Michael Jackson Conspiracy by Aphrodite Jones
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Book Reviews of Michael Jackson Conspiracy
Book Review: Vindicated! Not a shred of evidence (from any credible source) against MJ!
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved MJ's music, but like many fans, my enjoyment of his music was stolen by images instilled from the media.
I just couldn't listen to his beautiful songs any more after hearing rumors from tabloid TV, and rumors of people testifying in court that they had witnessed him in bed with boys. Even after he was found innocent in a court of law, I just assumed he had his expensive "dream team" that left "a shred of doubt." Little did I know, until reading this book which was based on trial evidence and trial transcripts, that there was actually NO SHRED (from any CREDIBLE source) of evidence of his GUILT.
I had to apologize to Michael, after he died, for thinking he could have been guilty of such horrible crimes.
I, like half of Americans, had been duped by a media that had been reporting only ONE SIDE---because to report that MJ was innocent and a victim himself of money-grubbing pathological liars with inconsistent stories and proven lying under oath, well, that just wasn't "sensational" enough to sell copies and make stars out of journalists. The media had counted on MJ's conviction. They were already salivating over the billions they would make by daily reports of his life in prison.
Here are some startling accounts that the tabloids failed to report to the American public:
* The Arizos (accusing family with the boy, Gavin, that had cancer) had a history of looking to sue for damages, and faked some bruises to get money from JC Penney. The boys were trained liars.
* They lied under oath saying they had been "held captive" at Neverland, even though there are no fences in Neverland, and the mom, Janet, had lavish beauty and wax treatments during that time at MJ's expense!
* They said they were "forced" to fly to Miami to see MJ, yet Chris Tucker testified that they had begged him to buy them a ticket to go there.
* Celebrities including Jay Leno, George Lopez, and Chris Tucker all testified that this family was gold-digging them and taking advantage, using the cancer as an excuse to pilfer money without end. George said they even planted one of their wallets there, and when it was returned, they accused his staff of there being $300 missing. They accused this man, who had just taken them on a huge shopping spree, of stealing $300 from their wallet!
* The media hyped up the "porn" found in MJ's house--turns out it was only Playboy and other nude women mags found locked up in briefcases. Pedophiles are not known to have this kind of material.
* After the Bashir documentary in which he used the "bait and switch" technique to get MJ's trust and then turn the tables on him, the media hounded the Arizos. They saw this as an opportunity to make accusations. Instead of going to police to report their fabrications, they went to...Jordie Chandler's lawyer! (The lawyer of the family that extorted money from MJ in '93) He was in court and the defense lawyer, Mesereau, got the jury to see that Feldman had advised them to take it to the police so that the govt. could do the costly trial first, and that way his civil suit would be cheaper.
* Disgruntled employees such as Ralph Chacon tried to get money by selling tabloids stories which were fabricated. But he and the others were found to have been fired by MJ and to have been prosecuted by MJ for theft. The main employees testified that they saw no immoral behavior on the part of MJ--not even drinking alcohol himself around kids, much less serving them drinks or lewd behavior.
* Janet Arvizo admitted in court to having "imagined things" and that she sometimes couldn't distinguish fact from fiction. (This is the mind of a pathological liar.) The jury's eyes were rolling from her lies, inconsistencies, and apparent instability. As the author points out, was the prosecution in Never-never-land when they thought they could win this case? Sneddon, the prosecutor, was obviously salivating over the idea of huge fame from being winning this case. Or perhaps he didn't really care if he won, as long as he could smear Jackson's reputation. Some speculate that even Sony was behind the scenes, hoping to get Jackson's share of the Beatle songs. (This would make the REAL conspiracy...)
* The outtakes of the Bashir documentary make it very clear how Jackson feels about children, and his pure love for them. But Bashir twisted it just for his career. I cannot watch Nightline any more after reading this book! I cannot see this man's face.
Fans, rest assured that Jackson is an old soul and incapable of such behavior. Go back to enjoying his music!
In Appendix B of my own book, I cite how the media is corrupt with regard to hiding the truth of medicine, and how the real methods of healing are suppressed by the media because the drug companies pay so many of their ads. Now I have a new perspective of the media. I cannot even trust them with court cases.
Perhaps Mesereau made a bad move when he refused to let this trial be televised, like O.J Simpson's. It would have let the world know the truth about MJ's innocence.
Book Review: Michael Jackson Conspiracy is a must read.
Summary: 5 Stars
When District Attorney Tom Sneddon smugly announced that Michael Jackson was to be criminally charged, and that Neverland was being raided, he was so blinded by greed, jealousy and vengeance that he could not see that the degenerate family he had sided with, the Arvizo family, in order to try and take Michael Jackson's freedom from him, and ruin his reputation, all so that Sneddon could bask in glory, would actually bring Sneddon the ultimate humiliation. Sneddon's case against Michael Jackson was built on lies, and was created by liars, and Sneddon got exactly what he deserved, failure!!!
