Jermaine desmiente a VF (Ingles) / Rueda de prensa de Firpo Carr *añadida*

[Moonscape]

Jermaine desmiente a VF (Ingles) / ¿Rueda de prensa?

Esta es la reaccion de Jermaine Jackson ante las difamaciones de Vanity Fair. Por otra parte en la web de CBSnews dicen esto en su seccion de videos:•12:45 p.m.: Jacko’s brother holds a press conference. ... Supongo que sera Jermaine, y supongo que sera hoy... asi que hora española serian las 21:45, si es desde Los Angeles.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This news conference is to be held tomorrow - 10 am PST (1 PM EST)

Jermaine Jackson hits back at Vanity FairBy Stacy Brown
Updated: 5:56 p.m. ET Jan. 29, 2004

Stacy Brown, a Jackson family friend who is acting as a consultant on the case for MSNBC TV, conducted this interview with Jermaine Jackson.The brother of troubled pop star Michael Jackson struck back today at a Vanity Fair story that said Jackson supplied his young accuser with wine in Coke cans and that Jackson has been treated for drug abuse.

Jermaine Jackson said the article is full of lies.

MSNBC: What’s your reaction to the Vanity Fair story?

JACKSON: I haven’t read the entire story, I’ve only been told some of the things in it and I’m angry.

MSNBC: What are you most angry about? The story contends that Michael supplied his accuser with wine and that Michael was himself addicted to Morphine and Demerol.

JACKSON: It’s the most ridiculous thing. This person (Vanity Fair writer Maureen Orth) doesn’t even know Michael. Everybody is trying to take advantage of Michael. Kick him when he’s down.

MSNBC: Is any of it true? Any part of the article?

JACKSON: Totally false. A big lie. I guess they want me to put on my militant hat and really get angry. Things are made up every day about my brother. The thing about it is that he doesn’t bother anyone. He stays to himself.

MSNBC: The article also names Myung-Ho Lee, Michael’s former advisor, as a source. Why would Mr. Lee say these things?

JACKSON: Everyone has an axe to grind. It seems every time Michael fires someone or they move on to something else, they sue or at least have something negative to say. Michael has treated all of his employees well, which makes it all the more repulsive when they lie about him.

MSNBC: What about the nicknames such as "Rubba," in which it is alleged that Michael used to call the boy and the accuser in the 1993 case?

JACKSON: You know what, there was a guy that used to head our security team and he had what we thought was a lot of meat behind his neck so we called him Rubba or Rubba Neck. It’s an expression that we’ve all used. I’m not saying that he used it with this young man but it wouldn’t surprise me if people have heard Michael or any of us use that expression.

MSNBC: Will there be an official response to any of this?

JACKSON: Dr. Firpo Carr, our family spokesman, will host a press conference with myself and some family members at our Hayvenhurst home (Friday) at 10 a.m.

MJFrance

_______________________

Si no me equivoco la mujer de esta foto seria la desgraciada de Maureen Orth ( perdon si me equivoco de persona...pero me da que no ) Otro dato, el proximo mes de Mayo publicara un libro titulado: La importancia de ser famoso: Detrás de las escenas de la industria de las celebridades :|

 

[Cherish]

Traduction please

 

[Moonscape]

:ein: Creo que ha habido una rueda de prensa de Firpo Carr y Geraldine hughes (segun mjjforum) pero no me entero bien...

 

[Diamond]

Me uno a Cherish, traduccion please.

 

[Xtarlight]

Escrito originalmente por Moonscape
Creo que ha habido una rueda de prensa de Firpo Carr

EEUU-Un portavoz de la familia de Michael Jackson niega que el cantante suministrase bebidas alcóholicas y droga a niños

LOS ANGELES, 30 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Un portavoz de la familia de Michael Jackson negó la información de que la estrella del pop suministraba frecuentemente bebidas alcóholicas y droga a los niños, como lo indicó la revista 'Vanity Fair' hace un año.

"La información es falsa", declaró Firpo Carr, portavoz de la familia de Jackson, en una rueda de prensa. "La familia de Jackson está indignada. En particular en este momento en que ni la familia ni los abogados (de Jackson) pueden responder debido a la prohibición del juez", añadió. Carr no indicó si Jackson o la familia piensa demandar a la revista.

Según un artículo de la revista publicado el pasado marzo, Michael Jackson suministraba a menudo bebidas alcohólicas mezcladas con refrescos a los niños que lo visitaban en su hacienda Neverland, Tierra de Nunca Jamás, en Santa Barbara, California. Además, les motraba revistas pornográficas y en ocasiones les daba anfetaminas, declaró la periodista Maureen Orth.

