Michael Jackson's Phone Records Entered Into Evidence

Michael not linked to calls

Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Testimony about phone records dated from February 2003 through until the following month was given to the jury yesterday.

Deputy District Attorney Mag Nicola showed the jurors charts of calls, mostly between Frank Cascio (Frank Tyson), Vincent Amen, Marc Schaffel (all named as unindicted co-conspirators), the Accuser's mother and a number of Michael Jackson's employees according to the Associated Press. Despite an objection from Defence Attorney Robert Sanger that the relevance was not being shown to the jurors, Judge Rodney Melville allowed the testimony about the records by sheriff's Detective Robert Bonner to continue.

Under cross-examination, however, Sanger asked "In all these phone records you had were you ever able to determine if Michael Jackson was on a single call?" Bonner's reply was "No". The jurors were not told how the phone records help support the Prosecution's case.

Also on the stand yesterday was bank manager Beverly Wagner who testified that Marc Schaffel cashed two cheques for a total of $1,500,000 from an account that only he and Michael were the signatories on. Like the phone records, the jurors were not told how this helps support the case.

Asked how he was feeling at the end of court, Michael replied, "a little better today".

- Source - MJNI.COM