Michael Jackson kissed/touched Macaulay Culkin
A former personal maid to Michael Jackson said on Thursday that she witnessed Jackson 'inappropriately' kissing and touching the young Macaulay Culkin and three other boys, according to testimony at the pop singer's child-molestation trial.
The accusation came the same day a former Neverland security guard testified that he witnessed the singer deliver a 'passionate' kiss and perform oral sex on a boy who later received a financial settlement.
Though Culkin has continually denied that Jackson ever molested him, the former maid, Adrian McManus, said the actor, who was an 'unruly' 10-year-old at the time, would sleep in Jackson's room whenever he visited, and presumably in Jackson's bed, since she only made up one bed after his visits.
During Thursday's graphic testimony, Michael Jackson's mother, Catherine, who has been at her son's side during the trial, chose not to be in the courtroom.
Earlier in the day, former Neverland ranch security guard Ralph Chacon testified that he was making his overnight-shift rounds in late 1992 or early 1993 when he saw Jackson and a boy in a whirlpool bath. He said he later saw them take a shower together, then leave the shower and stand naked across from each other, and that Jackson moved his hands 'down to his private area.'
The boy in question reputedly received a financial settlement of $15 million to $20 million from Jackson in 1994, and then did not cooperate with a police investigation, reports the Associated Press. The boy is not scheduled to testify in the trial.
On cross-examination by Jackson defense attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr., Chacon's credibility came under scathing attack. The attorney quickly established that Chacon had sued Jackson, claiming he was improperly fired, and that Jackson had countersued, accusing the guard of stealing from him.
Pundits say the trial's testimony is getting tougher to hear. 'The creep factor has gone way up,' Jim Hammer, a former Bay Area prosecutor and legal analyst told, PEOPLE.
And leaving the courtroom Thursday, holding his mother's arm after she had re-joined him, Jackson was asked if he was 'embarrassed for his mother,' given the day's testimony.
Jackson replied quietly, 'I love my mother.'
The accusation came the same day a former Neverland security guard testified that he witnessed the singer deliver a 'passionate' kiss and perform oral sex on a boy who later received a financial settlement.
Though Culkin has continually denied that Jackson ever molested him, the former maid, Adrian McManus, said the actor, who was an 'unruly' 10-year-old at the time, would sleep in Jackson's room whenever he visited, and presumably in Jackson's bed, since she only made up one bed after his visits.
During Thursday's graphic testimony, Michael Jackson's mother, Catherine, who has been at her son's side during the trial, chose not to be in the courtroom.
Earlier in the day, former Neverland ranch security guard Ralph Chacon testified that he was making his overnight-shift rounds in late 1992 or early 1993 when he saw Jackson and a boy in a whirlpool bath. He said he later saw them take a shower together, then leave the shower and stand naked across from each other, and that Jackson moved his hands 'down to his private area.'
The boy in question reputedly received a financial settlement of $15 million to $20 million from Jackson in 1994, and then did not cooperate with a police investigation, reports the Associated Press. The boy is not scheduled to testify in the trial.
On cross-examination by Jackson defense attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr., Chacon's credibility came under scathing attack. The attorney quickly established that Chacon had sued Jackson, claiming he was improperly fired, and that Jackson had countersued, accusing the guard of stealing from him.
Pundits say the trial's testimony is getting tougher to hear. 'The creep factor has gone way up,' Jim Hammer, a former Bay Area prosecutor and legal analyst told, PEOPLE.
And leaving the courtroom Thursday, holding his mother's arm after she had re-joined him, Jackson was asked if he was 'embarrassed for his mother,' given the day's testimony.
Jackson replied quietly, 'I love my mother.'
