Jackson’s Accuser Details Alleged Molestation in Transcripts

Michael Jackson’s accuser told a grand jury that the pop star closed his eyes tightly while molesting him on a bed, according to an ABC News report that quotes from transcripts of the testimony.

The boy described Jackson’s alleged crimes in graphic detail, according to the network, which said its “Primetime Live” program reviewed more than 1,900 pages of testimony.

Details of the transcripts, which have not been released, were reported Thursday on ABC’s website and quoted on “Good Morning America.”

The defense initially declined comment, citing a gag order in the case. But later, Jackson’s attorney, Thomas A. Mesereau Jr., said in a statement that the defense strongly objected to the leak of sealed grand jury testimony.

“The witnesses who testified before the grand jury were never subjected to cross-examination or impeachment by the defense,” he said. “By law, no judge or defense lawyer was allowed to be present in the grand jury room.”

The accuser told prosecutors, who questioned him before the Santa Barbara County Grand Jury, that Jackson never spoke to him during the alleged abuse, and the two did not discuss it later, ABC reported.

According to transcripts, the boy said that when he was being molested, he looked over at Jackson, whose “eyes were like squinching really tight.”

The accuser said he told Jackson that the singer shouldn’t serve him alcohol because of his medical condition, according to the transcripts.

“And so it harms my kidney for [me to] drink that stuff,” the accuser was quoted as saying. “But [Jackson] would just say, ‘It’s OK.’ And he would just keep on telling me to drink.”