Fooling the World

The Michael Jackson child abuse trial in California has been somewhat surreal from the beginning, but it's taken on a whole new aura of weirdness recently, The mother of the boy in question -- who starred in the infamous video documentary where Jacko protested how "normal" and "loving" it is to share one's bed with a child -- was called as a prosecution witness to corroborate her son's allegations. Tom Meserau, Jackon's long-haired (and very cool) defense attorney, came after her like a pit buill, trying to establish that the family had concocted the entire story to extort money from the music superstar. Accuser's Mom: Jackson "Managed to Fool the World" [NYDailyNews.com].

But the confrontation failed miserably. We can't see it on television, so here's the media summary, related to the claim that Jackson imprisoned the family at his Neverland Ranch:

Way to go, Tom! You violated the first rule of cross-examination by asking an open-ended question (one should ONLY ask leading questions on cross) and got burned, bad, as a result. Maybe that's because your client is a lying pervert.

 Posted by glenn