Trial Day 46
TRIGGER WARNING: WADE ROBSON
Michael goes to court with Katherine, Joe & Jermaine. The defense opens their case with the testimonies of Wade Robson & Brett Barnes
Much of today's court proceedings transpired while arguments by both sides were heard regarding the defense's motions for an acquittal based on the grounds that prosecutors failed to prove the child molestation and conspiracy charges. Defense lawyers asked yesterday to have all charges against Mr Jackson thrown out, calling testimony from alleged victim Gavin Arvizo & his brother Star Arvizo was "inherently improbable".
He added that their mother Janet Arvizo had been a "bizarre" witness who told a "whopper"
The defense motion stated that prosecutors "failed to present sufficient evidence of a conspiracy" by Mr Jackson to hold the Arvizo family captive.
Judge Rodney Melville denied the request to dismiss the charges.
Although, the judges decision was not a surprise as such motions are rarely granted, with a reasonable analysis the prosecution's case could be challenged.
Jackson attorney, Robert Sanger, made a fervent plea to the judge to dismiss the charges, saying that the prosecution built a case on witnesses who were liars, including Gavin & his mother.
Sanger also offered a blistering assessment of the prosecutions case. Every witness called by the prosecution to support the past claims of abuse has either sued Michael one time or sold stories to tabloids, he said. The Jackson attorney was speaking of the endless list of witnesses that testified to witnessing Jackson molest youngsters at his ranch but never contacted law enforcement officials instead made contact with tabloids and sold their stories for hefty sums.

"One has to wonder, would this case have gone anywhere if Michael Jackson wasn't the defendant?" he said.

Speaking of the absurdity of the conspiracy charge where the prosecution contends that Michael and his alleged co-conspirators panicked after the airing of a damning documentary which elicited a great deal of scrutiny on Jackson both personally and professionally then proceeded to hold Gavin & his family against their will only to later molest the boy.
"The timeline is inherently preposterous", Sanger stated and spared none on Janet Arvizo describing her testimony as:

"one of the most deceptive witnesses that have ever appeared -- in any court".

DA Tom Sneddon, who was previously unsuccessful in filing charges against Michael & has hounded him ever since , countered that the evidence was overwhelming and that he was "sick and tired" of defense claims that witnesses committed perjury.
Shortly after the motion hearing, the much anticipated first defense witness, Wade J. Robson, took the stand. Robson, who is a 22 year old dancer and film director, upon direct examination by defense attorney Tom Mesereau, denied ever being touched inappropriately or being molested by Michael
When asked whether Mr Jackson had molested him "at any time", Mr Robson replied:

"Absolutely not."

"Did Mr Jackson ever touch you in a sexual way?" defence lawyer Thomas Mesereau asked. "No, never," Mr Robson said.
Robson testified that he had stayed at Neverland ranch over 20 times and slept in his bedroom on many visits bar only 3 or 4
A former Jackson maid, Blanca Francia, the mother of a boy who got a multimillion-dollar settlement in the 1990s, testified previously that she once saw Jackson showering with Robson.
Robson said he had never showered with Jackson.
Asked what he did when he stayed in Jackson's room, Robson said they played video games, watched movies and talked.
"We have pillow fights every now and again," Robson said.
On cross-examination, Deputy District Attorney Ron Zonen attacked Robson's story.
Prosecutor Ron Zonen asked him:

"What you're really telling us is that nothing ever happened while you were awake."
"I'm telling you nothing ever happened,"Mr Robson replied.

Asked if something might have happened while he was asleep, Robson said, "I think something like that would wake me up."
Zonen then marched up to an unfaltering Robson at the witness stand carrying two books seized in 1993. One book showed pictures of nude boys while the other showed men in sexual acts.
Zonen asked Robson to look at the book about boys and asked if he would be concerned about a person who owns such a book sharing a bed with a boy.
"No," Robson said. "To me it's not a pornographic book. It's just a book."
But when shown the book depicting men in sex acts, the witness appeared taken aback.
"Would you be concerned with a man who possesses that book crawling into bed with a 10-year-old boy?" Zonen asked.
Robson paused and said quietly, "Yes."
Mesereau quickly countered, asking Robson if he would feel differently if he knew that Jackson also had a collection of 10 years' worth of Playboy, Hustler and other heterosexual magazines.
Robson said he would feel differently and would no longer be concerned about it.
Mesereau also pointed to a woman in the courtroom and said:

"Mr. Robson, that is your fiancee right there, correct?"
"Yes," said the witness.
"You are heterosexual, correct?" Mesereau asked.
"Yes," Robson said.

During the cross-examination, Robson acknowledged that Jackson helped him move from Australia to the United States in September 1991 and that he was grateful for the help.
Continuing with the list of witnesses that the defense called to counteract allegations of past sexual behaviour by Jackson, Brett Barnes took the stand next. Barnes's testimony was unequivocal with that of Robson.
Barnes said that as a youth he stayed with Jackson at least 10 times and was not molested.

