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Article: Off the wall As Michael Jackson stands trial on child-abuse charges, a band of followers steadfastly proclaims his innocence. Who are these people, and are they as wacko as Jacko himself? Michael J. Gross meets them
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- The Sunday Telegraph London
- Article date:
- May 1, 2005
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The night before Michael Jackson was arraigned on seven charges of
child molestation, I sat with a dozen of his most dedicated fans in a
motel room in Solvang, California, as they made posters and signs to
wave outside the courthouse. (YOU ARE A LEGEND AND LEGENDS ARE
INDESTRUCTIBLE.) Suddenly the door flew open and in burst Lisadawn
Marble, a 30-year-old charity worker from Santa Rosa.
``Who wants to look at my pictures?'' she asked, brandishing a
photo album. Someone raised a hand, and Lisadawn began to narrate her
collection of snapshots in a rapid, high-pitched voice: ``There's my
bedspread. I have a Michael Jackson bedspread, chocolate bars,
everything. In my apartment I have a Michael ...