Boy suggested spending night in Jackson's room.MICHAEL JACKSON'S 13-year-old accuser suggested he and his brother spend the night in the singer's bedroom during their first visit to Neverland, a court heard yesterday. Gavin Arvizo's sister, Davellin, 18, told Santa Maria court about the family's first trip to Jackson's ranch in 2000, shortly after her brother had been diagnosed with cancer. She described how she had spent much of the time playing on her own while her brothers were with the star. Davellin, the first member of the family to take to the witness stand, said she and her parents had stayed in guest quarters after her brother had suggested over dinner that the two boys spend the night in Jackson's room. During the visit the teenager saw her parents fighting, her father threw a soda can at her mother who began to cry. She said her father had hit her mother 'too many times to count' and had also hit her and her brothers. The jury was shown pictures of Gavin, now 15, and his family with actor Chris Tucker Christopher Tucker (born August 31, 1972) is an American actor and comedian. Biography Early life Tucker was born in Atlanta, Georgia to Mary, who was involved in church work, and Norris Tucker, who owned a janitorial service. , basketball star Kobe Bryant Kobe Bean Bryant (born July 23 1978) is an American All-Star shooting guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers. and comedian Louise Palanker. The defence is expected to portray his mother Janet Arvizo as a battered woman who used her children to extort To compel or coerce, as in a confession or information, by any means serving to overcome the other's power of resistance, thus making the confession or admission involuntary. To gain by wrongful methods; to obtain in an unlawful manner, as in to compel payments by means of threats of money from celebrities. The court was also shown footage which portrayed Jackson's alleged crime scene as a child's paradise, overflowing with dolls, toys and figures of cartoon superheroes. Jurors were offered a rare glimpse into the singer's personal world through video clips from a raid of Neverland. Jackson has a sparkling blue bedspread, pictures of Marilyn Monroe and Shirley Temple adorn his bedroom walls while several televisions and stacks of videos clutter the floor. It is here Gavin Arvizo claims he was molested. Jackson, 46, denies molesting the boy, plying him with alcohol and conspiring to hold him and his family captive. The trial continues CAPTION(S): Michael Jackson Noun 1. Michael Jackson - United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958) Michael Joe Jackson, Jackson arriving at court in California yesterday |
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