"If he had I wouldn't be here right now," Barnes said.

Asked if he had ever been touched inappropriately, Barnes said,:

"Never, I wouldn't stand for it."

He said he was "very mad" that previous witnesses testified that they had seen Mr Jackson touch him inappropriately.

"It's not true and they put my name through the dirt. I'm really not happy about it," Mr Barnes said.

Court Transcript
Trial Reenactment
Trial Reenactment
w/Joe & Jermaine Jackson, leaving court
Joe Jackson arriving at court
Thomas Mesereau Jr. arriving at court
Leaving court
Leaving court
Waving as he leaves court
w/Katherine Jackson, leaving court
Chantal Robson, potential defense witness, arrives at court
w/Katherine Jackson, arriving at court
Defense witness Brett Barnes leaves court
Defense witness Brett Barnes leaves court
Defense witness Brett Barnes leaves court
Arriving at court
Wade Robson & fiancee arriving at court
Defense witness Brett Barnes leaving court
w/Katherine & Jermaine Jackson arriving at court
Arriving at court
Defense witness Wade Robson arriving at court
w/Katherine Jackson, leaving court
Wade Robson walking out of the courtroom after testifying

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TL;DR: This is the LIVE BLOG from Day SIX of Eurovision rehearsals in the Malmö Arena – please share your thoughts, predictions and questions in the comments! Here's the schedule for today:
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Stage ETA	Photo Gallery	TikTok Clip
15:40 / 🇬🇧 United Kingdom	link	link
16:20 / 🇩🇪 Germany	link	link
17:00 / 🇸🇪 Sweden	link	link
17:40 / 🇫🇷 France	link	link
19:20 / 🇪🇸 Spain	link	link
20:00 / 🇮🇹 Italy	link	link

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15:00 CEST: Välkommen!
Hello everyone, and welcome back to the FINAL official Eurovision Live Blog of the season. It’s Day Six, and after a fun secondment to Malmö AMA central, we’re back in the arena for one more first rehearsal megathread.
It’s Big 5 and host nation day today, so lots to look forward to - rehearsal sneak peaks, photos, TikTok links, backstage happenings. All exclusively here, kicking off at 15:40 CEST. Don't go away!
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15:10 CEST: Your daily reminder!
No need to read this if you were here early in the week! But if not, some useful info:
How rehearsals work:

• Each country has half an hour to rehearse – that’s usually enough time to run through their performance three times.
• If there is any pyro (smoke, flames, fireworks) they will be rehearsed in the final run-through. So we’ll add that information at the end.
• Usually the costumes worn in the first rehearsal are the ones you’ll see in the Semi-Final – but not always (we’ve seen a couple of examples this week). We’ll try to share this info up front, but to be honest we don’t always know. Which leads us to…

How the Live Blog works:

• We are seeing all these performances for the first time, and usually have no idea in advance what to expect. So we watch the first run-through with the laptop closed, then try to describe something inherently visual in words that fans from all across the world can understand. It takes time, and when staging is complex it can take even more time. We always want to do the performances justice, so please be patient ❤️
• Likewise photos and TikTok clips take time – we want to pick the best. We’ll get them up as soon as we can.
• We are a digital content team of very talented writers, photographers, videographers and editors, but the ‘we’ of writing this liveblog is actually one person (hello, I’m Heidi, might do an AMA at some point?) - so it can be hard to stay on top of your questions. Happy to be here, grateful for your support, please join in and we’ll try to keep up!

