Did Geragoss Testimony End the Prosecutors Conspiracy Case?
After all of these procedural gyrations, the substance of Geragos’s testimony proved a boon to the defense. In particular, it may well have been the last nail in the coffin for the conspiracy charges in this case. These charges have been much less publicized that the charges that Jackson molested the accuser, a then-twelve-year-old cancer patient. They are based on allegations that Jackson and five “unindicted co-conspirators” together agreed to hold the boy and his family captive at Neverland. According to prosecutors, the reason for this conspiracy was to force the boy and his family to participate in a video designed to undue the damage caused by the pop star’s unflattering portrayal in the Martin Bashir documentary. In the now-infamous documentary, “Living with Michael Jackson,” Jackson admitted to sharing the same bed with children – an admission that has been used against him in the molestation case. By the time Geragos testified, the prosecution’s conspiracy case had already bee