When Michael Jackson was put on trial, accused of having molested Gavin Arvizo -- who had learnt from his family how to extort people -- the media refused to tell the truth. The media refused to acknowledge, or discuss, what was actually going on in the courtroom that was favorable to Michael Jackson. The testimony that pointed to Michael Jackson's innocence, the success Michael Jackson's attorneys had in exposing the prosecution case for what it was, sham, was ignored by the media, the media refused to tell the truth.
When prosecution witnesses who desired to fill their pockets with Michael Jackson's money, who hoped to become rich by selling false stories, who falsely accused Michael Jackson, and who made up as many lies as possible, as horrible as possible, to extort as much money as possible from Michael Jackson, were exposed, it was ignored by the media, the media refused to tell the truth.
When the accuser, Gavin Arvizo, and his family, mother Janet Arvizo, and siblings Star Arvizo and Davellin Arvizo, stumbled over their lies, contradicted themselves continually, became argumentative when presented with facts that proved they were liars and extortionists, it was ignored by the media, the media refused to tell the truth.
When Michael Jackson's young cousin testified that the accuser, Gavin Arvizo, and Gavin's brother Star tried to get him to masturbate in their presence, it was ignored by the media, the media refused to tell the truth.
When it was revealed that Michael Jackson's former employees only claimed to have seen inappropriate behavior by Michael Jackson AFTER THEY WERE OFFERED MONEY AND PAID BY TABLOIDS/THE MEDIA, it was ignored by the media, the media refused to tell the truth. (Michael Jackson successfully sued these former employees many years ago, they still owe him money.)
When Michael Jackson's current employees testified that the accuser, Gavin Arvizo, and his family slept in guesthouses at Neverland (and not in Michael Jackson's bedroom), that they caused a great deal of trouble at Neverland, left a huge mess at Neverland, damaged and defaced property at Neverland, attacked the animals at Neverland, pulled knives on Neverland employees, stole from Neverland employees, stole from Michael Jackson, extorted Neverland employees by lying about their financial circumstances, extorted the government by lying about their financial circumstances, extorted other celebrities by lying to them and falsely accusing them, caused trouble wherever they went, and to whoever was unlucky enough to befriend them, overall having been shown to be users, liars, thieves, troublemakers and criminals, it was ignored by the media, the media refused to tell the truth..... until now.
Aphrodite Jones, a reporter, ashamed of her behavior during Michael Jackson's trial, having realized that she was wrong, has written this book - "Michael Jackson Conspiracy" - which is pretty much a compact version of Michael Jackson's trial. It details exactly what happened in the courtroom at Michael Jackson's trial (using actual trial testimony), the facts that were revealed and exposed, the witnesses and what they stated, how Michael Jackson's defense team managed to successfully destroy prosecution theories and witnesses on a daily basis, how the media did not want to report anything that was favorable to Michael Jackson or his defense team, how some media reporters had already secured deals to have access to Michael Jackson if he was to be found guilty and imprisoned (which is disgusting, because this behavior implies that these jerks preferred that a child had been molested so that they could profit), and how Michael Jackson was found NOT GUILTY by a jury that saw right through the lies, right through the Arvizo family, right through District Attorney Tom Sneddon and his sham case, and right through the media garbage that has been circulating for years about Michael Jackson.
So, if you want the truth about Michael Jackson, how he has become a target for liars who want to become instant millionaires, and the victim of a media that promotes and prefers lies, read "Michael Jackson Conspiracy".
Book Review: One of the Best Books I've read this year
Summary: 5 Stars
Michael Jackson Conspiracy is probably the least sensationalistic thing that has ever been written about Michael Jackson. During the 2005 court case, the media continued a long standing hatred and bias toward Michael Jackson to such a grotesque extreme, that they successfully convicted him in the court of public opinion with salacious slanted news reporting.
Jackson was the freaky/creepy/weird eccentric guy that isn't wanted in the neighborhood, that people think they can bring down and judge as evil just because he's different. People fear what they don't understand and this has never been more true than in the case of Michael Jackson.
We get the warm fuzzies over movies like Edward Scissorhands and the message to not prejudge people based on superficiality or things we don't have all the details on, and yet when confronted with a true Edward Scissorhands, it's all about the torches and the pitchforks.
Michael Jackson Conspiracy pulls from and quotes the actual court transcripts to give you a bird's eye view of the case and what really went on.
Despite the defense arguing against it, the Prosecution was allowed to bring up past accusers. In hindsight this is good because it allows the reader to see that it wasn't only the 2005 charges that were without merit, but the ENTIRE thing as far back as 1993.
