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Jackson cousin: Accuser's family stole alcohol
Published Wednesday, May 18 2005, 16:37 BST | By Daniel Saney
Michael Jackson's teenage cousin has testified that the Arvizo family stole alcohol from the star.
16-year-old Simone Jackson told the court yesterday that her cousin's accuser and his brother took wine for themselves, rather than Jackson plying them with it with intent to molest them.
She described how on March 2, 2003 she witnessed the boys stealing two bottles of wine from the Neverland ranch.
"They didn't see me, I was sitting off to the side," she explained. "They grabbed it and (the accuser's brother) got a wine glass and (the accuser) just took the bottle.
"I told them they weren't supposed to do that, and they told me not to say anything."
16-year-old Simone Jackson told the court yesterday that her cousin's accuser and his brother took wine for themselves, rather than Jackson plying them with it with intent to molest them.
She described how on March 2, 2003 she witnessed the boys stealing two bottles of wine from the Neverland ranch.
"They didn't see me, I was sitting off to the side," she explained. "They grabbed it and (the accuser's brother) got a wine glass and (the accuser) just took the bottle.
"I told them they weren't supposed to do that, and they told me not to say anything."
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