1 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 2 IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 3 SANTA MARIA BRANCH; COOK STREET DIVISION 4 DEPARTMENT SM-2 HON. RODNEY S. MELVILLE, JUDGE 5 6 7 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ) 8 CALIFORNIA, ) 9 Plaintiff, ) 10 -vs- ) No. 1133603 11 MICHAEL JOE JACKSON, ) 12 Defendant. ) 13 14 15 16 17 REPORTER’S TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS 18 19 MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2005 20 21 8:30 A.M. 22 23 (PAGES 1794 THROUGH 1864) 24 25 26 27 REPORTED MICHELE MATTSON McNEIL, RPR, CRR, CSR #3304 28 BY: Official Court Reporter 1794 1 APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL: 2 3 For Plaintiff: THOMAS W. SNEDDON, JR., 4 District Attorney -and- 5 RONALD J. ZONEN, Sr. Deputy District Attorney 6 -and- GORDON AUCHINCLOSS, 7 Sr. Deputy District Attorney 1112 Santa Barbara Street 8 Santa Barbara, California 93101 9 10 11 For Defendant: COLLINS, MESEREAU, REDDOCK & YU BY: THOMAS A. MESEREAU, JR., ESQ. 12 -and- SUSAN C. YU, ESQ. 13 1875 Century Park East, Suite 700 Los Angeles, California 90067 14 -and- 15 SANGER & SWYSEN 16 BY: ROBERT M. SANGER, ESQ. 233 East Carrillo Street, Suite C 17 Santa Barbara, California 93101 18 -and- 19 OXMAN and JAROSCAK BY: R. BRIAN OXMAN, ESQ. 20 14126 East Rosecrans Boulevard Santa Fe Springs, California 90670 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1795 1 I N D E X 2 3 Note: Mr. Sneddon is listed as “SN” on index. 4 Mr. Zonen is listed as “Z” on index. Mr. Auchincloss is listed as “A” on index. 5 Mr. Mesereau is listed as “M” on index. Ms. Yu is listed as “Y” on index. 6 Mr. Sanger is listed as “SA” on index. Mr. Oxman is listed as “O” on index. 7 8 9 PLAINTIFF’S WITNESSES DIRECT CROSS REDIRECT RECROSS 10 11 ARVIZO, Gavin-Anton 1797-M (cont’d) 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1796 1 Santa Maria, California 2 Monday, March 14, 2005 3 8:30 a.m. 4 5 THE COURT: Good morning. 6 COUNSEL AT COUNSEL TABLE: (In unison) 7 Good morning, Your Honor. 8 THE COURT: Let’s see, the witness is in his 9 place. 10 I’ll remind you that you’re still under 11 oath. 12 Mr. Mesereau, you may proceed. 13 MR. MESEREAU: Thank you, Your Honor. 14 Good morning. 15 THE JURY: (In unison) Good morning. 16 17 GAVIN-ANTON ARVIZO 18 Having been previously sworn, resumed the stand 19 and testified as follows: 20 21 CROSS-EXAMINATION (Continued) 22 BY MR. MESEREAU: 23 Q. Mr. Arvizo, on Thursday you testified about 24 how you learned what masturbation was. Remember 25 that. 26 A. I believe so. 27 Q. Pardon me. 28 A. I believe so. 1797 1 Q. Okay. And you testified that Mr. Jackson 2 told you what masturbation is, right. 3 A. Uh-huh. 4 Q. Is that true. 5 A. Yes. 6 Q. And you testified to the jury that Mr. 7 Jackson said that if men don’t masturbate, that they 8 can get to a level where they can -- might rape a 9 girl. Remember that. 10 A. Uh-huh. 11 Q. Do you remember saying that. 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. Do you remember being interviewed by the 14 Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department on a number of 15 occasions. 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. And do you remember who interviewed you. 18 A. Most likely Steve Robel or Paul Zelis. 19 Q. Do you remember being asked, “Before we get 20 started on the next set of questions, can you 21 describe to us what your opinion is, what you think 22 masturbation is.” Do you remember one of the 23 sheriffs asked you that during an interview. 24 A. I believe so. 25 Q. And you knew those interviews were being 26 recorded, right. 27 A. Yes. 28 Q. Remember you said, “My grandma explained it 1798 1 to me. She told me that -- that your -- the only 2 reason is because like if -- if men don’t do it, men 3 might get to a point where they might go ahead and 4 rape a woman”. Do you remember saying that to the 5 sheriffs. 6 A. I believe so. 7 Q. Why did your story change between that 8 interview and your testimony last Thursday. 9 A. Well, what do you mean “changed”. 10 Q. Well, you told the police your grandmother 11 made that quote to you, and you came into court 12 under oath and told the jury Mr. Jackson made that 13 quote to you. 14 A. That didn’t change. Because Michael tried 15 to explain to me first. And I -- he was more 16 pushing on me that men have to masturbate. 17 Now, later when I came back from Neverland, 18 I guess my grandmother saw that I was very confused 19 about sexuality and things like that. And my 20 grandmother explained to me a lot of things. 21 Q. So it just so happened that after Mr. 22 Jackson told you, “If a man doesn’t do it, they may 23 get to a point where they rape a woman,” your 24 grandmother made the almost identical quote to you. 25 Is that what you’re saying. 26 A. Not really. She didn’t make the same exact 27 thing that Michael said. But I’m not exactly sure 28 what my grandmother said. I know my grandmother 1799 1 explained a lot of things to me. 2 Q. Would it refresh your recollection if I show 3 you a transcript of your sheriff’s interview. 4 A. Probably. 5 MR. MESEREAU: May I approach, Your Honor. 6 THE COURT: Yes. 7 MR. MESEREAU: Whoops, I’m sorry. 8 Your Honor, I spilled a little water with my 9 notebook, so -- 10 THE BAILIFF: How about you put that over 11 here. 12 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Mr. Arvizo, have you had a 13 chance to look at that page of transcript. 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. Does it refresh your recollection about what 16 you told the sheriffs about what masturbation was. 17 THE COURT: Just a moment, Counsel. 18 THE WITNESS: It refreshes my -- 19 THE COURT: Just a moment. Let’s take care 20 of one thing at a time. 21 You may start again on that. 22 MR. MESEREAU: Yes, thank you, Your Honor. 23 Q. Mr. Arvizo, have you had a chance to look at 24 that page of transcript of your sheriff’s interview. 25 A. Uh-huh. 26 Q. Does it refresh your recollection about what 27 you told the sheriffs your grandmother said. 28 A. It refreshes -- I can recall what my 1800 1 grandmother was telling me. She was -- she saw that 2 I was embarrassed about things like masturbation and 3 growing up, and my mother was telling me that it’s 4 okay to do it. And Michael was telling me that you 5 have to do it. 6 Q. Well, Mr. Arvizo, I understand your 7 position. But when the sheriffs asked you what 8 masturbation was, you didn’t say, “Mr. Jackson told 9 me if a man doesn’t do it, he may rape a woman.” 10 You said if -- “My grandmother told me that if a man 11 doesn’t do it, he may rape a woman,” correct. 12 A. I believe so. That’s what you showed me. 13 But -- 14 Q. And between the time of that interview -- 15 MR. SNEDDON: Excuse me. 16 Your Honor, he was about to say something 17 when he got cut off by counsel. 18 MR. MESEREAU: Oh, I apologize. I had no 19 idea. 20 THE WITNESS: But -- 21 MR. MESEREAU: Excuse me. Go ahead. 22 THE WITNESS: But that still doesn’t mean 23 that Michael did not tell me. 24 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: But what you’re telling 25 the jury is it was sort of a coincidence that both 26 your grandmother and Michael used almost the 27 identical phrase about raping a woman. 28 A. Both my grandmother and Michael were trying 1801 1 to talk to me about the -- pretty much the birds and 2 the bees story. 3 Q. Okay. And they pretty much said the 4 identical thing, is that what you’re telling me. 5 A. Not exactly. 6 Q. Not exactly. 7 A. No. 8 Q. Well, the quotes are almost identical, 9 aren’t they. 10 A. You see, Michael was trying to tell me that 11 I have to masturbate. My mom -- my grandmother was 12 actually telling me -- giving me the talk. Michael 13 was just talking about masturbation. 14 Q. But your grandmother said to you, “If men 15 don’t do it, men might get to a point where they 16 might go ahead and rape a woman,” correct. 17 A. Michael also told me that. 18 Q. Well -- so you’re saying they basically said 19 the same thing. 20 A. My grandmother said it’s okay to do it, 21 because sometimes, some men, they can’t control 22 themselves and might do that. 23 Q. But in that police interview, you never 24 mentioned that Michael Jackson had said that to you, 25 did you. 26 A. I’m sure in one of the other transcript I 27 mentioned about Michael. 28 Q. Not in that interview, correct. 1802 1 A. But I’m sure in another one I did. 2 Q. Okay. I’d like to ask you just about the 3 allegations in the J.C. Penney case, okay. We’re 4 not going to go into the evidence, just what the 5 allegations were. Okay. 6 A. Uh-huh. 7 Q. Do you remember that case. 8 A. Uh-huh. 9 Q. And you and your mother Janet sued J.C. 10 Penney, correct. 11 A. I think we did. I’m pretty sure we did. 12 Q. Okay. And originally your family sued for 13 battery, false imprisonment and infliction of 14 emotional distress, right. 15 A. I don’t know. 16 Q. Okay. Later on, your mother amended the 17 complaint to add sexual assault. Do you remember 18 that. 19 A. Not really. 20 Q. Do you remember that you were asked 21 questions about that in a sworn deposition. 22 A. I don’t remember being asked about my mom 23 being -- whatever. 24 Q. Do you remember being asked questions about 25 your mother’s allegations that J.C. Penney guards 26 fondled her breasts in a parking lot. 27 MR. SNEDDON: Your Honor, I’m going to 28 object; 403. 1803 1 THE COURT: Sustained. 2 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Do you remember that case 3 at all. 4 A. Um, a little bit. I mean, I was in the 5 middle of my chemotherapy. 6 Q. Okay. Your chemotherapy was going on at the 7 same time. 8 A. At the same time as those depositions. 9 Q. Okay. And how many -- how many appointments 10 for chemotherapy had you had at that point, if you 11 know. 12 A. They would have it once a month -- once 13 every three weeks, actually. Then I had ten rounds. 14 And I wasn’t like a regular kid that had cancer that 15 would just go in for a few hours and get one bag of 16 chemotherapy. I would go there for a week, in the 17 hospital, and -- in a bed, and they would give me 18 chemotherapy. 19 Q. Okay. And approximately when did the 20 chemotherapy end. 21 A. June 2001. 22 Q. Okay. Do you remember last Thursday I asked 23 you when these alleged acts of masturbation by 24 Michael Jackson occurred. Do you remember that. 25 A. Uh-huh. 26 Q. And within an approximately 20-minute period 27 you first said a couple of days before you left with 28 Jose Salas, right. 1804 1 A. What do you mean. 2 Q. Jesus Salas, excuse me. 3 A. Couple days before I left with Jose Salas. 4 Q. Yes. You said a couple of days before you 5 left Neverland with Jose Salas the masturbation 6 occurred. Do you remember that. 7 A. No, I did not say that. 8 Q. You didn’t say that. 9 A. No, I said that it happened approximately 10 the last two weeks of when we left Neverland for 11 good. 12 Q. Well, first you said a few days, and then 13 you said a week, and then you said a couple of 14 weeks, right. 15 A. Maybe you said that it was a few days. 16 Q. Did you discuss over the weekend these facts 17 with anybody. 18 A. No. 19 Q. Did you discuss the case with anybody over 20 the weekend. 21 A. I had a brief conversation with Mr. Sneddon. 22 Q. Okay. And what did you talk about. 23 A. We talked about certain things that you 24 might ask me. 25 Q. And like what. 26 A. Just things about me. 27 Q. Pardon me. 28 A. Things that you might ask about me. 1805 1 Q. Like what. 2 A. Like my history. 3 Q. Your history. 4 A. Uh-huh. 5 Q. And what do you mean, your “history”. 6 A. In school maybe. 7 Q. Pardon me. 8 A. In school maybe. 9 Q. And what did Mr. Sneddon say to you about 10 that. 11 A. He just told me to answer honestly. 12 Q. And what else did he talk to you about. 13 A. That’s pretty much it right there. 14 Q. How long was the discussion. 15 A. 15 minutes. 16 Q. Did he say anything to you about an 17 interview he had with a witness over the weekend. 18 A. With a witness besides me. 19 Q. Yes. 20 A. No. 21 Q. Did he ask you anything about one of your 22 teachers at school. 23 A. Um, yes. He asked me about it. 24 Q. And who was that. 25 A. My teacher. 26 Q. Yes. 27 A. It’s -- he wasn’t really my teacher. His 28 name is Richard Geralt. 1806 1 Q. What did Mr. Sneddon say to you about 2 Mr. Geralt. 3 MR. SNEDDON: I’m going to object. It 4 assumes facts not in evidence that I said anything. 5 MR. MESEREAU: I’ll rephrase the question, 6 Your Honor. 7 THE COURT: All right. 8 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Did Mr. Sneddon say 9 something to you about Mr. Geralt. 10 MR. SNEDDON: Same objection. 11 THE COURT: Overruled. 12 THE WITNESS: Can you repeat the question. 13 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Did Mr. Sneddon say 14 anything to you over the weekend about Mr. Geralt. 15 A. He didn’t have to tell me anything. I told 16 him everything. I told him the facts about Mr. 17 Geralt. 18 Q. Let me ask the question again. Did Mr. 19 Sneddon over the weekend say anything to you about a 20 Mr. Geralt. 21 A. He asked me about Mr. Geralt, so it’s kind 22 of knowing, I guess. 23 Q. What did he ask you about Mr. Geralt. 24 A. He asked me what do I know of Mr. Geralt. 25 Q. And did you tell him. 26 A. Yes. 27 Q. What did you tell him. 28 A. I told him about -- that I knew Mr. Geralt. 1807 1 Q. Excuse me. 2 A. I told him that I knew of Mr. Geralt. 3 Q. Did you tell him anything else. 4 A. About Mr. Geralt. 5 Q. Yes. 6 A. I told him about school and how Mr. Geralt 7 was. 8 Q. And what did you tell him. 9 A. About Mr. Geralt. 10 Q. Yeah. What did you tell him about Mr. 11 Geralt and school. 12 A. I told him that -- about a time when he -- 13 he was a detention teacher. And I had detention, 14 and I was in there. 15 Q. Pardon me. 16 A. I was in his detention. 17 Q. Okay. What else did you tell Mr. Sneddon 18 about Mr. Geralt. 19 A. I told him that one time when I was in 20 detention, I was sitting there, and he told us we 21 had to do work, our homework. I didn’t have a 22 pencil. So I asked him, “Mr. Geralt, may I have a 23 pencil.” And then he put me against the wall, 24 because I asked if I could have a pencil. 25 Q. Did you tell Mr. Sneddon anything else about 26 Mr. Geralt. 27 A. Uh-huh. 28 Q. What else. 1808 1 A. That sometimes in the middle of his class he 2 would go outside and smoke a cigarette. 3 Q. What else. 4 A. Um, that he always tried to handle his 5 classes as if he was a drill sergeant. 6 Q. Okay. What else. 7 A. I told him a story about -- that detention. 8 Q. Okay. What did you tell him. 9 A. I told him there was one time that I was in 10 detention, same -- and then when I was against the 11 wall, I asked Mr. Geralt, “Why is it that I’m 12 against the wall. I would like to do my work as you 13 told me to do.” 14 Q. What else did you tell Mr. Sneddon. 15 A. And then Mr. Geralt asked me, he said if I 16 was on drugs. He said that if I was on -- doing 17 marijuana or doing crack or something, and he told 18 me he was going to give me a drug test. 19 Q. What else did you tell Mr. Sneddon. 20 A. I told him that I was -- “Mr. Geralt, I’m 21 not on drugs.” And then Mr. Geralt said that he’s 22 going to call the cops, and this and that, because 23 he was saying that I was on drugs. But he was doing 24 it in a way that he was making fun of me. 25 Q. Now, Mr. Geralt was a teacher, correct. 26 A. He was a teacher at the school. 27 Q. At what school. 28 A. John Burroughs Middle School. 1809 1 Q. Did you tell Mr. Sneddon anything else about 2 Mr. Geralt. 3 A. Yes. 4 Q. What else did you tell him. 5 A. I -- then I told Mr. Geralt that, “Why is it 6 that you’re going to call a police officer here who 7 would rather be doing something more important than 8 something as my minute and dumb as this.” 9 Q. And anything else you told Mr. Sneddon about 10 Mr. Geralt. 11 A. And then after I told Mr. Geralt that, he 12 realized that I was right, and he put his phone 13 away. And then he called the campus supervision. 14 And then he kept on going on that I was doing drugs 15 and this and that. He said he -- he was just saying 16 stuff like that. 17 And then he went into -- he called campus 18 supervision, and then they took me into the office. 19 And then I told the teachers what happened, and they 20 said they know how Mr. Geralt is. 21 Q. Did you tell Mr. Sneddon anything else when 22 you spoke to him over the weekend. 23 A. No. We talked about a lot -- we talked 24 about a few things. I don’t remember too much. 25 Q. You don’t remember too much. 26 A. Well, I do, and -- I don’t remember the 27 exact things, I mean, word for word. 28 Q. Why don’t you just tell us generally what 1810 1 you talked about. 2 A. My history, mostly. 3 Q. Pardon me. 4 A. My history. 5 Q. Your history. 6 A. Yes. 7 Q. Please tell the jury what you told Mr. 8 Sneddon about your history. 9 A. I just told you. 10 Q. Anything else come up in that discussion. 11 A. Yeah. 12 Q. What else. 13 A. Are you trying to specify something. 14 Q. No, I’m just simply asking you to tell the 15 jury what you told Mr. Sneddon when you spoke to him 16 over the weekend about your testimony in this case. 17 A. Please be specific. 18 Q. Well, I’m just asking you. I wasn’t in the 19 conversation. What else do you remember. Please 20 tell the jury anything else that was discussed. 21 A. Talked about my father. 22 Q. Did you talk about a Mr. Alpert. 23 A. Oh, yes. Yes, we did. 24 Q. Did I just jog your memory a little bit 25 about that. 26 A. Yes. 27 Q. Did Mr. Sneddon tell you he had been in an 28 interview with a Mr. Alpert on Saturday. 1811 1 A. Yes. Well, I don’t know if -- no, he said 2 if I was -- if Mr. -- the dean, Alpert, interviewed 3 me or talked to me. 4 Q. And did he ask you questions about any 5 discussions you ever had with Dean Alpert at John 6 Burroughs School. 7 A. Yeah, he asked some questions about it. 8 Q. In fact, Mr. Arvizo, he asked you whether 9 you had been interviewed by Dean Alpert and whether 10 you had confessed to him that Mr. Jackson never did 11 anything to you of a sexual nature, right. 12 A. Yeah. 13 Q. Why didn’t you say that at the beginning. 14 A. I told Mr. Alpert that he didn’t do anything 15 to me. 16 Q. You told Dean Alpert that twice, correct. 17 A. I don’t know how many times I told him. 18 Q. Well, that was the reason Mr. Sneddon 19 telephoned you, wasn’t it, as far as you knew. 20 A. What do you mean. 21 Q. Mr. Sneddon telephoned you -- 22 A. Oh, telephoned. 23 Q. -- to ask you whether you had ever confessed 24 to Dean Alpert that Michael Jackson never did 25 anything to you of a sexual nature, right. 26 A. I don’t remember Mr. Sneddon calling me and 27 asking me that question. 28 Q. You don’t recall Mr. Sneddon asking you any 1812 1 questions like that over the weekend. 2 A. Over the weekend, if Michael had done 3 anything to me. 4 Q. No, Mr. Arvizo. Let me just -- let me just 5 try and rephrase it, if I have confused you. 6 Mr. Sneddon called you over the weekend, 7 right. 8 MR. SNEDDON: Your Honor, I’m going to 9 object. That’s a misstatement of his testimony and 10 it assumes facts not in evidence that I called him. 11 THE COURT: Sustained. 12 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Did Mr. Sneddon telephone 13 you over the weekend. 14 A. No, he did not. 15 Q. Did you telephone Mr. Sneddon over the 16 weekend. 17 A. No, I did not. 18 Q. Did you engage in a conversation with Mr. 19 Sneddon over the weekend. 20 A. Yes, I did. 21 Q. Where did that conversation take place. 22 A. In a house. 23 Q. Okay. Did Mr. Sneddon come to see you. 24 A. No. 25 Q. Did you go to see Mr. Sneddon. 26 A. Yes. 27 Q. Where did you go to see Mr. Sneddon. 28 A. In a house. 1813 1 Q. In his house. 2 A. In a house. 3 Q. Okay. Who was with you, if anybody. 4 A. Detective Robel. Mr. -- Ron, Gordon and 5 Mr. Sneddon, and I believe Mr. Mag was there. 6 Q. Okay. Let me just get it straight. Mr. 7 Robel was there from the Santa Barbara Sheriffs, 8 right. 9 A. Yes. 10 Q. Mr. Sneddon was there, right. 11 A. The attorneys were there. 12 Q. Prosecutors. Prosecutor Zonen was there, 13 right. 14 A. All of the district -- all of the attorneys 15 were there. 16 Q. Prosecutor Auchincloss was there, right. 17 A. Auchincloss. 18 Q. Yes. The fellow seated right to my left. 19 A. Oh, Gordon, yeah. 20 Q. Anyone else there besides those four. 21 A. Mag. 22 Q. Who. 23 A. Mag. I don’t know his full name. 24 Q. Okay. Is this another sheriff. 25 A. No, this is an attorney. 26 Q. Another prosecutor. 27 A. He’s another attorney. 28 Q. So you met with four prosecutors and a Santa 1814 1 Barbara Sheriff over the weekend, right. 2 MR. SNEDDON: Your Honor, I’m going to 3 object again. It assumes facts not in evidence that 4 all of those people were present during the meeting. 5 MR. MESEREAU: I think that’s what he just 6 said. 7 MR. SNEDDON: No, he didn’t. 8 THE COURT: Sustained. 9 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Did you meet over the 10 weekend with three prosecutors. 11 A. No. 12 Q. Did you meet with four prosecutors. 13 A. No. 14 Q. Did you meet with any prosecutors. 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. Who were they. 17 A. One, Mr. Sneddon. And Steve Robel -- and 18 Detective Steve Robel was present. 19 Q. Okay. Was anyone else present. 20 A. They were there, but they were in another 21 room. 22 Q. Okay. Who was there but in another room. 23 A. Ron, Mr. Zonen, Gordon and Mag. 24 Q. Okay. I’m not hearing that. Is it Meg or 25 Mick. 26 A. Mag. 27 Q. Mag. Okay. And as far as you know, Mag’s a 28 prosecutor, correct. 1815 1 A. Yes, I believe so. 2 Q. Okay. Now, what day did you have this 3 meeting. 4 A. I believe it was yesterday. 5 Q. And approximately what time did the meeting 6 take place. 7 A. 6:00, maybe 7:00. 8 Q. So that would be last evening, right. 9 A. Uh-huh. 10 Q. Did you learn in advance that the meeting 11 was going to take place. 12 A. A couple hours before. 13 Q. And how did you learn the meeting was going 14 to take place. 15 A. They -- they told me. 16 Q. Okay. Who’s “they”. 17 A. Detective Steve Robel told me. 18 Q. Okay. Did he call you on the phone. 19 A. No, he told me. 20 Q. Did he call you on the phone. 21 A. He told me. 22 Q. Okay. 23 A. No, did he not call me on the phone. 24 Q. Did you call him on the phone. 25 A. No. 26 Q. Did he show up at your house. 27 A. No. I don’t live up here. 28 Q. I’m just trying to ask you how you found out 1816 1 about the meeting. That’s all I’m asking. 2 A. I told you, he told me. 3 Q. Okay. Where did he tell you about the 4 meeting. 5 A. He told me at a house. 6 Q. Where you’re staying, right. 7 A. Yes. 8 Q. Okay. Did he come to the house. 9 A. Yes. 10 Q. Okay. Approximately what time did Mr. Robel 11 come to the house to tell you there was going to be 12 a meeting that evening with all the prosecutors. 13 MR. SNEDDON: Your Honor, I’m going to 14 object to that question. There was no meeting with 15 all those prosecutors. Misstatement of his 16 testimony. 17 MR. MESEREAU: I’ll rephrase it, Your Honor. 18 THE COURT: All right. 19 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Mr. Arvizo, at 20 approximately what time yesterday did you learn you 21 were going to travel to another location to meet 22 with Mr. Sneddon and others. 23 A. Um, other -- it was around maybe 5:00 or 24 something like that. 25 Q. Okay. And you obviously attended the 26 meeting, right. 27 A. Yes. 28 Q. Do you know if the conversation was 1817 1 recorded. 2 A. I don’t believe it was recorded. 3 Q. Do you know if anyone was taking notes. 4 A. Um, no, I don’t think anyone was taking 5 notes. 6 Q. Okay. Did anyone tell you what the purpose 7 of the meeting was. 8 A. No. 9 Q. No one explained why you were having a 10 meeting last night. 11 A. No. They told me that Tom was going to have 12 to talk to me about some things. 13 Q. Okay. And Mr. Sneddon did talk to you about 14 some things, correct. 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. And he talked to you about an interview that 17 had been conducted on Saturday, right. 18 A. No. 19 Q. Did Mr. Sneddon ever tell you he had 20 conducted an interview with a Mr. Alpert on 21 Saturday. 22 A. No, did he not tell me that he conducted an 23 interview. 24 Q. Okay. Did he ever tell you he had spoken 25 with Mr. Alpert. 26 A. Yes. 27 Q. And what did he say about that. 28 A. He asked me about Mr. Alpert. 1818 1 Q. Okay. 2 A. What I knew. 3 Q. And did he ask you if you ever had a meeting 4 with Mr. Alpert, correct. 5 A. Yes. 6 Q. And you told him you did, right. 7 A. Yes. 8 Q. You told him you met -- 9 A. I told him that I’m pretty sure I did -- I 10 did. Because I didn’t really remember too good. 11 Q. You didn’t remember too good that you had 12 told Mr. Alpert that Mr. Jackson had never touched 13 you sexually. 14 A. Well, I believe it happened, because he was 15 a dean of the school. And so -- I’m pretty sure I 16 had a conversation with him. 17 Q. Okay. And did you tell Mr. Sneddon you were 18 pretty sure you had had a conversation with Dean 19 Alpert at John Burroughs School. 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. Did you tell Mr. Sneddon approximately when 22 you had that discussion. 23 A. No. 24 Q. Did Mr. Sneddon ever ask you when you had 25 that discussion. 26 A. No. 27 Q. Where did the discussion with Dean Alpert 28 take place. 1819 1 A. I don’t remember. It was probably in his 2 office. 3 Q. Okay. And the purpose of the discussion was 4 what, if you know. 5 A. It was probably about Michael. 6 Q. Okay. You say “probably about Michael”. 7 A. Uh-huh. 8 Q. But you’re not sure. 9 A. I’m not sure what the whole conversation was 10 about. 11 Q. Okay. But sometime in that conversation, 12 Dean Alpert looked you in the eye and said, “Are 13 these allegations that Mr. Jackson sexually abused 14 you true,” right. 15 A. Uh-huh. 16 Q. And you said they were not true, right. 17 A. Yeah. I told him that Michael didn’t do 18 anything to me. 19 Q. Okay. Mr. Alpert asked you twice whether or 20 not Michael Jackson had ever done anything of a 21 sexual nature to you, correct. 22 A. I don’t know if he asked me twice. 23 Q. Well, the first time he asked you, you shook 24 your head “No,” right. 25 A. I don’t know. 26 Q. And the second time he asked you, you said 27 to him, “No, he did not touch me in any sexually 28 inappropriate way,” correct. 1820 1 A. I don’t know. 2 Q. You don’t know. 3 A. I’m pretty sure I told him that. 4 Q. Okay. 5 A. But, I mean, I don’t know how exactly it 6 happened. 7 Q. Okay. Now, based on what you’ve already 8 said, you also discussed a teacher named Geralt, 9 right. 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. When I started asking you questions about 12 your discussion with Mr. Sneddon, the first person 13 you mentioned was Mr. Geralt, correct. 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. Mr. Geralt was also a teacher at the school, 16 right. 17 A. Yes. 18 Q. Okay. And in summary, you had some 19 disciplinary problems with Mr. Geralt, right. 20 A. I had a lot of disciplinary problems. 21 Q. Excuse me. 22 A. I had a lot of disciplinary problems. 23 Q. You had a lot of them. 24 A. Uh-huh. 25 Q. What disciplinary problems did you have. 26 A. I would get into fights sometimes at school. 27 Q. Pardon me. 28 A. I would get into fights sometimes at school. 1821 1 Q. Okay. You got into a lot of them, didn’t 2 you. 3 A. Not a lot. I got into a few. 4 Q. Okay. And were you ever asked to leave the 5 school. 6 A. No, I don’t think so. 7 Q. Were you ever asked to leave class. 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. Okay. And approximately when did that 10 happen. 11 A. Um, well, a lot of teachers at John 12 Burroughs Middle School, once anyone even talks out 13 of turn, they’ll send you out of class. 14 Q. Well, you got up in class and accused 15 Teacher Geralt of having his balls in his mouth, 16 right. 17 A. His balls in his mouth. 18 Q. Yes. 19 A. No, because I was never in one of his 20 classes. 21 Q. Do you deny doing that. 22 A. I don’t even remember ever doing that. 23 Q. Were you in any programs after school with 24 Teacher Geralt. 25 A. I believe he was an ROTC instructor. 26 Q. Okay. So you were in ROTC at the time, 27 right. 28 A. No. Not exactly. Because I had so much 1822 1 experience in that field of marching, and military, 2 military aspects, he -- they liked me being an 3 advisor there. 4 Q. Well, you were accused by Mr. Geralt of 5 being totally disruptive in that program, right. 6 A. In the ROTC program. 7 Q. Yes. 8 A. I don’t remember that. I remember them 9 loving me there because the whole -- the whole -- 10 their whole cadet corps was disciplined, and -- and 11 knew what they were doing. It was getting better at 12 marching. 13 Q. And you accused the cadet core of being 14 stupid, right. 15 A. I might have called a few cadets -- that 16 they looked stupid with their uniforms. But -- if 17 their uniforms look ugly, that they need to make 18 them look better. But I don’t think I remember 19 calling the whole core stupid. 