- Five people are named as alleged fellow conspirators
in the legal case against singer Michael Jackson, according to a document
released by his defence team.
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- Lawyer Steve Cochran said the grand jury indictment "imagines
an elaborate conspiracy" involving Mr Jackson, the five named people,
and others.
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- It was not previously known how many others were included
in the indictment.
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- Mr Jackson has pleaded not guilty to 10 child molestation
charges, including a charge of conspiracy to abduct a child.
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- The names of the five alleged co-conspirators were not
revealed in the document.
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- Condemned
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- The paper had been released in response to media requests
that details of the indictment be unsealed by the court.
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- Mr Jackson's defence team have condemned what they called
a "media frenzy" surrounding the case.
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- Mr Cochran said the grand jury indictment reflected a
"one-sided, prosecution theory" of the proceedings.
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- "It is plainly unfair to Mr Jackson to saturate
the media, again, with only the prosecution's view of this case, particularly
while Mr Jackson is subject to the constraints of the protective order,"
Mr Cochran wrote.
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- The California Supreme Court said earlier this week that
it would not consider arguments from news organisations seeking release
of the material.
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