La revista indicó que Jackson, sobre el que pesa desde el pasado noviembre siete acusaciones de abuso sexual, se refería al vino blanco como el "jugo de Jesús" y al vino tinto como "la sangre de Jesús". Todos los niños sabían acerca del jugo, dijo la revista citando a Myung-Ho Lee, ex asesor financiero de Jackson.

Lee demandó a Jackson el año pasado por 12 millones de dólares alegando que el músico le debía dinero y lanzó las explosivas revelaciones de que el rey del pop estaba en bancarrota. Poco después llegaron a un acuerdo en el tribunal. El juez Rodney S. Melville emitió una orden de que salvo algunas excepciones, los abogados y testigos no pueden hablar con la prensa mientras dure el proceso judicial.

 

[GLOVED_ONE]

A mi lo que me gustaría es que Mark Geragos cumpliera su palabra: él dijo que no dejaría que mancharan la reputación de Michael Jackson y que sería como un martillo o no sé qué. :| Parece que sólo eran palabras.

 

[bizilagun]

Gloved One, se está trabajando en eso, te lo aseguro.

 

[Diamond]

Osea, si he entendido bien...
estas declaraciones de la mierda revista fueron HACE UN AÑO?y ahora , mira tu por donde que casualidad vuelven a salir...
de verdad fueron hace un año, o son actuales.

 

[GLOVED_ONE]

Escrito originalmente por Tabloid Killer!!!
Gloved One, se está trabajando en eso, te lo aseguro.

Si es así me parecería genial. Yo confío bastante en Mark Geragos, pero no me gusta el rumbo que está tomando el caso en la prensa. Al principio todo estaba bastante controlado, pero se está desbordando todo y no veo que nadie mueva un dedo para impedirlo. Si Geragos pone aunque sólo sea UNA demanda por difamaciones, ya sentaría un precedente y estas revistuchas se lo pensarían dos veces antes de imprimir tantas mierdas.

 

[fzugasti]

Michael Jackson Friend Criticizes Article

Michael Jackson Friend Criticizes Article
ASSOCIATED PRESS

By LINDA DEUTSCH, AP Special Correspondent

LOS ANGELES - Saying the public should remember that Michael Jackson (news) is presumed innocent until proven guilty, a friend of the Jackson family criticized a magazine article that portrayed the embattled singer negatively.


Firpo Carr said he had talked to Jackson's parents and some of his siblings and they were outraged by an article in Vanity Fair magazine.


The story, appearing this week, gives an overview of the current child-molestation charges against Jackson and similar allegations 10 years ago that were never prosecuted.


"We find it curious that this article appears when Michael's legal team cannot respond to this yellow journalism because of a gag order," Carr said Friday outside the Jackson family home.


The article did not contain a response from Jackson's family or legal team, although it noted the writer attempted to get their side. All parties involved in Jackson's legal case remain under a gag order and cannot speak publicly about it.


Carr said the story contains false statements and allegations that were not attributed.


Regarding claims in the story that Jackson has had drug problems, Carr said it was well-documented that after a 1984 accident while filming a commercial Jackson was given painkillers, became addicted to them and went into rehabilitation for a period to get off the drug.


The magazine issued brief statement affirming its story: "Vanity Fair stands by Maureen Orth's Michael Jackson story. The article underwent rigorous fact-checking and legal vetting, as do all Vanity Fair articles prior to publication."


Carr said he has known the Jackson family for about 10 years. He said he was not acting as an agent of the family, and was speaking as a private citizen.


Jackson pleaded not guilty earlier this month to seven counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 and two counts of giving the child an "intoxicating agent," reportedly wine.

 

[fzugasti]

Jackson Pals Cry Foul
E! ENTERTAINMENT

By Sarah Hall

The Jackson clan is reportedly less than thrilled by a magazine report alleging that the King of Pop is also the king of wine-filled pop cans that he doles out to minors.


Firpo Carr, a Jackson family friend, told reporters that the Gloved One's parents and siblings are outraged by a Vanity Fair article out this week that reports Jackson provided young children with wine he referred to as "Jesus juice" or "Jesus blood."


Carr charged Vanity Fair writer Maureen Orth with including false statements and allegations in her article without attribution.


"We find it curious that this article appears when Michael's legal team cannot respond to this yellow journalism because of a gag order," Carr said.