20 Q. Now, you said you were accused of being on 21 drugs, right. 22 A. Yes. 23 Q. And you say that was false, right. 24 A. Yes. I don’t -- will never go on drugs. 25 Q. Okay. Who accused you of being on drugs. 26 A. Mr. Geralt. 27 Q. Okay. And did he ask you if you were on 28 drugs. 1823 1 A. He was doing it in a way that he was trying 2 to make fun of me. 3 Q. Were you escorted away from the other 4 students at one point. 5 A. During the detention. 6 Q. Yes. 7 A. Actually, all of the students in there were 8 kind of cheering me on because they all knew how 9 Mr. Geralt is, and no one’s ever stood up to him 10 before. 11 Q. But you stood up to the teacher, right. 12 A. I was already standing up, so -- 13 Q. Excuse me. I’m sorry, I didn’t hear what 14 you said. 15 A. I guess so. 16 Q. You did stand up to Teacher Geralt, right. 17 A. Yes. 18 Q. You confronted him, right. 19 A. Yes, after he had brought himself down to my 20 level by doing those things. By not -- see, because 21 I believe teachers are higher than me because I’m 22 just a student. When a teacher does something like 23 that and makes fun of me and tries to say I’m on 24 drugs, he’s no longer the level of a teacher, he’s 25 come down to my level. 26 Q. And you were angry about that, right. 27 A. Um, I felt as if he was -- didn’t deserve 28 respect as a teacher. 1824 1 Q. Didn’t deserve respect as a teacher. 2 A. No. 3 Q. Okay. So you did not respect him because 4 you didn’t think he deserved it, right. 5 A. I didn’t respect him as a person. 6 Q. And you told him that, didn’t you. 7 A. I didn’t tell him those exact words. 8 Q. Pardon me. 9 A. I didn’t tell him, “I don’t respect you.” 10 I didn’t tell him in those exact words. 11 Q. Okay. Did Teacher Geralt do anything to 12 discipline you, that you can recall. 13 A. He gave me detention once, I think. 14 Q. Okay. And when you say “detention,” what do 15 you mean. 16 A. Detention with him again. 17 Q. Excuse me. 18 A. A detention with him again. 19 Q. Okay. And what was detention. What did he 20 take you do. 21 A. He had us go in this -- the auditorium, 22 because there was a lot of kids. Well, first we’d 23 be in his classroom, and usually there would be a 24 lot of kids, so we would usually move over to the 25 auditorium because it was bigger, and then we would 26 do our homework in there. It was after school. 27 Q. Okay. Since we’re on the subject of school, 28 I’d like to just ask you some questions about your 1825 1 experiences at school. Okay. 2 A. Uh-huh. 3 Q. Did you know a teacher named Murphy. 4 A. Mr. Murphy, yes. 5 Q. You were disciplined by Mr. Murphy as well, 6 correct. 7 A. I don’t remember too much about Mr. Murphy. 8 Q. Well, was Mr. Murphy one of your teachers. 9 A. He was for a while, but I asked the 10 counselor -- my counselor to move me out of his 11 class. 12 Q. Why did you want to get out of Mr. Murphy’s 13 class. 14 A. I didn’t like how he conducted his 15 classroom. 16 Q. What didn’t you like about it. 17 A. He was just hard to understand, the way he 18 was trying to teach. 19 Q. Well, he accused you of being disruptive in 20 his class, didn’t he. 21 A. Uh-huh. Yes. 22 Q. Okay. Were you disruptive. 23 A. Um, now that I look back, yes. I -- I was 24 dis -- 25 Q. How were you disruptive in Mr. Murphy’s 26 class. 27 A. I might ask a question without raising my 28 hand. 1826 1 Q. Excuse me. 2 A. I might ask a question without raising my 3 hand. 4 Q. Okay. Your answer is, “I might ask a 5 question.” Did you or did you not do that. 6 A. I’m pretty sure I did. I mean -- 7 Q. Well, he accused you of being uncooperative 8 and disruptive, didn’t he. 9 A. He accused me of being uncooperative because 10 I didn’t sign a detention he gave me because I 11 didn’t believe it was correct. 12 Q. I’m sorry, you’re speaking a little fast. 13 I couldn’t understand that. Could you just repeat 14 it. 15 A. He accused me of being uncooperative because 16 of a detention he had given me and I did not want to 17 sign it because I didn’t believe it was a -- 18 Q. What didn’t you want to sign. 19 A. A detention. 20 Q. Excuse me. 21 A. A detention that he had written up. 22 Q. Did you refuse to sign it. 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. And what happened after you refused to sign 25 it. 26 A. He told me -- he gave me -- he wrote up a 27 referral, and I believe he sent me to Dean Alpert. 28 Q. Did you know a Mr. Parker at school. 1827 1 A. Yes. 2 Q. Who was Mr. Parker. 3 A. He was a new guy that came. I think he was 4 going to take Dean Alpert’s spot, and Dean Alpert 5 was going to move up or something. 6 Q. At one point you apologized to Mr. Parker, 7 didn’t you. 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. What did you apologize to Mr. Parker for. 10 A. Probably apologized about the way I was in 11 school and stuff. 12 Q. And what do you mean by that. 13 A. About how I disrespected teachers sometimes. 14 Q. Okay. And that was correct, wasn’t it. You 15 did disrespect your teachers sometimes, correct. 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. Did you know a Mr. Collins. 18 A. I don’t remember Mr. Collins. 19 Q. Do you remember anyone named Collins at the 20 school. 21 A. No. 22 BAILIFF CORTEZ: I need you to speak up a 23 little louder. Okay. 24 THE WITNESS: Okay. 25 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: How about a Mr. or Mrs. 26 Slaugh, S-l-a-u-g-h. 27 A. Probably talking about Miss Slaughter. 28 Q. Okay, Slaughter. 1828 1 A. Uh-huh. 2 Q. Do you remember a Miss Slaughter. 3 A. Yes. 4 Q. Do you remember having problems in -- with 5 Miss Slaughter. 6 A. I was -- not really. I mean -- 7 Q. You don’t recall arguing with that teacher. 8 A. Oh, yeah. I remember. 9 Q. What was that argument about. 10 A. It’s because I asked to go to the rest room. 11 And I told her that I had to go to the rest room or 12 else I’ll have problems. And then she still 13 wouldn’t let me go. 14 Q. And then what happened. 15 A. I told her about how I had cancer and stuff, 16 and she still wouldn’t let me go to the rest room. 17 Q. And what did you do about that. 18 A. I sat back in my seat. 19 Q. You requested to be transferred out of that 20 class, right. 21 A. Well, it’s like they had all these -- I 22 didn’t really request to get out of Miss Slaughter’s 23 class, but I wanted to get out of Mr. Murphy’s 24 class. They have different -- they have A, B, C and 25 D, I think. And then C was what I was in. And C is 26 a whole block of teachers that everyone is in, and 27 they all switch around. 28 Q. Okay. Well, you were accused of screaming 1829 1 words that the other students were jumping around 2 like retarded people, right. Do you remember that. 3 A. I don’t know. 4 Q. Do you remember that. 5 A. Yes. 6 Q. And -- 7 A. Well -- 8 Q. Please tell the jury -- 9 A. Barely. 10 Q. -- what happened. 11 A. I don’t really remember what I said. It 12 probably happened, because a lot of times there 13 was -- I would stand up to the teacher. A lot of 14 the kids would kind of congratulate me, and then -- 15 Q. You were kind of a hero for standing up to 16 teachers. 17 A. Sometimes. 18 Q. Okay. Do you remember a teacher named Fink. 19 A. I think you’re talking about Mr. 20 Finklestein. 21 Q. Who is Mr. Finklestein. 22 A. He was my math teacher. 23 Q. You had problems in that class also, didn’t 24 you. 25 A. I think everyone in his class had a problem 26 with him. 27 Q. Let me just ask about you. Did you have 28 problems in Mr. Finklestein’s class. 1830 1 A. I was “everyone.” 2 Q. Pardon me. 3 A. I was one of the “everyone.” 4 Q. You’re saying everybody had a problem. 5 A. If everyone had a problem, then I would be 6 one of them, right. 7 Q. I’m just asking about yourself. Okay. Did 8 you have problems with your conduct -- 9 A. Yes. 10 Q. -- in Mr. Finklestein’s class. 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. Please tell the jury what those problems 13 were. 14 A. Same problems with every other teacher. 15 Q. And what do you mean by that. 16 A. I was kind of argumentative sometimes, and I 17 shouldn’t have been. I didn’t like the way he 18 taught because I wasn’t learning anything. 19 Q. And what did you do in his class that caused 20 a disruption. 21 A. I would argue sometimes about the way he 22 would teach, and that he wouldn’t use our textbooks. 23 And I asked him why we have these textbooks, if he 24 didn’t let us use them. 25 Q. And were you disciplined at all. 26 A. Yes, sometimes he would send me out of 27 class. 28 Q. And how many times were you asked by this 1831 1 teacher to leave the class. 2 A. I don’t know. 3 Q. Was it more than five. 4 A. I don’t know. 5 Q. Was it -- do you think it was ten. 6 A. I don’t know. 7 Q. Do you have any idea at all. 8 A. I remember him -- I know I got sent more 9 than once, but, I mean, I don’t remember the exact 10 number. 11 Q. Okay. But you were accused of disrupting 12 that class, right. 13 A. Yes. 14 Q. Do you remember someone named Moon. Is 15 there a teacher named Moon. 16 A. I remember the name, but I’m not sure which 17 teacher it was. 18 Q. Well, you were accused of singing in the 19 classroom and disrupting the class, right. 20 A. Can you tell me more about Mr. Moon. 21 Because I don’t remember really who he is. 22 Q. Let me ask you this: Were you accused of 23 being defiant, singing in the classroom, talking, 24 disrupting testing, and they had to call your 25 parents. 26 A. Mr. Moon. Mr. Moon. Oh, he’s my home room 27 teacher. I don’t know. 28 Q. You don’t recall any problems with that 1832 1 teacher. 2 A. No, because he was my home room teacher, and 3 I hardly do anything in that class. 4 Q. Okay. So you don’t recall any problem with 5 a teacher named Moon, right. 6 A. No. 7 Q. Okay. Now, how many times did you refuse to 8 write an apology to teachers. 9 A. I don’t remember being asked to write an 10 apology. 11 Q. Well, didn’t you just say before you were 12 asked to apologize at one point. 13 A. No, I have -- they didn’t ask me to 14 apologize. I apologized to Mr. Parker. 15 Q. But you were asked to write an apology to a 16 child who you insulted in class, correct. 17 A. I don’t remember that. 18 Q. Okay. Would it refresh your recollection if 19 I just show you a note from your school records. 20 A. Yes. 21 MR. MESEREAU: May I approach, Your Honor. 22 THE COURT: Yes. 23 MR. SNEDDON: Go ahead. 24 THE WITNESS: I can’t really understand that 25 writing. 26 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: You can’t read that. 27 A. I see “apology” -- it’s kind of messed up 28 writing. 1833 1 THE COURT: Wait a minute. Just a moment. 2 He’s just asking you to read that and see if it 3 refreshes your memory, not to comment on it. 4 Just -- no, you just read it and see if it refreshes 5 your memory. 6 THE WITNESS: I can’t understand it. 7 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: You didn’t read that at 8 all. 9 A. It looks like -- kind of like scribbles. 10 Q. I’m sorry. 11 A. It’s like doctor’s writing. 12 Q. You can’t read any of it. 13 A. I can’t read that. It’s unlegible. 14 Q. Okay. Do you recall an incident like that. 15 A. Writing to a student, no. 16 Q. Pardon me. 17 A. Writing an apology letter to a student, I 18 don’t remember. 19 Q. Do you recall being asked to write an 20 apology to a student. 21 A. No. 22 Q. Okay. Do you recall being accused of not 23 completing your school assignments and tasks. 24 A. Yeah, I wouldn’t ever do my homework or 25 anything. 26 Q. You would never do it. 27 A. Okay. I did it sometimes. Like in eighth 28 grade I did it for my science class, because I kind 1834 1 of liked it. 2 Q. Now, you testified last week that Mr. 3 Jackson didn’t help you with your homework, right. 4 A. No. I said that he might have helped me for 5 that one little bit of homework that I did, but he 6 didn’t really help me too much. 7 Q. Okay. But he helped you a little bit, 8 right. 9 A. Foe that one little bit of the assignment. 10 Q. Okay. Do you know a Mr. Davy. 11 A. Yeah, he was the vice principal. He was a 12 cool guy. 13 Q. Which school. 14 A. John Burroughs. 15 Q. Okay. Do you remember having discussions 16 with Mr. Davy about your disciplinary problems. 17 A. Yes. 18 Q. And please tell the jury what those 19 discussions were all about. 20 A. I don’t really remember too good. Probably 21 the same thing I talked about like with dean -- or 22 Mr. Parker, that to get better. 23 Q. Well, you had discussions with Mr. Davy, 24 right. 25 A. Uh-huh. 26 Q. The subject of the discussions was your 27 being disruptive, right. 28 A. Probably, yes. 1835 1 Q. Please tell the jury what you and he 2 discussed. 3 A. I don’t really remember. It was in the 4 eighth grade. Well, it was a while ago. 5 Q. Would it refresh your recollection if I just 6 show you one of your school records. And this is 7 typed up. 8 A. Oh, yes. 9 MR. MESEREAU: May I approach, Your Honor. 10 THE COURT: Yes. 11 Now, when he shows you that, he’s just going 12 to ask you if that refreshes your memory. You’re 13 not to say what’s on the page or you’re -- 14 THE WITNESS: Oh, okay. 15 THE COURT: -- not to discuss it. There’s 16 only one issue in front of you. Go ahead. 17 THE WITNESS: All right. 18 Oh, I remember Miss Super. 19 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Have you had a chance to 20 read that document. 21 A. Yes. 22 Q. Does it refresh your recollection about 23 problems you had with Mr. Davy. 24 A. Well, that wasn’t a letter from Mr. Davy. 25 That was a letter from -- 26 THE COURT: Just a moment. He’s just asked 27 you whether or not that refreshes your recollection 28 about problems you had with Mr. Davy. That’s a 1836 1 “yes” or “no” answer. 2 THE WITNESS: No, I never had problems with 3 Mr. Davy. 4 THE COURT: That’s not the question. 5 Listen. Did that paper refresh your recollection 6 about any problems you have had with Mr. Davy. 7 “Yes” or “no.” 8 THE WITNESS: No. 9 THE COURT: All right. Next question. 10 MR. MESEREAU: Yes, Your Honor. 11 Q. Did you ever have a discussion with Mr. Davy 12 about your disciplinary problems with other 13 teachers. 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. Please tell the jury what went on in that 16 discussion. 17 A. I don’t really remember too good. I mean, 18 he would tell me to get better, or stuff like that. 19 Q. Anything else. 20 A. Pretty much that’s it. 21 Q. Do you know someone named Bender. 22 A. Yes, yes. Miss Bender. 23 Q. Who is Miss Bender. 24 A. She was my history teacher. 25 Q. And she was your history of teacher in 26 November of 2002, correct. 27 A. Yeah, I think so. 28 Q. Okay. And she complained to Mr. Davy about 1837 1 you having disciplinary problems in school, right. 2 A. Probably. 3 Q. Do you remember that. 4 A. Not really. But, I mean, she probably did. 5 Q. Would it refresh your recollection if I show 6 you a memo from her to Mr. Davy. 7 A. I don’t think so, because I would never 8 really see those. They would -- the teachers would 9 give them to them about me. They wouldn’t, like, 10 pass it to me to give to them. They wouldn’t have 11 me read it. 12 Q. To your knowledge, she did complain about 13 your behavior, true. 14 A. She probably did. Because a lot of teachers 15 did. 16 Q. In her class, right. 17 A. Yeah. 18 Q. Okay. You got complaints from almost every 19 teacher at John Burroughs School, right. 20 A. Uh-huh. 21 Q. And you were going to John Burroughs School 22 in 2002, correct. 23 A. Uh-huh. 24 Q. Were you there in 2001. 25 A. I had cancer in 2001. 26 Q. So you weren’t at John Burroughs School 27 then. 28 A. I had -- that was -- I had finished my 1838 1 chemotherapy in June 2001. So I started -- I 2 believe I started in seventh grade in -- or -- I’m 3 not sure. Probably the sixth grade. I don’t know. 4 All I know is what -- because when I got out of 5 cancer, I think I was in the sixth grade at LeConte 6 Middle School. 7 Q. But you entered Miss Bender’s class in world 8 history and geography in 2002, right. 9 A. Uh-huh. 10 Q. Okay. And she complained that you were 11 defiant on a regular basis and disrespectful to her, 12 correct. 13 MR. SNEDDON: Your Honor, I’m going to 14 object as asked and answered. He’s already answered 15 this question. 16 THE COURT: Overruled. 17 You may answer. 18 THE WITNESS: Can you repeat the question. 19 THE COURT: I’ll have it read back. 20 THE WITNESS: Thank you. 21 (Record read.) 22 THE WITNESS: Yes, I believe so. 23 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: She also said you appeared 24 to have good acting skills, right. 25 A. I don’t know if she said that. 26 Q. Would it refresh your recollection if I show 27 you her memo to Mr. Davy. 28 A. Probably not, because I never saw the memo 1839 1 before. 2 Q. Well, do you recall her ever saying anything 3 to the effect, “You have good acting skills”. 4 A. No. 5 Q. Okay. When you were at John Burroughs 6 School, what kind of grades did you get, generally 7 speaking. Were they good. 8 A. No. 9 Q. Were they poor. 10 A. Yeah. 11 Q. Okay. And how long were you at John 12 Burroughs School. 13 A. Seventh and eighth grade, I believe. 14 Q. Okay. So that would be two years. 15 A. Probably. I mean, because I don’t think I 16 stood there the whole seventh and eighth grade. 17 Q. I’m sorry, I couldn’t hear that. 18 A. I don’t think, because, I mean, a few months 19 I was at Neverland, I don’t think I stood there the 20 whole two years of school. 21 Q. Did you discuss these disciplinary problems 22 that you had at John Burroughs School with 23 Mr. Sneddon last night. 24 A. Yes. 25 Q. Did he ask you about all these teachers. 26 A. No. 27 Q. Well, he asked you about some teachers, 28 didn’t he. 1840 1 A. Yes. 2 Q. What teachers did Mr. Sneddon ask you about 3 last night. 4 A. He asked me -- well, I don’t think he asked 5 me about teachers. I think he just -- I just recall 6 Mr. Geralt. And Alpert, the dean. 7 Q. Do you recall a teacher named Martinez. 8 A. Oh, yes. 9 Q. Martinez was your drama teacher, correct. 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. And you were accused of being disruptive in 12 that class, weren’t you. 13 A. Probably. 14 Q. Now, were you taking -- excuse me, let me 15 rephrase that. 16 Let’s talk about the year 2002 when you were 17 having these disciplinary problems in John Burroughs 18 School, okay. Were you taking any medication then. 19 A. I was taking my 500 milligrams of 20 Amoxicillin, the antibiotics I have to take for like 21 the rest of my life, and the -- and five milligrams 22 of Lycinopril for my kidney. 23 Q. Now, at some point you entered into an 24 agreement to do independent study, right. 25 A. Yes. 26 Q. And approximately when was that. 27 A. I’m not sure. Toward the end -- probably 28 the second semester of the eighth grade. 1841 1 Q. And approximately what year would that be. 2 A. 2003, I think. 3 Q. Excuse me. 4 A. Maybe 2003. 5 Q. Okay. You attended Roosevelt High School at 6 one point, right. 7 A. No. 8 Q. Did you ever go to Roosevelt High School. 9 A. No. 10 Q. Did you ever go to City of Angels. 11 A. No. 12 Q. Ever do an independent study program with 13 City of Angels. 14 A. I don’t know if it was with City of Angels, 15 but I did an independent study program. 16 Q. Okay. Again, what year was that, if you 17 know. 18 A. Probably 2003. 19 Q. Okay. And how about Bernice Carlson 20 Hospital School. Do you recall that school. 21 A. No. 22 Q. Don’t recall ever being enrolled there. 23 All right. Before Burroughs, which school 24 did you go to. 25 A. I think it was LeConte Middle School. 26 Q. Excuse me. 27 A. LeConte Middle School. 28 Q. Is it LeComt. 1842 1 A. LeConte. 2 Q. LeConte. And where was that located. 3 A. North Hollywood. It was a magnet school. 4 Q. Did you ever have any disciplinary problems 5 at that school. 6 A. Yeah, probably. 7 Q. Please tell the jury what disciplinary 8 problems you had at that school. 9 A. Same stuff. I mean, I was -- I wasn’t that 10 good of a kid then. 11 Q. Okay. And what did you do that was a 12 problem. 13 A. Argue with teachers, stuff like that. 14 Q. Did you get disciplined at that school. 15 A. Yeah, I’m pretty sure I did. 16 Q. Please tell the jury how you were 17 disciplined. 18 A. They would probably give me detention or 19 something like that. 20 Q. And what were you accused of doing at that 21 school. 22 A. Being argumentative and confrontational and 23 stuff like that. 24 Q. Let me get back to your conversation with 25 Mr. Sneddon last night. Did he ask you who Jeffrey 26 Alpert is. 27 A. He asked me who Dean Alpert was. 28 Q. And did you tell him who Jeffrey Alpert is. 1843 1 A. I don’t know if Dean Alpert was the same 2 Jeffrey Alpert, because, I mean, I only call him 3 Dean Alpert. So I don’t know if we’re talking about 4 the same guy, because there’s -- I think there’s 5 another guy named Alpert there. 6 Q. Okay. Did you tell Mr. Sneddon you knew who 7 Dean Alpert was. 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. Did you tell him when you first met Dean 10 Alpert. 11 A. Yes. Well -- 12 Q. What did you tell Mr. Sneddon. 13 A. Well, I didn’t really tell him when I first 14 met him, but I told him that I knew that I met him. 15 Q. Okay. Did the conversation begin with a 16 discussion about Mr. Alpert or Mr. Geralt. 17 A. I believe it was about Mr. Geralt first. 18 Q. Okay. And you told Mr. Sneddon your history 19 with Mr. Geralt, right. 20 A. I told him about that one story that I told 21 you. 22 Q. Pardon me. 23 A. I told him about that one story that I told 24 you. 25 Q. Okay. And after you finished telling Mr. 26 Sneddon about your experiences with Mr. Geralt, did 27 you then start talking about Mr. Alpert. 28 A. No, he asked me if I remember who Mr. Alpert 1844 1 was. 2 Q. Okay. Now, you were sent to Mr. Alpert’s 3 office many times for disciplinary problems, 4 correct. 5 A. Uh-huh. 6 Q. Generally fights, correct. 7 A. Um, not really. Because I didn’t want to 8 fight in the seventh grade -- well, every time I 9 would get into a fight, I would be sent there. I 10 got into one fight in seventh grade with an eighth 11 grader, and I’m not -- I remember one fight, but I 12 know I got into more than one in the eighth grade. 13 Q. Okay. But you were -- you had a lot of 14 meetings with him about -- 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. -- allegations, at least, that you were a 17 discipline problem, right. 18 A. No, I had meetings with him because I was a 19 disciplinary problem. 20 Q. Okay. Okay. And do you know approximately 21 when Dean Alpert called you in his office to ask you 22 if any of these allegations involving Michael 23 Jackson were true. 24 A. I believe it was after I came back from 25 Neverland. 26 Q. Pardon me. 27 A. I’m pretty sure it was after I came back 28 from Neverland, the eighth grade. 1845 1 Q. Okay. And he looked at you, and he said, 2 “Look at me, look at me, Gavin. I can’t help you 3 unless you tell me the truth. Did any of this 4 happen. Did anything bad happen.” Remember that. 5 A. Um, yeah, I believe so. 6 Q. And your response was, “No, nothing 7 happened,” right. 8 A. Yeah. 9 Q. Okay. You used to send a lot of letters and 10 cards to Michael Jackson, correct. 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. When did you begin sending letters and cards 13 to Michael Jackson. 14 A. When I met him, I guess. 15 Q. Excuse me. 16 A. When I met him. 17 Q. Would that be the first trip to Neverland. 18 A. Yeah, I don’t think I gave him a card 19 when -- the first day I met him, but, I mean, it was 20 probably around the times that I knew him. 21 Q. You also were sending cards to his assistant 22 named Evvy, right. 23 A. Yes. She was a really nice lady. 24 Q. Please tell the jury who Evvy is. 25 A. I think she’s like the assistant to Michael 26 or something like that. 27 Q. You sent a card to her saying that you loved 28 her, right. 1846 1 A. Yeah -- I believe I did. 2 Q. Yeah, your whole family did, right. 3 A. I think we did. 4 Q. Said, “Evvy, sweetheart, we love you,” 5 right. 6 A. I don’t know if we said that, but I mean -- 7 Q. Would it refresh your recollection if I just 8 show you a copy of a card. 9 A. Sure. Yes. 10 MR. MESEREAU: May I approach, Your Honor. 11 THE COURT: Yes. 12 MR. SNEDDON: Could I see the card for just 13 a second. 14 THE WITNESS: It’s -- 15 THE COURT: Just a moment. He’s just showing 16 you the card, remember. 17 THE WITNESS: Okay. 18 THE COURT: Now he’s going to ask you if it 19 refreshes your recollection. 20 THE WITNESS: All right. 21 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Have you had a chance to 22 look at that card. 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. Does it refresh your recollection about 25 sending a card to Evvy. 26 A. A little bit. Because I knew we sent cards 27 to Evvy. 28 Q. Okay. You called her a sweetheart and said 1847 1 you loved her, right. 2 MR. SNEDDON: Your Honor, I’m going to 3 object to that question, because counsel’s not laid 4 the foundation that he recognizes the handwriting as 5 being his. 6 THE WITNESS: That’s my mom’s -- 7 THE COURT: Just a moment. 8 MR. SNEDDON: Lack of foundation. 9 MR. MESEREAU: I’ll go into it, Your Honor. 10 THE COURT: The objection is overruled. 11 THE COURT: You may answer. I’ll have the 12 question -- do you want the question read back. 13 THE WITNESS: Yes. 14 (Record read.) 15 THE WITNESS: Yes. 16 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: And you used to write 17 cards to Michael and call him “daddy,” correct. 18 A. Yes. 19 Q. And you would refer to yourself as his son, 20 right. 21 A. Well, I called him “daddy,” and then he 22 would call me his son. 23 Q. Well, you yourself wrote to him and said, 24 “To Daddy Michael, from your son Gavin,” correct. 25 A. That’s probably after he called me “son.” 26 Q. Let me just ask you the question again, 27 because you got to answer the question. 28 A. Okay. 1848 1 Q. Isn’t it true that you sent a letter to 2 Michael Jackson, you addressed it to “Daddy Michael, 3 from your son Gavin”. 4 A. I mean, I’m -- I don’t know every letter I 5 ever sent to him, but, I mean, I probably did. 6 Q. Do you remember doing that. 7 A. Not really. 8 Q. Would it refresh your recollection if I just 9 show you that, the letter. 10 A. Yes. 11 MR. MESEREAU: May I approach, Your Honor. 12 THE COURT: Yes. 13 THE WITNESS: Yeah. 14 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Have you had a chance to 15 look at that document. 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. Does it refresh your recollection about 18 sending Michael Jackson a letter that said, “To 19 Daddy Michael, from your son Gavin”. 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. Do you remember sending another card to 22 Michael Jackson that said, “I miss you, Daddy 23 Michael”. 24 A. I don’t know -- I probably did send him 25 that. 26 Q. Do you know for sure if that happened. 27 A. Not for sure, but I’m pretty sure I did. 28 Q. Would it refresh your recollection if I just 1849 1 show you the card. 2 A. Yes. 3 MR. MESEREAU: May I approach, Your Honor. 4 THE COURT: Yes. 5 THE WITNESS: Oh, yes. 6 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Okay. Have you had a 7 chance to look at that document. 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. Does it refresh your recollection about your 10 sending a card to Michael Jackson that said, “I miss 11 you, Daddy Michael”. 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. Okay. How often would you send cards or 14 letters to Michael Jackson. 15 A. I’d probably send them maybe once a month or 16 something like that. 17 Q. And you used to ask him for his phone 18 numbers, right. 19 A. He would give me some of his phone numbers. 20 Q. Pardon me. 21 A. He would give me some of his phone numbers. 22 He gave them. 23 Q. But correct me if I’m wrong, did you tell 24 the jury last week that he gave you phone numbers 25 that ended up not working. 26 A. No, I told you he gave me phone numbers, and 27 after a while they didn’t work. 28 Q. And you would then routinely ask him for 1850 1 numbers that did work, right. 2 A. Not really routinely. But, I mean, I asked 3 him. 4 Q. Okay. Do you know approximately when you 5 began sending letters or cards to Michael Jackson. 6 A. Probably when the numbers didn’t work no 7 more, and all we had was Evvy to talk to. 8 Q. Do you remember sending a letter to Michael 9 Jackson that said, “I love you, Daddy Michael. And 10 tell my little brother and little sister that I love 11 and care about them. Thank you for everything, 12 Daddy Michael. Thank you for being my Daddy 13 Michael. Thank you for helping me be happy and beat 14 cancer.” Do you remember sending him a letter like 15 that. 16 A. Not really, but I mean I probably did. 17 Q. Would it refresh your recollection if I just 18 show you the card, or a copy of the card. 19 A. Yes. 20 MR. MESEREAU: May I approach, Your Honor. 21 THE COURT: Yes. 22 THE WITNESS: Oh, I remember. 