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Police investigate leaks in Jackson case
Published Tuesday, Jan 25 2005, 09:00 GMT | By Daniel Saney
Sheriff's officials are looking into the information leaks in the Michael Jackson case.
The investigation follows an ABC News report quoting from grand jury testimony which should have been unobtainable. While such material is generally made public in California after ten days, Judge Rodney Melville had decided not to release this information, imposing a gag order on both sides of the case.
Within the 1,900 pages of the inexplicably-obtained testimony, ABC found and quoted passages such as Jackson's accuser's claims of being allegedly molested on a bed.
On the Santa Barbara County sheriff's department website a statement reads: "We consider the release of these materials to be a violation of the law. Some media commentators have alleged that we are responsible for these leaks. We are not. These accusations are irresponsible, unfounded and untrue."
The investigation follows an ABC News report quoting from grand jury testimony which should have been unobtainable. While such material is generally made public in California after ten days, Judge Rodney Melville had decided not to release this information, imposing a gag order on both sides of the case.
Within the 1,900 pages of the inexplicably-obtained testimony, ABC found and quoted passages such as Jackson's accuser's claims of being allegedly molested on a bed.
On the Santa Barbara County sheriff's department website a statement reads: "We consider the release of these materials to be a violation of the law. Some media commentators have alleged that we are responsible for these leaks. We are not. These accusations are irresponsible, unfounded and untrue."
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