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Rehearsal 1: United Kingdom - Olly Alexander - Dizzy
First up today is the UK’s Olly Alexander, singing his song Dizzy. He’s a very well-known and long-established performer in the UK, as well as an award-winning actor.
Very helpfully, we received some staging notes from the UK delegation for this performance – here’s how they describe what we’re currently watching:
Olly Alexander's Eurovision performance transports viewers into a post- apocalyptic dystopian boxing gym locker room, aboard a spaceship hurtling toward Earth through a black hole in 1985!
We’re not making this up, we promise. Essentially there’s a big room set on stage, lined with dirty tiles and shower heads – this whole thing feels like a grittier version of George Michael’s Outside, so very much the vibe of the official video. Olly’s four male dancers are wearing (the bare minimum of) red boxing gear, and the camera angles keep changing so it feels like the room is rotating, backed by a spinning black hole graphics on the LED. It really does feel like they’re in a dirty locker room hurtling through space.
In short, it’s VERY ambitious and mind-blowing bit of staging, with a gym bag full of special effects that mean it only really comes to life on screen.
Also a note on the song arrangement – to our ears, there’s a new middle eight with extra strings, and the build to the final chorus is different.
🧨 PYRO UPDATE! Loads of sparks and fireworks at the end, which make it feels like the set is malfunctioning, then a final big bang. Photos coming soon!
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United Kingdom first rehearsal Eurovision 2024 - credit Sarah Louise Bennett/EBU
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Rehearsal 2: 🇩🇪 Germany – ISAAK – Always On The Run
It’s time for Germany’s ISAAK now, with his power ballad Always On The Run. Like lots of singesongwriters, ISAAK honed his craft as a street musician - he put on an impromptu street performance before the Pre-Party in Madrid, so hopefully we’ll see him out and about on the streets of Malmö over the coming week too.
This staging has had a major overhaul since Das Deutsche Finale back in February – ISAAK is also in a room, but rather than a filthy gym it looks like a very stylish living room, made from a black metal framework that means he can still be seen from all sides. It also has an open fire - and from the first chorus, all three sides of the room burst into flames, like the house is burning down. Hard to capture the atmosphere in words, but it's really impressive.
The set sits under the middle cube, which has descended from the heavens to create a ceiling, but during the middle eight the whole set is wheeled away and it’s just ISAAK in the middle of the stage, wearing a black suit and flanked by four backing singers.
Watching both on screen and on the stage, it’s a really impactful three minutes – ISAAK’s interaction with parts of the room, the flames, and the dynamic change of set halfway through really elevates what is already a powerhouse vocal.
We’ve see SO much great staging over the past week – still four more performances to go, but it’s shaping to be a VERY good year.
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Germany first rehearsal Eurovision 2024 - credit Sarah Louise Bennett/EBU
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Rehearsal 3: 🇸🇪 Sweden – Marcus & Martinus – Unforgettable
Time for Sweden’s favourite Norwegians to rehearse now - it’s Marcus & Martinus, bringing some twin dance energy to the Malmö arena. This song will open the Grand Final on 11th May, and WHAT a way to start the show.
22-year-old Marcus & Martinus haven’t released an official video for this song, because they didn’t need to - the staging at Melodifestivalen is basically watching a super-polished pop video being made in real time. They’ve brought the same show to Malmö, which means it’s our THIRD BOX OF THE DAY! The staging remains pretty much unchanged, down to the blue and black outfits and four backing singers in wraparound shades.
But what feels entirely different is the scale - the cubes add a new dimension and elevated lighting effects, particularly after the box separates halfway through and the rest of the performance plays out at the front of the stage. From then the LED wall and the cubes go full pulsing neon, and the whole thing has so much bass it pounds through the floor. Hard to imagine how anyone isn’t going to be up and dancing in this arena next Tuesday - this is a certified 'let's go to Euroclub' bop.
Since we're all about the boxes, we're wondering what France, Spain and Italy have in store for us...Slimane in a glass cube? Suggestions please....
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Sweden first rehearsal Eurovision 2024 - credit Corinne Cumming/EBU
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Rehearsal 4: 🇫🇷 France – Slimane – Mon Amour
France’s Slimane is up next, with his sweeping ballad Mon Amour. He’s become an established star in his home country since he won The Voice (France) in 2016, and now has his sights set on Eurovision.
The staging for this performance has the same energy as the official video, with lots of close-ups of Slimane sharing his pain and asking the big questions about love. His vocal range and the simple piano accompaniment create a kind of breathless intensity, and nobody does his kind of chanson d’amour quite like France.
Staging wise, it starts with Slimane lying on the floor in a white suit, and he performs the first half of the song on his knees, interacting with the camera in a way that feels like a POV of a really intense argument. The juxtaposition of this with the questions he asks in the lyrics feels really immersive, like you’re part of the encounter. We might have just held our breath for three minutes.
At the end there’s a section where Slimane steps away from the mic and sings the final chorus entirely acapella, in a cloud of smoke. We’ve seen this element before during pre-party season, but in this big arena it creates a haunting echo. Photos coming soon!
