Above: Michael Jackson fan Vincent Woods holds up a photo of Jackson and a glove behind jurors as they answered reporters’ questions about their verdict in the Michael Jackson wrongful-death case in Los Angeles on Oct. 2. (ALLEN J. SCHABEN/LOS ANGELES TIMES/MCT)
Decision in AEG Live trial sparks anger, more questions
LOS ANGELES TIMES (MCT)
For the dedicated Michael Jackson fans who came to the trial day after day, the singer still could do little wrong. They wore T-shirts expressing their love for the singer and their support for his aged mother. One fan even brought a bouquet of red roses to give Katherine Jackson and her attorneys.
So when the judge announced on Oct. 2 that jurors had decided AEG Live was not responsible for Jackson’s death, they weren’t just stunned, they were angry. They didn’t understand how a five-month trial that seemed to expose the concert promoter as caring little about the singer’s well-being could end this way.
“My heart is broken,” said Barbara de L’Orme, 42. “This was the greatest artist that we ever had, and they treated him like this. The evidence was right there.”
Emotional case
When Marvin Putnam, AEG Live’s lead attorney, stood in front of the scrum of TV cameras, microphones and notebooks, fans could be heard shouting, “Michael Jackson! Michael Jackson!”
Putnam told reporters AEG never considered settling the case, which could have cost it hundreds of millions — if not billions — of dollars in damages if a jury had voted the other way.
“They wouldn’t allow themselves to be shaken down,” he said.
Read More: http://flcourier.com/2013/10/10/fans-stand-by-jacksons-after-verdict/
Source: flcourier / MJ-Upbeat.com
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