23 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Have you had a chance to 24 look at that copy of a card. 25 A. Yes. 26 Q. And does it refresh your recollection that 27 you wrote to Michael Jackson yourself and thanked 28 him for helping you beat cancer. 1851 1 A. I remember that card. 2 Q. Pardon me. 3 A. I remember that card. 4 Q. You did write to Michael Jackson yourself 5 and thanked him for helping you beat cancer, 6 correct. 7 A. I wrote that in the letter, yes. 8 Q. Okay. You used to also write letters to 9 Michael Jackson’s children, right, Prince and Paris. 10 A. I might have. 11 Q. You called Michael, Prince and Paris your 12 very best friend -- friends in the world, right. 13 A. I don’t know. 14 Q. Do you recall doing that. 15 A. No. 16 Q. Would it refresh your recollection if I show 17 you a copy of that card. 18 A. Yes. 19 MR. MESEREAU: May I approach, Your Honor. 20 THE COURT: Yes. 21 THE WITNESS: I don’t remember writing that. 22 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: You don’t remember that. 23 A. No. 24 Q. Do you remember writing any letters that 25 were addressed to Michael, Prince and Paris. 26 A. My writing doesn’t -- no. 27 Q. You don’t recall ever doing that. 28 A. No. My writing doesn’t look that good. 1852 1 Q. Pardon me. 2 A. My writing doesn’t look that good. 3 Q. Okay. Now, you used to write Evvy, Michael 4 Jackson’s personal assistant, and thank her for what 5 she had done for you, correct. 6 A. Yeah, I would thank her for, like, setting 7 up stuff and helping us. 8 Q. What nice things had Evvy done for you. 9 A. She would like -- when I would -- she helped 10 me set up the AOL account with the Internet. 11 Q. I’m sorry, I can’t -- 12 A. She helped me set up the Internet on the 13 computer that Michael -- 14 Q. What else did she do for you. 15 A. She was just a really nice lady. I mean, we 16 would call her and she would be really nice to me. 17 Q. Do you recall ever writing to Michael 18 Jackson about his injuring his foot. 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. And tell the jury what you told Michael 21 Jackson about that. 22 A. I just told him, like, I hope he feels 23 better, or stuff like that. 24 Q. You told him that your family was praying 25 for him, true. 26 A. I think so. 27 Q. You said you felt sorry about his foot being 28 broken, right. 1853 1 A. Yes. 2 Q. And you said you couldn’t wait till you 3 could play at Neverland again, right. 4 A. Yes. 5 Q. You called him “daddy” in that letter, 6 right. 7 A. Yes, I believe so. 8 Q. Is that true. 9 A. I don’t know, but I’m pretty sure I did. 10 Q. Okay. You reminded him that he keeps all of 11 his promises, right. 12 A. Yeah, he would tell me he keeps every 13 promise he says. 14 Q. Okay. And you reminded him of that in your 15 letter at one time, right. 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. And you said, “I wish I could be with you in 18 New York and watch you record your music stuff.” 19 Remember that. 20 A. No. 21 Q. Would it refresh your recollection if I just 22 show you a copy of this letter. 23 A. Yes. 24 MR. MESEREAU: May I approach, Your Honor. 25 THE COURT: Yes. 26 THE WITNESS: Oh, yeah, I remember that. 27 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Have you had a chance to 28 look at that document. 1854 1 A. Yes. 2 Q. And you wanted to go to New York and be with 3 Mr. Jackson in a recording studio, right. 4 A. I guess. I mean, yeah. 5 Q. And that didn’t happen, right. 6 A. No. 7 Q. You never traveled with Mr. Jackson to New 8 York. 9 A. I never traveled with Mr. Jackson. 10 Q. You called him the nicest, most loving 11 person in the world, right. 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. You said, “I love you, Daddy Michael,” 14 right. 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. You said, “Thank you, Daddy Michael, for 17 being my best, best friend forever and ever,” right. 18 A. Yes. 19 Q. Okay. You sent another card to him and it 20 said, “Here’s a little something to make you feel 21 better while your leg is healing. Ha ha, ha ha. 22 Love you. Love, your son Gavin.” Do you remember 23 that. 24 A. Yeah. 25 Q. Do you remember doing that. 26 A. Yes. Yes. 27 Q. Okay. Do you remember sending him a card 28 asking him to, “Please come back, I miss you, I love 1855 1 you”. Do you remember that. 2 A. No. 3 Q. Would it refresh your recollection if I show 4 you a copy of that card. 5 A. Yes. 6 MR. MESEREAU: May I approach, Your Honor. 7 THE COURT: Yes. 8 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Have you had a chance to 9 look at that document. 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. Does it refresh your recollection. 12 A. Not really. 13 Q. Okay. You don’t recall saying words to 14 Mr. Jackson, “Come back, I miss you, I love you”. 15 A. I mean, because I probably did, but I don’t 16 really remember sending a letter. 17 Q. Okay. Now, to your knowledge, other members 18 of your family were sending cards to Mr. Jackson as 19 well, right. 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. Okay. You sent a lot of cards that were 22 signed, “Your son, Gavin,” true. 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. All right. You used to refer to Michael as 25 your best friend, right. 26 A. Yes. 27 Q. You used to refer to him as “cool,” right. 28 Right. 1856 1 A. I don’t know if I said “cool,” but I 2 probably did. 3 Q. You said you liked being in the music studio 4 at Neverland. 5 A. Yes. 6 Q. Were you ever in his music studio at 7 Neverland. 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. Were you with Michael Jackson. 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. Who else was there. 12 A. I think David was there. 13 Q. You said who. 14 A. David. 15 Q. Your father. 16 A. No, the -- the -- the dude that would, like, 17 work with all the computers and stuff. And one time 18 when we went in there and he was doing his hair with 19 one lady. 20 Q. This is someone who works on the computers 21 at Neverland. 22 A. Well, I don’t know if -- he’s like a 23 computer-whiz-type guy. And then the other time was 24 with the lady that was in there doing his hair or 25 something. 26 Q. How often were you in the music studio at 27 Neverland. 28 A. Not really that often. I mean, I would go 1857 1 in there sometimes. 2 Q. Would you go in there with Michael Jackson 3 or would you go in there with someone else, 4 typically. 5 A. I would usually go in there when Michael was 6 probably already in there. 7 Q. And usually what time of day would that be. 8 A. Afternoon. 9 Q. Was there a general time you used to go in 10 there. 11 A. Not really, because it was pretty random. I 12 mean, because we would be probably bored, and then 13 we’d ask, “Where’s Michael at,” and then we would go 14 to his studio. 15 Q. And how long would you stay in the studio, 16 typically. 17 A. An hour or two. Like, we would be in there, 18 and it would kind of give Michael a little break 19 from working. And once he had to go back to work, 20 we would leave and go do something else. 21 Q. Were you ever in that music studio when 22 Michael Jackson was not present. 23 A. I think I might have been in there once. 24 Q. How did you get in. 25 A. Well, the door was probably open. Because 26 there’s a code there, and you can’t really get in 27 without the code. 28 Q. How did you get the code. 1858 1 A. I said that I didn’t know the code. So the 2 door might have been open or something. 3 Q. Excuse me. 4 A. It was either someone was already probably 5 in there, or the door was open, because I didn’t 6 know that code. 7 Q. But you and Star used to go into that studio 8 without Mr. Jackson, didn’t you. 9 A. No, I don’t remember going there randomly. 10 Q. Do you ever remember being in there with 11 your brother Star. 12 A. I probably went in there once without 13 Michael being there, but, I mean -- it was probably 14 just to look in there and look if Michael was there. 15 Q. And my question is -- you’re telling the 16 jury you probably went in there. And my question 17 is, how did you get in, if you know. 18 A. I don’t know, because I didn’t know the 19 code. So it wouldn’t be punching in the code. 20 Q. Okay. Did you ever ask anybody for the code 21 to the studio at Neverland. 22 A. No, I don’t think so. I mean, because that 23 was like Michael’s work area, so I wouldn’t even 24 really want to be in there. 25 Q. Were you ever in the theater with your 26 brother Star when Michael Jackson was not present. 27 A. Yes. 28 Q. How did you get in. 1859 1 A. The door was usually open to the theater. 2 Q. And what did you and Star do in that theater 3 when Michael was not with you. 4 A. Watch movies. 5 Q. Did you just pick the movies yourself. 6 A. No. They -- they had this list of all the 7 movies that would be playing in the theater, at his 8 theater. They had like this chalkboard, and you 9 write them there, and say that we could go watch 10 them; that these are the movies that would be 11 playing. And we would go and talk to the guy that 12 works the projector and we asked him what movie to 13 play. And we’d get our little snacks from the booth 14 place and then we’d go sit down and watch. 15 Q. And did you feel you could just go in there 16 anytime you wanted. 17 A. Pretty much. 18 Q. Okay. And did you do that. 19 A. Yeah. Yes. 20 Q. Did you start using that theater from the 21 first time you ever visited Neverland. 22 A. I think we went in there the first time we 23 visited at Neverland. 24 Q. And correct me if I’m wrong, you would 25 simply go in there and pick whatever movie you 26 wanted, or would it just be the movie for the day. 27 A. Sometimes they would only have one movie and 28 sometimes they would have more than one movie, and 1860 1 we would go in there and we would watch it. 2 Q. When you were recovering from cancer, did 3 you used to go into that theater and watch movies. 4 A. When I had cancer, I think I went in there 5 and watched movies. 6 Q. Okay. When did you learn your cancer was in 7 remission. 8 A. June 2001. 9 Q. Okay. And after you learned your cancer was 10 in remission, when is the next time you remember 11 speaking to Michael Jackson. 12 A. When he wanted me to go up and do the Martin 13 Bashir thing. 14 Q. Was that the first time you recall speaking 15 to Michael Jackson after you learned your cancer was 16 in remission. 17 A. Yes. 18 Q. Okay. These cards that I just showed you, 19 letters and cards, you started sending them shortly 20 after you met Mr. Jackson, correct. 21 A. Well, not really, because I think we -- I 22 think I started wanting to send the cards when 23 Michael wasn’t talking to me anymore. 24 Q. When he wasn’t talking to you anymore. 25 A. Yeah. 26 Q. And approximately when do you think he 27 wasn’t talking to you anymore. 28 A. Two months into my cancer. 1861 1 Q. Excuse me. 2 A. Two months into my chemotherapy. 3 Q. Approximately when would that be. 4 A. August or September of 2000. 5 Q. Okay. So August or September of 2000, you 6 and your family started sending nice letters and 7 cards to Michael Jackson, correct. 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. And those are the letters and cards that I 10 showed you a little while ago, right. 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. And it was your understanding your mother 13 used to send him cards and letters as well, right. 14 A. I think so. 15 Q. And she used to refer to him as “daddy,” 16 didn’t she. 17 A. I don’t think she referred to him as 18 “daddy.” 19 Q. You never heard her say that once. 20 A. Well, toward me, me saying that. Because, I 21 mean, my dad had left. And I started calling him 22 “daddy” after my dad left because I didn’t have a 23 dad. 24 Q. And your mother approved of that, correct. 25 A. Yeah. 26 Q. Okay. 27 THE COURT: All right. Let’s take our 28 morning break. 1862 1 (Recess taken.) 2 --o0o-- 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1863 1 REPORTER’S CERTIFICATE 2 3 4 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ) 5 CALIFORNIA, ) 6 Plaintiff, ) 7 -vs- ) No. 1133603 8 MICHAEL JOE JACKSON, ) 9 Defendant. ) 10 11 12 I, MICHELE MATTSON McNEIL, RPR, CRR, CSR 13 #3304, Official Court Reporter, do hereby certify: 14 That the foregoing pages 1797 through 1863 15 contain a true and correct transcript of the 16 proceedings had in the within and above-entitled 17 matter as by me taken down in shorthand writing at 18 said proceedings on March 14, 2005, and thereafter 19 reduced to typewriting by computer-aided 20 transcription under my direction. 21 DATED: Santa Maria, California, 22 March 14, 2005. 23 24 25 26 27 MICHELE MATTSON McNEIL, RPR, CRR, CSR #3304 28 OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER 1864 1 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 2 IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 3 SANTA MARIA BRANCH; COOK STREET DIVISION 4 DEPARTMENT SM-2 HON. RODNEY S. MELVILLE, JUDGE 5 6 7 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ) 8 CALIFORNIA, ) 9 Plaintiff, ) 10 -vs- ) No. 1133603 11 MICHAEL JOE JACKSON, ) 12 Defendant. ) 13 14 15 16 17 REPORTER’S TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS 18 19 MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2005 20 21 (PAGES 1865 THROUGH 2016) 22 23 24 25 26 27 REPORTED MICHELE MATTSON McNEIL, RPR, CRR, CSR #3304 28 BY: Official Court Reporter 1865 1 APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL: 2 3 For Plaintiff: THOMAS W. SNEDDON, JR., 4 District Attorney -and- 5 RONALD J. ZONEN, Sr. Deputy District Attorney 6 -and- GORDON AUCHINCLOSS, 7 Sr. Deputy District Attorney 1112 Santa Barbara Street 8 Santa Barbara, California 93101 9 10 11 For Defendant: COLLINS, MESEREAU, REDDOCK & YU BY: THOMAS A. MESEREAU, JR., ESQ. 12 -and- SUSAN C. YU, ESQ. 13 1875 Century Park East, Suite 700 Los Angeles, California 90067 14 -and- 15 SANGER & SWYSEN 16 BY: ROBERT M. SANGER, ESQ. 233 East Carrillo Street, Suite C 17 Santa Barbara, California 93101 18 -and- 19 OXMAN and JAROSCAK BY: R. BRIAN OXMAN, ESQ. 20 14126 East Rosecrans Boulevard Santa Fe Springs, California 90670 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1866 1 THE COURT: All right. You may proceed. 2 MR. MESEREAU: Thank you, Your Honor. 3 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Gavin, I just want to ask 4 you a couple of questions about your illness. Okay. 5 Looking at your medical records, clearly you 6 had a massive amount of tumor, right. 7 A. Yes. 8 Q. And you had surgery on your spleen, a 9 kidney, the tip of your pancreas, right. 10 A. I don’t know about my pancreas. But they 11 took out my kidney and my spleen. 12 Q. All right. Now, how long after your surgery 13 did you learn you were in remission. 14 A. After my surgery. It wasn’t -- you’re not 15 in remission until you’re done with your 16 chemotherapy. 17 Q. Okay. So when were you told your cancer is 18 in remission. 19 A. June 2001. 20 Q. Okay. And when was your surgery, if you 21 know. 22 A. June 2000. 23 Q. Okay. So one year after your surgery, were 24 you told the cancer had disappeared. 25 A. Yes. 26 Q. Okay. 27 A. June of 2001. 28 Q. Okay. And in 2001, you did not go to 1867 1 Neverland, correct. 2 A. No. 3 Q. In 2000 you made a number of trips to 4 Neverland, right. 5 A. Yes. 6 Q. So you started going to Neverland right 7 after you had your surgery, right. 8 A. Not right after, because I had to recuperate 9 from the surgeries. 10 Q. Okay. How many months after your surgery do 11 you think you started going to Neverland. 12 A. It was probably after the first round of -- 13 because I had to recuperate from the surgery and 14 then I had to do my first round of chemotherapy. 15 Q. Okay. 16 A. And so after my first round of chemotherapy, 17 I believe I went to Neverland. 18 Q. You can play sports now, correct. 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. And what sports do you play. 21 A. I play football. 22 Q. Okay. What position. 23 A. They have me at wide receiver, but they kind 24 of realized that I was too big, and -- to play wide 25 receiver. 26 Q. Okay. 27 A. So they put me on corner now. 28 Q. Now, have you -- have you ever learned what 1868 1 kind of cancer it was. 2 A. They didn’t -- no one ever knew what kind of 3 cancer it was. That’s why I only believe that God 4 gave me this cancer to guide my life in a certain 5 way -- 6 Q. Right. 7 A. -- because they -- no one -- they sent it 8 all over the country and no one could figure out 9 what kind of cancer it was. 10 Q. What I’m asking is this: How long after the 11 surgery did you learn there was no cancer in your 12 body at all. Was it one year. 13 A. It was -- well, it’s like they had a CAT 14 scan after my fifth round of chemotherapy. 15 Q. Right. 16 A. And then they said they couldn’t see the 17 cancer anymore, but they said they still had to 18 finish the rest. 19 I asked them, “Why can’t I stop now then.” 20 Because, I mean, I didn’t like taking chemotherapy, 21 because it made me nauseous and a bunch of other 22 stuff. 23 But he said I had to finish the next five, 24 because it could be to where it’s really, really 25 small, to where you can’t see it under a microscope. 26 So they said I had to finish. 27 Q. Okay. Do you recall -- let me rephrase the 28 question. 1869 1 Do you remember in 1996 making a false 2 allegation that your mother abused you. 3 MR. SNEDDON: Your Honor, I’m going to 4 object to that. 403. 5 THE COURT: Sustained. 6 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: I asked you some questions 7 about Evvy Tavasci. And she was Michael Jackson’s 8 assistant, right. 9 A. Yes. 10 Q. And did you talk to her often. 11 A. Yeah. 12 Q. And -- 13 A. Yes. 14 Q. -- when did you begin talking to her. 15 A. I began talking to her once I -- the first 16 time I met Michael, I mean, I would call her 17 sometimes and ask her about stuff. I would talk to 18 her, and I would ask her if she knew where Michael 19 was sometimes, or stuff like that. 20 Q. Well, how many times do you think you 21 telephoned Evvy Tavasci. 22 A. I don’t know. I don’t know how many times I 23 called her. 24 Q. You called her quite often, didn’t you. 25 A. I believe so. 26 Q. And do you know when you began telephoning 27 Evvy. 28 A. When I first met Michael. 1870 1 Q. And did Michael give you her phone number. 2 A. I believe so. 3 Q. Did Michael tell you you could call Evvy 4 when you wanted to. 5 A. Not really. It was -- I wasn’t supposed to 6 just call her for a lot of times. Or like -- for 7 just like business -- well, not really business, 8 but, I mean, stuff like if I wanted to go to 9 Neverland or something like that. 10 Q. I can’t hear what you’re saying. 11 A. If I wanted to go to Neverland or something 12 like that. 13 Q. Okay. Did you think she was your friend. 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. Okay. Did you think she was a friend of 16 your family. 17 A. Yes. 18 Q. And did you call her every week. 19 A. No, not really. I mean, we would call her 20 sometimes, but I don’t know if it was every week. 21 Q. You mentioned that she had helped you set up 22 an AOL account on the computer that Michael Jackson 23 gave you, right. 24 A. Yes. 25 Q. And approximately when did she set up that 26 account, if you know. 27 A. After Michael had given me the computer. 28 Michael told me that he wanted to get me Internet 1871 1 for the computer, so he told me just like -- that’s 2 the kind of stuff I’m talking about to call Evvy, to 3 call Evvy and she would help me set it up. 4 Q. When you called Evvy to help set up that 5 account, were you recovering from cancer. 6 A. No. I was in the middle of it -- I mean, I 7 just started. 8 Q. Excuse me, I couldn’t understand that. 9 A. I just started chemotherapy. 10 Q. Okay. So you had just started chemotherapy 11 when you first began talking to Evvy. 12 A. Because the first time I went up to 13 Neverland he gave me the computer, so that’s when he 14 told me that he wanted me to get Internet. So when 15 I came back, that’s when I set it up, came back to 16 my house. That’s when I set up the Internet. 17 Q. So you came back to your house with a 18 computer that Michael Jackson had given you, right. 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. You called Evvy to help set up an AOL 21 account, right. 22 A. Yes. 23 Q. You wanted an Internet account, correct. 24 A. I thought it would be cool if I had one. 25 Q. Okay. And Michael Jackson ended up paying 26 for that, true. 27 A. Yes. 28 Q. Okay. And you requested a screen account 1872 1 name, right. 2 A. Well, I didn’t request it. Well, it’s 3 because I have the computer and they were telling me 4 what to do. And I put my name in -- I put the 5 screen name I wanted in there. 6 Q. Okay. You put the screen name you wanted in 7 there. 8 A. Yeah. Like there’s -- well, when you have 9 the CD and you’re setting it up, like it tells you 10 to do all the things, and -- 11 Q. Right. 12 A. -- there’s a point where they have you put 13 in what screen name you want. 14 Q. Right. 15 A. And I put the screen name that I wanted in 16 there. 17 Q. Did you do this right after you returned 18 home with the computer Michael Jackson had given 19 you. 20 A. Probably not right after. Maybe a few days 21 after. 22 Q. Okay. And was this one of the first things 23 you did when you got home. 24 A. No. Because it was a few days after I got 25 home. 26 Q. Okay. So a few days after you returned from 27 your first trip to Neverland, you tried to set up an 28 AOL account on the computer that Mr. Jackson had 1873 1 given you, right. 2 A. Yes, I did set up an AOL account. 3 Q. Was that the first computer you’d ever 4 owned. 5 A. Yes. 6 Q. Was it the first computer you’d ever used. 7 A. No, because I -- no. 8 Q. Explain -- let me rephrase that. 9 When did you first learn to use a computer. 10 A. In the first grade. 11 Q. Okay. Did you own a computer at any time 12 before Mr. Jackson gave you the computer. 13 A. No. 14 Q. Okay. But you knew how to use one, correct. 15 A. I wasn’t like a cyber guy, but I knew how to 16 generally use a computer. 17 Q. You knew what an AOL account was, right. 18 A. Not really. They told me. 19 Q. But you immediately started to set one up 20 when you got home with the computer Mr. Jackson gave 21 you, right. 22 A. Not when I got home. A few days later. 23 Q. You called up Evvy about setting up that 24 account, right. 25 A. Yeah. Because -- well, yeah. Yeah. 26 Q. And you requested a screen account name of 27 gblade2000 -- 28 MR. SNEDDON: I’m going to object to that. 1874 1 THE COURT: Sustained. 2 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Do you remember the 3 password -- excuse me, let me rephrase that. Do you 4 remember the prosecutor asked you questions about 5 passwords. 6 A. Yes. 7 Q. And do you remember you talked about what 8 passwords you wanted. 9 A. Not -- to the prosecutor. 10 Q. Yeah. Did you say something about “hawk”. 11 A. Oh, I told him that one of my screen names 12 that I had was whitehawk344. 13 Q. Please tell the jury what a screen name is. 14 A. It’s on the Internet. You have like a name 15 that you go by, and that’s the screen name. 16 Q. Do you remember asking Mrs. Tavasci to 17 change the password to “sexy,” s-e-x-y. 18 MR. SNEDDON: Your Honor, I’m going to 19 object again. This is in violation of the Court’s 20 order. 21 THE COURT: Sustained; that is a violation. 22 The jury’s admonished to disregard that. 23 You’re instructed not to go into that. 24 MR. MESEREAU: Yes, Your Honor. 25 Q. Let me ask you questions about the alarm 26 system. 27 Do you recall the alarm system at Neverland. 28 A. I remember an alarm system that was up at -- 1875 1 where like you would see -- where you would -- this 2 one house where they put all this stuff in, like his 3 awards and his gloves, and stuff like that. 4 Q. When did you first learn about the alarm 5 system at Neverland. 6 A. Well, he had passwords and stuff, so I’m 7 pretty sure those were alarm systems. 8 Q. And when did you first see an alarm system 9 at Neverland. 10 A. I saw the code things, but I never really 11 saw the alarm system. 12 Q. Now, what code things are you talking about. 13 A. The code that you push so the doors would 14 open. 15 Q. And how did you learn about those codes. 16 A. We’d go into the main house, Michael gave me 17 a code, I guess that’s what I learned about it. 18 Q. Do you remember the number of the code he 19 gave you. 20 A. No. 21 Q. Do you remember any of the code numbers at 22 Neverland. 23 A. I remember the code to his room. 24 Q. What was the code number to his room. 25 A. I’m pretty sure it was like 1960. 26 Q. And approximately when did you learn that 27 code number. 28 A. I didn’t learn that until after I came back 1876 1 from Miami. 2 Q. Had you ever been -- excuse me. Had you 3 ever learned any code number at Neverland before you 4 got back from Miami. 5 A. Yes. They -- when I was visiting the first 6 time, they told me the code to the main house. 7 Q. Who is “they”. 8 A. It was either Michael or the maids. 9 Q. Did you ever ask anybody for the code at 10 Neverland. 11 A. Yeah, I would ask Michael. 12 Q. And did you ever ask anybody else. 13 A. Well, not really. I mean, I would ask the 14 maids sometimes when I would forget the code and 15 they would remind me. But when I would ask -- like 16 when I didn’t know the code at all, and I would 17 first ask, I would usually ask Michael. 18 Q. Did you ever ask any security person any 19 code number. 20 A. No. 21 Q. Did you ever see your brother or sister ask 22 any security person for any code number. 23 A. No. 24 Q. Do you recall having the code to get into 25 Michael’s room. 26 A. Yes. 27 Q. Do you recall having the code to get into 28 any other room at Neverland. 1877 1 A. No. 2 Q. Never did. 3 A. No. I think those are the only two. 4 Q. Do you recall ever going into any room at 5 Neverland when Michael Jackson wasn’t present, 6 besides his bedroom. 7 A. I mean, there’s a lot of rooms there. I 8 don’t -- maybe we’d go in the arcade and play video 9 games. I don’t know if that counts. 10 Q. What rooms at Neverland have you been into 11 when Michael Jackson was not present. 12 A. The theater. The main house. My unit. The 13 train house -- the train station. I guess that’s 14 it. 15 Q. Are they the only rooms you ever went into 16 when Michael Jackson wasn’t present. 17 A. Oh, maybe the library, too. 18 Q. Did you ever go into his children’s 19 bedrooms, Prince and Paris. 20 A. Yeah. Well, when Michael wasn’t -- I 21 wouldn’t go in there if -- I mean, because I would 22 go in there to visit Prince and Paris, but, I mean, 23 I never went in there when they weren’t there. 24 Q. Did you ever go into Prince’s room when 25 Michael Jackson wasn’t at Neverland. 26 A. I don’t think I did. 27 Q. Are you sure. 28 A. Not really, because -- I might have walked 1878 1 through there or something, because, I mean, when 2 you walk up some stairs, there’s -- like all the 3 rooms are connected between all the doors. 4 Q. Did you ever go into Paris’s room at 5 Neverland when Michael Jackson was not present. 6 A. I don’t think I did. I mean, because their 7 room is like -- because you could walk through the 8 doll room and just go right to the upstairs. So, I 9 mean, their room wouldn’t really be a room that you 10 can really walk through. So, I mean, I don’t think 11 I ever went into that when they weren’t there. 12 Q. Are you sure. 13 A. I’m pretty sure. 14 Q. Okay. Is Prince’s room near Paris’s room. 15 A. No, I don’t think so. I think they’re 16 like -- both doors are like in two different corners 17 of the whole upstairs thing. 18 Q. Have you been in every room in the main 19 house. 20 A. Um, I believe so. 21 Q. And why do you believe so. 22 A. Because I was there a long time, you know, 23 when Paris was there -- or when Prince and Paris 24 were there, and, like, I was there one time when 25 they were getting ready to go to bed. I would walk 26 through the doll room, and then I would go up to 27 where the train thing was, and then they were having 28 their class one time that -- Grace was teaching 1879 1 them. And then I went up there, and I was -- I 2 think I was teaching Prince something. I was 3 helping Grace. And -- 4 Q. Were you helping Grace teach -- 5 A. Yes. 6 Q. -- the children. 7 A. Yes. 8 Q. Where were you helping Grace teach. 9 A. I don’t know. It was probably -- I don’t 10 even think I was really helping them. I think I was 11 helping them with a puzzle or something. 12 Q. With a puzzle. 13 A. Yeah. 14 Q. You said you were helping with homework or 15 something along those lines, right. 16 A. Well, I was helping with their schooling. 17 Q. With their schoolwork. 18 A. With their schooling. 19 Q. Please tell the jury what help you were 20 giving Grace as far as the children’s schooling is 21 concerned. 