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France first rehearsal Eurovision 2024 - credit Corinne Cumming/EBU
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18:10 It’s dinner time!
We’re taking a break for dinner now – back at 19:20 for Spain and Italy! Please don’t go away, we’re hoping for at least one more box before the end of the day. 🎁
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19:20 Rehearsal 5 - 🇪🇸 Spain – Nebulossa – ZORRA
Next up it’s Spain’s Nebulossa, bringing huge shoulders and big 80s synth-pop vibes to the Eurovision stage. They are made up of vocalist Mery Bas, and Mark Dasousa on keytar.
Zorra means ‘vixen’ in Spanish, but it’s also used to as a slur in relation to women – I would share the relevant words, but after Aiko bra-gate I’m trying not to crash the liveblog. So this song is about reclaiming the word Zorra and breaking free from the discrimination free-spirited women are subjected to.
It’s also a huge disco bop, and fans of Benidorm Fest *waves in Spanish* will be delighted to learn that the circular red sofa has come to Malmo, but a front section has been painted gold so it’s giving very classy Spanish flag. We don’t find this out until the end of the intro, however, because this performance starts out INSIDE the middle cube – it’s the first time we’ve seen it lowered all the way to the stage. Which means there's ACTUALLY A BOX. Incredible.
The whole vibe and aesthetic is very much what we saw at Benidorm Fest, but just bigger and more fabulous – with lyrics on the LED wall during the singalong sections, and huge ZORRAs pulsing on the cubes.
Mery’s costume is a sheer lace catsuit with flared trousers and giant puffy shoulders – we’ve just been told that it was designed by US designer Michael Costelloe and is encrusted with over 100,000 tiny crystals.
Her two male dancers, meanwhile, start out in stylish black suits, but they’re soon dispensed with to reveal bare chests, thonged corsets and PVC thigh boots. It's three minutes of pure theatre, and we can’t wait to hear the whole crowd singing along to this next week.
🔥 PYRO UPDATE: Floor smoke all the way though, and bonus chorus fireworks. Photos coming soon!
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Spain first rehearsal Eurovision 2024 - credit Corinne Cumming/EBU
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19:45 BOX COUNT UPDATE
We're now four out of five in a box. Cumbia through, Angelina Mango.
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20:00 CEST: Rehearsal 6 - 🇮🇹 Italy – Angelina Mango – La Noia
We’ve made it to the final first rehearsal of 2024, and it’s Italy’s Angelina Mango singing her song La Noia. She was a big breakout star in Italy in 2023, with a sell-out tour and a huge TikTok following. Next stop Sanremo, then Eurovision. She describes her music as influenced by Italian and American rap, R’n’B and instrumental music, and La Noia has elements of all of these.
This feels like a huge departure from Angelina’s performance at Sanremo, and even the official video – Angelina has five female backing dancers, and the staging feels like it’s set in a forest of naked trees. It also starts out with four of the five cubes lowered to the floor, projected with branches to enclose the dancers. So…four ACTUAL BOXES.
They raise to reveal Angelina in the middle backed by a huge throne also made of interwoven twigs and branches. Her costume is a red sparkly corset with plant-like patterns on her legs and arms, and her dancers have a similar style but without the red, so it’s more of a nude effect. The whole effect of trees and plants and flowers on the LED wall has a really fantastical appeal – like a psychedelic, magical woodland, but make it fashion.
Incidentally, La Noia translates as ‘the boredom’, and Angelina dances her way through it - literally the ‘cumbia of boredom’. Absolutely nothing boring about this staging – it’s full of colour and texture and richness.
🔥PYRO UPDATE - a curtain of fireworks at the back of the stage at the end! Photos coming soon...
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Italy first rehearsal Eurovision 2024 - credit Sarah Louise Bennett/EBU
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20:35 CEST: And with that, the Live Blogs are DONE for 2024!
Apart from adding the remaining links, we're finished for the day. We've watched 37 incredible performances over the past six days, and the live shows next week are going to be a TREAT.
Now first rehearsals are done, it's also time to call time on this Live Blog - it’s genuinely been an absolutely joy to share everything that's been going on in the Malmö arena this week.
Tomorrow we’ll be back to AMAs with another batch of Eurovision stars - you can ask your questions .
This is Heidi signing off on behalf of the Eurovision team – huge thanks for all your contribution and appreciation, and enjoy the live shows next week!
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This synthesis could shed light on the enigmatic phenomena reported by mystics and spiritual practitioners throughout history, such as out-of-body experiences, remote viewing, psychokinesis, and other manifestations of extrasensory perception. Perhaps these occurrences are not mere fantasies or delusions, but rather manifestations of quantum entanglement, interactions with parallel realities, or the expression of consciousness operating at a deeper level of reality.
Moreover, by fusing the ancient wisdom of the unseen realms with the cutting-edge revelations of quantum physics, we may uncover new insights into the nature of consciousness itself. Mystics and quantum theorists alike have long grappled with the role of the observer in shaping reality, and a synthesis of these perspectives could yield profound revelations about the relationship between mind and matter, the nature of perception, and the fundamental laws that govern our universe.
