MJ WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS

2009

June 21 (Sunday) : Michael spends father’s day with Prince, Paris and  Blanket and he also calls the Cascio family and the Lester family but in the afternoon he feels sick and calls his nurse Cherilyn Lee. Michael calls will.i.am to wish him a Happy Father’s Day.

June 11 : The Dome Project for Thriller is filmed at Culver Studios. The video segment would be shown on giant screen before Michael appear on stage, he would be revealed under a black widow. Michael invites several fans on the set including Marika and Mounya from the french team of followers. The fans give him a red jacket as a gift. They are worried about his health after seeing him too skinny when he takes off his jacket to try the new one. Later, the fans decide to write e-mails to Michael’s friends and family including Karen Faye. Karen replies that she is “aware of Michael’s condition” and is “doing everything humanly possible”.

June 7 : Michael takes Prince, Paris and  Blanket to the El Captain Theater to see the Disney film “Up” with Kenny Ortega, Travis Payne and Alif Sankey.

May 17 : Michael goes to an art festival in Beverly Hills with Prince, Paris & Blanket.

May 16 : Michael invites his fans Robert and Talitha to his Carolwood home.

May 14 : Michael and his kids attend Katherine & Joe 60th wedding anniversary at an Indian restaurant in Beverly Hills with the whole family (Jackie, Rebbie, Tito, Jermaine, Latoya, Marlon, Janet and their children). Randy is the only one not attending. This is the last time Michael sees most of his family including Janet & LaToya.

April 12 : Michael takes the children to Elizabeth Taylor’s Easter party. 

April 4 : Michael goes to Las Vegas where he and Kenny Ortega attend the show “Le Rêve” at the Wynn resort.

April 3 : Michael hosts a party for Paris’s 11th birthday at the Carolwood home. Grace attends the party and soon after she is “terminated” by AEG.

March 11 : Michael goes shopping in L.A.

March 08 : Michael and his entourage fly back to Los Angeles.

March 06 : Michael goes to see the musical “Oliver” at the Royal Theatre in London with Prince, Paris, Blanket as well as Mark Lester and his children Lucy, Harriet, Olivia & Felix.

March 03 : Michael lands via private jet of Harrod’s owner Mohammed Al-Fayeds at Luton Airport, London with Prince, Paris, Blanket and manager Dr Tohme Tohme. They check in the hotel Lanesborough, Park Lane.

February 27 : Michael goes shopping with Christian Audigier in L.A.

February 23 : Michael invites his fans Robert and Talitha to his Carolwood home.

February 21 : Michael hosts a party for Blanket 7th birthday at the Carolwood home.

February 13 : Michael hosts a party for Prince’s 12th birthday at the Carolwood home.

January 30 : Christian Audigier visits Michael at his Carolwood home.

January 15 : Michael goes to Dr Klein’s in Beverly Hills with Blanket.

January 3 : Michael goes book shopping.

2008

December 24/25 : Michael celebrates his last Christmas eve with Prince, Paris and Blanket and their guests Dr Arnold Klein and Carrie Fisher in their new Holmby Hils home.

December 14 : Michael is spotted wearing a Zorro mask while shopping in Los Angeles.

November 28 : Michel spends time with his fans Robert and Talitha in a suite of the Bel-Air Hotel.

November 27 : Michael celebrates Thanksgiving with Prince, Paris and Blanket at their new home. A $38 million Holmby Hils estate rented for $100,000 a month on Carolwood Drive. The pad has seven bedrooms, 13 baths, 12 fireplaces, a screening room, a guest house, a swimming pool and a garden.

November 15 : Michael speaks with some of his fans including Jenny Winnings at the Hotel Bel Air.

November 10/11 : Michael leaves notes to the fans from the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles saying that he’s working hard on “music, film and performance”.

November 02 : Michael texts his nephew Taj, thanking him for taking a trip to Vegas.

October 31 : Michael takes the kids to an Haloween party at Natalie Maine’s house (the singer from the Dixie Chicks) They were invited by Veronique Peck.