22 A. It wasn’t really, like, teaching, like you 23 wouldn’t say, “This and this equals this,” or 24 whatever. I was just like -- like Prince might have 25 been doing a drawing, and I was -- I was talking to 26 him about it, and I was saying, “Well, it’s really 27 nice,” and -- or like they might have been doing a 28 puzzle, and I would be helping them do it or 1880 1 something like that. 2 Q. Did you do that more than once. 3 A. I think I only did that once. 4 Q. Okay. And did you ask Grace if you could 5 help out before you did that. 6 A. Yes. 7 Q. And she said “yes”. 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. Okay. How long was that session. 10 A. Well, I think their school is only like 11 three hours. But, I mean, I think I was only in 12 there for, like, 30 minutes to an hour. 13 Q. Okay. And was it your understanding that 14 Michael Jackson’s children do their schooling at 15 Neverland. 16 A. I -- I -- I thought that wherever -- I 17 thought Grace would teach them, and then Grace would 18 go wherever they go, so I guess it would be 19 anywhere. 20 Q. And was this teaching going on in one of the 21 children’s bedrooms. 22 A. No. 23 Q. Where was it going on. 24 A. It was upstairs, like in the little playroom 25 place. 26 Q. Well, there’s a room upstairs which has 27 school materials, right. 28 A. Yes. 1881 1 Q. And what school materials have you seen in 2 that room. 3 A. I saw this little tiny chalkboard, and then 4 like these big floor piece puzzles, and -- I don’t 5 really remember. 6 Q. But you’ve seen schoolbooks in there, 7 correct. 8 A. No, I don’t think so. 9 Q. Well, that’s where the children do their 10 schooling, as far as you know, right. 11 A. No. I said that I think whenever Grace 12 wants to teach them, that’s where they do their 13 schoolwork. 14 Q. Okay. But you’ve seen blackboards, you’ve 15 seen school materials; correct. 16 A. I said I saw a little kid blackboard, but I 17 don’t even think Grace was using it. 18 Q. Okay. But the room you’re talking about is 19 not one of the children’s bedrooms, correct. 20 A. No. 21 Q. Okay. Now, was that the first time you’d 22 been in that room. 23 A. No. 24 Q. When was the first time you went through 25 that room. 26 A. I mean, because the room wasn’t really a 27 classroom. I mean, per se. They would use it as a 28 classroom. There would be stuff there. There would 1882 1 be -- to use as a classroom. There was like this 2 video game thing there. I think it was in that 3 room. And I think it might have been in the same 4 room as the big train thing. 5 Q. Was it your understanding that Michael’s 6 children are tutored in the main house. 7 A. My understanding was that they are tutored, 8 but I don’t know where. 9 Q. Okay. Okay. But you don’t think it’s in 10 that particular room you just described. 11 A. It probably was. I mean, I’m saying 12 wherever Grace wanted it, they could have it, 13 because it’s not like she had a set classroom. It’s 14 not like they’re going to New York and they’re going 15 to come back to Neverland to do their classing, 16 their schooling. 17 Q. Do you remember approximately when you 18 helped Grace tutor the children. 19 A. Probably after I came back from Miami. 20 Q. Okay. Wasn’t before then. 21 A. No. 22 Q. Okay. Did you see the children tutored the 23 first time you went to Neverland. 24 A. No. That was the only time I ever saw them, 25 really. 26 Q. Now, is it true that you introduced Chris 27 Tucker to Michael Jackson. 28 A. Yes. 1883 1 Q. And approximately when was that. 2 A. Well, I think I gave -- it was either I gave 3 Chris Michael’s phone number or -- well, I think I 4 gave Michael Chris’s phone number, and then I called 5 Chris after a while and I asked him if Michael 6 called him yet, and then he said that he hadn’t. 7 And so then I just gave him one of Michael’s phone 8 numbers, or I gave him Evvy’s phone number, I’m not 9 sure, just so he could do it himself; he can call 10 Michael. 11 Q. Do you recall ever being in Michael 12 Jackson’s bedroom and hearing the alarm go off. 13 A. The little “dee-do, dee-do” thing. 14 Q. Yes. 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. Okay. Approximately when was that. 17 A. I don’t know. After Miami. I mean, but 18 it’s -- because -- I mean, when you’re up in his 19 bedroom, like you can hear it, but it’s not as good 20 as if you’re downstairs, but you can still kind of 21 hear it. 22 Q. Okay. When you were initially interviewed 23 by the sheriffs, you were asked about what happened 24 after the Bashir documentary was on television, 25 right. 26 A. Yes. 27 Q. Now, when did you first hear about the 28 Bashir documentary that appeared on television. 1884 1 A. On the news and from Michael. 2 Q. Were you watching the news at home when you 3 first heard about it. 4 A. I didn’t really know that it was the Bashir 5 documentary per se. But I knew that they were 6 talking about kids sleeping in his room or whatever. 7 Q. Well, you mentioned to the sheriffs about 8 people coming to your house and bothering you, 9 right. 10 A. Yes. I think so. 11 Q. And when did that first start. 12 A. I think after we came back from Neverland. 13 Q. Okay. You say after you came back from 14 Neverland. When was that. 15 A. I don’t know. I’m not sure. 16 Q. Well, when you told the sheriffs that people 17 were coming to your house and bothering you, what 18 were you referring to. 19 A. Well, one time we caught one of Michael’s 20 security guys that we thought he was standing in -- 21 trying to stand behind a car, and then my stepdad 22 went out and was like -- asked him what he was 23 doing, and then we saw him run, and -- 24 Q. Well, your mother had asked for security 25 because she said your family was being hassled, 26 didn’t she. 27 A. I don’t know if she asked him or -- who are 28 you saying that she asked. 1885 1 Q. You never heard your mother say she wanted 2 some security because your family was being hassled. 3 A. No, I knew that she didn’t like it, but, I 4 mean, I don’t know if she asked for security. 5 Q. Okay. Okay. We talked last week briefly 6 about all the conversations you had with Michael 7 Jackson at the hospital, right. 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. Remember that. 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. You had initially testified that there was 12 just one call, correct. 13 A. Well, it’s like -- I don’t -- I’m probably 14 sure I called him more than once, but, I mean, the 15 one I’m for sure of is the first time he called me 16 to go up to Neverland for the first time. 17 Q. You told the sheriffs there were times when 18 you would speak to Mr. Jackson on the phone for 19 hours, right. 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. And what did you used to talk about, if you 22 remember. 23 A. We would talk about, like, video games or 24 people I knew, and people he knew, or a CD he might 25 be trying to do or a song or something, or his life, 26 or my cancer, or Simpsons and Disney cartoons. 27 Q. And you had a lot of those discussions in 28 the hospital, right. 1886 1 A. Yes. 2 Q. And you had discussions after you got out of 3 the hospital, right. 4 A. We would have discussions, yes. Yes. 5 Q. And you would have discussions after you got 6 out of the hospital at home, right. 7 A. They were -- a majority of them, if not all 8 of them, were -- well, the majority of them were at 9 my grandmother’s house. 10 Q. Okay. And would you call Mr. Jackson. 11 A. Sometimes I would call him, and he would 12 call me sometimes. 13 Q. Okay. And these conversations would last 14 sometimes a couple hours, right. 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. And you said you would talk about cancer. 17 You would talk about the Simpsons. You would talk 18 about video games, right. 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. Do you remember anything else you talked 21 about. 22 A. That’s pretty much it right there. 23 Q. Do you recall your first trip to Neverland. 24 A. Yes. 25 Q. And how did you get there. 26 A. They had us pack all our bags, and then a 27 limousine came in the front of my grandmother’s 28 house. And we were all surprised because we didn’t 1887 1 think we were going to go up in a limousine. Well, 2 I didn’t think I was going to go up in a limousine. 3 I didn’t know that we were. And I was really happy, 4 because that was the first time I’d ever been in a 5 limousine. And we threw all our bags in there and 6 then we went up to Neverland. 7 Q. Who told you you were going be picked up to 8 go to Neverland. 9 A. Well, I believe my parents set it up. But I 10 don’t know who really told me. I knew what day and 11 I knew Michael wanted me to go up, but, I mean, I 12 didn’t really know, like, all the logistical stuff. 13 Q. When you were responding to Prosecutor 14 Sneddon’s questions, do you remember discussing Jay 15 Leno. 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. Now, isn’t it true that in none of your 18 interviews with the sheriffs and never when you 19 testified before the grand jury on two occasions did 20 you ever mention Jay Leno, correct. 21 A. Yes. Because I thought he didn’t have 22 anything to do with this case. 23 Q. Did Prosecutor Sneddon tell you at some 24 point that Mr. Leno had something to do with the 25 case. 26 A. Yes. Well, he asked me about what I know 27 about Jay Leno and how I came about to have him in 28 my -- well, not really have him, but, I mean, how 1888 1 he -- I don’t know how to say it. Like, he pretty 2 much just asked me what I know about Jay Leno. 3 Q. Did Prosecutor Sneddon tell you that I had 4 mentioned Jay Leno in this courtroom. 5 A. No. 6 Q. Did he tell you how the name Jay Leno had 7 come up in the case. 8 A. No. 9 Q. When did Prosecutor Sneddon first mention 10 the name Jay Leno to you. 11 A. Well, actually, it wasn’t really -- 12 Mr. Sneddon was there, but I believe it was -- I 13 don’t remember who exactly asked me, but I remember 14 him being there, and I remember Mr. Sneddon shaking 15 his head, but I don’t think it was Mr. Sneddon that 16 actually asked me. 17 Q. Do you know approximately when this meeting 18 took place. 19 A. Before I even -- maybe a day or two before I 20 first came to testify here. 21 Q. So it was after this trial had started, 22 right. 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. Okay. And did Mr. Sneddon call you on the 25 phone to discuss this. 26 A. No. I met with him. 27 Q. Okay. Did someone ask you to come meet with 28 Mr. Sneddon. 1889 1 A. Yes. 2 Q. Who was that. 3 A. I don’t remember. I remember they told me 4 that I was going to, but I don’t remember who 5 exactly. 6 Q. Do you remember where the meeting took 7 place. 8 A. In a house. 9 Q. Okay. Did Mr. Sneddon ask you to testify 10 that Jay Leno was your favorite comedian. 11 A. No. 12 Q. Okay. When did the idea that Jay Leno was 13 your favorite comedian come up in this case. 14 A. Well, Jay Leno was my favorite comedian, but 15 I don’t really understand what -- 16 Q. Do you remember calling Jay Leno on the 17 telephone. 18 A. I remember calling -- yeah, I remember 19 calling his phone. 20 Q. Do you remember speaking with Jay Leno on 21 the telephone. 22 A. No, I never spoke with Jay Leno. 23 Q. At any time. 24 A. No. 25 Q. Did you ever try to reach Jay Leno on the 26 telephone. 27 A. Yes. 28 Q. And who did you call, if you know. 1890 1 A. I called a phone number that I was given. 2 Q. Where did you get the phone number. 3 A. It was either Jamie Masada or Louise 4 Palanker. 5 Q. Did you dial the number. 6 A. Yes. 7 Q. Was your mother with you. 8 A. No. 9 Q. Was anybody in the background. 10 A. Well, when I called him, I’m pretty sure 11 that I was in the hospital, so either it could have 12 been my dad, or maybe a nurse that would come in to 13 do my vital signs or something. 14 Q. And you dialed the number, right. 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. And do you have any idea who answered the 17 phone. 18 A. Answering machine. 19 Q. And did you ever actually get Mr. Leno on 20 the phone. 21 A. No. 22 Q. So you deny you’ve ever spoken to him on the 23 phone, right. 24 A. I’ve never spoken to Jay Leno. 25 Q. Okay. You never mentioned Mr. Leno to 26 Psychologist Stanley Katz, right. 27 A. No, I don’t think so. 28 Q. And you never mentioned Mr. Leno to 1891 1 Lieutenant Klapakis during any interview, correct. 2 A. No, I’ve never mentioned Jay Leno to 3 anybody. Except -- 4 Q. I’m sorry. 5 A. Except for when they asked me what I know 6 about Jay Leno. 7 Q. To your knowledge, did anybody in your 8 family contact, or try to contact, Mr. Leno while 9 you were ill. 10 A. No. Because I was the only one with the 11 phone number. 12 Q. Did you ever give it to your mother. 13 A. No. 14 Q. Ever give it to your father. 15 A. No. 16 Q. Ever give it to Star. 17 A. No. 18 Q. Ever give it to your sister Davellin. 19 A. Her name is Davellin. But, no, I never gave 20 it to her. 21 Q. Okay. You left a message on his machine, 22 correct. 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. Did you ever get a call back from anyone 25 claiming they represented Mr. Leno. 26 A. No. 27 Q. All right. So what you’re saying is if 28 anybody spoke to Mr. Leno and said they were you, it 1892 1 was certainly a false statement, right. 2 MR. SNEDDON: Object as argumentative, Your 3 Honor. 4 THE COURT: Sustained. 5 THE WITNESS: I never spoke to -- 6 THE COURT: Just a moment. 7 Next question. 8 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Has Prosecutor Sneddon 9 ever discussed with you his conversation with Mr. 10 Leno. 11 MR. SNEDDON: Your Honor, object. Assumes 12 facts not in evidence. 13 THE COURT: Sustained. Assumes facts not in 14 evidence. 15 MR. MESEREAU: I’ll rephrase it, Your Honor. 16 Q. Has Prosecutor Sneddon ever told you that he 17 had a conversation with Jay Leno about this case. 18 A. No. 19 Q. Has Prosecutor Sneddon ever told you that 20 any Santa Barbara sheriff had a conversation with 21 Jay Leno about this case. 22 A. No. 23 Q. Never told you that at all. 24 A. No. 25 Q. Okay. Did you hear the alarm in Michael 26 Jackson’s bedroom more than once. 27 A. The little “dee-do” sound. 28 Q. The alarm. 1893 1 A. Yeah, like when Frank would come in or 2 something, you could hear it. 3 Q. You could hear the alarm go off. 4 A. Yeah. 5 Q. How many ringing sounds would you hear. 6 A. It would go like three times, “dee-do, 7 dee-do,” like three times. And that’s how many 8 ringing sounds it was. 9 Q. Have you ever discussed that alarm system 10 with your brother Star. 11 A. Probably. I don’t know. 12 Q. Did you talk to your brother Star about what 13 he said about the alarm system in this courtroom. 14 A. No. 15 Q. Have you discussed with your brother Star 16 anything you said in this courtroom. 17 A. No. 18 Q. How many times do you think you entered 19 Michael Jackson’s bedroom when Mr. Jackson wasn’t 20 there. 21 A. I never went inside his room when he wasn’t 22 there. 23 Q. To your knowledge, did your brother ever go 24 into his room when he wasn’t there. 25 A. I don’t think my brother went into his room 26 when he wasn’t there. 27 Q. Okay. So you have no knowledge of him doing 28 that, correct. 1894 1 A. No. 2 Q. Okay. Prosecutor Sneddon asked you 3 questions about your father abusing you and your 4 mother, right. 5 A. I believe so. 6 Q. You always refer to David as your biological 7 father, correct. 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. Did someone ask you to use that term. 10 A. No. 11 Q. How did you start calling him “my biological 12 father”. 13 A. Because I accepted my now father Jay Jackson 14 as my real father, because he’s more of a father 15 than my real father ever was. 16 Q. Okay. You testified that Michael Jackson 17 and Frank showed you a computer and went to websites 18 with naked women, right. 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. And approximately when was that. 21 A. That was like on the first night that we 22 were inside his room that we were going to go to 23 sleep. 24 Q. And you said it was like an Apple computer; 25 is that right. 26 A. I’m not sure, because I don’t remember -- I 27 think it was Frank’s computer because -- it wouldn’t 28 be mine, because I didn’t set up the AOL account 1895 1 until, like, after I came back, so it was probably 2 Frank’s computer. 3 Q. Was your computer an Apple computer. 4 A. Yes. 5 Q. Okay. You told the sheriffs that it was 6 either your computer or Frank’s computer during one 7 of your interviews, right. 8 A. Yes, sir. 9 Q. Was Frank’s computer an Apple computer. 10 A. I think it was probably a Sony computer. 11 Q. And you told the sheriffs that Frank started 12 looking at girls on those sites, right. 13 A. He started, like, typing up stuff, yes. 14 Q. Pardon me. 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. And did he ask you to join in. 17 A. No, well, he was -- he had it on his bed and 18 he set it up, and there were -- well, Frank was 19 typing in stuff and looking. And me, Michael and my 20 brother were there. 21 Q. Is that when you say that Michael Jackson 22 looked at a naked girl on the computer and said, 23 “Got milk.” 24 A. Yes. 25 Q. Okay. Now, to your knowledge, did Michael 26 Jackson or Frank ever show you a website on a 27 computer like that at any other time. 28 A. I don’t think so. 1896 1 Q. Was that the only time. 2 A. I believe so. 3 Q. Okay. And Frank’s the one who initially was 4 pressing the buttons to look up the site, correct. 5 A. Yes. 6 Q. Okay. You also testified that at some point 7 Michael Jackson showed you some girlie magazines, 8 right. 9 A. Yes. 10 Q. And I believe you mentioned Hustler and 11 Playboy to the sheriffs, right. 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. Okay. You also testified that at some point 14 Michael Jackson pretended that he was having sex 15 with a female mannequin, right. 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. Okay. And you also told the jury that at 18 some point Michael Jackson mentioned the word 19 “clitoris,” or “clitoris,” right. 20 A. I don’t think I did. 21 Q. Did you testify to that. 22 A. (Shakes head from side to side.) 23 Q. Ever tell the sheriffs that. 24 A. No. 25 Q. Okay. And your testimony to the jury is 26 that after Michael Jackson showed you women on 27 websites, after he showed you Hustler and Playboy, 28 which are girlie magazines, and after he pretended 1897 1 to have sex with a female mannequin, he then at some 2 point masturbated you; is that correct. 3 A. Yes. 4 Q. Is that what you told the sheriffs. 5 A. Yes, I told the sheriffs about that. 6 Q. Now, at some point, you went to the Hilton 7 Hotel to visit Michael Jackson, right. 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. And approximately when was that. 10 A. I was in my second round of chemotherapy. 11 Q. And you were with your father, right. 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. And you say that was around the time of your 14 second round of chemotherapy. 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. And who invited you to the Hilton Hotel. 17 A. It was either I called Michael or Michael 18 called me, and I asked him where he was. And then 19 he told me that he was in -- more like near -- 20 around L.A. And then I asked him -- I think I asked 21 him -- yeah, I asked him if I could visit him. 22 Q. Okay. 23 A. And then he said it was okay. And so I went 24 up there and visited him for like two hours. 25 Q. And how long were you there. 26 A. Two hours. 27 Q. Okay. With your dad, right. 28 A. My dad was in another room. And then with 1898 1 me and Michael, we were in his bedroom with Prince 2 and Paris, and we were watching Aaron Carter’s music 3 videos. 4 Q. And Prince and Paris were there the whole 5 time, right. 6 A. Yes. 7 Q. How did you get to the Hilton. 8 A. My dad drove me there. 9 Q. And he drove you in an SUV that Michael 10 Jackson had given your family, correct. 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. Do you know when Michael Jackson gave your 13 family that SUV. 14 A. I think it was like right after my second 15 round of chemotherapy, Gary came and -- I think he 16 was going to drive me up from Neverland right after 17 my second round. And then once I went in -- he 18 drove me up in the truck, and then I walked up to 19 the truck, and I was like, “Is this Michael’s 20 truck.” And he was like, “Yeah.” 21 And I said, “Wow, my grandfather has one 22 that looks exactly like this one.” 23 And Gary was like, “Well, this one’s yours 24 now.” 25 Q. That was Gary Hearn. 26 A. Yes. 27 Q. Okay. And just -- Gary Hearn was an 28 employee of Mr. Jackson’s, correct. 1899 1 A. Yes. 2 Q. And you’re telling the jury that Gary Hearn 3 told you that your family owned the SUV, right. 4 A. He told me that Michael gave it to us. 5 Q. Okay. And did he leave it at your house, to 6 your knowledge. 7 A. No, we were coming -- it was in the garage 8 of the hospital, and I went in there, and there’s 9 like a little bow in the center console between the 10 two seats and stuff. 11 Q. You complained to the sheriffs that someone 12 had taken that truck back, right. 13 A. Yes. I said I believe so. 14 Q. You complained to the sheriffs that your 15 family thought it was their truck, and at some point 16 someone representing Mr. Jackson took the truck back 17 and never returned it to you, right. 18 A. Um, I think it was that we had the truck and 19 somebody crashed into it or something. And then we 20 had asked Michael if they can fix it and give it 21 back to us. And then we gave it -- we -- they had 22 it, they got the truck so that they can fix it and 23 give it back to us, and they never gave it back to 24 us. 25 Q. Who crashed the truck. 26 A. I don’t think it was someone -- I think 27 someone crashed into it. 28 Q. Do you know who was driving it at the time. 1900 1 A. I think it might have been parked. I’m not 2 sure. I don’t really know how it happened exactly. 3 Q. It might have been who. 4 A. It might have been parked while it went -- 5 and someone, like, ran into it or something, because 6 I don’t really remember how exactly -- 7 Q. Yes, but somebody ran into it while your 8 family had possession of it, right. 9 A. Yes, well, we owned it. 10 Q. When you owned it, right. 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. And at some point, someone in your family 13 asked if Mr. Jackson would pay to repair it, 14 correct. 15 A. I’m pretty sure. I mean -- 16 Q. Pardon me. 17 A. I’m pretty sure. 18 Q. All right. Let me just make sure I 19 understand. You’re pretty sure that someone in your 20 family asked if Mr. Jackson would pay to repair the 21 SUV that you claimed he gave your family, right. 22 A. Yeah. Because, I mean, it had to have been 23 like that, because the guy came to fix it. 24 Q. And you did complain to the sheriffs that 25 the truck was never returned to your family, 26 correct. 27 A. Yes. 28 Q. Because you believed that your family owned 1901 1 the truck at that point, right. 2 A. Because Michael said he -- well, Gary said 3 that Michael said he gave it to me. And then I 4 called Michael later to thank him, and he said, 5 “Yeah, it’s your truck now.” 6 Q. Okay. People in your family -- well, I 7 shouldn’t say that. You were personally upset about 8 that, right. 9 MR. SNEDDON: Excuse me, vague as to what 10 “that” is. 11 MR. MESEREAU: I’ll rephrase it. 12 Q. You were upset that your family never got 13 that truck back, correct. 14 A. I was more sad because then we didn’t have a 15 vehicle to use to go anywhere. 16 Q. Okay. Do you recall ever asking Chris 17 Tucker for a vehicle. 18 A. No. 19 Q. Do you know of any member of your family 20 ever doing that. 21 A. No. 22 Q. Okay. Never heard of anything like that. 23 A. I remember Chris gave us -- was going to 24 give us a vehicle. 25 Q. And what happened. 26 A. It never was able to -- I mean, someone lost 27 the key and something like that, and that was the 28 only key, and then -- and then I think all this 1902 1 stuff started. 2 Q. So you never got a vehicle from Chris 3 Tucker, right. 4 A. No. 5 Q. Were you upset about that. 6 A. Well, I mean, I was kind of sad, but I 7 mean -- yeah, I mean, it’s like he was going to give 8 it up, that would be nice, so I don’t really have 9 that much of a right to be angry. 10 Q. Okay. Now, you complained to the Santa 11 Barbara Sheriffs that, “After I was done with my 12 cancer stuff,” you never saw Michael again, right. 13 A. No, not until the Martin Bashir thing. 14 Q. Okay. And you wanted to see him after you 15 were in remission, correct. 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. You wanted to visit Neverland after you were 18 in remission, right. 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. And you felt in some way that Michael had 21 cut off the friendship, right. 22 A. Yes. 23 Q. You felt he had abandoned you, right. 24 A. Yes. 25 Q. And you felt he had abandoned your family, 26 right. 27 A. Yes. 28 Q. Now, at some point you told the sheriffs 1903 1 that Michael had given your family a Bronco, 2 correct. 3 A. I believe -- I’m pretty sure that the GMC 4 was called Bronco. 5 Q. Are you sure about that. 6 A. I’m not exactly sure what kind of truck it 7 was. 8 Q. You also complained to the Santa Barbara 9 Sheriffs that your computer had gotten messed up, 10 right. 11 A. I think I did. The battery stopped working. 12 It wasn’t -- the computer just wouldn’t turn on. It 13 would always stay black. 14 Q. This was the computer that Michael Jackson 15 had given you, right. 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. And at some point you asked to have Michael 18 Jackson fix the computer, right. 19 A. Well, I told my mom about it. And then my 20 mom said, well, we could probably call Evvy and they 21 can help us fix it. 22 And then I called Evvy and asked her if they 23 can fix it for me. And Evvy said yes. And then so 24 we mailed it to her or dropped it off or something 25 like that, and then I never got it back. 26 Q. Well, actually, your mother asked Evvy if 27 Michael Jackson would fix the computer, right. 28 A. I don’t know who exactly asked. 1904 1 Q. Well, you told the sheriffs that your mother 2 had asked, didn’t you. 3 A. I don’t know. 4 Q. Would it refresh your recollection if I just 5 show you a page of the transcript of your interview. 6 A. Yes. 7 MR. MESEREAU: Okay. May I approach, Your 8 Honor. 9 THE COURT: Yes. 10 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Have you had a chance to 11 look at that page -- 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. -- of your police interview. 14 Does it refresh your recollection about what 15 you told Santa Barbara Sheriffs. 16 A. A little bit. I mean -- 17 Q. You told him that your mother asked to have 18 the computer repaired, right. 19 A. Yes. But as I told you, I’m not -- as of 20 right now -- I mean, that interview took place a 21 while ago. I mean, I’m not sure who exactly called. 22 But in the transcript it says that, so that’s 23 probably what happened. 24 Q. Okay. Is it your belief that your mother 25 called Evvy. 26 A. I believe so. 27 Q. Your mother used to call Evvy a fair amount, 28 didn’t she. 1905 1 A. I don’t know. 2 Q. Did you ever see your mother call Evvy. 3 A. Maybe once or twice. 4 Q. Not -- no -- 5 A. Maybe -- I’m pretty sure I saw her call for 6 the computer, because I asked her. And I’m not sure 7 exactly how many times she called Evvy. 8 Q. And you complained to the Santa Barbara 9 Sheriffs that you never got the computer back, 10 right. 11 A. Yeah, I told them that I didn’t get the 12 computer back. 13 Q. Did you used to communicate with Evvy by 14 e-mail. 15 A. I don’t know. I don’t think I did. 16 Q. Okay. Are you sure about that. 17 A. No. 18 Q. Okay. Did you know how to use e-mail at 19 that point. 20 A. A little bit. I mean, it was kind of hard. 21 Well, it wasn’t really hard. I just didn’t really 22 understand it at first, and then I got the hang of 23 it, but -- 24 Q. You indicated at the Hilton you watched 25 music videos with Mr. Jackson, right. 26 A. Yes. 27 Q. And do you know why Mr. Jackson was at the 28 Hilton. 1906 1 A. I think he was doing some recording thing. 2 Well, yeah, he told me that he was going to do some 3 recording in Los Angeles, or something like that. 4 Q. And at some point you complained to the 5 sheriffs that Mr. Jackson had changed his phone 6 numbers after you visited the Hilton, right. 7 A. Well, that was the only phone number I 8 left -- or I called -- well, I’m not sure. Because 9 the only phone number that never changed was Evvy’s 10 phone number. And I would call her and I would ask 11 her sometimes where Michael was or something. 12 And then -- and I had the phone number to 13 his hotel, so I think I called him at his hotel and 14 asked him if I could go visit him. I think it was 15 around -- I’m not sure when exactly. 16 Q. When did you first get upset about your 17 phone numbers for Michael Jackson not working. 18 A. Maybe around the third or fourth 19 chemotherapy round I called his numbers and it would 20 be, like, “This phone number is no longer in 21 service.” Or sometimes it would just ring and it 22 wouldn’t never -- no one would ever pick up or 23 something like that. 24 Q. This was after your cancer was in remission. 