Of course, any attempt to unite these realms must be approached with an open mind, a spirit of collaboration, and an unwavering commitment to rigorous scientific inquiry. Skepticism and critical analysis are essential to separating fact from fiction and ensuring that any insights gained are grounded in empirical evidence and reproducible experimentation.
Yet, the potential rewards of this endeavor are vast and far-reaching. By bridging the gap between the seen and unseen, the rational and the mystical, we may unlock a deeper understanding of the cosmos that transcends the boundaries of our current knowledge. We may uncover new frontiers of exploration that challenge our most fundamental assumptions about the nature of reality, and usher in a new era of scientific and spiritual enlightenment.
Imagine a world where the ancient wisdom of the mystics is not only validated but amplified by the revelations of quantum theory, where the esoteric practices of high magic are understood and harnessed through the lens of cutting-edge physics. A world where the veil separating the seen and unseen realms is lifted, revealing a tapestry of interconnected dimensions and parallel realities, all governed by the fundamental laws of consciousness and quantum entanglement.
In this world, the boundaries between science and spirituality dissolve, and a new paradigm emerges – one that embraces the totality of human experience, both physical and metaphysical. A paradigm that recognizes the profound mystery and complexity of the universe we inhabit, and empowers us to explore its depths with the combined tools of ancient wisdom and modern scientific rigor.
The journey toward this synthesis will be neither easy nor swift, but the rewards of such an endeavor are immense. By daring to venture beyond the confines of our current understanding, we may unlock the secrets of the universe and unveil the unseen realms that have tantalized humanity for millennia. It is a quest that demands courage, open-mindedness, and a willingness to question our most deeply held assumptions about the nature of reality.
Yet, it is a quest that holds the promise of a profound and transformative revelation – one that could forever alter our perception of the cosmos and our place within it. By uniting the realms of mysticism, high magic, spiritualism, and quantum science, we may finally catch a glimpse of the underlying unity that binds all things together, and forge a path toward a deeper, more holistic understanding of the unseen forces that shape our reality.
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Talbot, Michael. The Holographic Universe. HarperCollins, 1991.
This seminal work explores the philosophical and mystical implications of theories that the universe is a holographic projection.
Wilber, Ken. The Marriage of Sense and Soul. Random House, 1998.
Wilber attempts to integrate science, philosophy, psychology, and various spiritual traditions into one overarching vision.
Wolf, Fred Alan. Mind into Matter: A New Alchemy of Science and Spirit. Moment Point Press, 2001.
A physicist explores the role of consciousness in shaping reality from a scientific and mystical perspective.
Laszlo, Ervin. Science and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything. Inner Traditions, 2004.
Investigates the Akashic field of intelligent energy said to underlie all of reality according to spiritual wisdom.
Radin, Dean. Supernormal: Science, Yoga, and the Evidence for Extraordinary Psychic Abilities. Random House, 2013.
Examines scientific evidence for psychic phenomena like telepathy, clairvoyance, and psychokinesis.
Journal Articles
Walach, Harald and Hartmann Römer. "Complementarity is a useful concept for consciousness studies."Minds and Machines 21, no. 4 (2011): 485-520.
Explores how principles of complementarity in quantum physics can be applied to the study of consciousness.
Rosenblum, Bruce and Fred Kuttner. "Quantum enigma: Physics encounters consciousness." Foundations of Physics 36, no. 10 (2006): 1533-1549.
Reviews developments in quantum theory that point toward a connection between consciousness and the physical world.
Shiah, Yung-Jong. "Quantum Metaphysics and Gauge Symmetries." International Journal of Quantum Foundations 1, no. 3 (2015): 132-154.
Investigates how mathematical features of quantum physics relate to different schools of metaphysics.
Videos/Films
What the Bleep Do We Know? (2004 film) A mix of documentary and narrative fiction exploring connections between quantum physics, neuroscience, and mystical worldviews.
The Infinite Potential of Quantum Physics (Kurzgesagt video, 2020) Animated educational video on interpretations of quantum mechanics and its philosophical implications.
The Holographic Universe Explained (PBS video, 2016) Discussion of the holographic principle and concepts of reality as an illusion based on theoretical physics.
Graphic Art Prints by Lon at – Shred Shack Planet
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Trial Day 42
Michael goes to court with Katherine, Joe & Jackie. Testimony of Ian Drew. The prosecution shows the Jury a book on children found at Neverland…in 1993
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Jurors were shown two books that were taken from Michael's bedroom in 1993. Prosecutor, Ron Zonen, said about 90% of one book contained nude pictures of boys while the other contained about 10%. The jury only saw the covers and front pages on which dedications were written.
The books were seized by the Los Angeles police during an investigation in 1993 which after two Grand Juries, never led to criminal charges.
Jurors were shown the covers of two books during questioning of Los Angeles police Detective Rosibel Smith, who found the books. The books were found in a locked file cabinet in a closet in Michael's bedroom during a search in 1993, Smith testified. Smith said both books featured boys "playing, swimming, jumping"
One book, called Boys Will Be Boys, featured an image of fair-haired boys in swimsuits jumping into water. The book contained an inscription written by Michael :

