Former Attorney Testifies

Jurors heard testimony from one of Michael Jackson's former attorneys yesterday as well as well as a man who was friends with Jason Francia, (who accused Michael of molesting him) the Judge also ordered former lead Defence attorney Mark Geragos to testify in court today. Carlos Velasco attended the same high school as Francia and took the stand to tell the jury that he never once mentioned anything about being abused. Next on the stand was David LeGrand, an attorney who was hired by un-indicted alleged co-conspirator Ronald Konitzer to deal with the fallout concerning the documentary Living with Michael Jackson and even sued Grenada, the company who produced the programme. When asked during cross-examination if Michael was worried that the documentary would be negative the witness responded, "Mr. Jackson didn't use the word positive. He expected accuracy, sincerity." LeGrand testified that he became suspicious of Konitzer and fellow un-indicted co-conspirator Dieter Weisner when he realised that they had the ability to divert Michael's assets and noticed they had taken $965,000 from him. Judge Rodney Melville ruled outside of the presence of jurors that Mark Geragos must testify today despite appeals from his associate Shepard Kopp.