October 30 : Michael takes Prince, Paris & Blanket to Borders Library in Westwood.

October 29 : Michael takes Prince, Paris and Blanket to an Halloween party in L.A.

Michael visits Elizabeth Taylor at her home in Bel Air.

October 20 : Michael and the kids leave their Las Vegas home and check in at the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles.

September 23 : During a phone conversation with friend and spritual advisor June Gatlin, Michael confides his fears about his new manager Dr Tohme.

September 10 : Michael and the kids have dinner at Benihana at the Las Vegas Hilton.

September : After three years as their private teacher, Aileen Medalla bids farewell to Michael and the kids and leaves Las Vegas to go back home to the Philippines.

August 29 : Michael celebrates his 50th birthday with Prince, Paris and  Blanket in their Las Vegas home.

August 27 : Michael goes to Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.

August 26 : Michael attends a performance by Cirque du Soleil at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas with Prince, Paris and Blanket.

August 16 : Michael goes to 40-40 Club (Palazzo) in Las Vegas for the third time in a month.

July 29 : Michael attends a performance of Mystère by Cirque du Soleil at the Treasure Island Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas with Prince, Paris & Blanket.

July 7 : Michael is spotted in Las Vegas leaving a bookstore and being pushed in a wheelchair by an assistant, while Prince, Paris and Blanket walk with a security guard.

June 6 : Michael takes Prince, Paris and Blanket to see “Kung Fu Panda” at Brenden Theatres (Palms).

May 16 : Michael takes Prince, Paris and  Blanket to see “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” at Brenden Theaters (Palms/Las Vegas).

April 3 : Michael hosts a party for Paris’ 10th birthday at their Vegas home.

March 26 : Michael, Prince, Paris and Blanket are having lunch at Planet Hollywood inside the Miracle Mile Shops in Las Vegas.

February 21 : Michael hosts a party for Blanket’s 6th birthday with Grace, Aileen, Brother Michael at their Vegas home.

February 13 : Michael hosts a party for Prince’s 11th birthday at their Vegas home.

Mid-January : Michael and the kids leave the Palms and move to a rented house on Palomino Lane, Las Vegas.

January 12 : Michael and the kids attend the Tournament of Kings at Excalibur in L.V.

January 7 : Michael takes Prince, Paris and  Blanket to Madame Tussaud’s was museum in Las Vegas.

2007

December 31 : Michael and the kids celebrate New Year’s eve at the Palms.

December 24/25 : Michael celebrates Christmas with Prince, Paris and  Blanket at the Palms.

December 23 : Michael spends 10 000$ on a shopping spree at FAO Schwarz his credit card is refused. Londell McMillan pays the bill by phone from New York.

December 20 : Unable to afford the Green Valley Ranch Hotel, Peter Lopez arranges with George Maloof to put up Michael and the kids for free. They check in at the Palms.

December 15 : Michael takes Prince, Paris and Blanket to a shopping spree in Las Vegas.

December 9 : Michael and the kids leave Los Angeles on a bus and go back to Las Vegas. They check in the Green Valley Ranch resort in Henderson, just south of Las Vegas. The hotel room is payed by Londell McMillan. Soon after Michael stops communication with Raymone Bain.

December 1 : Michael goes shopping at Sharper Image in Beverly Hills.

November 22 : Michael and the kids celebrate Thanksgiving in L.A.

November 15 : Michael and Grace go shopping in L.A.

November 6 : Michael and the kids stay at Jesse Jackson friend’s house in Beverly Hills.

November 5 : After three months Michael and the kids leave the Cascio family home in New Jersey and fly from NYC to Los Angeles with Grace, the school teacher and the three bodyguards.

October 31 : Michael and the kids celebrate Halloween at the Cascio family home in New Jersey.

September 17 : Michael and the kids go back to the Cascio family house in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.

September 16 : Michael takes Prince, Paris and Blanket to see ‘The Lion King’ at the Minskoff Theatre in NYC.

September 14 : Michael meets stylist Rushka Bergman at the Four Seasons Hotel in NYC. Michael and the kids stay at The Carlyle hotel in Manhattan (payed by Italian Vogue).