"Look at the true spirit of happiness and joy in the these boys' faces, this is the spirit of boyhood, a life I've never had and will always dream of. This is the life I want for my children"

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The jury also saw the cover of a book called The Boy: A Photographic Essay. It also contained an inscription that said:

"To Michael from your (heart symbol)fan, XXXOOO, Rhonda"

The note was dated 1983
The jury was able to hear testimony about long ago allegations against him because of a California law that permits evidence that may tend to show a defendant's propensity toward child molestation.
Judge Rodney S. Melville allowed the prosecution to use the books despite defense objections that they were found too long ago to be relevant to the current case.
Melville said the books would be considered sexually explicit under California law. However, the police detective who found them testified that Jackson could legally possess the books
Prosecutors have also previously introduced dozens of adult magazines featuring adult women as well as a few art book that featured nudes as evidence in the case.
Judge Melville denied a prosecution request to allow the testimony of journalist, Ian Drew, because he found that the California shield law applied and that the value of the testimony was "questionable"
The prosecution wanted to question Drew about whether he heard Jackson's associates use the word "escape" when they told him a planned interview with the Arvizo family had been canceled because the family "had disappeared from the ranch in the middle of the night"
The prosecution's effort to have Drew testify was to add support to the portion of it's case alleging Jackson conspired to hold the Arvizo family prisoner. These associates are also named as un-indicted co-conspirators
Court Transcript
Trial Reenactment
Gesturing to fans as he leaves
Leaving court
Arriving at court
Leaving court
Defense attorneys Susan Yu & Thomas Mesereau, Jr. arriving at court
Leaving court
Arriving at court
w/Joe Jackson, leaving court
w/Joe Jackson, arriving at court
Arriving at court
Arriving at court
Passing through security after a break
Los Angeles Police Department detective Rosibel Smith arriving at court
w/Katherine Jackson, re-entering court after a break
Santa Barbara assistant district attorney Gordon Auchincloss arriving at court
Dr. Harry Coons arriving
Ian Drew, a prosecution witness, exiting court during a break
Ron Zonen, Santa Barbara County lead district attorney, leaving court
Leaving court during a break

TL;DR: This is the LIVE BLOG from Day TWO of Eurovision rehearsals in the Malmö Arena – share your predictions and questions in the comments! Here's the schedule for today (all times are approximate and CEST):

Stage ETA	Photo Gallery	TikTok Clip
10:30 / 🇮🇸 Iceland	Link	Link
11:10 / 🇸🇮 Slovenia	Link	Link
11:50 / 🇫🇮 Finland	Link	Link
12:30 / 🇲🇩 Moldova	Link	Link
14:10 / 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	Link	Link
14:50 / 🇦🇺 Australia	Link	Link
15:30 / 🇵🇹 Portugal	Link	Link
16:10 / 🇱🇺 Luxembourg	Link	Link

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10:00 CEST: We’re back for Day Two!
Hej hej! It’s Day Two of Eurovision first rehearsals, and we’re back in the Malmö Arena with eight more countries on the schedule for their first rehearsal – Iceland, Slovenia, Finland, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Australia, Portugal and Luxembourg.
This megathread provides a front row seat for staging, costumes, exclusive photos, TikTok links and backstage goings-on. A must-read for Eurovision fans who can’t wait until the live shows to see what their faves have planned! Everything starts at 10:30 CEST, so please join us then!
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10:05 CEST: A few reminders!
How rehearsals work:

• Each country has exactly half an hour to rehearse – that’s usually enough time to run through their performance three times.
• If there is any pyro (smoke, flames, fireworks) they will be rehearsed in the final run-through. So we may add that information at the end.
• Usually the costumes worn in the first rehearsal is the one you’ll see in the Semi-Final – but not always. Sometimes artists use these rehearsals to try different things, because that's what rehearsals are for, right?

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How the Live Blog works:

• We are seeing all these performances for the first time, and have no idea in advance what to expect. So we watch the first run-through with the laptop closed, then try to describe something inherently visual in words that fans from all across the world can understand. It takes time, and we want to do the performances justice, so please be patient ❤️
• Likewise photos and TikTok clips take time – we want to pick the best. We’ll get them up as soon as we can.
• We are just one person (hello! I’m Heidi), and there are THOUSANDS of you (YAY), so apologies in advance if we miss some of your questions. But we love that you’re all here, and that we can share what’s going on in the arena with such an passionate audience. Thank you for joining in!