While the boy from 1993 left the country to avoid the possibility of being called to testify in the case, his mother took the stand. Now one would think that the mother of an allegedly molested boy would be a great witness for the prosecution, but as it turns out, she was a better witness for the defense. She went on and on about what a great and loving man MJ was. How kind and generous he was. She stated many times over and over that it was her husband and not her that was responsible for the civil suit. (She also signed the civil suit though, but here she is testifying in criminal court about it, which completely blows away theories that the civil suit PREVENTED the family from testifying... no, just no one wanted to. Because they had their money. I think perhaps the mother of the Chandler boy had guilt weighing on her for years and felt compelled to testify and help MJ out some.)
Of course we see the testimony of three adult men who were children at the time of the original allegations who state emphatically that though they slept over, MJ never touched them inappropriately. Macaulay Culkin was one of these kids and he continued a friendship with MJ and was the godfather of two of his kids, hardly the mark of an abused child.
Several celebrities such as Jay Leno, Chris Tucker, and George Lopez testified in court to show a pattern of the Arvizo family's con-artistry.
The cherry on the sundae and the most entertaining part of the case is Janet Arvizo, the mother of the accuser. Just to give you some highlights of this woman's insanity... She had married a guy with the last name Jackson and wanted to be referred to as: "Janet Jackson" in the trial.
She also claimed that MJ had held her and her family hostage at Neverland Ranch (a place that isn't fenced in btw), and that she had plans to escape by hot air balloon. (Which made the court room burst out laughing.) During her "captivity" she was taken to other towns for shopping excursions where she spent thousands of dollars of MJ's money and couldn't be bothered to call anyone for help to rescue her from this "dire" situation of mooching off a pop star. Yep, that's some captivity.
One thing you find as you dig into this case is... unlike cases like the OJ Simpson case, there was NO evidence against MJ. This isn't an exaggeration, or a fan's overzealousness. There was not a single shred of evidence. Despite Tom Sneddon spending millions of dollars both in 1993 and again in 2005, and devoting so much manpower to the case, there was not ONE shred of physical evidence.
The ONLY "evidence" in the case was witness testimony. i.e. kind of like a witch hunt where all you really have is accusation.
The people who testified against MJ all turned out to be criminals and con-artists and disgruntled ex-employees who were also criminal. No one of decent moral character had the first negative thing to say about MJ. Every witness for the prosecution crumbled and turned into a win for the defense upon cross-examination.
So if you're interested in knowing what went on in the 2005 case and you want a good summary of the situation, this is the book.
Book Review: Comprehensive and Fair Account of the Child Molestation Charges Against Michael Jackson
Summary: 5 Stars
I have to admit, I was one of those. What I mean by that is that I believed Michael Jackson was guilty of the charges that were brought against him by Gavin Arvizo. I wasn't sure about the first allegation that was brought against him by Jordie Chandler and later settled out of court, but this second time, I was swayed in the direction of thinking he was guilty. What did I have to base my opinion on? Like many people in America - The Bashir documentary. I sat and watched that documentary and thought that Michael Jackson was much stranger than I had ever imagined.
When Michael Jackson passed away last year, many people blamed his legal troubles with these two allegations as the reason he died. I believe these allegations and the media nightmare that surrounded both cases, his money troubles, and the downturn of his career were probably the reasons he couldn't sleep at night. They were the reasons he probably numbed himself with drugs. They were the reasons his health took a downturn.
Aphrodite Jones was one of those journalists in the media who spoke out against Michael Jackson. She was one of "those". I give her much kudos to come out and write such an honest and heart-felt book about Michael Jackson. She used the actual transcripts from the trial. There is a frankness about the tone that she uses in this book that you know she is giving Michael Jackson an account that actually portrayed what happened without smoke-screens.
What was shocking about this account was how crooked and one-sided the media had been throughout, regardless of what had transpired in court. The media wanted to continue along, painting Michael Jackson as a clown who was in a circus side-show instead of ever giving him the benefit of the doubt while they were covering this trial. It is also interesting to note that this book was published in 2007, two years before Michael Jackson's death. It can be said with conviction that, unlike many other biographies that have come out since his death, or the books that WERE written prior to his death and have been since "updated", Aphrodite Jones did not "cash in" on the death of Michael Jackson.
I read this book for the first time after Michael's passing, and I just reread it again, shortly after the one-year anniversary of his death. I understand Michael Jackson a lot better now. I always knew he was a talent. I grew up with his music. However, I always felt that his "tabloid image" had overshadowed his career. In Michael's case, I think some of that was his fault, but a good deal of it was the media. This man was taunted and tortured by people who had no clue what kind of person he was. He was used as a money machine by those who he did business with. He was betrayed by employees and handlers, and worst of all, children that he had opened his heart and home to.
