Past allegations allowed

Judge Melville ruled last month that evidence about past allegations of improper behavior between Jackson and adolescent boys could be heard by the jury. The mother said Jackson and his aides flew her family to Neverland in February 2003 and pressured them to make a video extolling the singer’s virtues.Jackson and two of his aides said repeatedly that the family was in danger and the subject of death threats after the broadcast days earlier of a TV documentary which showed the singer holding hands with the boy and defending his habit of sleeping with minors. "Michael said he would protect us from these killers" she testified. Making the video "would appease the killers. I heard that so many times. And you know what, they ended up being the killers", she declared, referring to Jackson and his associates. Source: AP/Reuters/eMJey