Larry King passes away from Covid

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Leaving Neverland Facts
@NeverlandFacts

RIP Larry King. In 2005 he would have testified in Michael Jackson's defence but was rejected by the court.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/ ... ntrial.usa

Larry King rejected as Jackson witness
The US talk show host Larry King was dismissed as a witness in the Michael Jackson trial yesterday after saying that a lawyer who once met the accuser's family told him they were just out for money and the mother was "wacko".

Mr King told the court, without the jury present, that the attorney, Larry Feldman, met him before the trial and said he would not represent the Arvizo family because he did not find their claims credible.

Mr Feldman had earlier testified for the prosecution and denied telling anyone anything about his dealings with clients. The judge, Rodney Melville, refused to allow Mr King to testify for the defence, and said the court would not impeach Mr Feldman.

The development came as the defence pursued its attempt to discredit allegations that Mr Jackson sexually molested a 13-year-old boy, Gavin Arvizo, and conspired to imprison him and his family to get them to rebut a damaging documentary in which Mr Jackson said he let children sleep in his bed.

Mr Feldman was contacted by the accuser's family after they left Mr Jackson's estate in 2003. Mr King said Mr Feldman had told him "the mother was a 'wacko'."

Later, another witness testified that the accuser's mother had once praised Mr Jackson and had never complained that they had been held against their will at his estate.

Azya Pryor, an actress and family friend, said the mother never spoke critically of Mr Jackson during long telephone calls, and gave every impression of having participated willingly in the rebuttal video.

The judge also ruled against testimony by a publisher, Michael Viner, who was present during Mr King's meeting with Mr Feldman. A defence memo filed previously summarised Mr Viner's testimony.

"Viner recalled that Feldman had referred to the mother as 'a flake' and said he did not believe the boy," the memo said.

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Larry King
@kingsthings
Remembering #MichaelJackson at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. He &
@RevJJackson
presented me w/ the Humanitarian Award.

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Constantinos Isaias
@Isaiasthoughts
Replying to
@TheMJCast
In 2003
@latoyajackson
found the strength to talk about her abusive relationship with Gordon to Larry King for a first time. She also spoke about her brother's innocence. She wrote in her book “Larry made me feel like home”, “I admire his ability to dig beneath the of a surface.”









The MJCast - A Michael Jackson Podcast
@TheMJCast
#RIPLarryKing. Across the legendary broadcaster’s 50 000+ interviews, Larry perfected ‘getting out of the way of the interview’, prompting guests rather than making it about him. We’ll also remember how he defied the will of the media and offered fair coverage on MJ’s trial. J.