25 A. No, this was around the third or fourth 26 cancer -- round of chemotherapy. 27 Q. Suddenly his phone numbers didn’t work, 28 right. 1907 1 A. Yes. 2 Q. And did you try to get ahold of phone 3 numbers that would work. 4 A. I don’t know. 5 Q. Well, you’ve indicated that you were upset 6 that the phone numbers you had for Mr. Jackson at 7 some point didn’t work, right. 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. And the phone numbers you had for Mr. 10 Jackson began to not work after it appeared that 11 your cancer was in remission, correct. 12 A. No, I said they stopped working after my 13 third or fourth chemotherapy round. 14 Q. Okay. Before that, could you easily call 15 him. 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. And before that, did you often call him. 18 A. Yes. And he would call me and stuff. We 19 would talk -- we talked a lot more before then. 20 Q. In fact, you called him at the Universal -- 21 Hilton Universal the day you visited, right. 22 A. I believe so. I’m not too sure how it came 23 about. 24 Q. Who did you complain to about your phone 25 numbers to Mr. Jackson not working. 26 A. I didn’t complain to anybody. 27 Q. Ever mention it to your mother. 28 A. I’m pretty sure I did. 1908 1 Q. Ever mention it to your brother and sister. 2 A. I’m pretty sure I did -- well, the first 3 person I told was my biological father, and then -- 4 because he was usually the one always with me like 5 when we would go up to Neverland or go with me to -- 6 with Chris or something. 7 Q. So you complained to your biological father 8 David that around the time of your third 9 chemotherapy treatment the phone numbers you had for 10 Michael Jackson were not working, right. 11 MR. SNEDDON: Your Honor, I’m going to 12 object to the question, the use of the first part of 13 it, because I believe that’s not his testimony, so 14 it assumes facts not in evidence. 15 THE COURT: Overruled. 16 You may answer. Do you want the question 17 read back. 18 THE WITNESS: Yes. 19 (Record read.) 20 THE WITNESS: I didn’t really complain. 21 I mean, I was in the hospital, and -- I was either 22 in the hospital or at my grandmother’s house or 23 something. And I told my dad that -- I told my 24 biological father that they weren’t working anymore. 25 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Well, when you first 26 started talking to Michael Jackson in the hospital, 27 you talked to him about your cancer, right. 28 A. Yes. 1909 1 Q. And he used to talk to you about ways to 2 deal with it, right. 3 A. Sometimes he would, yes. 4 Q. And he tried to encourage you to believe in 5 yourself and you could heal, correct. 6 A. Yes. He would tell me that like -- that -- 7 to -- like this one time he told me to eat up cancer 8 cells like a Pac Man. Something like that. 9 Q. And what he told you was to sort of 10 visualize in your mind Pac Man eating up bad cancer 11 cells, right. 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. Did you do that. 14 A. Not really. 15 Q. Did you ever try to visualize. 16 A. Well, yeah, I think I did once, but I 17 mean -- 18 Q. Now, when you had your third chemotherapy 19 treatment, you were getting encouraging signs from 20 the doctor, right, about beating cancer. 21 A. Yes. 22 Q. And you were being told that it looked like 23 you might beat this thing, right. 24 A. I didn’t really get told that until my fifth 25 chemotherapy round where they had that CT scan. 26 Q. But didn’t you complain to the Santa Barbara 27 Sheriffs that after your cancer was over, Michael 28 stopped communicating with you. 1910 1 A. It wasn’t after my cancer. It was toward 2 the beginning of my third chemotherapy round. 3 Q. You told them, “After I was done with my 4 cancer stuff,” you couldn’t call Michael anymore, 5 right. 6 A. I couldn’t call Michael either at that 7 period, or the period when I had cancer. 8 Q. Okay. When you were undergoing 9 chemotherapy, you visited Neverland with Chris 10 Tucker on a couple of occasions, correct. 11 A. I don’t know if it was during my cancer. I 12 think it was -- I visited him after. I don’t know. 13 Q. Approximately when was that, if you know. 14 A. I went up there with his birthday for 15 Dustin, so whenever his birthday is. 16 Q. I’m sorry, I can’t hear you. 17 A. I went up there whenever his birthday was, 18 whenever Dustin’s birthday was. But I don’t know 19 what came first, either the Martin Bashir thing or 20 Dustin’s birthday. I’m not sure. 21 Q. And Michael Jackson wasn’t there, right. 22 A. No. 23 Q. Do you know how that trip got arranged. 24 A. Which trip. 25 Q. The trip with Chris Tucker to Neverland when 26 Michael Jackson wasn’t even there. 27 A. Well, I’m not sure if Dustin -- well, if it 28 was Dustin’s birthday or Chris’s -- or, I mean, the 1911 1 Martin Bashir thing. So I’m not -- I don’t know how 2 it got arranged that we’d go up there. I mean, I 3 don’t -- like -- I don’t really know whether it was 4 like a limousine or something. 5 Q. But you don’t know who set that up, right. 6 A. Not exactly. Well, the -- I think the 7 Martin Bashir thing I went up there with Chris. 8 And then with the Dustin thing, I went up 9 there in Chris’s bus with a bunch of other people, 10 his family and stuff. 11 Q. Are you telling the jury that when you did 12 the Martin Bashir filming, Chris Tucker was with 13 you. 14 A. Um, I’m -- I don’t know whether he drove me 15 up there or not. I -- because I’m not too sure how, 16 like, all this stuff -- how I got up there. But I 17 know I went up there with Chris for Dustin’s 18 birthday. 19 Q. Do you remember Chris being there when you 20 were filmed for the Bashir documentary. 21 A. I don’t know, because I think I might have 22 went up there with Chris, because I remember going 23 up there with Chris one time when we were riding 24 horses, and then he was wearing like this -- this 25 thing that like only like sheiks would wear, and he 26 was joking around, and we were all riding horses and 27 stuff. And I don’t know -- I think it might have 28 been around the time that I was -- that Martin -- 1912 1 that the Martin Bashir thing got filmed. 2 Q. To your knowledge, Chris Tucker wasn’t in 3 the Bashir documentary, right. 4 A. No. 5 Q. Did you leave Neverland after that visit 6 with Chris. 7 A. After -- well -- 8 MR. SNEDDON: Excuse me, I’m going to object 9 as vague as to “that visit.” We’ve discussed a 10 couple of them. 11 MR. MESEREAU: I’ll rephrase it. 12 THE COURT: All right. 13 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: When you were at Neverland 14 to film what became part of the Bashir documentary, 15 at some point you went home, right. 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. And did you go home with Chris Tucker. 18 A. No. We stood there and we went swimming and 19 stuff. 20 Q. What was the state of your cancer when you 21 filmed what became part of the Bashir documentary. 22 A. The Martin Bashir interview thing. 23 Q. Yes. 24 A. I was in remission. 25 Q. And for how long had you been in remission 26 at that point. 27 A. I’m not sure when it was filmed. So I’m not 28 sure how long. 1913 1 Q. Do you know if it was a number of months. 2 A. Yeah. Definitely. 3 Q. At that point, could you reach Michael 4 Jackson by telephone if you wanted to. 5 A. No, after the Martin Bashir thing, he didn’t 6 give me any phone numbers, because he left, like, 7 either the same day or the day after the Martin 8 Bashir interview, and I didn’t really get any other 9 phone numbers. 10 Q. But your phone numbers for Michael Jackson 11 stopped working before the Bashir documentary, 12 didn’t they. 13 A. Yes. Michael called me to go up to 14 Neverland. He said that he was trying to find me or 15 something like that to go -- for him to talk to me, 16 and then he wanted me to go up to the Martin 17 Bashir -- well, he didn’t tell me that. He told me 18 he wanted me to go up to his ranch and visit him. 19 Q. You hadn’t been able to call Michael Jackson 20 by phone for many, many months before you were 21 filmed in the Bashir documentary, right. 22 A. No, I was not able -- well, I didn’t have a 23 phone number. 24 Q. Okay. Now, in the year 2001, you don’t 25 recall ever going to Neverland, right. 26 A. No. 27 Q. You started going in the year 2000, right. 28 A. Yes. 1914 1 Q. You didn’t go there in the year 2001, right. 2 A. I don’t think I did. 3 Q. And at some point you heard from Michael 4 Jackson and went there for the Bashir filming, 5 right. 6 A. Yes. 7 Q. Now, you visited Neverland a number of times 8 in the year 2000 with your biological father, 9 correct. 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. And do you remember if Michael Jackson was 12 there during those visits. 13 A. I think he was there for the -- I think he 14 was there once. The first time I went there he was 15 there. And then I think the second time I went 16 there, he was there and then he had to leave. 17 Q. When your father was at Neverland with you, 18 did you ever stay in Michael Jackson’s room. 19 A. No, I only stood on the first night, and 20 then the rest of the nights I just stood in, like, 21 the units and stuff. 22 Q. And when you say you stayed there the first 23 night, is that the night you described where Michael 24 Jackson and Frank slept on the floor, and you and 25 your brother slept on the bed. Is that what you’re 26 talking about. 27 A. Yes, I believe so. 28 Q. And is it your testimony that that first 1915 1 visit, you had dinner in the main house with your 2 family and Michael Jackson. 3 A. Yes. 4 Q. And during that dinner, was there a 5 discussion about whether or not you and Star could 6 sleep in Michael Jackson’s room. 7 A. The first day. 8 Q. Yes. 9 A. Yeah. Like, we were in Michael’s office and 10 then we were talking about stuff, and then Michael 11 told me to ask if I could go sleep in his room so we 12 can watch, like, movies and stuff. 13 Q. Was there a discussion at the dinner table 14 that evening with your parents and Michael Jackson 15 about whether or not you could stay in his room. 16 A. Yes. Michael told me to ask my parents in 17 front of him and my parents. 18 Q. Did you ask your parents in front of Mr. 19 Jackson at the dinner table that evening. 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. Did your parents both approve you and your 22 brother staying in Michael Jackson’s room. 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. And that’s the night you say Michael and 25 Frank slept on the floor, right. 26 A. Yes. 27 Q. Did you ever ask either of your parents 28 after that whether you could stay in Michael 1916 1 Jackson’s room. 2 A. I don’t think so. 3 Q. You don’t think you ever asked them that 4 question again. 5 A. I think it was like we only stood there that 6 one night, and then after that, we stood in our 7 units or something. Because I think that’s the only 8 night I slept in his room, the first night. 9 Q. Okay. You said after that, you had stayed 10 in the guest units. 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. And are the guest units where your mother 13 was staying. 14 A. Well, there’s a lot of guest units, so I 15 think me and my brother had a room. Me and my 16 brother and my sister had a room, and my mom and my 17 dad had another room. 18 Q. Okay. And you and your brother would stay 19 in those guest units, right. 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. And approximately how many of those trips to 22 Neverland do you think you and your brother stayed 23 in the guest units. 24 A. After that first night we would stay in 25 there every night we would go there, every time, or 26 sometimes we would go to the train house and sleep 27 up there. 28 Q. You’d sleep in the train house. 1917 1 A. Yeah. 2 Q. Please tell the jury where the train house 3 is. 4 A. It’s on top of a -- like you come -- like 5 the guest units are right here, and you go up the 6 side of this hill, and then up there there’s like 7 this train station. And then you can sleep in 8 there, because there’s, like, couches, and you can 9 roll out a bed, and then there’s a T.V. there and 10 stuff. It was pretty cool. 11 Q. How many times do you think you and your 12 brother stayed in the train house. 13 A. A few nights, I guess. 14 Q. When you visited Neverland with Chris 15 Tucker, did you stay in the train house. 16 A. Yeah. I think so. I think that’s the time 17 that we stood in the train house. 18 Q. Do you know where Chris Tucker stayed when 19 you visited Neverland with Chris Tucker. 20 A. No. 21 Q. Did you ever go into his room. 22 A. I think we might have. I don’t know. I 23 mean, I don’t know where he stood right as of now. 24 I mean, I don’t remember, but I don’t -- I think we 25 went into his room to, like, say, “Let’s go do 26 this,” or something like that. 27 Q. Let me ask you this: After the first night 28 your family was at Neverland, when do you next 1918 1 remember your mother visiting Neverland. 2 A. Not until after we came back from Miami. 3 Q. So you don’t think your mother ever visited 4 Neverland between your first visit in the year 2000 5 and right after the Miami trip. 6 A. Yes. I don’t think she did. 7 Q. Okay. You don’t recall her being there at 8 all. 9 A. No. 10 Q. Okay. And you recall your father being 11 there once or twice. 12 A. No, I recall my father being there every 13 time I went up there. 14 Q. And how many times was that. 15 A. When I had cancer, it was -- well, he went 16 up there every time that I had cancer. And he 17 was -- I’m not sure how many times I stood there. 18 That was -- because I think I stopped going out 19 there after my fourth chemotherapy round. And so it 20 was -- probably we went there, like, four or five 21 times, or something like that, yeah. 22 Q. At some point you learned about the Bashir 23 documentary by watching television, right. 24 A. Well, I didn’t really know it was the Bashir 25 documentary until I -- we started talking about it 26 more with Chris, and stuff like that. 27 And I just remember watching the news and 28 they were talking about kids and Michael, but I 1919 1 didn’t really know they were talking about the 2 Martin Bashir documentary. 3 Q. Well, you were watching CNN, correct. 4 A. I think I was. I don’t know. 5 Q. And at some point you saw a reference to 6 yourself being in the Bashir documentary, right. Is 7 that true. 8 A. I didn’t know it was the Bashir documentary, 9 but they said -- I personally thought it was some 10 guy that was saying stuff about Michael. And they 11 were talking -- I thought they mentioned my name 12 when they were talking about Michael. But I didn’t 13 know it was the Martin Bashir documentary until, 14 like, we started talking to Chris and stuff. 15 Q. But you told the Santa Barbara Sheriffs your 16 name was mentioned a lot, correct. 17 A. No, I think I only told them my name was 18 mentioned maybe -- I don’t think “a lot.” But, I 19 mean, I did think my name was mentioned. 20 Q. You told the sheriffs, “Because on, like, 21 CNN and stuff, they started saying, like, Gavin -- 22 Gavin this and Gavin that, right. 23 A. I don’t remember. I mean, I guess I did, 24 because it’s in the transcript. 25 Q. Were they really mentioning your name on the 26 newscasts. 27 A. Yes. 28 Q. How many times did you hear your name 1920 1 mentioned on the newscasts. 2 A. Three or four times. I don’t know. 3 Q. Did you -- were you watching that with your 4 mom. 5 A. Yes. Our whole family was watching it. 6 Q. And generally speaking, would you say your 7 family was upset. 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. Okay. And do you recall your mother ever 10 calling up Michael Jackson to talk about it. 11 A. No. I remember Michael calling us. 12 Q. Do you recall your mother ever discussing 13 the fact that you had legal rights regarding that 14 show. 15 A. No. I mean -- the Martin Bashir thing. 16 Q. Yes. 17 A. No. 18 Q. Do you recall your mother ever discussing 19 her claim that she never gave permission for you to 20 be on a show. 21 A. Oh, yes. I remember that. 22 Q. Okay. And when is the first time you heard 23 your mother complain about her not giving proper 24 permission for you to be on the show. 25 A. I don’t remember. 26 Q. Do you recall ever going to a lawyer with 27 your mother to discuss your legal rights in that 28 regard. 1921 1 A. Hmm, I’m not sure. 2 Q. Do you remember discussing that with 3 Attorney Bill Dickerman. 4 A. Oh, yeah, yeah. We went to The Laugh 5 Factory and we talked to Bill. My mom was talking 6 to him. I mean, I was, like, playing around or 7 something. I was -- like, with the microphone. 8 Q. And the discussion concerned, among other 9 things, the fact that you had legal rights in that 10 documentary, right. 11 A. I guess. I mean, I wasn’t really paying 12 attention. I was kind of bored. 13 Q. Okay. Do you recall -- do you remember the 14 rebuttal video. 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. Do you remember you went to Hamid’s home to 17 film the rebuttal video. 18 A. Yes. 19 Q. Do you remember discussions before you 20 filmed that video about whether or not your mother 21 was going to sign a release. 22 A. Not too sure. 23 Q. Do you remember anything like that. 24 A. No. 25 Q. You claim that Michael Jackson called you on 26 the phone and said there’s going to be a press 27 conference in Florida, right. 28 A. Yes. 1922 1 Q. Did you want to be in a press conference. 2 A. Yeah. I wanted to, like, say that Michael 3 was a good guy and stuff. 4 Q. And you were disappointed when you got to 5 Florida and no press conference took place, right. 6 A. I guess. But, I mean, I was still kind of 7 having fun, so it wasn’t that big of a deal to me. 8 Q. I couldn’t hear what you said. 9 A. I was still having fun, so it wasn’t really 10 that big of a deal to me. 11 Q. Well, you thought that you were going to 12 Florida to appear in a press conference with Michael 13 Jackson, correct. 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. You flew on Chris Tucker’s plane to Florida, 16 right. 17 A. Yes. 18 Q. You stayed at a luxury hotel, right. 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. You came back a couple of days later, right. 21 A. We went right to Neverland after we came 22 back. 23 Q. And there never was a press conference that 24 you appeared at in Florida, right. 25 A. No. 26 Q. And that upset you, didn’t it. 27 A. Um, as I said, not really. Because it 28 wasn’t -- I mean, I thought we were. I mean -- and 1923 1 then he said that we’re not going to. Well, he 2 didn’t really say that we’re not going to. I mean, 3 it never really happened, so it’s like -- I was 4 like, “Okay, whatever.” I mean -- and I was still 5 having fun playing around and stuff, playing video 6 games and stuff. 7 Q. When you were in Miami, you stayed with your 8 mom in a room, right. 9 A. Yes. 10 Q. That was at the Turnberry Hotel, right. 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. That was a floor below Michael Jackson’s 13 suite, true. 14 A. I don’t know. 15 Q. It wasn’t a floor below. 16 A. I said that I don’t know. 17 Q. Do you remember your mother ever complaining 18 that she wanted to be in Michael Jackson’s suite. 19 A. No. 20 Q. Never heard anything like that. 21 A. No. 22 Q. And you say you never stayed overnight in 23 Mr. Jackson’s room at the Turnberry in Miami, right. 24 A. No. I never stood in his room. 25 Q. Do you remember telling the Santa Barbara 26 Sheriffs that Michael Jackson first touched you 27 inappropriately during your last days at Neverland. 28 A. Yes. 1924 1 Q. Were you telling the truth. 2 A. Yes. 3 Q. This was shortly before Vinnie drove your 4 family to your grandparents’, right. 5 A. Not -- well, it was like a week or -- 6 probably two weeks before Vinnie drove us back. 7 Q. Well, you said to the sheriffs it was during 8 the last days at Neverland, right. 9 A. Well, days equals -- seven days equals a 10 week, so it could be days. So, I mean, it was more 11 like a week or two. 12 Q. We’ll get to that. 13 Did you discuss over the weekend with 14 Prosecutor Sneddon exactly when you say this 15 inappropriate touching took place. 16 A. No. Not over this -- no. 17 Q. Did you have any discussion at all with the 18 prosecutors last night about when you say the 19 inappropriate touching took place. 20 A. No. 21 Q. Okay. Now, when you claim you were 22 masturbated, were you wearing pajamas. 23 A. Yes, I was wearing Michael’s pajamas. 24 Q. Okay. Now, clearly during the last days at 25 Neverland, you and your family, from what you say, 26 wanted to leave, right. 27 A. Well, my mom always wanted to leave. I 28 wanted to stay, because I was having lots of fun, 1925 1 but my mom was always really worried. 2 Q. Well, at some point you say you escaped from 3 Neverland, right. 4 A. Yes. 5 Q. You’ve told the jury you escaped a couple of 6 times before the final escape, which was when you 7 left for good -- 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. -- right. 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. So what you are telling this jury is that 12 after a couple of escapes, and following your return 13 from those escapes, you claim you were 14 inappropriately touched. That’s what you’re saying, 15 right. 16 MR. SNEDDON: Object as argumentative, Your 17 Honor. 18 THE COURT: Overruled. 19 You may answer. Do you want the question 20 read back. 21 THE WITNESS: Yes. 22 (Record read.) 23 THE WITNESS: Yes. 24 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Now, you told the sheriffs 25 that after Miami, you slept in Michael Jackson’s 26 room every night, right. 27 A. I slept in his room every night that Michael 28 was there. 1926 1 Q. And this would include visits when your 2 mother was staying at Neverland, correct. 3 A. Yes. 4 Q. Are you telling the jury that you never 5 discussed your staying in Michael’s room with your 6 mother. 7 A. Not really, because my mom was always in her 8 unit. She was never outside or with us really. I 9 mean, so we would just go into Michael’s room. 10 Q. Are you telling the jury that your mother 11 never asked you, during any of those visits, “Where 12 are you spending the night.” 13 A. Not really, because I think she thought we 14 were sleeping in our unit. I mean, because she was 15 always in her unit. 16 Q. Are you telling the jury your mother never 17 left her unit at any time after the Miami trip. 18 A. She probably left a few times, but, I mean, 19 mainly she was always in her unit. 20 Q. And how many nights do you think you spent 21 in Michael Jackson’s room after the Miami trip. 22 A. I’m not sure because, I mean, every time 23 that Michael was there, me and my brother would be 24 in his room. 25 Q. And you never had one discussion with your 26 mom at any time after Miami about where you were 27 staying at night. 28 A. I might have. I don’t think I did. I’m 1927 1 pretty sure that I didn’t, because she was never 2 really involved in what we were doing at Neverland. 3 Q. And you’ve told the jury that you and your 4 brother were drinking every single night, right. 5 A. Every night that Michael was there. 6 Q. You were drinking alcohol every single night 7 that Michael was there; is that what you’re saying. 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. Okay. How about the nights that Michael 10 wasn’t there. 11 A. We wouldn’t drink. I mean -- 12 Q. Well, you and your brother were caught by 13 employees at Neverland drinking when Michael wasn’t 14 there, weren’t you. 15 A. No. 16 Q. Never happened. 17 A. No. 18 Q. No one ever walked in the wine cellar at 19 Neverland and caught you and your brother drinking 20 when Michael wasn’t there. 21 A. No. 22 Q. Did you know where the key was to the wine 23 cellar. 24 A. No. 25 Q. To your knowledge, did your brother know 26 where the key was to the wine cellar. 27 A. I don’t think he ever knew. He was always 28 with me everywhere we went. 1928 1 Q. Did you ever learn where the key was to the 2 wine cellar. 3 A. No. 4 Q. To this day, you don’t know. 5 A. To this day, I don’t know. 6 Q. Never discussed it with your brother. 7 A. No. 8 Q. Okay. Now, correct me if I’m wrong, you’ve 9 told the jury -- excuse me, let me rephrase that. 10 You’ve told the sheriffs that Michael 11 Jackson would give you and your brother Bacardi, 12 right. 13 A. That was one of the things he gave us, yes. 14 Q. That was rum, right. 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. And you also said he’d give you Skyy Vodka, 17 right. 18 A. Yes. 19 Q. Jim Beam, which was bourbon, right. 20 A. I don’t know what it is, but, yes. 21 Q. And red and white wine, right. 22 A. Yes. 23 Q. Did you drink all this stuff at once. 24 A. No, it was over the whole period of time 25 that we were over there. 26 Q. Okay. But never once did you taste any of 27 this stuff when Michael wasn’t there. 28 A. No. 1929 1 Q. Okay. Never took any alcohol out of the 2 refrigerator in the kitchen, right. 3 A. No. 4 Q. Never got caught taking alcohol out of the 5 refrigerator in the kitchen, right. 6 A. I never took any alcohol out of the 7 refrigerator in the kitchen. 8 Q. To your knowledge, was your brother ever 9 caught taking alcohol out of the refrigerator in the 10 kitchen. 11 A. I was always with him during the day, so no, 12 he didn’t. 13 Q. Okay. Now, you told the sheriffs at some 14 point your mother was scared and wanted to leave 15 Neverland, right. 16 A. My mom was scared, like, the whole time. 17 Q. Did you discuss your mother being scared 18 with your mother at Neverland. 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. Did you have talks with her about it. 21 A. Yes. 22 Q. And at no time during any of those 23 discussions did where you and Star were sleeping at 24 night come up. 25 MR. SNEDDON: Object as asked and answered, 26 Your Honor. 27 THE COURT: Sustained. 28 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: You talked about a black 1930 1 suitcase. Do you remember that. 2 A. Yes. 3 Q. When did you first see the black suitcase. 4 A. The same night that we came back from Miami. 5 Q. And this is right after the Miami trip. 6 A. Yes. 7 Q. The first night you’re back. 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. And when did you first see it. 10 A. In Michael’s, like, bathroom room, and, 11 like, he had all this stuff. Like he had, like, a 12 sink and a bathtub and a mirror and stuff. 13 Q. Before I explore that subject, you’ve talked 14 to the jury about Michael Jackson giving you a watch 15 that you claim he said was worth $75,000, right. 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. And that’s the watch you claim that others 18 wanted to get back from you, right. 19 A. Oh, yes. Like the -- I think Frank wanted 20 me to give it back or something like that. 21 Q. So after the Miami trip, you had the watch, 22 right. 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. You claimed that Mr. Jackson told you it was 25 worth $75,000, right. 26 A. Yes. 27 Q. Were you wearing it. 28 A. Yes. I believe so, yes. 1931 1 Q. And did Frank or someone else notice the 2 watch, to your knowledge. 3 A. Yeah. Yes. 4 Q. Did you discuss the watch with Frank. 5 A. Not really in -- I think Chris -- I mean, 6 Frank wanted me to give it back. And then I told 7 Michael, and Michael was like, “No, no, that’s your 8 watch. I gave it to you.” 9 Q. And did you have a discussion with Frank 10 about whether you should return it. 11 A. Frank, I think, wanted me to return it, and 12 Michael told me not to. 13 Q. At some point, did you ever complain to 14 anyone that that watch was not worth $75,000. 15 A. No. I always thought it was worth $75,000. 16 Q. Did you ever learn at some point it wasn’t. 17 A. No. 18 Q. To this day, is that what you think. 19 A. I’m pretty sure that’s how much it’s worth. 20 Q. Okay. Do you recall the Make a Wish 21 Foundation. 22 A. Yes. 23 Q. Did you have experience with them. 24 A. Yes. 25 Q. What is your experiences with Make a Wish 26 Foundation. 27 A. They called me up because I have cancer. 28 They do it for everybody that has -- every child 1932 1 that has cancer. And then they call you up and say 2 that, “You have one wish,” and they tell you that, 3 “Pretend I’m the genie, and you have one wish that 4 you can have.” 5 And then I asked them -- first I asked -- I 6 wanted a dog, like a little puppy, a beagle, but my, 7 like, dad -- my parents said that I can’t have a 8 beagle because it can get me sick. So I ended up 9 just asking for a vacation. 10 Q. And did you obtain any benefits from that 11 foundation; do you know. 12 A. Just a vacation. 13 Q. They paid for a vacation. 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. And approximately when was that. 16 A. Well, the doctor said to not go, because I 17 would have -- because I had -- like, it was such a 18 big amount of chemotherapy, that it would wipe out 19 every single one of the blood cells that I had. So 20 I would -- it would be bad if I get a fever, because 21 I was getting lots of fevers, because my white blood 22 cells can’t fight it because they’re so little. And 23 I would have to go in the hospital, and then they’d 24 have to give me antibiotics. 