Orth did not include a response from the Jackson camp in her article, though she stated she had attempted to contact the Moonwalker's intimates for comment.


Vanity Fair issued a terse statement in support of its story, saying only: "Vanity Fair stands by Maureen Orth's Michael Jackson (news) story. The article underwent rigorous fact-checking and legal vetting."


Carr did admit that Jackson had been in and out of rehab in attempts to kick his painkiller addiction. The Vanity Fair piece included an anecdote from a former Jackson employee stating that Jackson once collapsed to the floor of a plane as a result of sipping Jesus juice and popping pills.


But Carr asked the public to remember that Jackson is presumed innocent until proven guilty. He said that Jackson's struggle with a painkiller habit made him no different than Elvis Presley or Betty Ford.


Except, as far as we know, neither Elvis nor Betty ever enticed young boys into bed while in the grips of a Demoral high...


It's not the first time Orth has crossed the Jackson machine. In a article written for Vanity Fair last year, she alleged, among other nuggets, that Jackson bleaches his skin because he doesn't like being black; that he wears a prosthetic nose tip; and that he cursed enemies such as Steven Spielberg (news) and David Geffen in a Swiss voodoo ritual.


Jackson family attorney Brian Oxman issued a warning of sorts to Vanity Fair at the time of the article's release.


"We take it very seriously, and we are looking into this," Oxman said in February 2003. "We think Vanity Fair should be very careful in making its claims here because we've heard all these things for years."


Jackson is charged with seven counts of child molestation and two counts of administering an "intoxicating agent" to a minor. He has pleaded innocent to all the charges against him and remains free on $3 million bail.


The pop star is due back in court Feb. 13 for his preliminary hearing.

 

[fzugasti]

Jackson family slams "Jesus juice" kiddie booze claims as outrageous
Entertainment - AFP

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Pop star Michael Jackson (news)'s family was "outraged" by what it dismissed as false claims that he plied a boy he is accused of having molested with "Jesus juice" (wine in soft drink cans)


The family spoke out after Vanity Fair magazine made a startling new wave of allegations against the star. His legal team is unable to refute damaging press reports because of a strict gag order imposed by a judge.


Jackson family spokesman Firpo Carr told journalists outside the Jackson clan's home in Los Angeles that the allegations in the magazine's March issue were "outrageous, inaccurate and baseless."


"The family is outraged and justifiably so," he said. "We find it curious that this article appears when Michael's legal team cannot, because of a gag order, respond to this irresponsible yellow journalism," he said.


The US magazine alleged that the pop singer seduced boys by giving them cold drink cans filled with white wine, which he dubbed "Jesus juice" and red wine, which he called "Jesus blood."


It quoted lawyers and relatives of the two boys who have accused Jackson of child abuse, one in 1993 and the other last year, frequently using un-named sources or making claims with no attribution at all.


An article in Vanity Fair by the same author, Maureen Orth, last year made a raft of bizarre accusations against Jackson, including one that he had sought the help of a voodoo witch-doctor to kill enemies, including movie mogul Steven Spielberg (news).


Carr said Orth was "disingenuous" in her claims that she tried to contact the Jackson family for the article, which also alleged that Jackson had battled alcohol and drugs addiction.


Geraldine Hughes, who wrote a book on the 1993 allegations against Jackson, which were settled out of court for a reported 25 million dollars, told reporters that the new charges against him were "copy-cat."


She said the 1993 claims were "more of a media trial and this case is nothing more than a copy-cat ... an "extortion scheme," she said outside the Jackson house.


Jackson has been charged with abusing a 13-year-old cancer patient, charges which he has strongly denied and which are expected to go to trial later this year.

 

[fzugasti]

Michael Jackson family friend denounces magazine article about pop star
CANNADIAN PRESS

A friend of Michael Jackson (news)'s family said they are outraged by a magazine article out this week that portrays the embattled singer negatively.



Firpo Carr told a news conference outside the Jackson family home Friday the entertainer's parents and siblings object to a Vanity Fair magazine story about the current child-molestation charges against Jackson and similar allegations 10 years ago that were never prosecuted.


"We find it curious that this article appears when Michael's legal team cannot respond to this yellow journalism because of a gag order," Carr said.


The article did not contain a response from Jackson's family or legal team, although it said the writer attempted to get their side.


All parties involved in Jackson's legal case remain under a gag order and cannot speak publicly about it.


Carr said the story contains false statements and allegations that were not attributed.


