Thanks Ivy. Good job with the summary.
I also think this opposition sounds good.
Why do you think the Estate says
failure to train and educate Plaintiff regarding sexual abuse?
That's not what Robson says rather that the companies failed to train their employees
regarding sexual abuse as it is recommended for mandatory reporters.
Looks like a mistake.
No, not a mistake. Read Robson's complaint.
item 132 reasonable protective measures to protect plaintiff ..... such as failure to properly warn, educate or train plaintiff and other minor children
so it's not a mistake, those were in Robson's amended complaint
elusive moonwalker;4169024 said:How pathetic. They make sneddon and co look professional����
myosotis;4169157 said:VF ended by saying that they were preparing for trial to let the world know how the true facts, as the whole record written on MJ has been cleaned- eg there is nothing on his Wiki page...that's the most important thing.
Aussies bolstered Jackson's defence case
Santa Maria, California
June 14, 2005 - 1:31PM
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Wade Robson will move ahead with his Hollywood career and wedding plans in the wake of the acquittal of good friend Michael Jackson.
Brisbane-born Robson, portrayed by Santa Barbara prosecutors as one of Jackson's past victims, will marry fiancee Amanda Rodriguez in August and has invited Jackson to the wedding.
Ironically, the 22-year-old choreographer and film director will be one of the last in the western world to find out about today's court decision.
Robson was flying back to the US from London, a 10-hour flight, when the verdict was announced.
"The only way he knows is if they announced it on the plane,'' Robson's mother, Joy, said.
The Robson family plans to celebrate once he lands back in Los Angeles.
Robson, along with his mother and sister Chantal, 25, were all called to testify as defence witnesses in the child molestation case against Jackson.
Both Robson and fellow Australian Brett Barnes told the trial they had shared Jackson's bed while adolescents, but denied he ever molested them.
The Robson family has known Jackson since Robson won a dance contest when he was five years old.
They remained close friends with the King of Pop, often spending nights at Jackson's Neverland Ranch.
Joy Robson was heavily criticised by the public and media commentators during the trial for allowing Robson to stay at Neverland and sleep in Jackson's bed.
Robson, when he took the stand, flatly rejected testimony from one witness who said he saw Robson in a shower with Jackson.
"We just feel so vindicated right across the board,'' said Joy Robson, who watched the verdict live on TV from her LA home.
"We were crying and screaming and crying and screaming.''
The Robson family has kept in close contact with Jackson during the trial, with Joy last speaking to him when the defence and prosecution rested their cases.
"He's always reasonably optimistic,'' she said.
"He has a lot of faith and relies a lot on his faith.
"He did ask me to pray for him. We all believed ultimately the truth would come out.''
Joy Robson said she never doubted Jackson was innocent, despite the serious charges against him.
She said the world has the wrong impression of the entertainer.
"I've never questioned Michael,'' she said.
"That's the bottom line. I've never ever had a second of a concern.
"I don't care what people say of me.
"You have to know Michael to understand.
"I've always said to Michael `I wished the world could know the Michael we do'.
"He's not what the media makes him out to be.''
Wade Robson, who has a huge following in the US after choreographing music videos and concerts for the likes of Britney Spears and boy pop group NSYNC, was in Europe last week hosting an MTV show with R&B singer Ashanti.
He also has a deal with Disney to direct films.
Joy Robson said her son would push ahead with his career, but also was looking forward to his August wedding with Rodriguez, a 25-year-old beauty from Hawaii who he met in LA.
Jackson is on the wedding guest list, but it's unclear if he will attend because he does not want to turn his friend's wedding into a "circus''.
"He asked for an invitation and we took an invitation to him and he said he'd love to be there, but he thought he'd turn it into a circus,'' Joy Robson said.
AAP
He continued by saying that MJJP was a 'loan-out' corporation that protected MJ from personal liability
The only thing that gave me any cause for concern about this interview was VF's comment at about 37.34 to 'hang tight, and watch the press in about 2-3 weeks'. This was said in the context of Wade being threatened with being in contempt (if he did not appear) in 1993 and subpoena'd to appear in 2005 and also supposedly being 'tutored' by MJ lawyers etc about what to say in both 1993 and 2005.
VF ended by saying that they were preparing for trial to let the world know how the true facts, as the whole record written on MJ has been cleaned- eg there is nothing on his Wiki page...that's the most important thing.
VF responded that abusers select their vistims, and that MJ's companies had helped him to do that.
Importantly what happened was Wade did not want to testify. Judge Lance Ito, this is before the OJ case, actually held Wade in contempt as a 12 year old kid. He was going to put him in jail if he didn’t testify. So Michael Jackson’s lawyers met with him. Anthony Pellicano met with him, who we all know about now. They told him exactly what to say. As a 12 year old he already perjured himself because he bought what Michael Jackson told him all along
To this day, the Robson family maintain Michael is innocent. “Michael would hurt himself before he would hurt a child. He didn’t have a childhood himself, so it is important to him to see others having one,” said Joy. It was Wade’s decision to `go public’ on television and proclaim Michael’s innocence. “It was a tough thing to do – especially for an 11-year-old – but we couldn’t stand by and let people believe Michael had been anything but a friend to us,” said Joy, with Wade nodding his approval as he sat in on our interview.
“He would never hurt anyone,” said Wade, with a maturity that belied his years. Wade said Michael was an inspiration to him and a guiding force spiritually but his career, including the move into recording, was his and Joy’s decision alone.
redfrog;4169169 said:5. Scott Ross interviewed Robson several times, he said he saw no sign at all that he was lying and if he had seen
any sign he would have advised Tom Mez not to call him as a witness. Ross said OK you can fool me but
you cannot fool Tom Mez AND Susan Yu too. He said no way you can fool her she doesn't believe anyone
Robson doesn't say anything in his complaint about being tutored by lawyers just MJ telling him about
those "disgusting sexual stuff" which made him believe those were not disgusting sexual stuff.