25 And if I was over in Hawaii, and I got a 26 fever because of some bacteria or something that was 27 in me, I -- I wouldn’t be able to go back, and then 28 I would get really sick. 1933 1 Q. Did Michael Jackson ever help you make 2 contact with that foundation. 3 A. No, I don’t believe so. I believe the 4 hospital social worker did. 5 Q. Do you recall ever discussing with Mr. 6 Jackson the Make a Wish Foundation. 7 A. I think I asked him if he donated money to 8 the Make a Wish Foundation. 9 Q. Do you recall what he said. 10 A. He said that he did. 11 Q. Okay. Do you know when you discussed that 12 with him. 13 A. I think it was like when he was doing the 14 rebuttal thing, when he was getting ready to do the 15 rebuttal. He was writing down all the foundations 16 that he ever donated to. 17 Q. And did you have a discussion with him about 18 that. 19 A. Not really. I mean, I saw him -- I mean, we 20 were talking about it, or whatever, and then we were 21 like, “Okay, okay,” and then we left and we were 22 playing some more. 23 Q. Okay. Now, you mentioned on your first day 24 of testimony that when you showed up for the Bashir 25 filming, there was some discussion about a burn 26 victim. 27 A. Yes. 28 Q. Tell the jury what that was about. 1934 1 A. Well, there was a boy there that had gotten 2 burned really bad, and then Michael said that he 3 helped him or something. And then that he was going 4 to -- that he was going to film him, too. So -- 5 Q. Were you supposed to be in the same film. 6 A. Yeah. Yes. 7 Q. And did you have a discussion with Michael 8 about that subject. 9 A. About me being in there. 10 Q. Yes. 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. Okay. Did you ever meet this person who was 13 burned. 14 A. Yeah, I think Michael introduced me to him. 15 Q. And when was this. 16 A. Around the same time as the Martin Bashir 17 thing. 18 Q. Was it at Neverland. 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. Did you talk to this person. 21 A. Yes. 22 Q. Do you remember the person’s name. 23 A. I think his name might have been David. 24 Q. Was it Rothenberg. 25 A. I don’t know. 26 Q. Was this a young man that you learned’s 27 father had poured gasoline on him and set him on 28 fire. 1935 1 A. I don’t know. 2 Q. Okay. 3 A. I think that’s what happened. 4 Q. And he was supposed to be in the film with 5 you, right. 6 A. Yes. 7 Q. Okay. And correct me if I’m wrong, you 8 discussed with Michael the fact that Michael had 9 helped this young boy, right. 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. Okay. Did you talk to this young boy about 12 what he had experienced. 13 A. No. 14 Q. Okay. Did you ever see him. 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. And please describe for the jury what he 17 looked like. 18 A. He looked like he was really badly burned 19 and he had like -- he was like a rocker. He was 20 wearing, like, rocker stuff. And he was burned. 21 And he had like only a few hairs on his head because 22 I guess it covered all the pores when he was burned. 23 Q. Did you and he appear in the film, if you 24 know. 25 A. Later I watched it, and then -- well, I 26 watched my part, and then I don’t think he was in 27 there. 28 Q. Okay. But was he at Neverland the day you 1936 1 were filmed. 2 A. Yes. 3 Q. Okay. Did you meet him shortly after you 4 arrived. 5 A. Yes. 6 Q. Okay. Did you and he walk around Neverland. 7 A. No. I don’t think so. 8 Q. How much time did you spend with him. 9 A. Michael introduced me to him and he was 10 older than me, so I mean -- I was pretty young. I 11 mean -- I don’t know. We just didn’t really have 12 that much in common that much. 13 Q. Okay. Were you ever personally threatened 14 by anyone associated with Mr. Jackson. 15 A. No. 16 Q. Okay. 17 THE COURT: Let’s take our morning break. 18 (Recess taken.) 19 THE COURT: All right. You may proceed. 20 MR. MESEREAU: Thank you, Your Honor. 21 Q. Mr. Arvizo, do you recall being interviewed 22 by the Santa Barbara Sheriffs about drinking in the 23 arcade. 24 THE COURT: They can’t hear you in the back 25 of the room. 26 THE BAILIFF: Do you still have your 27 microphone on. 28 MR. MESEREAU: It’s on. 1937 1 Q. Mr. Arvizo, do you recall discussing with 2 the Santa Barbara Sheriffs your claim that you were 3 drinking in the arcade with Michael Jackson. 4 A. Yes. 5 Q. Do you recall telling them the following: 6 “We didn’t drink a lot”. 7 A. No. 8 Q. Would it refresh your recollection if I show 9 you a transcript from that interview. 10 A. Yes. 11 MR. MESEREAU: May I approach, Your Honor. 12 THE COURT: Yes. 13 MR. SNEDDON: I’m sorry, Counsel, what page 14 was that. 15 MR. MESEREAU: 26. 16 Q. Mr. Arvizo, have you had a chance to look at 17 that page. 18 A. Yes. 19 Q. Does it refresh your recollection about what 20 you told the Santa Barbara Sheriffs. 21 A. Not really. 22 Q. You told them, “We didn’t drink a lot,” 23 right. 24 A. I don’t know. It says it on there. 25 Q. Do you recall saying that. 26 A. No. 27 Q. Pardon me. 28 A. No. 1938 1 Q. Do you deny saying that. 2 A. I don’t know if I ever said that. 3 Q. Would you agree that every time you were 4 interviewed, your stories of drinking got worse and 5 worse, correct. 6 A. No. 7 Q. You initially told them you didn’t drink a 8 lot. 9 A. That’s true. 10 Q. Then you started telling them you drank a 11 lot, and then you started telling them, “We drank 12 every night,” correct. 13 A. Well, “a lot” would be every night, so it 14 would really -- 15 Q. Pardon me. 16 A. “A lot” would be every night. 17 Q. And you’re saying after Miami that you 18 basically were drinking every single evening at 19 Neverland, correct. 20 A. No, I told him that every single evening 21 that Michael was there. In those transcripts, 22 probably when -- I still -- I don’t know. 23 Q. Isn’t it true that every time you were 24 interviewed, your stories of drinking got bigger and 25 bigger and bigger. 26 A. No. 27 Q. Are you saying your stories to the sheriffs 28 were always consistent when it came to drinking. 1939 1 A. I’m pretty sure they are. I mean, it 2 doesn’t really matter whether I said that or not. 3 I’m saying the fact is that we drank every night 4 that Michael was there. 5 Q. Did you ever discuss your drinking with your 6 mother when she was at Neverland. 7 A. I think I called her up at night -- yeah, I 8 called her up at night once. 9 Q. You called her up. 10 A. Called her on Michael’s phone. 11 Q. You called her from Michael’s room to say 12 you were drinking. 13 A. No. 14 Q. During the nights after Miami, when your 15 mother was staying at Neverland, are you saying you 16 never discussed your drinking with her. 17 A. No. I -- there was one -- I’m talking about 18 the one night that I told Michael that -- I told 19 Michael about the test that I had to take, and I 20 called my mom up. That’s what I was talking about. 21 Q. Okay. So not only did you never have a 22 discussion with your mother about where you were 23 staying at night, but you never had a discussion 24 with her about drinking alcohol; is that correct. 25 A. Yes. 26 MR. SNEDDON: Object as argumentative, Your 27 Honor. 28 THE COURT: Sustained. 1940 1 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: When you were at the 2 Calabasas Inn, was there a phone in your room. 3 A. I’m pretty sure there was. 4 Q. Did you ever see anybody call the police. 5 A. No. 6 Q. When you were shopping near the Calabasas 7 Inn, to your knowledge, did anyone ever scream 8 “help”. 9 A. No, I don’t think so. 10 Q. Ever see your mother do it. 11 A. No. 12 Q. Ever see Star do it. 13 A. No. 14 Q. Ever see your sister do it. 15 A. No. 16 Q. You didn’t do it either, correct. 17 A. No. 18 Q. After you escaped from Neverland the first 19 time, where did you go. 20 A. I think we went to my grandmother’s house. 21 Q. To your knowledge, did anybody call the 22 police and say, “We’ve been” -- 23 A. No, because the thing was, like I -- 24 Q. Let me just finish my question. 25 A. Okay. 26 Q. After you say you escaped from Neverland the 27 first time, you went to your grandparents’, correct. 28 A. Yes. 1941 1 Q. And how did you get there. 2 A. Jesus Salas drove us there. 3 Q. Do you recall anyone ever calling the police 4 and saying, “We’ve just been held against our will”. 5 A. No. Because like I -- my mom was -- 6 Q. Let me just ask you the questions. Okay. 7 Nobody did, right. 8 A. No. 9 Q. A few days later, you went back to 10 Neverland, right. 11 A. I believe -- yes. 12 Q. And then you say you escaped a second time, 13 correct. 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. And when you escaped the second time, how 16 did you get out of Neverland. 17 A. I don’t know. 18 Q. Someone drove you somewhere, right. 19 A. Yeah, probably. 20 Q. Did you go to your grandparents’ again. 21 A. Probably. 22 Q. Nobody called the police from your 23 grandparents’ when you say you escaped the second 24 time, right. 25 A. No. 26 Q. And then you claim you returned, right. 27 A. Yes. 28 Q. And you say you finally escaped for good, 1942 1 right. 2 A. Yes. 3 Q. And when you got back after finally escaping 4 for good to your grandparents’, nobody called the 5 police, correct. 6 A. No. 7 Q. Now, when you say Mr. Jackson masturbated 8 you, you’ve indicated that was sometime between 9 Jesus Salas driving your family to your 10 grandparents’ and your final trip out of Neverland, 11 correct. 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. Okay. And that’s at a time when you say 14 your mother was being threatened, correct. 15 A. My mother said that she felt -- that she was 16 being threatened, she felt. And Frank also told me 17 once that -- because he was angry about my mom 18 always wanting to leave and stuff. 19 Q. Okay. 20 A. And -- 21 Q. But basically what you’re saying is that the 22 inappropriate touching by Michael Jackson happened 23 after you’d escaped a few times, correct. 24 A. Yes. 25 Q. After you’d gone back a few times after your 26 escapes, right. 27 A. Yes. 28 Q. And after you claim you knew your mother was 1943 1 being threatened by Frank, correct. 2 A. Frank was angry at my mom once and he told 3 me, “Hey, Gavin, you know I could have your mother 4 killed.” 5 Q. Okay. And you believed him, correct. 6 A. Yes. 7 Q. Did you believe Frank. 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. All right. And you knew about the Brazil 10 planning at this point, correct. 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. Because you’d been to an agency, a federal 13 office to get a visa, right. 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. Do you remember driving down to that federal 16 office. 17 A. Yes. 18 Q. Do you remember going into the federal 19 office. 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. And while you were in that federal office, 22 nobody screamed for help, right. 23 A. No. 24 Q. And this was after you had the interview 25 with the three social workers at Jay Jackson’s home, 26 right. 27 A. Yes. 28 Q. And during the interview with the social 1944 1 workers at Jay Jackson’s home, nobody screamed for 2 help; true. 3 A. No. 4 Q. And that was after you went to Hamid’s home 5 for the rebuttal video, right. 6 A. I think it was. I don’t know. 7 Q. Right. 8 A. I think it was. 9 Q. And what you’re saying is that after your 10 interview with the social workers, where you were 11 asked questions about Michael Jackson, you’re saying 12 it was after that that inappropriate touching began, 13 correct. 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. While Mr. Jackson is being investigated by 16 Los Angeles County, true. 17 A. It -- it didn’t happen until the last few 18 weeks before I left. Or two weeks, somewhere around 19 there. 20 Q. Let me ask the question again. 21 A. Okay. 22 Q. The three social workers were from Los 23 Angeles County, true. 24 A. I think they were. 25 Q. And they were asking you questions about 26 whether Mr. Jackson had ever inappropriately touched 27 you, correct. 28 A. Yes. 1945 1 Q. And you said “No,” right. 2 A. Yes. 3 Q. You knew they were investigating Mr. 4 Jackson, right. 5 A. No, I thought they were just going to try to 6 ask me, and that was it. I didn’t know -- 7 Q. But what you’re telling the jury is that 8 after this investigation starts and after you and 9 your family are questioned, Mr. Jackson supposedly 10 starts touching you inappropriately, right. 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. Okay. Now, you indicated to the jury last 13 week that the first time Mr. Jackson inappropriately 14 touched you, you weren’t looking at him, right. 15 A. Well, it’s like I would turn over to him 16 sometimes. I glanced over at him a couple times. 17 Q. You said you weren’t really looking at him, 18 right. 19 A. Not really. 20 Q. Okay. You said you weren’t looking at him, 21 but you could somehow feel him moving, correct. 22 A. I could feel his leg like moving up 23 against -- 24 Q. Okay. After that, did you complain to your 25 mother that you had been inappropriately touched. 26 A. No. I never discussed it with my mom. I 27 never discussed it with my mom at all. 28 Q. Did you complain to Star that you had been 1946 1 inappropriately touched. 2 A. No. 3 Q. Did you complain to your sister that you had 4 been inappropriately touched. 5 A. No. 6 Q. Did you complain to Jay Jackson that you had 7 been inappropriately touched. 8 A. No. 9 Q. Were you upset when you say you were 10 inappropriately touched. 11 A. If I was upset. 12 Q. Yes. Were you upset. 13 A. Yeah. Because, I mean, something happened 14 to where, like, it’s not like I can go back and 15 change it; you know what I mean. It’s like 16 something that I have, like, no control of. 17 Q. Well, at this point, in your mind, your 18 mother’s been threatened and you’ve been 19 inappropriately touched, correct. 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. And you remained at Neverland, true. 22 A. Yes. 23 Q. And you claim you continued to stay in his 24 bedroom, right. 25 A. Well, I think he left after the second time. 26 Q. You think Michael Jackson left after the 27 second time. 28 A. Yeah, a few days after the second time. 1947 1 That’s why I’m pretty sure that it happened a few -- 2 two weeks before, because I know I’m pretty sure 3 that Michael left like a day after the second time. 4 Q. Well, but you told the jury last week it was 5 a couple of days before you left for good. Do you 6 remember that. 7 A. No. You kept on saying that. 8 Q. Pardon me. 9 A. No. You kept on saying that. 10 Q. Well, let’s look at this. 11 You said that maybe a few days before you 12 left Neverland for good you were inappropriately 13 touched, right. 14 MR. SNEDDON: Judge, I’m going to object as 15 asked and answered. He was asked this morning. 16 THE COURT: Sustained. 17 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Do you remember saying 18 last week, Mr. Arvizo, when I asked you when it 19 happened, you said, “No, it was more toward the end, 20 toward when we were already about to leave, after we 21 had been drinking alcohol and all that stuff. It 22 wasn’t directly after the DCSF. It was more toward 23 the end of the” -- a few days before you left 24 Neverland, right. 25 MR. SNEDDON: Same objection, Your Honor. 26 Asked and answered. 27 THE COURT: Sustained. 28 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: You then changed it later 1948 1 on in that examination to say, “It was a week before 2 we left,” right. 3 MR. SNEDDON: Your Honor, I’m going to 4 object to counsel. He’s just trying to read this in 5 after the objection. 6 THE COURT: Sustained. 7 Counsel, you’re -- be quiet. You’re arguing 8 your case. Stop it. Start asking questions. 9 MR. MESEREAU: Yes, Your Honor. 10 Q. Do you know when you first saw Attorney 11 Larry Feldman. 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. When was that. 14 A. It was after all the stuff was done. 15 Q. And approximately when. 16 A. I don’t know. 17 Q. Have you discussed your meeting with Larry 18 Feldman with any prosecutor. 19 A. I don’t think so. 20 Q. At any time. 21 A. No. 22 Q. Pardon me. 23 A. No. I don’t think I ever talked to anyone. 24 Q. So you’ve never talked to any prosecutor 25 about your meeting with Attorney Feldman. Is that 26 what you’re saying. 27 A. I don’t think I did. 28 Q. Okay. Did you ever discuss your meeting 1949 1 with Attorney Larry Feldman with any sheriff. 2 A. I don’t think I did. 3 Q. Do you know for sure. 4 A. No. 5 Q. You eventually spoke to a psychologist named 6 Stanley Katz, correct. 7 A. Yes. 8 Q. Do you know about when that was. 9 A. No. 10 Q. You told Stanley Katz that chemotherapy had 11 messed up your head. Do you remember that. 12 A. Yeah, it -- for a while it was hard for me 13 to do schoolwork in school because of the 14 chemotherapy. 15 Q. And you told Stanley Katz that, correct. 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. Did you tell him you had memory problems. 18 A. Yeah, for a while I had memory problems. 19 Q. And that was from chemotherapy, correct. 20 A. I believe so. 21 Q. Were you taking any medications at the time 22 you returned to Neverland from Miami. 23 A. I had -- I have to take, even now, the 500 24 milligrams of Amoxicillin, and five milligrams of 25 Lycinopril for my kidney and because I don’t have a 26 spleen. 27 Q. Do you remember telling Psychologist Stanley 28 Katz you thought a crazy fan of Michael Jackson will 1950 1 kill you. 2 A. Yes. 3 Q. You never told that to the sheriffs, 4 correct. 5 A. I’m pretty sure I discussed it with them. 6 Q. Well, it never appears in your interviews, 7 right. 8 A. Yeah, I guess it didn’t. But, I mean, it 9 doesn’t mean I didn’t tell them that. 10 Q. The only time that you used the word “kill” 11 was when you told the sheriffs that Frank had 12 threatened to kill your mom, right. 13 A. Uh-huh. In an interview. 14 Q. When did you start thinking that a crazy fan 15 of Michael Jackson will kill you. 16 A. When Frank kept on telling us that people -- 17 there was death threats on us. 18 Q. What were the death threats. 19 A. I don’t know. Frank just told us that. 20 Q. Well, when you discussed that with Stanley 21 Katz, you didn’t tell him that came from Frank. You 22 told him you personally were frightened, right. 23 A. Yeah. Be -- but I mean -- 24 Q. Is that right. 25 A. Yes. Frank was the one that really made me 26 realize that that could happen. 27 Q. Okay. Now, did you ever discuss with 28 Michael Jackson your fear that a fan might hurt you. 1951 1 A. I don’t know. 2 Q. Did you ever discuss with Michael Jackson 3 what Frank was telling you that you thought was 4 threatening. 5 A. I don’t think I did. 6 Q. Okay. So based on your experiences, Michael 7 Jackson knew nothing about what Frank was saying to 8 you, correct. 9 MR. SNEDDON: Object. It calls for 10 speculation. 11 THE COURT: Sustained. 12 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: When you were at the 13 Calabasas Inn, you never spoke to Michael Jackson, 14 right. 15 A. No, I don’t think so. 16 Q. The night before you did the rebuttal video, 17 you never spoke to Michael Jackson, right. 18 A. I might have. I don’t know. 19 Q. The day you did the rebuttal video, you 20 never spoke to Michael Jackson, right. 21 A. No. Michael was telling me that I’m going 22 to do a rebuttal for him. 23 THE REPORTER: What was the last part. 24 THE WITNESS: Michael was telling me before 25 we went that we were going to do the rebuttal for 26 him. 27 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Approximately when was 28 that. 1952 1 A. Maybe right before the rebuttal. 2 Q. When you spoke on that rebuttal video, were 3 you telling the truth. 4 A. No. 5 Q. Were you lying. 6 A. Dieter had us pretty much -- yeah, Dieter 7 had us lie. 8 Q. Were you lying throughout that rebuttal 9 video. 10 A. There was probably a few things that were 11 true, but, I mean, a lot of it was what Dieter told 12 us to say. 13 Q. Was it your understanding that your mother 14 was lying. 15 A. She was saying what Dieter told her to say. 16 Q. Was it your understanding she was lying. 17 A. Yes, she was lying, because Dieter told her 18 to say it. 19 Q. Was it your understanding that Star was 20 lying in that rebuttal video. 21 A. Yes. 22 Q. And was it your understanding that your 23 sister lied on that rebuttal video. 24 A. Yes. 25 Q. And you were lying about Mr. Jackson helping 26 you with cancer; is that correct. 27 A. No, because Michael did help me a little 28 bit, but, I mean, he -- for me, what I felt as a 1953 1 little kid, I mean, besides the fact of all this 2 money and who paid for this and who paid for that, 3 who -- I felt who really helped me was my other 4 friends. 5 Because Michael, at the time when he was 6 calling me and talking to me and stuff, I felt like 7 he was my best friend. But, I mean, when he -- when 8 I would call his phone numbers and a little 9 operating lady would say, “This phone is no longer 10 in service.” I mean, I never called Chris and his 11 phone was never in service. I never called George 12 and his phone wasn’t in service. 13 Q. Do you recall being caught at Neverland with 14 girlie magazines when you were not around Michael 15 Jackson. 16 A. No. 17 Q. Are you saying that never happened. 18 MR. SNEDDON: Your Honor, 403 hearing. 19 THE COURT: Sustained. 20 I’ll -- that’s sort of a -- you know what 21 he’s talking about on the 403 hearing, right. 22 MR. MESEREAU: I thought I was able to get 23 into these areas on cross. 24 THE COURT: Yes. That’s why I’m looking at 25 you, because I don’t want to discuss it. I just 26 want to make sure we understand each other. 27 MR. MESEREAU: Yeah, I won’t go further than 28 that on this one. 1954 1 There’s another area, too, I think the Court 2 gave me permission. 3 THE COURT: That’s correct. 4 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Mr. Arvizo, you were 5 caught masturbating at Neverland when Michael 6 Jackson wasn’t even around, weren’t you. 7 A. No. 8 Q. You were caught masturbating in a guest 9 quarters, weren’t you. 10 A. No. 11 Q. No one ever saw you do that. 12 A. No. 13 Q. No one ever talked to you about that. 14 A. No one ever talked to me about it. 15 Q. Okay. Long after you did the rebuttal 16 video, you had written numerous letters and cards to 17 Michael Jackson thanking him for what he did for 18 your cancer, true. 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. Long before you did the rebuttal video, you 21 had written numerous cards and letters to Michael 22 Jackson referring to him as your father, true. 23 A. Yes. Because I missed him. I mean, I 24 wanted to know what happened, why he wasn’t calling 25 anymore. And that’s the only real way I had 26 connection with him was through mail, because I had 27 Evvy’s -- I knew where Evvy was, so I could send it 28 to her. 1955 1 Q. And long before you did the rebuttal video, 2 you sent cards and letters to Michael Jackson 3 referring to yourself as his son, true. 4 MR. SNEDDON: Your Honor, I’m going to 5 object. This has all been asked and answered. 6 MR. MESEREAU: I don’t think it has. 7 THE COURT: Well, there wasn’t a time frame. 8 You have covered the cards and letters. Is there a 9 specific time frame you’re concerned about. 10 MR. MESEREAU: Any time before the rebuttal 11 video, Your Honor. 12 THE COURT: I think you’ve covered that. The 13 objection is sustained. 14 MR. MESEREAU: Okay. Okay. 15 Q. We’re going to go through the rebuttal 16 video. And I’m just going to ask you some questions 17 about what you said and how you said it. Okay. 18 A. Okay. 19 MR. MESEREAU: All right. Your Honor, at 20 this time we’d like to play the rebuttal video. 21 THE COURT: What is that. “Input 4”. 22 MR. SANGER: Yes. Your Honor, for the 23 record, it’s Exhibit 340. 24 THE COURT: Exhibit 340. 25 Ready. 26 I’d like one of those whistles just before I 27 make a ruling. 28 MR. SANGER: Tell me to queue it up, Your 1956 1 Honor. 2 Just for the record, I turned the sound off 3 on this so we wouldn’t.... 4 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 5 Exhibit 340, Disk 1, was played for the Court and 6 jury.) 7 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Now, you heard what your 8 mother just said, right. 9 A. Yes. 10 Q. And is it your belief your mother is lying. 11 A. Um, right there, not really, because I had a 12 pretty good relationship with him, you know, right 13 at the beginning. 14 Q. So you don’t think your mother is lying when 15 she makes that statement, correct. 16 A. Well, not really, because, I mean, he was 17 like really close to me in the beginning. I mean, I 18 guess, I thought I was close to him; you know what I 19 mean. 20 Q. Okay. 21 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 22 Exhibit 340, Disk 1, was played for the Court and 23 jury.) 24 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Mr. Arvizo, when you made 25 those statements, were you lying. 26 A. Statements about the first night. 27 Q. What you just said, yes. 28 A. The sleeping arrangements. 1957 1 Q. Yes. 2 A. No, I wasn’t lying about that. 3 Q. Have you told any lies so far in this 4 rebuttal tape. 5 A. I don’t -- I remember I said something 6 that -- oh, yeah, because Michael told me in the 7 office, in his office, to ask my parents if I could 8 sleep in his room. So it wasn’t -- he told me to 9 ask in front of my parents. 10 Q. So are you saying this is a lie you just 11 told. 12 A. I’m just saying that -- about how I asked my 13 parents. 14 Q. Yes. 15 A. That’s a lie. 16 Q. That’s a lie. 17 A. Yes. 18 Q. Okay. Is that the first lie you’ve told in 19 this rebuttal tape, as far as you can see. 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. Okay. 22 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 23 Exhibit 340, Disk 1, was played for the Court and 24 jury.) 25 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Mr. Arvizo, you heard what 26 you just said. Is that a lie. 27 A. No. 28 Q. Was everything you said there truthful. 1958 1 A. Yes. 2 Q. Okay. 3 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 4 Exhibit 340, Disk 1, was played for the Court and 5 jury.) 6 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Mr. Arvizo, you’ve heard 7 what your mother just said. Was it your belief that 8 she was lying. 9 A. There’s a part in there, like, that there 10 was no way to cure me. Dieter told us to say that. 11 Q. Okay. So that was not true. 12 A. Yeah, because they did do radiation and 13 chemotherapy. 14 Q. The truth was, you had needed radiation and 15 chemo to cure you, and what your mother said was a 16 lie, correct. 17 A. About there was no way to cure me, that 18 Michael was the only person that could cure me. 19 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 20 Exhibit 340, Disk 1, was played for the Court and 21 jury.) 22 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Mr. Arvizo, is what you 23 said there the truth. 24 A. Yes. 25 Q. Have you told any lies in this particular 26 segment. 27 A. No. 28 Q. Okay. 1959 1 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 2 Exhibit 340, Disk 1, was played for the Court and 3 jury.) 4 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Gavin, is your mother 5 telling the truth. 6 A. Yes, because I remember -- I think Michael 7 did, like, a blood drive or something. Yeah, a lot 8 of my other friends were also helping, thank God, 9 because, I mean, it’s such a rare blood that I 10 needed. 11 Q. But is your mother telling the truth in the 12 statements she makes. 13 A. Yes. About Michael, yes. 14 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 15 Exhibit 340, Disk 1, was played for the Court and 16 jury.) 17 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Gavin, is your sister 18 telling the truth when she makes that statement. 19 A. Not really, because she was saying that -- 20 well, she was saying that people were always turning 21 us away. And that’s not true, because, I mean, 22 Jamie Masada was helping us, Louise Palanker was 23 helping us, George Lopez was helping us. I’m pretty 24 sure -- I’m not too sure, but I’m pretty sure Dieter 25 told her to say that also, that no one else was 26 helping us but Michael. 27 Q. And Chris Tucker was helping you, correct. 28 A. Yes, Chris Tucker was helping us, yes. 1960 1 Q. Okay. And this is the rebuttal video that 2 you did before the meeting with the three social 3 workers, correct. 4 A. I don’t know. I’m pretty sure I did it 5 before the social workers. 6 Q. You went the next morning to interview with 7 the social workers, didn’t you. 8 A. I think I did. 9 Q. Okay. Let me ask you a question: You said 10 repeatedly in this trial that Mr. Jackson did not 11 inappropriately touch you until after this video was 12 done, correct. 