[WillowTheWhisp]

I am still undecided on this case. Michael Jackson said that he only slept in the same bed as them, that nothing actually happened. I am probably not that good a judge of character, but I found myself believing him, implausible though it sounds.

Even if "nothing happened" how on earth can it be normal for a young boy to sleep in the same bed as a middle aged stranger?

If this was some guy in Accy doing this wouldn't we be up in arms about it? Why does the fact that he is famous make it OK?

I watched a program on TV last night (when I really should have been in bed) which included some interviews with people who had been Michael Jackson's "special friends" but once they reached puberty he didn't want to know them any more. The phone calls suddenly stopped and he avoided them and moved on to another "special friend". There was even a family who had had him staying in their home and sharing their son's bed. Now that I find impossible to understand. There is no way he would ahve shared a room with a child of mine let alone a bed.

It wasn't actually any of the children or their families who had reported him to the police. It was a psychologist who had watched the Martin Bashir program and had seen, in his actions and in the things which were spoken about, the signs of a paedophile and she spoke to the authorities about her concern.

It seems that his family has expressed concern to Michael over 20 years ago but he ignored them. Sister Janet was on there defending him and saying that he wouldn't change his behaviour because he was innocent of any wrong doing.

I find the whole idea of a man in his 40s playing with little boys in preference to adult friendships and sleeping in the same bed with them to be very, very creepy.