They will make up some story about MJ and his lawyers threatening Robson to testify.
I know all about what his trial team did in 2005 and how they interacted with Wade and his family and how they coached his testimony. So I’ll be more than happy to talk with him on live radio about it.
November 26, 2003: Aussie Star Tells of Sharing Jackson's Bed
AUSTRALIAN Wade Robson is one of the hottest young talents in Hollywood and yesterday he revealed he had as a child shared a bed with Michael Jackson.
Brisbane-born Robson, who has a hit TV show in the US and a three-movie directing deal with Disney, broke his silence about the years he spent visiting Jackson at Neverland Ranch in California.
He is now 21 and shadowed by his friendship with the superstar, which began at age five. But Robson says it was an innocent relationship that never involved any sort of abuse.
"I never had that experience and I hope that it never happened to anybody else," he said...
Robson yesterday said he also visited the sprawling Neverland Ranch north of Los Angeles after his family moved to the US with the encouragement of Jackson.
Robson met the entertainer in 1987 after winning a Jackson dance-impersonation contest and was then invited to perform with ***** at his Brisbane concert.
In 1991, Robson, his mother, Joy, and his sister Chantelle moved to LA and he was almost immediately cast in three of Jackson's videos -- including Black or White.
He was later signed to Jackson's private label as half of a short-lived rap duo, Quo.
Over the years, Robson said, Jackson bought him instruments and encouraged him in their friendship, which, according to the 187cm rising star, was always "creatively based".
"His initial interest in me was because of my dancing. He saw the talent and the spark I had inside me and all he has ever wanted to do is just help my career," he said.
Asked if he had ever slept in Jackson's bed, Robson said: "Yeah, but nothing strange happened."
Robson said he didn't think it was "weird" that a grown man would share the same bed as a child.
"Everything in life is so complex. He just wanted something around that was simple -- to hang with kids," he said.
"The biggest thing you have to understand is that he has no concept of reality.
"He has been a superstar since he was five years old.
"I mean, what concept does he have of what society thinks is right?"
Robson said he no longer saw Jackson as often as he did as a child -- maybe I will talk to him every six months -- but he would always remain a friend.
"I will always support him and whatever happens is supposed to happen -- I hope it works out for him," he said.
"It is sad to see."
Robson, a choreographer and songwriter for Britney Spears and 'N Sync, has just scored the second highest rating show on MTV with the live dance contest The Wade Robson Project.
He has also been signed to direct three films for Disney, the first a musical, which is scheduled to begin shooting next year.
<cite>Hobart Mercury (Australia) - MICHAEL McKENNA</cite>
And MJ just happened to choose a boy who popped up out of the blue in 1990 with his whole family
and he was so lucky that this random boy didn't even need grooming he just went along with the abuse from the get go
The second point is because someone is a pedophile doesn’t mean they will sexually abuse every single boy or girl they come in contact. They still pick and choose the ones they abuse. It is called the grooming process. Through the grooming process they discern which one they believe will keep quiet, which one will be more right for the abuse.
Ah-they've hit rock bottom going on an obscure local radio show with probably few listeners. It's over.
At least Kasey Kassems kid had some good things to say and she should. My only hope is that Tom doesn't "debate" this guy. Sometimes his ego gets the best of him.
As someone else said, the general public doesnt give a shit. Last night one of our Olympic gymnasts performed the TWYMF on DWTS and got the first perfect score of the season. And they raved on Michael for 10 minutes while the audience roared with applause.
Take that!!!
Also, VF seems to imply that MJ was only acquitted in 2005 because of Wade's testimony. I'm pretty sure that if Wade wasn't anywhere in the situation, the Arvizo's testimony alone would have led to an acquittal.
he went on to call it a 'machine, or a process that helped to isolate the kids'.
Also, VF seems to imply that MJ was only acquitted in 2005 because of Wade's testimony. I'm pretty sure that if Wade wasn't anywhere in the situation, the Arvizo's testimony alone would have led to an acquittal.
So Michael Jackson’s lawyers met with him. Anthony Pellicano met with him, who we all know about now. They told him exactly what to say. As a 12 year old he already perjured himself because he bought what Michael Jackson told him all along.
The grand jury in Santa Barbara questioned Joy Robson, the mother of Wade Robson, on March 1. This was probably due to the claims made by the former security guard who said she saw Michael touch the boy. Nothing of what was asked or what the witness, or any of the witnesses said, was revealed to the press.
respect77;4169171 said:That television interview where Wade defended MJ happened on August 26, 1993 - only days after the Chandler allegations became public. MJ wasn't even in the US during that period...
respect77;4169174 said:Now Finaldi made the claim in this interview that Mez somehow "coached" Wade to say the things he said. .
The second point is because someone is a pedophile doesn’t mean they will sexually abuse every single boy or girl they come in contact. They still pick and choose the ones they abuse. It is called the grooming process. Through the grooming process they discern which one they believe will keep quiet, which one will be more right for the abuse.
How do you know it was Aug 26? What's the source?
Meanwhile, a second young companion of Jackson's declared last night that he had not been abused by the pop star. Accompanied by his mother and Jackson attorney Weitzman, Wade Robson, 10, said on KNBC in Los Angeles that he had spent time on a bed with Jackson, but it had been just fully clothed at "a slumber party."