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Article: Prosecutors file charges against Michael Jackson.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- December 18, 2003
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Byline: Michael Martinez
SANTA MARIA, Calif._Pop singer Michael Jackson was officially charged Thursday with molesting a cancer-stricken boy at his Neverland Ranch on seven occasions earlier this year and with administering alcohol to the boy on two of those occasions. All nine charges are felonies.
Jackson's attorney vehemently denied the charges, and a spokesman added that the criminal complaint filed by Santa Barbara County District Atty. Thomas Sneddon Jr. was "untrue, malicious and motivated by pure greed and revenge."
"I can tell you categorically, based upon this complaint that has been filed, that Michael Jackson is absolutely, ...