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Fearing abduction by dirigible, Jackson accuser's Mom full of hot air...

As the train wreck that is the Michael Jackson case spirals further off the tracks, the testimony got so bizarre that Michael Jackson himself started to look normal in comparison. (Note on the Australian paper's date - hey, it's already tomorrow there. Which means yesterday it was today. Wierd. I bet their toilets flush funny down there too).

The woman apparently told deputies she feared that she and her son would be abducted by various means, including hot air balloon. Yes, that's right, hot air balloon, as if that was the most efficient means of secretly kidnapping someone, an enormous, slow moving, conspicuous balloon floating in the sky. How insiduous! Frankly, considering how nutty this lady is, we wouldn't be surprised if she claimed Jackson drove up in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to try and kidnap her.

The case against Jackson has always been weak. And there is one reason for it - credibility of witnesses. It's no long stretch to travel from Michael Jackson being an oddball to him being a deviate oddball - but you've got to be credible in order to make the accusation stick. Consistency and transparency are keys. If you are on the take from Jackson, are involved in questionable lawsuits against companies, and think you are about to be kidnapped by a dirigible - you are going to have a credibility problem. As nutty as Jackson is, this woman makes Jackson look like the normal one in the room.

This case has two outcomes - one, the jury going in thought Jackson was a pedophile, and was going to convict him regardless. Or two, the jury went in neutral and having heard the bizarre testimony and contradictions of the accused and his family, are going to determine that they don't carry enough weight to convict Jackson.

Up, up and away...

Posted by MEC2 at April 18, 2005 11:23 PM