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10:30 CEST: Rehearsal 1: 🇮🇸 Iceland – Hera Björk – Scared Of Heights
First up to rehearse today is Hera Björk, who is no stranger to the Eurovision stage, having previously represented Iceland back in 2010. She’s a legendary pop diva both back at home in Iceland and amongst the Eurovision fandom, and this song is another of her trademark uplifting pop bangers.
Hera has swapped the Söngvakeppnin red sparkly jumpsuit for gold and VERY sparkly, with fringing to aid fearless flight. We’ve heard it weights 6kg, but will confirm!
She starts on a black plinth (not high: fear not) backed by five backing singers. It’s very similar to the Söngvakeppnin performance, just on a Malmö scale – lots of gold graphics and silhouettes of dancers on the LED wall makes it feel like a big old party. We’re having a little chair bop in section A4 - WHAT a way to start the day.
YES to the comment that Hera's outfit looks like Conor from Wild Youth last year. Just SO much more glamorous. And less...tight.
No pyro for Iceland - Hera is sparkly enough.
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Iceland's first rehearsal - Eurovision 2024. Credit: Corinne Cumming/EBU
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11:10 CEST: Rehearsal 2: 🇸🇮 Slovenia – Raiven – Veronika
In the Semi-Final running order it will be Germany next, but today we’re skipping straight to Slovenia’s Raiven. She’s a seasoned performer in Slovenia - songwriter, harpist, theatre performer and mezzo-soprano.
Veronika is inspired by the story of Veronika Deseniška, a Slovenian noblewoman who fell in love with a member of the royal family and was accused and acquitted of witchcraft. One of the credited writers on this track is none other than Bojan Cvjetićanin, leader singer of last year’s Slovenian entry, Joker Out.
For staging, it’s Raiven in a dark silver bodysuit – she starts out on the floor, and her movements spark off pulsing graphics on the LED floor. She’s joined by five contemporary dancers in nude bodysuits, who perform a complex routine of intertwining bodies – the whole performance has a very similar feel to the official video – ethereal, but also VERY dramatic. And those high notes at the end take the roof off.
First pyro of the day! It's low fog and wind for Slovenia, which just adds to the drama.
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Slovenia's first rehearsal - Eurovision 2024. Credit: Sarah Louise Bennett/EBU
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11:50 CEST: Rehearsal 3: 🇫🇮 Finland – Windows95Man – No Rules!
Buckle in, it’s time for Finland’s Windows95man to rehearse No Rules! It’s still early in the rehearsal schedule, but we’ve had our coffee and are ready for a reboot.
Fans of their winning UMK performance will be delighted to hear that the Denim Egg Show has made it to Malmö, along with the ‘just within the rules’ nudity (a thong, we can confirm, hopefully secured with more than a couple of Clippy paperclips), tiny jorts and Henri Piispanen’s high notes. In fact, this pretty much a cut and paste of their UMK staging, but with even more processing power and a cloudy LED wall that’s giving 90s screensaver.
Listeners to the Official Eurovision Podcast will know that the backing dancers in this performance are inspired by Teemu’s love of Gina G’s Ooh Aah…Just A Little Bit. So Windows 95, inspired by Eurovision 96. We live for this kind of fun fact.
🔥 PYRO UPDATE: can confirm that the handheld fireworks and eggy smoke have returned. Photos coming soon!
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Finland's first rehearsal - Eurovision 2024. Credit: Alma Bengtsson/EBU
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12:30 CEST: Rehearsal 4: 🇲🇩 Moldova – Natalia Barbu – In The Middle
How do you follow Windows 95? Well, with Windows 98, technically - but instead let’s watch Moldova’s Natalia Barbu rehearse her song In The Middle.
This is 11th in the running order for the first Semi-Final, or the thirteenth song we’ll hear if you count the United Kingdom and Germany. So not actually right in the middle, but close. It’s also not Natalia’s first time at Eurovision - she competed for Moldova in 2007, where she finished 10th.
The staging has the static routine that we saw at Etapa Națională, the Moldovan national final – with hand claps and armography and a white violin – but Natalia is no longer flanked by backing singers – she’s entirely alone, in front of a beautiful backdrop of seascapes and trees and flowers and butterflies.
During the violin section the LED wall turns to huge wings, so when viewed from the front Natalia looks like an angel. It’s completely different from anything we’ve seen on this stage so far in 2024, and really clever – and of course, Natalia hits every one of those high notes.
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Moldova's first rehearsal - Eurovision 2024. Credit: Sarah Louise Bennett/EBU
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13:00 CEST: It's time for lunch! 🥗
Time for the arena crew to take a break for lunch - we'll be back at 14:10 for Azerbaijan, Australia, Portugal and Luxembourg. We'll keep adding photos as soon as we get them! Enjoy whatever you're eating (tell us in the comments, we love food chat).
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14:10 CEST: Rehearsal 5: 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan - FAHREE feat. Ilkin Dovlatov - Özünlə Apar
Time for Azerbaijan, with FAHREE performing a huge ballad sung in English and Azerbaijani. It has some lovely orchestral strings that fill the arena - additional Mugham vocals are provided by Ilkin Dovlatov, and the whole thing comes together to create a mix of traditional Azeri sounds with a really contemporary edge.
