Jackson showed no emotion
2005-06-14 00:05
Santa Maria - Michael Jackson showed no emotion as the 10 not guilty verdicts were read out in court on Monday, staring in front of him, occasionally dabbing his nose, witnesses said.
The star, wearing his trademark dark glasses, did not look at the jurors as they pronounced him innocent 10 times over, said reporters who were in court.
"Mr Jackson, your bail is exonerated and you are released," Judge Rodney Melville told the star who emerged from court minutes later a free man.
An assistant of chief defence lawyer Thomas Mesereau's burst into cheers in the courtroom that moments earlier had been tense and eerily silent.
- AFP