Regarding claims in the story that Jackson has had drug problems, Carr said it was well documented that after a 1984 accident that Jackson was given painkillers, became addicted to them and went into rehabilitation for a time to get off the drug.


The magazine issued a one-sentence statement affirming its story: "Vanity Fair stands by Maureen Orth's Michael Jackson story. The article underwent rigorous fact-checking and legal vetting."


Carr, who said he has known the Jackson family for about 10 years but was speaking as a private citizen, noted the public should remember Jackson is presumed innocent until proven guilty.


Jackson pleaded not guilty earlier this month to seven counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 and two counts of giving the child an "intoxicating agent," reported to have been wine.

 

[Moonscape]

¿ El año pasado ? No, es el numero del proximo Marzo que yo sepa...

Bueno, yo lo que no entiendo es que MJ y sus abogados no tengan permitido hablar de nada. Aunque no tenga nada que ver con el caso. No lo entiendo :| Es como si hubieran mandado a MJ a Guantanamo, no puede decir nada de nada de nada... Los medios de 'comunicacion', señor Melville... NO son objetivos. Forman parte de la acusacion, y ademas descaradamente dirigidos por Sneddon y su empresa de relaciones publicas. ¿ Por que no una orden de silencion contra la los medios ? Aunque no tenga que ver con el caso lo que hablen los medios. O nos callamos todos o no lo entiendo!!!

 

[Edna]

Yo tambien creo q Geragos deberia iniciar una accion legal en contra de tanta basura difamatoria ...pero tambien creo que lo importante ahorita debe ser ocuparse de lleno en El Juicio y demostrar la inocencia de Michael tal vez dejar para despues estas cosas......

 

[INMATE W17S]

Firpo Carr (spokeman de la familia Jackson) habla alfin contra la periodista Maureen

Hola!
Dada la prohibicion puesta por el juez de que mientras dure el proceso de las acusaciones y juicio ni Mike ni sus abogados pueden hablar con la prensa, Firpo Carr, representante de la familia Jackson ha hablado en nombre de todos ellos diciendo que estan mas que dolidos por el articulo por Maureen Orth en la revista Vanity Fair.
Lo vi hablando en directo hoy a las 5:30 de la mañana, hora de California, en la cadena CBS en las noticias.

Para mas informacion os hago un copy and paste de la web www.blackfedora.net :
La periodista que inventó la historia del vudú de Michael Jackson contra Spielberg vuelve al ataque

30 de enero 2004

Hace unos días la escritora y colaboradora de Vanity Fair, Maureen Orth, sorprendía a la opinión pública al asegurar que Michael Jackson es adicto al demerol y a la morfina, sin dejar atras el alcohol que ofrece a niños oculto en latas de refresco, a la vez que anunciaba un escandaloso artículo sobre el asunto en la famosa revista.

Tanto sorprendió esta vez como cuando el año pasado -siguiendo el mismo modus operandi- aseguró de forma rotunda que Michael, además de bañarse en sangre de oveja, había solicitado los servicios de una hechicera vudú que sacrificó una gran cantidad de vacas para un conjuro que acabaría con las vidas del empresario musical David Geffen y el director de cine Steven Spielberg. Una completa locura editorial que -entonces igual que ahora- un gran número de medios se encargaron de airear sin pararse a pensar por un minuto si era realmente cierto o una simple invención sensacionalista.

Esta mañana Firpo Carr, amigo de la familia Jackson, se dirigió a varios medios de prensa cerca de la casa familiar de Encino, al norte de Los Angeles, diciendo que el artículo es basura y calificándolo de "periodista amarillista e irresponsable".

La familia se ha tomado muy mal la noticia, según Carr, quien ha desmentido las informaciones de Orth punto por punto, y negado que la autora se hubiera intentando poner en contacto con los Jacksons, como ella afirma, además de llamar la atención sobre que en dicho artículo no se da crédito suficiente a ninguna fuente informativa creíble.

En cuanto a que Michael fuese adicto al demerol y a la morfina, Firpo Carr ha recordado que en 1994 tuvo un problema de adicción a los calmantes, del que se recuperó tras un tratamiento intensivo en una clínica privada.

Texto: BlackFedora.Net
Fuente: Associated Press / BlackFedora.Net

Otra fuente de esto, como ya dije, es la CBS, y a Firpo Carr le vi hablando en directo, es bueno que ya empiecen a hacer algo, creo que van a tomar acciones legales, esta paeriodista debe ir al paredon!