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Michael Jackson’s lawyer grilled the pop star’s 15-year-old accuser on the witness stand this week, trying to expose inconsistencies in his story. The teen, who has accused Jackson of molesting him in 2003, acknowledged that he twice told a middle school dean that Jackson “didn’t do anything to me.” But the boy denied defense attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr.’s suggestion he concocted his molestation charges because he felt rejected by Jackson as a father figure. In his earlier testimony, the teen said that Jackson had given him wine and pornography, encouraged him to masturbate, and fondled him on at least two occasions.
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