Jackson likely to file dismissal request by next week
By Quintin Cushner/Staff WriterThe defense in the Michael Jackson child molestation case likely will file a motion next week to dismiss the charges against the singer.
Defense Attorney Robert Sanger informed the court during a June 10 telephone conference that a "995 motion" to dismiss the charges against the singer would be filed under seal on or before June 25 - the date of the next hearing in the case. He also informed the judge that a "1538.5 motion" to suppress evidence seized by the prosecution likely would follow soon.
Jackson, 45, has pleaded not guilty to engaging in lewd acts with an unnamed boy under the age of 14 on four occasions between Feb. 7 and March 20, 2003, and four counts of "administering an intoxicating agent" - reportedly wine - to help him with the alleged molestations.
He also has pleaded not guilty to a conspiracy charge involving child abduction, false imprisonment and extortion and a count of attempted child molestation.
The acts allegedly took place at the singer's Neverland Ranch near Los Olivos.
Also during the conference, Judge Rodney Melville told both sides to draft proposals on how the grand jury transcript in the case should be edited. Melville himself would then make a decision on what to release from the transcripts after the motion to dismiss was filed.
In other Jackson news Friday, Superior Court Judge Zel Canter agreed to release most of the documents from the singer's 1997 civil trial. The papers, which include depositions from witnesses who worked at Jackson's ranch, stem from a wrongful-termination civil case filed against Jackson and five members of his staff.
On March 18, 1997, a jury in Santa Maria found the defendants - including Jackson - not liable for wrongful termination, harassment, intentionally inflicting emotional distress, assault, eavesdropping and breach of contract.
Twenty-four of the 25 sealed volumes in the civil case were ordered unsealed on Friday by Canter's orders, though the contents were not immediately available for examination.
* Staff writer Quintin Cushner can be reached at 739-2217 or by e-mail at qcushner@pulitzer.net.
June 19, 2004
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La primera parte cuenta lo que ya está en otro tema, el recurso de la defensa, pero luego añade que el juez Zel Canter ha decidido sacar a la luz la mayor parte de los documentos del juicio civil de Michael del 1997. Los papeles incluyen declaraciones de testigos que habían trabajado en Neverland. El juicio fue contra Michael y 5 miembros de su equipo por despido improcedente, y fueron declarados no responsables de esta acusación por un jurado de Santa Maria.
No sé de qué va este caso; creo que es lo de los guardaespaldas, pero no estoy seguro. A ver si alguien lo puede explicar bien.
En fin, más mierda encima de Michael, y esto irá cada vez a más y estoy seguro de que culminará con la filtración de las fotos de sus partes. 
