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Wed 15 Jun 2005
Arvizos in hiding over fear of fans' reprisals
ALASTAIR JAMIESON
THE family who accused Michael Jackson is now living in fear of reprisals from the star's fans.
Gavin Arvizo, his parents and siblings were branded charlatans and liars by Jackson's defence team, who said they had tried to pull off "the biggest con of their careers".
Meanwhile, the British journalist Martin Bashir - the man whose documentary about the singer led to the trial - faces the possibility of a multi-million dollar lawsuit from the singer.
Aides of the singer began legal moves against Mr Bashir and Granada Television, which made the documentary, within days of its screening in 2003, claiming breach of confidence. They claimed Mr Bashir broke a promise to allow the star to vet the programme.
Jackson also said that Mr Bashir reneged on an agreement not to film his children without the masks they wear in public. A High Court action was due to start in late 2003, but was halted after the star was arrested.
If Jackson won a breach of confidence action, he could expect to win large damages.
Mr Bashir left ITV in July 2004 to work in the United States as a correspondent on ABC's 20/20 television news show, in a deal worth a reported £540,000. The programme's publicist, Lisa Apple, said: "He [Mr Bashir] may make a statement in the next few days, but at the moment he won't be saying anything."
The Arvizos are living in a secret location in southern California (¿A POR ELLOS ?
). Their home has been fitted with a police panic button so that a team of officers can be on hand quickly in case of revenge attacks. Gavin, now 15, claimed he had been abused by Jackson after the singer first met him in 2000 when he had cancer.
He was invited to the Neverland ranch, with his brother Star and sister Davellin, along with his parents, Janet and David. Gavin said it was there that Jackson molested him on various occasions while sharing a bed with him. His family were called "trailer trash" and "con artists, actors and liars" by the defence, while being condemned by the jury in a post-verdict news conference.
Mrs Arvizo said in the trial she had seen Jackson licking her son's head, but it emerged that she was a known fraudster who had exploited her son's illness to attach herself to stars.
She claimed Jackson had threatened her, and added that she and her family were forced to praise the singer in Mr Bashir's TV documentary.
This article:
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=655622005
Michael Jackson:
http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=755
Websites:
Michael Jackson (official site)
http://www.michaeljackson.com/
Michael Jackson (press releases)
http://www.mjnews.us/
Arvizos in hiding over fear of fans' reprisals
ALASTAIR JAMIESON
THE family who accused Michael Jackson is now living in fear of reprisals from the star's fans.
Gavin Arvizo, his parents and siblings were branded charlatans and liars by Jackson's defence team, who said they had tried to pull off "the biggest con of their careers".
Meanwhile, the British journalist Martin Bashir - the man whose documentary about the singer led to the trial - faces the possibility of a multi-million dollar lawsuit from the singer.
Aides of the singer began legal moves against Mr Bashir and Granada Television, which made the documentary, within days of its screening in 2003, claiming breach of confidence. They claimed Mr Bashir broke a promise to allow the star to vet the programme.
Jackson also said that Mr Bashir reneged on an agreement not to film his children without the masks they wear in public. A High Court action was due to start in late 2003, but was halted after the star was arrested.
If Jackson won a breach of confidence action, he could expect to win large damages.
Mr Bashir left ITV in July 2004 to work in the United States as a correspondent on ABC's 20/20 television news show, in a deal worth a reported £540,000. The programme's publicist, Lisa Apple, said: "He [Mr Bashir] may make a statement in the next few days, but at the moment he won't be saying anything."
The Arvizos are living in a secret location in southern California (¿A POR ELLOS ?
). Their home has been fitted with a police panic button so that a team of officers can be on hand quickly in case of revenge attacks. Gavin, now 15, claimed he had been abused by Jackson after the singer first met him in 2000 when he had cancer. He was invited to the Neverland ranch, with his brother Star and sister Davellin, along with his parents, Janet and David. Gavin said it was there that Jackson molested him on various occasions while sharing a bed with him. His family were called "trailer trash" and "con artists, actors and liars" by the defence, while being condemned by the jury in a post-verdict news conference.
Mrs Arvizo said in the trial she had seen Jackson licking her son's head, but it emerged that she was a known fraudster who had exploited her son's illness to attach herself to stars.
She claimed Jackson had threatened her, and added that she and her family were forced to praise the singer in Mr Bashir's TV documentary.
This article:
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=655622005
Michael Jackson:
http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=755
Websites:
Michael Jackson (official site)
http://www.michaeljackson.com/
Michael Jackson (press releases)
http://www.mjnews.us/
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