I remember there was some criticism from the media of the female jurors who claimed that they became charmed by Michael and they were calling him 'my Michael'.
LOL, Michael and his charm. :wub:
Here is some info on the jurors:
http://vindicatemj.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/what-happened-to-some-jurors-after-the-2005-trial/
And more about Eleanor Cook (one of the two jurors who later claimed that she believed MJ was guilty):
"And there was another controversy surrounding Eleanor Cook that can now be revealed. In early May after Wade Robson and Brett Barnes had been called to as the stand on the opening day of the defense case juror number five when shopping after court. She went to local JC Penney store on South Broadway and Stowell Avenue in Santa Maria just a few blocks from the courthouse. There she sought out her pal Adrian McManus who had worked at the store for many years. The older woman had revealed to the court during jury selection that she knew the former Neverland maid, but she claimed that they were not close, only that she had once bought some perfume from McManus. In reality they had a closer relationship then Cook let on. Adrian McManus said she and the widow would take drives together, eat a meal on occasion, and once Cook had counseled her about an attorney she might want to hire.
Eleanor Cook should never have been anywhere near a witness in a case on which she was currently sitting in judgment___ but there she was talking openly to McManus. As law enforcement later learned, Cook took McManus aside in the store, in full view of others, and praised her friend for doing well when she had testified for the prosecution on April 7 and 8.
In an interview, McManus later revealed that during this discussion at JCPenney, Eleanor Cook spoke to her about her thoughts as Robson and Barnes were testifying. Cook allegedly said she wrote in her jurors notebook as the two men spoke “liars, liars, liars.”
Eleanor Cook also reportedly told McManus that she could never, ever vote to what let Michael Jackson go free. She was completely convinced Jackson was a pedophile, according to McManus. Cook had personal knowledge of sexual offenders, as her grandson had been ordered by an undisclosed court to register for five years as a sexual deviant.
Cook’s presence in the store that day can be verified by both eye witnesses who saw her there and, according to Adrian McManus, by store transaction receipts. when Eleanor Cook paid for the clothing she bought she used her JCPenney charge card. McManus rang up the transaction under her traceable employee number. Together, the charge card and the employee number transaction provided a paper trail to prove a juror’s flagrant improper visit with a prosecution witness.
After court the very next day, Cook came back to the store to return a pair of slacks that didn’t fit. Adrian McManus reported that she had as a second conversation with the woman. According to McManus, the widow told her that they shouldn’t be talking, but she was emotional because a dear acquaintance of 35 years had just passed away and she needed someone to talk to. McManus claims Cook told her that if she ever told anyone about her comments regarding the guilt of Michael Jackson, she would have to call her a liar.
On June 17, 4 days after the verdict and following her whirlwind trip to New York courtesy of ABC Eleanor Clark came back to JCPenney once again in search of her friend. She apparently felt the need to explain herself and the verdict. When Adrian McManus spotted the smiling cope coming toward her she began to walk away down a store aisle. The 79 year old Cook began to cry out for understanding. Adrian McManus gave her none. McManus claimed that a JCPenney supervisor asked Cook to leave the store."
McManus was a prosecution witness at the trial, one of MJ's former maids who claimed that she saw MJ molesting boys - Brett Barnes and Macaulay Culkin, for example, who both said nothing ever happened - in other words McManus was just another liar. She also had a motive. She was fired and sued by Michael for stealing from the property and Michael also won that case so she owed him a lot of money. Now Eleanor Cook was pals with this woman....