13 A. Yes. 14 Q. And repeatedly in this video, you make 15 statements about what a wonderful person Mr. Jackson 16 is, right. 17 A. Yes. 18 Q. Do you remember telling Mr. Sneddon and the 19 sheriffs on one occasion that you were molested 20 before the video was done. 21 A. No. 22 Q. Would it refresh your recollection if I show 23 you a transcript of that interview. 24 A. Yes. Please. 25 MR. MESEREAU: May I approach, Your Honor. 26 THE COURT: Yes. 27 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Have you had a chance to 28 look at that transcript. 1961 1 A. Yes. 2 Q. Does it refresh your recollection that 3 Mr. Sneddon was interviewing you about when these 4 acts of molestation allegedly occurred. 5 A. Yes. But the thing was, I don’t -- even to 6 this day, I don’t remember exactly when everything 7 happened exactly, so I mean -- 8 Q. Well, do you remember being asked, “The acts 9 of molestation, had they already begun by the time 10 you did this video, do you know.” And you said, “I 11 think so.” 12 And then Mr. Sneddon said to you, “So, in 13 your mind, one of the things that you’re thinking 14 is, they’re doing this video that they want you guys 15 to do so that if you ever told them the truth about 16 being molested, nobody would believe you,” and you 17 say, “Yeah,” right. 18 A. Well, I -- 19 Q. Do you remember saying that to Mr. Sneddon. 20 A. That’s more of my opinion - you know what I 21 mean. - right there. That last statement you just 22 said on that transcript, it’s more of my opinion 23 than a state of fact. 24 Q. Well, Mr. Sneddon asked you last week when 25 this inappropriate touching supposedly occurred, and 26 you said it was after the rebuttal video was made, 27 correct. 28 A. Yes. 1962 1 Q. But in an interview with Mr. Sneddon before 2 this trial ever began, you told him differently, 3 correct. 4 A. That’s what it says right there. But it 5 happened after. 6 Q. Did someone ever say to you, “You have to 7 say it happened after, because on the rebuttal video 8 you deny he’s ever done anything wrong”. 9 A. No. No one’s ever told me that. 10 Q. Then why does your story change. 11 A. I don’t know. It happened after. I mean -- 12 Q. Well, at some point did you go to Mr. 13 Sneddon and say, “I’m changing my story about when 14 this inappropriate touching happened”. 15 A. No. 16 Q. At some point did you go to the sheriffs and 17 say, “I’m changing my story about when this 18 inappropriate touching happened”. 19 A. No. 20 Q. You just suddenly got on the stand and 21 changed it. 22 MR. SNEDDON: Object as argumentative, Your 23 Honor. 24 THE COURT: Sustained. 25 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Have you ever had any 26 discussion at any time with Mr. Sneddon where you 27 used words to the effect, “I’m changing my story 28 about the time this molestation happened”. 1963 1 A. No. 2 Q. Okay. When Mr. Sneddon asked you questions 3 last week about when this molestation supposedly 4 occurred, was that the first time you said to Mr. 5 Sneddon it happened after the rebuttal video. 6 A. I don’t think so. 7 Q. You don’t think so. 8 A. I don’t think that was the first time I ever 9 told him that it happened after the rebuttal video. 10 Q. So are you saying that at different times 11 you gave Mr. Sneddon different accounts of when the 12 molestation supposedly happened. 13 MR. SNEDDON: Your Honor, I’m going to 14 object to that question. Assumes facts not in 15 evidence, and it’s argumentative and speculative. 16 THE COURT: Overruled. 17 Do you want the question read back. 18 THE WITNESS: Yes. 19 (Record read.) 20 THE WITNESS: Sometimes I would talk to 21 Mr. Sneddon without having like an interview -- or, 22 like, have a recorder or something. And I would 23 talk -- like, Mr. Sneddon was being really nice to 24 me. Like he was helping me, and he was making me 25 feel better about what happened and stuff. So he’s 26 been really nice to me. 27 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Do you remember telling 28 the Santa Barbara Grand Jury that after the Miami 1964 1 trip, your brother stayed in Michael’s room with you 2 every night until the last few days. 3 A. Yeah, he stood in my room -- he stood in the 4 room with me and Michael pretty much every day. 5 Some days he wouldn’t stay there. 6 Q. Do you remember telling the grand jury that 7 until the last few days, your brother Star stayed 8 with you in Michael’s room all the time. 9 A. He stood with us -- well, he -- the last -- 10 the last week or two, or a few days, or something 11 like that, he didn’t. Well, because my brother 12 wasn’t there when it happened, so I’m pretty sure it 13 wasn’t -- he stopped staying there the last few 14 weeks. 15 Q. Do you remember telling the Santa Barbara 16 Grand Jury: 17 “Q. Was your brother staying in the room 18 with you during that time. 19 “A. Well, the last few times he didn’t, but 20 he was, like, when Michael was there -- when 21 Michael was there -- 22 “Q. Uh-huh. 23 “A. -- he stood with me for all the time 24 when Michael was there. But, like, toward the 25 end, toward the last few days, he wasn’t staying 26 with me no more.” 27 Do you remember that. 28 A. Uh-huh. 1965 1 Q. And you’ve also told this jury that the two 2 times you claim Michael Jackson inappropriately 3 touched you Star wasn’t there, correct. 4 A. Yes. 5 MR. MESEREAU: We can continue. 6 MR. SANGER: Are you ready. Your Honor, we 7 need the.... 8 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 9 Exhibit 340, Disk 1, was played for the Court and 10 jury.) 11 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Do you think your sister 12 is lying when she made those statements. 13 A. No. Because, I mean, people on the news 14 media were -- might have been saying something, 15 probably. I don’t know. 16 Q. So you think she’s telling the truth when 17 she says what she just said. 18 A. Probably. I mean, I looked at her, and 19 she’s crying and stuff, so.... 20 MR. MESEREAU: Okay. Go ahead. 21 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 22 Exhibit 340, Disk 1, was played for the Court and 23 jury.) 24 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Is what your mother just 25 said correct. 26 A. No. Because we could have at any time stood 27 at my grandmother’s house. I mean, it’s not like -- 28 Q. In your opinion, was your mother lying when 1966 1 she made that statement. 2 A. I remember hearing Dieter talk to her, so 3 I’m pretty sure Dieter told her to say that. 4 Q. Well, that -- 5 A. We can stay at my grandmother’s house. We 6 could stay at one of our family members’ house; you 7 know what I mean. It’s not like we were spit on and 8 all this other stuff; you know what I mean. 9 Q. My question to you is, did your mother just 10 lie, in your opinion. 11 A. She’s saying what Dieter told her to say. 12 Q. Did she lie. Yes or no. 13 A. She -- well, only because -- 14 MR. SNEDDON: Argumentative, Your Honor. 15 THE COURT: Overruled. 16 You may answer. 17 THE WITNESS: Yes. 18 MR. MESEREAU: Okay. Go ahead. 19 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 20 Exhibit 340, Disk 1, was played for the Court and 21 jury.) 22 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: You just heard your 23 sister’s statement; is that true. 24 A. A little bit of it is true. 25 Q. Did she lie in part of that. 26 A. I mean, because we would talk about girls at 27 times, and -- like all my friends that were females 28 and stuff like that. But I mean -- 1967 1 Q. You would talk with Michael Jackson about 2 your female friends. 3 A. Yeah. He would talk to me about girls and 4 how to, like, handle them; you know what I mean. 5 Like how to talk to a girl or something like that. 6 Q. So that statement’s true. 7 A. Yes. 8 Q. And anything else you just heard that’s not 9 true. 10 A. No, not really. No. 11 Q. Okay. 12 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 13 Exhibit 340, Disk 1, was played for the Court and 14 jury.) 15 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Was the statement you just 16 made true. 17 A. No. Because I didn’t really have a phone 18 number to call him. 19 Q. So were you lying. 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. Okay. Was your mother lying also. 22 A. No, not really. 23 Q. Was she telling the truth. 24 A. Pretty much, yeah. 25 Q. After the Miami trip, were you able to call 26 Michael Jackson. 27 A. Michael would -- I was at Neverland. 28 Q. Were you able to call him after the Miami 1968 1 trip. 2 A. I would talk to him when he was at 3 Neverland. I mean, I didn’t really call him. 4 Q. Did you ever call him at Neverland on any 5 phone. 6 A. I don’t know. I don’t think I did. 7 Q. You don’t remember. 8 A. I don’t remember. 9 Q. Well, there were phones you could use to try 10 to call Michael Jackson when you were at Neverland, 11 correct. 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. Where were the phones. 14 A. All over the house and stuff. 15 Q. You tried to call him often, didn’t you. 16 A. Well, why would I try to call him if I could 17 just go and talk to him at Neverland. 18 Q. Well, it’s a large ranch, correct. 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. You used to spend time in the theater, 21 correct. 22 A. Yes. 23 Q. Did you ever try and call Michael Jackson 24 from the phone in the theater. 25 A. No. Because I would just go over in my 26 little cart to see Michael. 27 Q. Did you ever try to call Michael Jackson 28 from the guest quarters. 1969 1 A. No, because I had the code to his room and I 2 would go up there when he -- when he was there. 3 Q. Ever try calling him from the amusement 4 area. 5 A. No. There’s not really any phones out 6 there. 7 Q. Ever try calling him from the zoo area. 8 A. No. 9 Q. When you made this rebuttal video, you could 10 get in contact with him almost any time, couldn’t 11 you. 12 A. I could drive over to where he was in my 13 cart at Neverland, but never had a phone number if 14 he left or something. 15 MR. MESEREAU: Okay. 16 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 17 Exhibit 340, Disk 1, was played for the Court and 18 jury.) 19 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Is what your brother Star 20 just said true. 21 A. Yeah, Michael let us call him -- 22 Q. Pardon me. 23 A. Yes, Michael let us call him “Daddy 24 Michael.” 25 Q. So what he said was correct. 26 A. Yes. 27 MR. MESEREAU: Okay. 28 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 1970 1 Exhibit 340, Disk 1, was played for the Court and 2 jury.) 3 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Was the statement you just 4 made the truth. 5 A. Yeah. Yes. 6 Q. Is what your mother just said the truth. 7 A. I guess. I mean, I don’t know if Michael 8 was trying to teach us that or -- 9 A VOICE FROM THE AUDIENCE: We can’t hear. 10 THE WITNESS: I don’t know if Michael was 11 trying to teach us that or something. 12 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Well, did your mother tell 13 the truth, in your opinion. 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. Did you tell the truth, in your opinion. 16 A. Yeah, we’d go on rides and watch movies. 17 Q. How about the other things you said, are 18 they true. 19 A. Yes. 20 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 21 Exhibit 340, Disk 1, was played for the Court and 22 jury.) 23 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Is what your mother just 24 said the truth. 25 A. I kind of stopped paying attention for a 26 while. 27 Q. Excuse me. Huh. 28 A. I started looking at the roof and stuff. I 1971 1 wasn’t really paying attention. 2 MR. MESEREAU: Can we replay that, Your 3 Honor. 4 MR. SNEDDON: Well, Judge, it would call for 5 speculation on his part anyhow. 6 MR. MESEREAU: I’m asking for his opinion. 7 THE COURT: I guess you’ll have to. 8 MR. MESEREAU: Okay. 9 THE COURT: Can you do it without -- 10 MR. MESEREAU: This may take a while, Your 11 Honor. 12 I think we’ll just go forward, Your Honor. 13 THE COURT: Do you want to just go forward. 14 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 15 Exhibit 340, Disk 1, was played for the Court and 16 jury.) 17 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: In your opinion, is your 18 mother telling the truth. 19 A. Yes, we felt as if he was closest to us as a 20 father and family. 21 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 22 Exhibit 340, Disk 1, was played for the Court and 23 jury.) 24 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Were you telling the truth 25 when you made that statement. 26 A. What I just said right now. 27 Q. Yes. 28 A. Well, I didn’t pray to meet Michael Jackson 1972 1 when I was little. 2 Q. Did you pray to meet Michael Jackson at any 3 time. 4 A. No. 5 Q. You made a statement about Michael Jackson’s 6 charitable acts. Did you hear that. 7 A. Yeah. I knew he donated to charities. I 8 knew about that. 9 Q. Was the statement you made true. 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. You just heard your mother make some 12 comments. 13 A. Um -- 14 Q. In your opinion, were they true comments. 15 A. I don’t really remember what she just said. 16 I’m sorry. I just -- 17 Q. Well, your mother praises Michael Jackson 18 throughout this video, true. 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. Is she telling the truth. 21 A. Some parts she is; some parts she isn’t. 22 Depends on what she’s praising him about. 23 Q. Did you and your mother discuss that you 24 were going to lie before you did this video. 25 A. No. Dieter discussed it with us. 26 Q. Did you discuss that you were going to tell 27 lies with your mother at any time before this video. 28 A. No. Dieter discussed it with us. 1973 1 Q. Did you discuss with your brother or sister 2 at any time that you were going to lie in this 3 video. 4 A. No. 5 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 6 Exhibit 340, Disk 1, was played for the Court and 7 jury.) 8 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: In your opinion, did 9 Michael ever claim you and your brother and sister 10 as his kids. 11 A. Well, he would call me “son” if -- depends 12 what she was trying to say, but -- I don’t know. 13 Q. In your opinion, did Michael Jackson ever 14 claim that you, your brother and sister were his 15 kids. 16 A. What do you mean by “claim”. Like claim on 17 T.V., or claim on his taxes, or -- 18 Q. You don’t know what I’m asking you. 19 A. Well, he said -- as I said, he called us -- 20 he said that, like, if he would call me “son” 21 sometimes - you know what I mean. - if that’s what 22 she’s trying to say. 23 Q. Did you ever think you were part of Michael 24 Jackson’s family. 25 A. I felt as if I was his family. 26 Q. In your opinion, did your mother think she 27 was part of Michael Jackson’s family at one point. 28 A. What did my mom believe. 1974 1 Q. No, in your opinion, did your mother think 2 she was part of Michael Jackson’s family at one 3 point. 4 A. Um, I don’t know. That’s what she believes. 5 Q. Do you know whether she felt that way or 6 not. 7 A. No. I don’t know whether she -- 8 Q. In your opinion, did either your brother or 9 your sister ever think they were part of Michael 10 Jackson’s family. 11 A. I know my brother did, because my brother 12 was sad by my biological father leaving, as I was. 13 And he felt that, as I did, about Michael being 14 close to us as if he was a father because we didn’t 15 have one. 16 Q. You were looking for a family, correct. 17 A. I wasn’t really, like, going out and 18 looking; you know what I mean. I was just -- came 19 across as Michael being the only older male that was 20 close to me in my life; you know what I mean. 21 Q. And you wanted to be part of the Jackson 22 family, correct. 23 A. Not really Jackson family. But just Michael 24 was there and he was like a father figure to me; you 25 know what I mean. 26 Q. You think of Paris and Prince as your 27 brother and sister. 28 A. Yeah, we would talk about it and stuff. I 1975 1 would always play with them, and I would teach them 2 stuff, and we would go look at stuff together and 3 stuff like that. 4 Q. And in your opinion, did Star and your 5 sister think of Paris and Prince as their brother 6 and sister. 7 A. I don’t know. 8 Q. But you did, right. 9 A. Yes. 10 Q. Okay. 11 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 12 Exhibit 340, Disk 1, was played for the Court and 13 jury.) 14 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Is what you just said the 15 truth. 16 A. What I had said. 17 Q. Yes. 18 A. Yes. 19 Q. Is what your mom just said the truth. 20 A. Which -- I can’t -- she said what she said. 21 Q. Did you think of Michael Jackson, when you 22 made this video, as honest. 23 A. Not really, because he said that I can call 24 him at any time, and I didn’t really have the phone 25 numbers before that. 26 Q. So because of that, you thought he was 27 dishonest. 28 A. Yes. 1976 1 Q. Did you think of Michael Jackson as loving 2 when you made this video. 3 A. Yes. 4 Q. Okay. 5 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 6 Exhibit 340, Disk 1, was played for the Court and 7 jury.) 8 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: In your opinion, is what 9 your mother just said the truth. 10 A. Yes. He seemed very loving and we trusted 11 him a lot. 12 Q. So in your opinion, your mother meant what 13 she just said. 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. Okay. 16 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 17 Exhibit 340, Disk 1, was played for the Court and 18 jury.) 19 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Is what you just said the 20 truth. 21 A. Yeah, Michael invited me to Neverland. 22 Q. That’s not what I asked you. Is what you 23 just said the truth. 24 A. Yes. Well -- well, it would be the truth, 25 because in the beginning of my cancer he would 26 invite me to Neverland after, to come after my 27 chemotherapy round. 28 Q. When you made these statements, was Michael 1977 1 the kind of person you were describing, as far as 2 you were concerned. 3 A. Yes, he was very nice to me and stuff. 4 Q. And he was nice to your family. 5 A. Yes. It was what was in my eyes. 6 Q. Excuse me. 7 A. What I saw, in my eyes. 8 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 9 Exhibit 340, Disk 1, was played for the Court and 10 jury.) 11 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Was what you have just 12 said the truth. 13 A. Yes. Pac Man; Michael did tell me to say 14 that. 15 Q. What about everything else you said. 16 A. About me going to chemotherapy. 17 Q. Yes. 18 A. No. I wouldn’t think about it every time I 19 went to a chemotherapy round. 20 Q. So were you lying at that point. 21 A. Yeah, Dieter actually told me to say that, 22 because he knew about the Pac Man. 23 Q. When I say whether you lied, I’m not asking 24 what Dieter said. I’m just asking what you, Gavin 25 Arvizo, said, all right. Did you just lie on that 26 tape. 27 MR. SNEDDON: Your Honor, I’m going to 28 object. He doesn’t even let him answer the 1978 1 question. 2 THE COURT: Yes, but it’s not necessary to 3 give a pre-statement to your question. 4 MR. MESEREAU: Yes, Your Honor. 5 THE COURT: Go ahead and rephrase it. 6 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: When you just made the 7 statement that everybody heard in this courtroom, 8 did you lie. 9 A. About the Pac Man thing, me going in every 10 single time in chemotherapy. 11 Q. Yes. 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. Okay. 14 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 15 Exhibit 340, Disk 1, was played for the Court and 16 jury.) 17 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Is what your mother just 18 said about you wanting to be in movies true. 19 A. Yes. Michael was saying that he was going 20 do some movie, or something, about some orphanage. 21 Q. What about you wanting to be in movies. 22 A. Oh, yes, I wanted to be an actor for a 23 while. But now I want to -- hopefully I can -- I 24 want -- well, I don’t really want to say, but I want 25 to do something else. 26 Q. Let me ask you what you just said. Did you 27 say you want to be in movies. 28 A. I wanted to. But now that I’m in high 1979 1 school and I’m seeing all the other careers, I want 2 to do -- I want to be in law enforcement, or 3 whatever. 4 Q. At the time you were going to Neverland, did 5 you want to be in movies. 6 A. Yes. 7 Q. Did you tell Michael Jackson you wanted to 8 be in movies. 9 A. Yes. 10 Q. To your knowledge, did your brother Star say 11 he wanted to be in movies. 12 A. I’m pretty sure he wanted to. 13 Q. Is there anything you just heard your mother 14 say that you think is not true. 15 A. No. I don’t think -- I think everything she 16 said was true. 17 Q. Okay. 18 MR. SANGER: Putting in Disk 2, Your Honor. 19 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 20 Exhibit 340, Disk 2, was played for the Court and 21 jury.) 22 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Is everything you just 23 said correct. 24 A. I don’t -- I don’t think I said anything 25 right there. 26 Q. Well, you said -- you’ve seen the first disk 27 of this rebuttal video, correct. 28 A. Yes. 1980 1 Q. How many lies do you think you told. 2 A. Um, I think maybe about four. 3 Q. Four lies. 4 A. Yeah. 5 Q. How many lies do you think your mother told. 6 A. Four or five. I’m not -- I mean -- 7 Q. Four or five lies. 8 A. I wasn’t counting or anything. 9 Q. I’m just asking what your opinion is. How 10 many lies do you think your sister told. 11 A. One or two. 12 Q. And how many lies do you think Star told. 13 A. Oh, he wasn’t really talking, so I don’t 14 think he really said anything. 15 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 16 Exhibit 340, Disk 2, was played for the Court and 17 jury.) 18 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Now, you heard what your 19 mother just said, right. 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. You saw the way she expressed herself, 22 correct. Do you think she’s just doing what Dieter 23 wants. 24 A. No, not right there. 25 Q. Do you think she’s doing what she wants. 26 A. Yes. 27 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 28 Exhibit 340, Disk 2, was played for the Court and 1981 1 jury.) 2 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: You just said you didn’t 3 like Martin Bashir, was that true. 4 A. Uh-huh. Yeah, because when it came out on 5 the CNN and stuff, then I saw it, I saw parts of it. 6 I mean, what part I know Bashir was saying, that at 7 the time I didn’t feel was true. 8 Q. You didn’t like him personally. 9 A. Not really. I mean -- 10 Q. When did you decide you didn’t like Martin 11 Bashir. 12 A. After I found out that he -- that it was an 13 actual documentary and what he was saying about 14 Michael. 15 Q. Okay. 16 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 17 Exhibit 340, Disk 2, was played for the Court and 18 jury.) 19 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Now, your mother mentions 20 gang signs. Do you know what she’s talking about. 21 A. She was probably joking about something. 22 Q. Do you know what she was joking about. 23 A. Not really. 24 Q. She talks about friends on the west side. 25 Do you know what that’s all about. 26 A. It was just a joke, about like -- because 27 you know how gangs say “east side” or “west side” or 28 something. 1982 1 Q. But you’re really not sure what she was 2 talking about, right. 3 A. Are you trying to say my mom’s in a gang or 4 something. 5 Q. No, I’m asking you a question. Do you know 6 what she was referring to. 7 A. She was making a joke. 8 Q. Okay. And what was the joke about, in your 9 opinion. 10 A. About gangs. Pretty much making fun of 11 gangs. 12 Q. Okay. And were you joining with her in 13 making fun of gangs. 14 A. I was laughing, I guess, right there. 15 Q. Okay. Did you do a gang sign. 16 A. No. She probably -- I was probably pointing 17 or something, and then -- I don’t know. I’m not a 18 part of a gang. I’m not a part of a crew or 19 something. 20 Q. I’m asking you if you made a gang sign in 21 this video. 22 A. No. 23 Q. Do you know what your mother was referring 24 to. 25 A. No. She was probably just joking about 26 something that they were talking about off camera. 27 Q. Okay. But you don’t know for sure, right. 28 A. No. 1983 1 Q. Okay. 2 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 3 Exhibit 340, Disk 2, was played for the Court and 4 jury.) 5 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Is your mother telling the 6 truth. 7 A. Dieter told her to talk about the hands 8 thing. 9 Q. I’m asking if your mother is telling the 10 truth. I’m not asking about Dieter. 11 A. She talked about her opinions, so I don’t 12 know if that’s her -- if she was really telling the 13 truth or not. 14 Q. Did someone tell you whenever I ask a 15 question like this, to refer to Dieter. 16 A. No. I’m referring to Dieter because 17 Dieter’s the one that told us to say all these 18 things. 19 Q. Did your mother just tell the truth, in your 20 opinion. 21 A. Um, I don’t know, because that’s her 22 opinion. 23 Q. In your opinion, Gavin Arvizo, did your 24 mother just tell the truth. 25 A. I do not know, because that’s -- you can 26 call my mother and ask her that, because I don’t 27 know. 28 THE COURT: All right. Let’s take our break. 1984 1 (Recess taken.) 2 THE COURT: Go ahead. 3 MR. MESEREAU: With your permission, Your 4 Honor, we’ll just continue the tape. 5 THE COURT: All right. 6 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 7 Exhibit 340, Disk 2, was played for the Court and 8 jury.) 9 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Gavin, is your mother, in 10 your opinion, telling the truth. 11 A. I think so, I guess. 12 Q. Excuse me. 13 A. I believe so, I guess. 14 Q. I couldn’t hear what you said. 15 A. I believe so, I guess. 16 Q. Okay. Have you heard her say anything at 17 this point that’s not true. 18 A. I mean, Michael was nice to me and stuff, 19 and I felt as if he was like a father to me, so -- 20 Q. Okay. 21 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 22 Exhibit 340, Disk 2, was played for the Court and 23 jury.) 24 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: At some point you and your 25 mother and your brother and your sister concluded 26 that Michael Jackson didn’t want you all to be part 27 of his family, right. 28 A. Yes. 1985 1 Q. And you were upset about that, correct. 2 A. We concluded because -- 3 Q. Just answer my question, if you would, 4 please. Okay. 5 A. Okay. 6 Q. At some point you, your mother, your sister 7 and your brother realized that you were not going to 8 spend the rest of your lives as part of Michael 9 Jackson’s family, correct. 10 A. Well -- 11 Q. Is that true or not. 12 A. It’s like we didn’t really conclude all 13 together, “Hey, everybody.” I mean, I guess we all 14 realized on our own that, like -- that he isn’t as 15 nice of a man as we thought he was. 16 Q. Because he wasn’t going to let you be part 17 of the Michael Jackson family, correct. 18 A. We never wanted to be part of the Michael 19 Jackson family. The only part of it was, he was 20 just like a father to me. 21 Q. Yes. 22 A. That’s the only part in connection to a 23 family there would be. We weren’t expecting a -- 24 to live with him forever. We were expecting -- 25 well, we just thought of him -- I thought of him as 26 a father figure. 27 Q. You expected Michael Jackson to support you, 28 your mother, your brother and your sister 1986 1 indefinitely, correct. 2 A. No. 3 Q. You wanted to be part of his family, and 4 when you found out you weren’t going to be, you got 5 angry, true. 6 A. No. 7 Q. You found out -- 8 A. I -- I didn’t -- I never thought we were 9 going to be, “Okay, he’s going to be our dad. We’re 10 going to live in the house together,” and blah, 11 blah, blah. No. 12 He -- I saw him as like someone who could 13 guide me as a father would; someone who can talk to 14 me and stuff like that. I mean, it would be stupid 15 if you wanted to live with a man like that for the 16 rest of your life. He’s not really my father. 17 Q. Would you agree that your mother got very 18 angry in front of you when she realized Michael 19 Jackson was fading out of your lives. 20 A. No. 21 Q. Would you agree that you got very angry 22 when, at some point, you realized Michael Jackson 23 was fading out of your family’s life, right. 24 A. I didn’t really get angry. I mean, it’s -- 25 I mean, I didn’t think he was going to live with us 26 forever. I just -- like, you know the Big Brother 27 program thing for, like, kids that don’t have dads. 28 That’s kind of what I thought of Michael as. 1987 1 Q. You expected Michael Jackson to keep helping 2 you, your mother, your brother and your sister, 3 right. 4 A. I didn’t expect it from him, no. 5 Q. And that’s why you got very angry when you 6 realized certain people wanted you to leave the 7 country, right. 8 A. Michael told me that he was going to come 9 over later after we were there, so -- after we even 10 got there. 