Jackson to Be Charged With Child Molestation Today
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Michael Jackson will be charged today in a child molestation case that has drawn international attention, Santa Barbara County prosecutors said.
Prosecutors will file charges at the Santa Barbara County Superior Court’s division in Santa Maria, a few miles from Jackson’s Neverland Ranch.
A short media briefing will follow, Dist. Atty. Thomas Sneddon said in a statement Wednesday.
The charges are expected to detail for the first time the allegations that Jackson molested a 14-year-old cancer patient who spent the night at Neverland several times.
The boy appeared with Jackson in a British documentary that aired on ABC in February.
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