This was specifically placed in the agreement so that Jackson could maintain his innocence. The other language, which was throwing a number of people off, including us, is specific language used so that the insurance company could pay the settlement. Jackson’s attorney, Tom Mesereau, told Judge Rodney Melville Jackson didn’t agree to, or admit any wrongdoing whatsoever; not even to any ‘negligence’. The ‘negligence’ language is present solely so that the insurance company can fund the settlement. And many lawyers, with common sense and who have actually read the agreement, have said that it is boilerplate language involving any insurance settlement claim. Mesereau tells the judge:
There was never any admission by Mr. Jackson that he ever did anything negligent or anything wrong at all. (see http://www.mjjsource.com/index.php/news/>transcript)
So we now have further clarification about what the settlement agreement was, and was not. One thing is for sure: the media wasn’t prepared for just how less guilty Jackson looks as a result of them getting their hands on this information. It is absolutely nothing like what the public has been lead to believe. MJEOL has written extensively about the settlement and Dimond’s involvement (see article).
Read my mind and shut-up…
If you remember, tabloid reporter Diane Dimond broke the story with the leaked court sealed settlement agreement papers. She initially claimed all kinds of nonsensical garbage ranging from things that were nowhere to be found in the documents, to the ridiculously illogical claim that Jackson admitted to “negligently” sexually molesting the 93 accuser. This was echoed by Dan Abrams (MSNBC) and a number of other people before they actually got to see the agreement for themselves and pointed out the mistakes in the initial reports.
Mesereau says, during that hearing:
there was public comment in the media, again, about this 11 year old case to the effect that somehow he admitted to negligence, which was completely false. It was a technical legal way of settling a case so insurance companies could fund a settlement and he could get on with his personal life and his business life.
Melville, inexplicably, claimed that the statement Jackson released as a result of this defamatory reporting was a violation of the gag order. This is the statement Jackson released as a result of the 93 sealed court documents being given over to Dimond as if they were just regular sheets of paper:
“I respect the obligation of confidentiality imposed on all of the parties to the 1993 proceedings. Yet, someone has chosen to violate the confidentiality of those proceedings. Whoever is now leaking this material is showing as much disrespect for the Santa Maria Court’s ‘gag order’ as they are a determination to attack me.
“No action or investigation has been taken to determine who is leaking this information or why they are permitted to violate the law in such a manner. I respectfully request that people see these efforts for what they are.
“These kinds of attacks and leaks seek to try the case in the press, rather than to a jury who will hear all of the evidence that will show that I did not, and would not, ever, harm a child. I have always maintained my innocence and vehemently denied that these events ever took place. I reluctantly chose to settle the false claims only to end the terrible publicity and to continue with my life and career.
“I ask all of my neighbors in Santa Maria, the people to whom I give my loyal trust and admiration, to keep an open mind and give me a chance to show that I am completely innocent of these charges. I will not let you down.” (original statement once posted at Jackson’s official website)
What’s more interesting about this situation is that he didn’t even so much as give the media, or Dimond, a public reprimand for this. He didn’t encourage any investigations as to who leaked the sealed court documents either, but he did blast Jackson for responding to the nonsense that, as far as we know, has nothing to do with the current “case”.
There was never any admission by Mr. Jackson that he ever did anything negligent or anything wrong at all. (see http://www.mjjsource.com/index.php/news/>transcript)
So we now have further clarification about what the settlement agreement was, and was not. One thing is for sure: the media wasn’t prepared for just how less guilty Jackson looks as a result of them getting their hands on this information. It is absolutely nothing like what the public has been lead to believe. MJEOL has written extensively about the settlement and Dimond’s involvement (see article).
Read my mind and shut-up…
If you remember, tabloid reporter Diane Dimond broke the story with the leaked court sealed settlement agreement papers. She initially claimed all kinds of nonsensical garbage ranging from things that were nowhere to be found in the documents, to the ridiculously illogical claim that Jackson admitted to “negligently” sexually molesting the 93 accuser. This was echoed by Dan Abrams (MSNBC) and a number of other people before they actually got to see the agreement for themselves and pointed out the mistakes in the initial reports.
Mesereau says, during that hearing:
there was public comment in the media, again, about this 11 year old case to the effect that somehow he admitted to negligence, which was completely false. It was a technical legal way of settling a case so insurance companies could fund a settlement and he could get on with his personal life and his business life.
Melville, inexplicably, claimed that the statement Jackson released as a result of this defamatory reporting was a violation of the gag order. This is the statement Jackson released as a result of the 93 sealed court documents being given over to Dimond as if they were just regular sheets of paper:
“I respect the obligation of confidentiality imposed on all of the parties to the 1993 proceedings. Yet, someone has chosen to violate the confidentiality of those proceedings. Whoever is now leaking this material is showing as much disrespect for the Santa Maria Court’s ‘gag order’ as they are a determination to attack me.
“No action or investigation has been taken to determine who is leaking this information or why they are permitted to violate the law in such a manner. I respectfully request that people see these efforts for what they are.
“These kinds of attacks and leaks seek to try the case in the press, rather than to a jury who will hear all of the evidence that will show that I did not, and would not, ever, harm a child. I have always maintained my innocence and vehemently denied that these events ever took place. I reluctantly chose to settle the false claims only to end the terrible publicity and to continue with my life and career.
“I ask all of my neighbors in Santa Maria, the people to whom I give my loyal trust and admiration, to keep an open mind and give me a chance to show that I am completely innocent of these charges. I will not let you down.” (original statement once posted at Jackson’s official website)
What’s more interesting about this situation is that he didn’t even so much as give the media, or Dimond, a public reprimand for this. He didn’t encourage any investigations as to who leaked the sealed court documents either, but he did blast Jackson for responding to the nonsense that, as far as we know, has nothing to do with the current “case”.
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