11 Q. And were you looking forward to meeting 12 Michael in Brazil. 13 A. Yes. I guess. 14 Q. And at some time did you realize that 15 Michael wasn’t going to Brazil. 16 A. No, to my understanding was that he was 17 always going to come a week later after we got 18 there. 19 Q. But at some point you realized even you 20 weren’t going to Brazil, right. 21 A. No, I thought the whole time they were 22 trying to get us to go to Brazil. 23 Q. And when you wanted to go to your 24 grandparents’, you all got into a car and Vinnie 25 drove you to your grandparents’, right. 26 A. After -- yeah. Vinnie drove us there, yes. 27 Q. And at that point you realized you’re never 28 going to be in Michael Jackson’s family, right. 1988 1 A. Well -- I never wanted to be in his family. 2 I was never looking for that. 3 MR. MESEREAU: Let’s keep going. 4 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 5 Exhibit 340, Disk 2, was played for the Court and 6 jury.) 7 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Now, your brother Star had 8 just said that going to Neverland Ranch was 9 something you always looked forward to, right. 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. And at one point you realized you probably 12 weren’t going to be returning to Neverland Ranch, 13 right. 14 A. After it was all over, I didn’t want to go 15 back. 16 Q. At some point you realized you weren’t going 17 to be in Michael Jackson’s family, you weren’t going 18 to Neverland Ranch, and it wasn’t until then that 19 you ever came up with these allegations of 20 molestation, right. 21 A. I didn’t want to go back after I came back. 22 Q. Please answer my question. 23 It wasn’t until you realized that you and 24 your mother and your brother and your sister were 25 not going to be part of Michael Jackson’s family 26 that you ever told anybody about any molestation, 27 right. 28 A. It wasn’t as if we got together and realized 1989 1 it. It wasn’t -- so your question isn’t really 2 working. 3 MR. MESEREAU: Your Honor, could I request 4 that the witness be instructed to answer the 5 question. 6 THE WITNESS: I don’t really understand the 7 question. 8 THE COURT: All right. Go ahead. Rephrase 9 your question. 10 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Okay. It wasn’t until you 11 realized you were not going to be part of Michael 12 Jackson’s family, you were not going to meet Michael 13 Jackson in Brazil, you were not going to be going to 14 Neverland, that you ever came up with these 15 allegations of molestation, right. 16 A. I didn’t come and talk to the -- to the -- 17 my mom always wanted to leave. She was the one that 18 was able to realize and get us out of there. I 19 liked being there. 20 MR. MESEREAU: Excuse me. 21 Your Honor, can I ask the witness be 22 instructed to just answer the question. 23 THE COURT: No. 24 THE WITNESS: I don’t understand -- 25 THE COURT: Just a minute. 26 No. Your question is compound and it’s 27 argumentative. Break your question down. 28 MR. MESEREAU: Okay. I will, Your Honor. 1990 1 Q. Until you realized you were not going to be 2 part of Michael Jackson’s family, you never made any 3 allegation of child molestation, correct. 4 A. I didn’t want to be part of his family. I 5 just saw him as a father figure. 6 Q. Until you realized Michael Jackson was not 7 going to meet you in Brazil, you never made any 8 allegation of child molestation, right. 9 A. I didn’t even really want to go to Brazil. 10 Q. Until you left Neverland for the last time, 11 you never made any allegation of child molestation, 12 correct. 13 A. I didn’t tell anyone until I left for the 14 last time, correct. 15 Q. And never called the police until after 16 you’d seen two lawyers, right. 17 MR. SNEDDON: Object as argumentative, Your 18 Honor. 19 THE COURT: Overruled. 20 THE WITNESS: Yes, it wasn’t until I saw two 21 lawyers until I told the police what really 22 happened. 23 MR. MESEREAU: Okay. We can keep going. 24 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 25 Exhibit 340, Disk 2, was played for the Court and 26 jury.) 27 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Did you, your mother, your 28 brother, your sister actually have to share cereal 1991 1 when you were too poor to get other food. 2 A. I know we had problems with trying to get 3 food and stuff, but I don’t know if we shared a box 4 of cereal. 5 Q. Okay. 6 A. And -- 7 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 8 Exhibit 340, Disk 2, was played for the Court and 9 jury.) 10 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: At this point in time, did 11 you agree with what your mother just said. Did you 12 think Michael was there for you. 13 A. Yeah, I believe -- I thought that Michael 14 was there for us. But he -- he helped us. 15 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 16 Exhibit 340, Disk 2, was played for the Court and 17 jury.) 18 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Now, you and your family 19 did pray with Michael, correct. 20 A. Yes. I believe we asked him if we can pray 21 at the dinner tables. 22 Q. You also one time were in the theater; you, 23 your mother, your brother and your sister and 24 Michael. Remember that. 25 A. We were in the theater a lot together. 26 Q. Do you remember your mother wanted everyone 27 to hold hands and pray with Daddy Michael. 28 A. No. 1992 1 Q. You don’t remember that at all. 2 A. No. 3 Q. Okay. Did you typically pray at the dinner 4 table with Michael. 5 A. We would ask him sometimes. 6 Q. You asked him and he said, “Okay”. 7 A. Yes. 8 Q. And what prayers did you say. 9 A. “Thank God for the food we were going to 10 eat,” and stuff like that. 11 Q. Okay. 12 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 13 Exhibit 340, Disk 2, was played for the Court and 14 jury.) 15 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: In your opinion, is your 16 mother telling the truth about that statement. 17 A. About the relationship between me and 18 Michael. 19 Q. About what you just heard. 20 A. Yeah, I was pretty close to Michael, as I’ve 21 said many times. 22 Q. So do you have any -- excuse me, let me 23 rephrase that. 24 What your mother just says is true, as far 25 as you’re concerned. 26 A. Yeah. Up to that point, yes. 27 Q. Are you saying “yes”. 28 A. Yes. 1993 1 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 2 Exhibit 340, Disk 2, was played for the Court and 3 jury.) 4 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: When these statements were 5 made, you did not want your relationship with Mr. 6 Jackson to end, correct. 7 A. No, I still wanted to be able to call him 8 and stuff like that. 9 Q. And among all the celebrities that you had 10 met, no celebrity had included you in their family 11 the way Michael Jackson had, right. 12 A. He didn’t really include me in his family. 13 I just -- as I said before, I looked to him as a 14 father figure, and he looked at me as a son, because 15 he was the only father figure I had. 16 Q. And your letters to him reflected that, 17 correct. 18 A. Yes. 19 Q. Your calls to him reflected that, correct. 20 A. Yes. 21 Q. When you went to the ranch, you felt you 22 were part of a family, correct. 23 A. As I just told you, I felt as if he was my 24 guider, my -- a teacher to me in life. A father 25 figure to me. 26 Q. And when you left Neverland for the last 27 time, you felt your father had rejected you, 28 correct. 1994 1 A. Not really, because I found a new father. 2 I found my now father. 3 Q. When you left Neverland, did you feel that 4 the father figure Michael Jackson had rejected you; 5 yes or no. 6 A. I didn’t need him. I didn’t want him. 7 Q. When you left Neverland for the last time, 8 did you feel that the father figure Michael Jackson 9 had rejected you; yes or no. 10 A. As I said, I didn’t feel that. I didn’t 11 feel that I was rejected, because I had my now, 12 which I consider my real father. 13 Q. You knew Jay Jackson long before these 14 statements were made, correct. 15 A. Yes. 16 Q. You knew Jay Jackson long before you were 17 referring to Michael Jackson as a father figure, 18 correct. 19 A. Not long before, but, I mean, he was my 20 mom’s boyfriend. I didn’t know him. I wasn’t close 21 to him. 22 But when I came back, I saw his concern. 23 I saw the way he felt about my family and how he 24 would hug me, and actually feel like he’s a man; you 25 know what I mean. And he’s my father. 26 Q. At the time you and your mother and your 27 brother and your sister made the statements on this 28 video, your mother had been in a relationship with 1995 1 Jay Jackson for many months, true. 2 A. Yes. 3 Q. At the time your mother makes these 4 statements that Michael Jackson is a father figure, 5 she’s in a relationship with Jay Jackson, right. 6 A. Yes. 7 Q. Jay Jackson wasn’t present when this video 8 was done, correct. 9 A. No. 10 Q. Now, at some point did you learn that the 11 actual rebuttal show went on television. 12 A. This. 13 Q. Yes. 14 A. I never knew it went on television. 15 Q. Did you ever know any rebuttal show was ever 16 made to rebut what was said in Bashir. 17 A. No. 18 Q. Did you ever hear anything about that. 19 A. Oh, yes. Um, I remember something happened 20 where -- Michael had me sign some papers or 21 something like that. I think something came on. 22 Q. And at some point you learned there was a 23 Maury Povich show that was done as a rebuttal to the 24 Bashir documentary, correct. 25 A. Yes. I remember them coming and filming, 26 but -- 27 Q. And you learned at some point that none of 28 this footage in which you and your family are 1996 1 interviewed ever appeared on that Maury Povich 2 television show, right. 3 A. I didn’t watch it. 4 Q. As you sit here today, do you know whether 5 or not any of this footage was ever used in the 6 Maury Povich rebuttal show. 7 A. No, I don’t know. 8 Q. You’ve never discussed that with anybody. 9 A. No. 10 Q. Okay. At this particular point in time, you 11 thought Michael Jackson was going to give your 12 family a home in the Hollywood Hills, correct. 13 A. No. 14 Q. Ever hear anybody discuss that. 15 A. No. 16 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 17 Exhibit 340, Disk 2, was played for the Court and 18 jury.) 19 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: While your mother was 20 dating Jay Jackson, you considered Michael Jackson a 21 father figure, right. 22 A. Yes. Well, if -- she was dating her -- him 23 right now, so in this time period I did see Michael 24 as a father figure. 25 Q. Approximately when did you first meet Jay 26 Jackson. 27 A. I don’t know. I don’t remember the first 28 time. But -- I mean, I didn’t get close to him 1997 1 until I came back from Neverland. 2 Q. It was many months before this, correct. 3 A. Yes, I believe so. 4 Q. In fact, after this rebuttal was filmed, you 5 went to Jay Jackson’s apartment for the interview 6 with the three social workers, right. 7 A. Yes. 8 Q. Were you living at his apartment at that 9 point. 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. How long had you been living at Jay 12 Jackson’s apartment at that point. 13 A. A few months. But he was just my mom’s 14 boyfriend. He wasn’t my stepfather yet. 15 Q. Okay. 16 A. He was just a guy. He was not my stepfather 17 yet. 18 Q. So you had lived at Jay Jackson’s apartment 19 for a couple of months before this rebuttal video 20 was filmed, right. 21 A. I believe so, yes. 22 Q. But during those months you considered 23 Michael Jackson to be your father figure, right. 24 A. No, in those months I had no father figure. 25 That’s why when I came to Neverland and Michael was 26 like this, I considered Michael as my father figure. 27 MR. MESEREAU: Let’s keep going. 28 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 1998 1 Exhibit 340, Disk 2, was played for the Court and 2 jury.) 3 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Did you discuss with Jay 4 Jackson what your mother was going to say in this 5 video. 6 A. No. I don’t even know -- I didn’t even know 7 that Jay Jackson even knew about this. 8 Q. Do you recall any discussion at any time 9 with Jay Jackson about you and your family being 10 videotaped. 11 A. No, I do not. 12 Q. You recall going to Jay Jackson’s apartment 13 after this was filmed, right. 14 A. Not really. 15 Q. Did you ever discuss with Jay Jackson this 16 videotape after it was filmed. 17 A. No, I don’t think I did. 18 Q. Have you ever discussed with Jay Jackson at 19 any time the fact that you made this videotape. 20 A. No, I don’t think so. 21 Q. Have you ever heard your mother discuss it 22 with Jay Jackson. 23 A. No. 24 Q. Now, your mother has a curl coming down her 25 face. Do you see that. 26 A. Yes. 27 Q. Did she normally wear her hair that way. 28 A. Yeah, when she had her hair permed, she 1999 1 always wore it like that. 2 Q. Always like that. 3 A. Uh-huh. 4 Q. Was she ever trying to look like Janet 5 Jackson. 6 A. No. 7 Q. Okay. 8 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 9 Exhibit 340, Disk 2, was played for the Court and 10 jury.) 11 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Was what your mother just 12 said true. 13 A. He’s a nice man. He’s -- he’s approached 14 and he’s kind of friendly. 15 Q. Was what your mother just said true. 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. Did you believe she was telling the truth 18 when she talked about Michael Jackson’s honesty. 19 A. The way I felt about it was kind of awkward, 20 but, I mean, he was pretty honest. But, I mean, the 21 things that he did was kind of dishonest; you know 22 what I mean. 23 Q. Let me ask you what you’re talking about. 24 Did you think when your mother said Michael Jackson 25 was honest and told the truth, that she was being 26 truthful. 27 A. Yes. He’s a nice man. 28 Q. Did you think your mother was being truthful 2000 1 when she made that statement we just heard. 2 A. I don’t know. You can ask her. 3 Q. What did you think at the time. 4 A. I don’t remember what I thought at the time. 5 Q. What do you think now. Do you think she was 6 being honest. 7 A. As I just said, yes, Michael was a nice man. 8 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 9 Exhibit 340, Disk 2, was played for the Court and 10 jury.) 11 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Now, you’ve told the jury 12 a number of times that Dieter was telling you what 13 to say on this, is that correct. 14 A. Dieter told us a lot of things to say. 15 Q. Dieter told you general things to say. 16 A. Yes. He told us what to say pretty much, 17 yeah. 18 Q. And I believe when Prosecutor Sneddon was 19 asking you questions, he talked about some type of a 20 sheet of questions. Do you remember that. 21 A. Uh-huh. 22 Q. Did somebody show you a sheet with some 23 questions on it before you did this interview. 24 A. Yes, actually, and kind of waving it in 25 front of the camera right here. 26 Q. And how many sheets are you talking about. 27 A. I’m not sure how many sheets it was. 28 Q. It was just a certain number of questions 2001 1 they told you they were going to ask you, correct. 2 A. Yes. And Dieter went over it with us and 3 told us the answer, what to say. 4 Q. At the time when Dieter went over those 5 questions with you, did you think Michael Jackson 6 had abandoned you as a father figure. 7 A. No. Not then. 8 Q. Okay. 9 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 10 Exhibit 340, Disk 2, was played for the Court and 11 jury.) 12 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Gavin, you and your mother 13 are living with Major Jay Jackson when she makes 14 this statement about Michael Jackson being a parent, 15 right. 16 A. Yes. 17 Q. Did you think of Michael Jackson as a third 18 parent. 19 A. No. I saw him, as I’ve said many times 20 today, as a guider, as a father figure. Not my 21 actual father, as I consider Major Jay Jackson 22 today, as he is my stepfather. 23 Q. He has since married your mother, correct. 24 A. Yes. 25 Q. Now, if you know, were -- were Major Jay 26 Jackson and your mother engaged when this video was 27 made. 28 A. I don’t know. 2002 1 Q. Did you expect this video to be on national 2 television at some point when you made it. 3 A. I didn’t even think about it. 4 Q. Did you ever discuss that with your mom. 5 A. No. 6 Q. Okay. Do you remember any discussion 7 involving your mother before this was filmed about 8 whether or not she should sign any documents. 9 A. No. 10 Q. Don’t recall that at all. 11 A. Not really, no. 12 Q. Okay. 13 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 14 Exhibit 340, Disk 2, was played for the Court and 15 jury.) 16 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Now, when you used to 17 visit Neverland and Michael Jackson was present, you 18 used to see his children, correct. 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. When you flew to Miami and saw Michael 21 Jackson, he was with his children, correct. 22 A. Yes. I’m sure his children were there. 23 Q. When you came back from Miami and started 24 visiting Neverland, when Michael Jackson was there, 25 his children were always there, correct. 26 A. Um, no. Because there was one time that he 27 wasn’t at Neverland and he flew somewhere on a 28 commercial plane or something and he came back. 2003 1 Q. Let me rephrase the question. 2 When you were at Neverland and Michael was 3 there, you saw his children, true. 4 A. Yes. 5 MR. MESEREAU: Okay. 6 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 7 Exhibit 340, Disk 2, was played for the Court and 8 jury.) 9 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: When your mother made that 10 statement, in your opinion, was she telling the 11 truth. 12 A. Yes, because sometimes we’d accidentally 13 crash a cart or something, and -- otherwise, 14 probably other people would yell at us or something. 15 And Michael would just say, “It’s okay. They can 16 fix it.” 17 Q. Did you ever get in any trouble at Neverland 18 other than crashing carts. 19 A. Not that I can think of. I think that’s the 20 only real bad thing that we did. I mean, 21 accidentally crashing a cart, that’s about it. 22 MR. MESEREAU: Okay. 23 (Whereupon, a portion of a DVD, People’s 24 Exhibit 340, Disk 2, was played for the Court and 25 jury.) 26 MR. MESEREAU: I believe that’s the end, 27 Your Honor. 28 Q. You remember returning from Miami to 2004 1 Neverland, correct. 2 A. Yes. 3 Q. Do you remember the next day seeing Ed 4 Bradley from 60 Minutes at Neverland. 5 A. No. 6 Q. Do you remember seeing entertainment company 7 executives at Neverland the next day. 8 A. No. 9 Q. Were you there the next day. 10 A. Yes, but I was probably out playing on the 11 rides or something. 12 Q. Do you recall the day that Jesus Salas drove 13 your family away from Neverland. 14 A. Yes. 15 Q. Do you recall your mother getting a full 16 body wax that day in Los Olivos. 17 A. No. 18 Q. Did you know anything about that. 19 A. No. 20 Q. Do you recall your mother telling you she 21 was going to leave Neverland to go to a salon. 22 A. No. 23 Q. Did you ever discuss that with your mother. 24 A. No. 25 Q. Do you know someone named Brett Ratner. 26 A. Yes. 27 Q. How do you know him. 28 A. He was Chris Tucker’s director for the movie 2005 1 Rush Hour. 2 Q. Do you recall asking Mr. Ratner if he would 3 arrange for you to fly to Florida to meet Michael 4 Jackson. 5 A. No, I don’t remember that. 6 Q. You never did that. 7 A. I don’t remember ever doing that. 8 Q. Okay. Do you remember Michael Jackson 9 flying to Florida with Brett Ratner. 10 A. No. 11 Q. Never heard about that. 12 A. No. 13 Q. Okay. Do you recall your mother ever 14 signing an agreement regarding distribution of any 15 of this footage on television. 16 A. No. 17 Q. Well, you said something before -- or you 18 began to say something about Michael Jackson asking 19 you to sign an agreement, correct. 20 A. Yes, there’s a little document he had me 21 sign so that I can sign for the rebuttal or 22 something. I don’t know. 23 Q. Do you remember signing that document. 24 A. Yes. 25 Q. Michael never asked you to sign that, did 26 he. 27 A. Yeah, he did. And he was with Brett Ratner, 28 and Brett Ratner signed as a witness. 2006 1 Q. Do you recall your mother signing it also. 2 A. No. I was the only one that signed it. 3 Q. Do you recall your mother signing any 4 agreement regarding this video. 5 A. No. 6 Q. Okay. Do you recall your mother making any 7 trips outside of Neverland into the city to do 8 errands. 9 A. No. 10 Q. Do you recall your mother going shopping 11 with Vinnie Amen. 12 A. No. 13 MR. SNEDDON: Excuse me, I’m going to object 14 to vagueness as to what period of time we’re talking 15 about here. 16 MR. MESEREAU: Sure. 17 Q. We’re talking about February 21st, which 18 would be the same day you met Attorney William 19 Dickerman and Jamie Masada at The Laugh Factory. 20 Do you remember that. 21 A. I remember meeting him. 22 Q. Do you remember your mother going shopping 23 with Vinnie. 24 A. No. 25 Q. Do you remember your mother getting her hair 26 done with Vinnie. 27 A. No. 28 Q. Do you remember shopping at Robinson’s-May. 2007 1 A. No. 2 Q. Do you remember shopping -- excuse me. 3 Do you remember eating at an Outback Steakhouse. 4 A. No. 5 Q. Do you remember your mother going to any 6 salon that day. 7 A. I think I remember my mom go to a salon and 8 meet my stepfather. 9 Q. Do you know when that was, approximately. 10 A. No. 11 Q. Do you remember going on a shopping spree 12 around February 26th with your mother. 13 A. I don’t know. I remember they took us to 14 Anchor Blue once because we told them that we didn’t 15 have a lot of clothes at Neverland, and they didn’t 16 want us to go to our house. 17 Q. Do you remember going to Pacific Sunwear. 18 A. No. 19 Q. How about Banana Republic. 20 A. Yes. I bought some boxers, I think. 21 Q. How about Gap Outlet. 22 A. No. 23 Q. How about Levi Outlet. 24 A. No. 25 Q. How about Abercrombie & Fitch. 26 A. No. 27 Q. Wilson’s Luggage, did you ever go there with 28 your mother. 2008 1 A. Yeah, they bought us luggage because they 2 were saying they were going to take us to Brazil, 3 and we didn’t have luggage. 4 Q. Now, two days later -- excuse me, one day 5 later, do you recall going shopping to 6 Robinson’s-May. 7 A. No. 8 Q. Do you recall going shopping to Adidas. 9 A. No. 10 Q. How about Old Navy. 11 A. No. 12 Q. Anchor Blue. 13 A. Yes. 14 Q. Robinson’s-May. 15 A. No. 16 Q. Okay. Do you remember on February 28th 17 going to Hsong’s Barber Shop for a haircut. 18 A. I got my hair cut there, but I don’t know if 19 we went on February 28th. 20 Q. Do you remember going there with your 21 mother. 22 A. I remember going there in the past with my 23 mother. 24 Q. When you were there, did anyone scream for 25 help. 26 A. I don’t know if we went on February 28th to 27 Hsong’s Barber Shop. 28 Q. When you went to Hsong’s Barber Shop, did 2009 1 anyone scream for help, as far as you know. 2 A. As I said, I don’t remember whether we went 3 there during the time that we were down in Los 4 Angeles area. 5 Q. Do you remember anyone screaming for help at 6 any of the stores that you recall going to during 7 this period of time. 8 A. No. 9 Q. Do you remember going to the Brazilian 10 consulate. 11 A. Yes. 12 Q. You went in there with your mother, right. 13 A. Yes, I’m pretty sure. 14 Q. Do you remember anybody screaming for help 15 in the Brazilian consulate. 16 A. No. 17 Q. You were with your entire family, right. 18 A. Yes. 19 Q. Okay. Do you remember seeing a movie called 20 Old School around March 1st, 2003. 21 A. A little bit. 22 Q. Your mother, your brother, your sister and 23 you went to that movie theater, right. 24 A. I don’t really remember. 25 Q. You also went to Anchor Blue that day, 26 right. 27 A. I believe so. I guess. 28 Q. When you went to see that movie, do you 2010 1 remember anybody screaming for help. 2 A. No. 3 Q. Do you remember eating at Johnny Rocket’s 4 Burgers that day. 5 A. Oh, yeah. I remember that place. It was 6 pretty good. 7 Q. And that was after you saw the movie, right. 8 A. I don’t know. 9 Q. You went for burgers and ice cream, right. 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. Do you remember anybody screaming for help 12 when you were at Johnny Rocket’s. 13 A. No. 14 Q. Okay. Do you know someone named Brad Buxer. 15 A. No. 16 Q. Did you ever meet any of Michael Jackson’s 17 movie producers at Neverland. 18 A. No. 19 Q. Do you know someone named Rio. 20 A. I think he was a little kid that was there 21 for a while. 22 Q. When did you first meet Rio. 23 A. I don’t remember. 24 Q. But do you remember seeing Rio at Neverland. 25 A. Yeah, he stood there for like a week or -- 26 Q. Did you stay in a guesthouse with Rio. 27 A. No. 28 Q. Never did. 2011 1 A. No. Well, I might have hung out with him 2 for a while. No, I hung out with his sister, you 3 know. And she was telling me about some girls that 4 thought I was cute from the Martin Bashir thing, and 5 then that was it. 6 Q. This is Rio’s sister. 7 A. Yes. 8 Q. Was there a television in the guest room at 9 Neverland. 10 A. There’s a television in every guest room. 11 Q. Did you ever use that television. 12 A. We were always playing. We never watched 13 T.V. 14 Q. Was Rio ever in a room with you at the 15 guesthouse. 16 MR. SNEDDON: Your Honor, I’m going to 17 object to this line of questioning under the 403 18 ruling the Court made. 19 THE COURT: Sustained. 20 Well, just a minute. I will change that 21 ruling. You may ask. 22 MR. MESEREAU: Thank you, Your Honor. 23 Q. Was Rio ever in a guest room with you when 24 you were watching T.V. at Neverland. 25 A. Um, no. I don’t remember really -- I mean, 26 I might have hung out with him in a guest room for a 27 minute, but, I mean, I don’t remember watching T.V. 28 with him. 2012 1 Q. You don’t. 2 A. No. 3 Q. Are you saying you don’t remember or are you 4 saying it just didn’t happen. 5 A. I don’t think it happened. 6 Q. Okay. Do you recall ever telling Rio you 7 wanted to look at adult movies on television at 8 Neverland. 9 MR. SNEDDON: I’m going to object. 10 THE COURT: Overruled. 11 THE WITNESS: No, I don’t remember that. 12 Q. BY MR. MESEREAU: Ever remember stealing 13 alcohol from Michael Jackson’s bedroom when Rio was 14 present. 15 A. No. 16 Q. Do you recall stealing a $1,000 laminated 17 bill from Michael’s room. 18 A. A thousand dollar bill. 19 Q. That was laminated. 20 A. Do they make thousand-dollar bills. 21 Q. Did you ever steal one. 22 A. No. 23 Q. Ever recall masturbating in front of Rio. 24 A. No. 25 Q. Now, earlier in your testimony, you said 26 that the only time you’d ever tasted wine was in 27 church. Do you remember that. 28 A. Yes. 2013 1 Q. Are you telling the jury the only time you 2 tasted wine before you went to Neverland was in a 3 church. 4 A. Yes. 5 Q. Did you ever tell Rio or anyone else at 6 Neverland that you knew what wine tasted like. 7 A. No. I don’t remember telling him that. 8 Q. Do you remember calling Chris Tucker and 9 telling him that you wanted to go to Miami to be 10 with Michael Jackson. 11 A. No. 12 Q. That never happened. 13 A. I don’t know if it did. 14 Q. You don’t know if it did. 15 A. No. 16 Q. Did your mother ever ask you to call Chris 17 Tucker so that your family could go to Miami to be 18 with Michael Jackson. 19 A. No. 20 Q. Has your mother ever coached you on what to 21 say in this case. 22 A. No. 23 Q. Has your mother coached you on what to say 24 in your legal disputes with your father. 25 A. No. 26 Q. Has your mother ever coached you on what to 27 say in the J.C. Penney case. 28 A. No. 2014 1 Q. Has your mother asked you to write out what 2 you were going to say before you went to court. 3 A. No. 4 Q. Have you ever done that. 5 A. Done -- 6 Q. Written out what you plan to say before you 7 went to court. 8 A. No. 9 THE COURT: Is this a good place to stop. 10 MR. MESEREAU: Okay. 11 THE COURT: All right. We’ll recess until 12 tomorrow morning at 8:30. Remember the admonitions. 13 See you then. 14 (The proceedings adjourned at 2:30 p.m.) 15 --o0o-- 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2015 1 REPORTER’S CERTIFICATE 2 3 4 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ) 5 CALIFORNIA, ) 6 Plaintiff, ) 7 -vs- ) No. 1133603 8 MICHAEL JOE JACKSON, ) 9 Defendant. ) 10 11 12 I, MICHELE MATTSON McNEIL, RPR, CRR, CSR 13 #3304, Official Court Reporter, do hereby certify: 14 That the foregoing pages 1867 through 2015 15 contain a true and correct transcript of the 16 proceedings had in the within and above-entitled 17 matter as by me taken down in shorthand writing at 18 said proceedings on March 14, 2005, and thereafter 19 reduced to typewriting by computer-aided 20 transcription under my direction. 21 DATED: Santa Maria, California, 22 March 14, 2005. 23 24 25 26 27 MICHELE MATTSON McNEIL, RPR, CRR, CSR #3304 28 OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER 2016