Michael Jackson arrives for his first court appearence, reax

(1 Feb 2005)
1. Black SUV pulling up outside courthouse
2. Pop icon Michael Jackson getting out of car
3. Various of Jackson waving to fans and then walking into courthouse, surrounded by body guards and shielded by black umbrella
4. High shot of Jackson walking into court
5. Various of Jackson walking through security inside court entrance
6. Jackson being checked by security guard using a metal detector wand
7. Jackson walking past security
8. Jackson's attorney - Thomas Mesereau Jr (white hair) - following him into court
9. Shots of Jackson supporters cheering on the other side of a fence near the courthouse
10. Pan from supporters holding signs to Jackson look-alike
11. Another shot of Jackson look-alike doing a TV interview
12. Close shot of sign reading "France Supports...M.J."
13. Shot of Spanish and British flags
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Liddy Champo, Jackson Fan:
"I've been a fan since childhood, he's always impacted my life in some way. Yeah, from a child it was just like the general, he's the structure of your whole moral status. He teaches you the right things to do in life, the right path to take and he's basically the foundation of who I am today. It's all based on Michael."
15. Close shot of sign reading "England supports you Michael"
16. Wide shot of Ann Scott and granddaughter holding sign
17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ann Scott, Jackson Fan:
"All I can say is innocent until proven guilty. And we love his music. And it was well worth all the money. We travelled to San Francisco and then to here, hopefully for my granddaughter to see him personally."
18. Media satellite trucks outside courthouse
19. Shot of press gathered outside courthouse
20. Reporter interviewing Debra Opri
21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Debra Opri, Attorney Representing Jackson Family:
"I have faith in the citizens of Santa Maria, I have faith in the citizens of Santa Barbara county. I believe they will do the right thing and they will properly evaluate the evidence and in the end, I think it's going to look good for Michael Jackson. People should wait until everything is presented."
22. Jackson waves to crowd just after getting out of car
STORYLINE:
Pop star Michael Jackson arrived for the start of his child-molestation trial Monday, greeted by a crowd of fans shouting encouragement who pressed against fences to see the pop star.
Jackson, wearing white and shielded by an umbrella, waved to supporters as he walked into the courthouse.
After more than an hour's wait, Jackson and his attorney stood and faced the first group of prospective jurors filing into the courtroom.
During the hours before Jackson's arrival, fans danced and sang a Jackson song deriding the district attorney, and they booed a woman who held a sign backing the alleged victim, a 13-year-old boy. Many had spent the night outside the little courthouse.
Jackson, 46, is charged with molesting a cancer patient - then age 13, now 15 - and plying him with alcohol. Early Sunday, Jackson issued a
court-approved video statement on his Web site, predicting he would be acquitted.
On Monday, Jackson spokeswoman Raymone K. Bain said the pop star's "spirits are great," and shot down rumours that he had been suicidal.
Jackson is being prosecuted by Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon, 61, whom Jackson has derided in song as a "cold man" with a vendetta.
A child-molestation case Sneddon tried to build against Jackson 10 years ago fell apart when the singer's accuser reportedly accepted a multimillion-dollar civil settlement and refused to testify in any criminal case.

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