celebrity land
of Michael Jackson,

people 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's 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 spoilt. 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 women.

He became what even his family
described as a vagabond.

Michael and his kids 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 were tremendous
financial problems.

And also, it's believed that his
drug problems continued to mount.

And there were terrible
reports I got

that Michael was using medications.

And the family staged
an intervention.

"No, no, no, I got this
under control.

"I'm not addicted. I'm not."

Whatever, Michael.
I tried. I tried, too.

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, erm, 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 strength
from his fans.

CHEERING

Because his livelihood
and his life was the stage.

I love you.

CHEERING

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

Michael suddenly agrees
to do 50 concerts.

See you in July!

CHEERING

50!

Michael couldn't get out
of bed in the morning.

He was taking all this crap
and all these drugs.

And 50!

Who ever got him to agree to that?

The only thing that was going to do
was put so much pressure on him

that he would up the drug intake.

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.

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.

I went...

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 in the background
they were 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.

Michael's favourite word
was '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 is now 36,

and James Safechuck, now 41,
are quite similar.

Both were befriended by Jackson
when they were young boys

and both were brought
to his Neverland Ranch,

where they claim the abuse began.

So what are you alleging
that he actually did?

He sexually abused me
from seven 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 tells 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 a 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 still think
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 paedophile?

Absolutely, categorically not.

But how do you know?

- How do I know that he wasn't
a paedophile?
- Yes.

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...

..the feeling of his hair.

The way they painted the picture

of inappropriate behaviour,
sexual molestation, 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 like
kind of wincing

and 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 as 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 Wade Robson

had been able to talk
about what had happened.

But I don't blame them.

I'm not angry.

I'm maybe a little frustrated,
but I'm really not angry.

I'm glad that they have
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 just... 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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