PRESS RELEASE

FROM: THOMAS W. SNEDDON, JR., DISTRICT ATTORNEY
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
DATE: DECEMBER 15, 2003

Charges against Michael Jackson will be filed at Santa Barbara County Superior Court, Santa Maria Division, in Santa Maria, California, on Thursday afternoon, December 18, or Friday morning, December 19.


(Additional information)

The time when the charges will be filed, as well as the time and location of a related Press Conference will be announced Wednesday afternoon. This information will be available at the press release link to the District Attorney’s office on the new informational Web site administered by the Santa Barbara Superior Court. This Web site will give reporters the ability to review the latest court information in the case and provide a direct link to the District Attorney’s office Web site for informational updates. We encourage you to visit the site frequently for updates in this important case.

In order to reduce the number of calls coming into the District Attorney’s office at this busy time, additional inquiries by the media not covered by the Web site should be directed to Tellem Worldwide at 310-479-6111. Please ask for Jason Karpf or Susan Tellem. (Karpf cell phone is 805-558-9000; Jason@tellem.com. Tellem cell phone is 310-613-3504, stellem@tellem.com.)


- This is a verbatim re-print of the Press Release