FAHREE’s outfit is black and silver and gives off an armoured vibe, and Ilkin is in black with sparkly sleeves. For most of the song FAHREE is alone in the centre of the stage, backed my monochrome graphics that show an animated figure slowly emerging from water. In the second half two huge cupped hands appear on the stage so FAHREE can sing the final verse and chorus standing between them.
This is a really difficult performance to describe in words, because it’s less about the individual staging elements and more about the powerful atmosphere they create together – a combination of shadowy lighting, graphics, contrasting vocals and FAHREE’s expressive body movements.
The official video to this song came out yesterday, and if you watch that you’ll get a good feel for the energy on stage right now.
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Azerbaijan's first rehearsal - Eurovision 2024. Credit: Sarah Louise Bennett/EBU
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14:50 CEST: Rehearsal 6: 🇦🇺 Australia - Electric Fields - One Milkali (one blood)
Time for Australia’s Electric Fields - fans may remember them from Australia Decides in 2019, when they were runners up to Kate Miller-Heidke and her wobbly pole.
The mathematics enthusiasts amongst you will know that the reference to ‘0.618’ is a Fibonacci sequence thing - hence ‘I stand in the eye of the spiral’. Sincere thanks to Electric Fields for bringing the golden ratio to Eurovision, it was long overdue. Art class yesterday, mathematics today.
Zaachariaha Fielding’s fabulous white dress captures the arena light and transforms into a rainbow at the start, and then this whole performance builds into an uplifting cosmic explosion of light and colour across both the LED wall and the floor and...THE CUBES. Zaachariaha is supported by Michael Ross on keyboards, two backing singers, and of course the didgeridoo.
There’s a lot of movement around the stage, which makes it feel like it’s a performance that aims to welcome in every corner of the arena – just pure joy from start to finish, and we’re delighted to add Yankunytjatjara, an Aboriginal language, to the Eurovision canon. Photos coming soon!
Also for anyone interested - we checked Zaachariaha's preferred pronouns, and either he/him or she/her is fine. So we're going with he/him, but you may see she/her elsewhere.
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Australia's first rehearsal - Eurovision 2024. Credit: Corinne Cumming/EBU
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1530 CEST: Rehearsal 7: 🇵🇹 Portugal - iolanda - Grito
Next up in the running order will be Sweden, but as the host nation they won’t be rehearsing until Thursday. Instead it’s time for Portuguese singesongwriter iolanda, rehearsing her song Grito.
The title translates as ‘Shout’, but there’s nothing shouty about this melodic ballad. It’s a fusion of pop and R ‘n’ B with traditional Portuguese Fado roots, and iolanda’s vocals seem to fill every corner of the arena, from the haunting acapella opening to the huge note at the end. It's a song that really builds over the three minutes, and even though it's a ballad, it still has a underlying bass that vibrates through the floor. A song you feel through your feet and into your chest.
The staging is similar to iolanda’s win at Festival da Canção, with five white-clad dancers with covered faces performing a contemporary dance routine. They’ve also lowered the middle cube, which makes the space feel more intimate and adds to the artistry. Creative and hypnotic - we'll post some photos soon.
Note to self: investigate how delegations keep white outfits clean. Do they have spares? Are there express dry cleaning facilities in the Malmö arena? Will find out.
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Portugal's first rehearsal - Eurovision 2024. Credit: Corinne Cumming/EBU
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16:10 CEST: Rehearsal 8: 🇱🇺 Luxembourg - TALI - Fighter
Finally for today, it’s Luxembourg! After winning Eurovision five times, they took a 31-year break, but we’re delighted to welcome them back to the contest in 2024. They are represented by TALI, who will be closing the first Semi-Final on 7th May - as well as being a singer, she’s also a vocal coach and theatre performer, so she’s no stranger to a big stage.
Fighter (not to be confused with Georgia’s Firefighter, which is Tuesday) is a really catchy pop number sung in a mix of French and English.
Staging-wise, we have BONUS CUBES on stage, providing a frame for TALI and her five dancers. She’s in a black bodysuit (apparently this is not her final outfit - we should see that in the second rehearsal), and all her dancers are in different red outfits. Also like how their performance rotates to perform to each side of the audience - it really works with this stage configuration.
Also PYRO UPDATE - smoke, flames AND fireworks. Sparkly, fun and energetic – a great way to wrap up the first Semi. Bon retour parmi nous, Luxembourg. We’ve missed you.
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Luxembourg's first rehearsal - Eurovision 2024. Credit: Sarah Louise Bennett/EBU
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16:25 CEST: HOUSEKEEPING NOTE: if you're wondering where all the gallery and TikTok links have gone, they've moved to the table at the top of this thread. Much tidier!
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Day Two is DONE
Luxembourg has left the stage, and that’s another day done in the Malmö Arena, other than some more links to be added above. We won't forget, promise.
Thank you all for dropping by and giving us your joyful company. Same time tomorrow for Day Three? We’ll see rehearsals from Malta, Albania, Greece, Switzerland, Czechia, Austria, Denmark and Armenia - who are you most looking forward to?
Starting at 10.30 CEST - see you then!
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