Sensation in Jacko case
2005-01-14 06:12
Los Angeles - Michael Jackson's accuser told a grand jury that the pop star closed his eyes tightly while molesting him on a bed, according to an ABC News report that quotes from transcripts of the testimony.
The boy described Jackson's alleged crimes in graphic detail, according to the network, which said its Primetime Live programme reviewed more than 1 900 pages of testimony.
Details on the transcripts, which have not been released, were reported on Thursday on ABC's website and quoted on Good Morning America.
The accuser told prosecutors who questioned him before the Santa Barbara County grand jury that Jackson never spoke to him during the alleged abuse and the two didn't discuss it later, ABC reported.
According to transcripts, the boy said that when he was molested, he looked over at the pop star and "his eyes were like squinching really tight".
Jackson was indicted in April on multiple counts of molestation and a count of conspiracy involving child abduction, false imprisonment and extortion.
Some counts accuse him of administering alcohol to further child molestation.
The accuser, who had cancer and lost a kidney when a surgeon removed a tumour, said he told Jackson he shouldn't drink alcohol because of his medical condition, according to the transcripts.
"And so it harms my kidney for I drink that stuff," the accuser was quoted as saying.
"But he would just say, 'It's OK.' And he would just keep on telling me to drink."
Jury selection in the case begins on January 31.
- AP