Article: Police search Neverland ranch of Michael Jackson

The child molestation accusations that almost ended Michael Jackson's career a decade ago returned with a vengeance yesterday when swarms of police searched his Neverland ranch in central California after a 12-year-old boy made a new allegation.

The Santa Barbara county sheriff's department confirmed its officers had executed a search warrant as part of a criminal investigation. The molestation angle was confirmed by one of Mr Jackson's lawyers.

"The investigation is about a 12-year-old boy. This involves a molestation allegation," the lawyer, Brian Oxman, said in a statement to the media. "Sheriff's deputies have been investigating the case for months. There's been an ambulance that has ...

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