Surprise Surprise.

Binomate

Access Hollywood Mother of Jackson's 2005 Accuser Pleads Guilty To Fraud
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The woman whose son was at the center of last year's Michael Jackson trial has pleaded no contest to welfare fraud.

Jackson's lawyer had questioned the woman's honesty at the pop star's trial. Jurors who cleared Jackson cited their doubts about her melodramatic testimony, in which she accused Jackson of holding her family against their will.

Her attorney, Patricia Hattersley, says she and her client "felt she had a viable defense" to the welfare fraud charge. But the attorney says the woman wants to "move on with her life" and
not put her family through "a major trial."

The judge ordered the woman to complete 150 hours of community service and pay 86-hundred dollars restitution by April 27th.

Prosecutors contend the woman applied for welfare without disclosing she had money

This woman is a retard.

The_Minister

A scum sucking leech, maybe....but a retard? Thats just harsh.

biko

meh

Rb

Doesn't surprise me anyway, if anything was made clear from the MJ trial it was that her and her family were leeching scum.

petes

I thought this thread was going to be about Cilla Black.

Black Swan

You would be surprised by how many celebrities settle cases rather than defend themselves in court, even when they are believed to be innocent. A court defense takes a tremendous amount of time, money, and energy better spent on advancing their career.

Rb

Blue_Lagoon wrote:

You would be surprised by how many celebrities settle cases rather than defend themselves in court, even when they are believed to be innocent. A court defense takes a tremendous amount of time, money, and energy better spent on advancing their career.

Perhaps celebrities that are in the limelight right now, but those like MJ or more recently Bill Cosby have no reason not to go to court and defend themselves if they're so sure of their innocence. I mean, if they win the case they can claim their costs, perhaps damages for the time spent in court which they could have used to make money (perhaps not) and they save their reputation.
Any celebrity whos just sitting around and settles cases out of court I'd be a bit suspicious of their innocence tbh.

6th

petes wrote:

I thought this thread was going to be about Cilla Black.

I was so disappointed

Could this mean thought that this woman can never be viewed as a victim in other circumstances, due to how she has behaved?

Rb

6th wrote:

I was so disappointed

Could this mean thought that this woman can never be viewed as a victim in other circumstances, due to how she has behaved?

I'm sure it will definately have some effect on those judging her, whether it be the jury in a court room or the casual observer.

humanji

Wait, Michael Jackson kidnapped Cilla Black?

Tom Dunne

humanji wrote:

Wait, Michael Jackson kidnapped Cilla Black?

No, they are just living together in Letrim.

I thought/hoped this thread was about Paris Hilton.