Court Session 7: The Accuser’s Brother Lied

The 14-year-old accuser’s brother, who claimed he saw Michael during the sexual abuse of his brother, said in court today that Michael had not shown him sex magazines, contrary to the prosecution’s claims.

This 14-year-old also admitted to giving false testimony in a civil lawsuit. This teenage witness, who mentioned his last time in Neverland as March 2003, became doubtful after Thomas Mesereau showed him a copy of the August 2003 issue of the magazine Barely Legal. The boy had testified on Monday that this magazine was one of the magazines Michael Jackson showed him and his brother in Neverland.

Then, in response to the contradiction, the accuser’s brother said: “I never said it was exactly that magazine. It’s not exactly the same magazine he showed us.”

He added that before being presented as evidence, the magazine had been shown to him by the prosecutor Thomas Sneddon.

During Mesereau’s repeated questions, the boy agreed that in another civil lawsuit he had lied when he said that his parents had never fought with each other and that his father had never beaten him.

Mesereau: “When you were asked whether your father has ever hit you, you said ‘never’… Were you telling the truth?”

Accuser’s brother: No.

Thomas Mesereau also referred to the 2001 lawsuit filed by the accuser’s mother against a store. The accuser’s mother had claimed that she was sexually abused by one of the store’s officers, and that her family was also assaulted.

Mesereau said these documents show that the accuser’s family has a history of making false claims.

Mesereau asked the accuser’s brother: “Did someone tell you to lie about the J.C. Penney case?”

The accuser’s brother replied: “I don’t remember. That’s about five years ago.”

The boy had claimed the day before that he had entered Michael Jackson’s room in Neverland twice and had seen Michael sexually abusing his brother, who was asleep.

Today, Mesereau asked the accuser’s brother about the warning bell installed in the hallway leading to Michael’s room, which alerts him to movement to his room.

Mesereau: “So you’re claiming that on both occasions when you saw Michael Jackson touching your brother in bed, this warning bell was off?”

Accuser’s brother: Yes.

Yesterday, the accuser’s brother had not said anything about this warning system and had stated that his brother was asleep on both occasions when Michael abused him, and that he was even snoring.

Mesereau also said that the accuser’s brother had previously given different descriptions of how Michael Jackson abused his brother and had said that Michael touched his brother’s buttocks.

The accuser’s brother said: “I never said he touched his butt.”

When asked many questions about the contradictions in his statements, the accuser’s brother responded by saying, “I don’t know exactly what I said.”

Mesereau asked the accuser’s brother about his claim that Michael encouraged them to use profanity. He said that before meeting Michael, he did not use such phrases.

Mesereau then pointed to their 2001 lawsuit against J.C. Penney, in which the accuser’s brother had referred to two instances of obscene language by this security officer.

The accuser’s brother said that he had spelled out those words during interrogations.

Previously, the prosecutor had claimed that Michael Jackson warned the boys not to talk about what happened in Neverland.

In the witness stand, the accuser’s brother claimed that Michael had told him and his brother: “Don’t tell anyone what happened. Even if they put a gun to your head.”

But it was not clear what incident this claim referred to.

The accuser’s brother continued by saying that in Neverland Michael gave him and his brother alcohol and showed them sex magazines.

Source: AP / CNN