I sincerely believe that Michael Jackson loved children with his whole being and would never hurt them. I believe he was innocent in many ways, and didn't think as an adult thought about how things looked to the outside "adult" world. I believe that Gavin Arvizo is alive today because of Michael Jackson. This conniving child knew what he was doing with Michael and other celebrities. He was a brat, and his brother, Star, was a brat. His mother, Janet, was a shady nut-job. These people KNEW what they were doing, and Karma is going to come for them one day. I wonder how they live with themselves now that the man that saved Gavin's life is gone? I wonder how Jordie Chandler lives with himself? We know his evil father died of a self-inflicted suicide. Maybe the guilt finally caught up with him.
I hope, in the wake of Michael's passing, that more books come out like this. Michael is not here anymore. I know he is now happy and at peace. For the rest of us who are still living, someone needs to be his voice, and hopefully more will speak up. It is time for both Gavin Arvizo and Jodie Chandler to come clean - publicly and officially. It is time to right the wrongs and restore the Michael Jackson Legacy to its original shine.
Book Review: Amazing read--A MUST if you want to know the truth!
Summary: 5 Stars
A LONG REVIEW BUT PLEASE READ AS I TRIED TO BE HELPFUL! :)
ETA 9/7/09 at 1:30AM: Michael Jackson fans, if you would like to read the actual day to day transcripts of the 2005 case against Michael Jackson here is a website:
[...] Ms. Jones' book is good but these are AMAZING! (Court Transcripts are in notepad format and can be downloaded)
Aphrodite Jones' book is superb. My sister and I read it aloud in two days because it was THAT interesting.
When Michael was on trial in 2005 I was a sophomore-soon-to-be-a-junior in high school. I never really followed MJ's music, to be honest, and I saw the Martin Bashir documentary. Basically, my earlier notions of MJ were as negative as the media would want them to be. I believed he was probably guilty of the 1993 allegations, though I was too young to have even cared then (I was 4 and just wanted to marry MJ then!), thinking that whatever had went on was at the most benign exploration with a like-minded peer. (So WRONG was I! ): )
Back to Jones' book: it made me see clearly. I was greatly saddened by MJ's death and the way he was slowly being character assissinated by tools in the media machine so I bought this book wanting to feel some sort of comfort.
I'm SO glad I did! Jones presents in this piece excellent research into the Arvizo allegations. She UNEQUIVOCALLY proves that MJ was framed and that the media was too hellbent on a witch hunt to even highlight that fact (this makes me sick to my stomach!).
The Arvizos were liars. The mother and father basically used their children (esp. Gavin, the alleged victim) as leverage to gain sympathy with those to which they came into contact who happened to have money! Do you remember the corporate media tools ever acknowledging the FACT that the Arvizos swindled Chris Tucker and George Lopez, and attempted to swindle Jay Leno? Yeah, I, too, don't remeber any of that being exposed...
The best part of Jones' book is that she presents MJ's trial as if you were there watching the action without the big-bad media's filter. For example, instead of hearing about Macaulay Culkin sharing a bed with MJ, you experience Culkin's testimony: he says he shared a bed with MJ AND NOTHING EVER HAPPENED! Other boys testified saying the SAME THING!
Most heartbreaking was Jones' detailing of the outtakes of the Martin Bashir interview. Let me say, Bashir is a disgusting human being, a malignant narcissist who was more interested in fulfilling the disgusting corporate media machine's desires to humiliate MJ than to be a fair-minded journalist. As someone who went to school (I was in the 8th grade) and talked with friends about the Bashir doc, I remembered that hatchet job called an interview. We laughed about it and said MJ looked CRAZEE.
The outtakes, however, reveal MJ to be a beautifully, candid human being, so sweet and kind that you wished you got to go to Neverland.
Aphrodite Jones wrote a winner. Period. I so urge you to buy this book and read it because their is no bias, no BSing--just the TRUTH. And if you are unmoved by what you read then you have been too brainwashed by the corporate media machine!
Michael Jackson was obviously innocent (since 1993, by the way, as well) and I was left utterly dumbfounded at the fact that the media neglected to tell the more interesting story of a kind-hearted, charitable celebrity being swindled by a family of sociopathic greedy monsters. That is much more interesting than a bunch of obviously trumped up charges brought by a bloodthirsty, fame hungry DA Tom Sneddon.
I will never call my mother "Michael Jackson" again just because she *loves* babies and children so much. How callous and cruel of me. I am ashamed because that is exactly how the media wants you to think.
Michael, I'm SO sorry! I should have never, EVER believed such ugly things that unenlightened people still want to hold on to so tightly. Please, no hard feelings? You are an amazing person... :)