August 29 : Michael celebrates his 49th birthday with Grace and the kids at the Cascio family home.

August 19 :  Michael, and the kids are the surprise guests of Connie Cascio’s 50th birthday at the Cascio family home in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.
Michael sees Frank for the first time since January 2004 and the they reconcile.
While there, Michael starts working on music in Eddie’s home studio with Eddie & James Porte. He also records new vocals for a “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” remix that will be featured on “Thriller 25”.

Grace, the kids’s teacher, Bill Withfielf, Javon Beard and Mike LaPerruque also stay at hotels close to the Cascios.

July 18 : Michael takes Prince, Paris and Blanket to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space and American Indian museums in Washington DC.

Late June : Michael, Grace and the kids leave their Las Vegas house in Monte Cristo and fly to Middleburg, Virginia. They check in the Goodstone Inn, a 640-acre estate of open pastures, for a summer vacation. They are welcomed by Raymone Bain. Eddie ‘Angel” Cascio visits Michael and the kids.

June 7 : Michael takes Prince, Paris & Blanket to the Lied Discovery Children’s Museum in Las Vegas.

June 6 : Michael takes Prince, Paris and Blanket to a private, two-hour tour of “Bodies … The Exhibition” and “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition” at the Tropicana in Las Vegas.

June 1 : Michael, Grace and the kids leave London and fly back to Los Angeles.

May 22 : Michael arrives in London on a flight from Los Angeles with Grace and the kids.

May 4 : Michael goes to see “Spider Man 3” at Brenden Theatres at Palms in Las Vegas.

April 3 : Michael takes Paris, Prince and Blanket to the FAO Schwarz Toy Store at the Forum Shops in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Afterwards they head to the Wynn Hotel for lunch at “Wing Lei” Chinese Restaurant before going home, where a party is thrown for Paris 9th birthday.

March 21 : MJ & the kids leave London and fly back to Los Angeles and then take a connecting flight to Las Vegas.

March 14 : Michael and his entourage leave Tokyo and fly to London.
They visit Mark Lester and his family in Cheltenham.

March 7 : Michael takes his kids to Disneyland Tokyo.

March 4 : Michael arrives in Tokyo with the kids.

February 27 : Michael is supposed to be the surprise guest at Elizabeth Taylors 75th birthday party in Vegas but Randy crashes his residence gate forcing the entrance with his car. Michael is so upset that he cancels his appearance and calls Elizabeth to apologize.

February 21 : Michael takes Prince, Paris and  Blanket to the World Magic Seminar Show at the Orleans Showroom in Las Vegas. Later Michael hosts a big party for Blanket’s 5th birthday.

February 17 : Janet, Rebbie, Jermaine, Marlon, Randy, Jackie & Leonard Rowe visit Michael at his Las Vegas home and ask him to reunite with The Jacksons and tour America but he says he is not ready yet. Michael refuses to speak to Janet which upsets her.

Over the NBA’s All-Star weekend, Michael, Will I Am & Chris Tucker attend a performance of Prince at his club 3121 in Las Vegas.

February 13 : Michael takes Prince, Paris and Blanket to a shopping spree at the FAO Schwarz of the Forum shops at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Later Michael hosts a big party for Prince 10th birthday.

February 3 : Michael attends the Beatles Love musical at the Mirage.

January 28 : Michael takes Prince, Paris and  Blanket to see the High School Musical at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas.

2006

December 31 : Michael attends the David Copperfield magic show at the MGM Grand in Vegas with Prince, Paris, Blanket & Omer.

December 25 :  On Christmas morning Michael offers a dog to Prince. He names it Kenya. A few days later Katherine visits them.

December 24 : Eddie “Angel” Cascio arrives in Vegas to spend Christmas and New Year’s eve with Michael and the kids and work on new music with MJ. Michael goes to the FAO Schwarz at the Forum Shop inside Caesars Palace with Eddie for a last minute shopping spree. At night he celebrates Christmas with Prince, Paris, Blanket.

December 22 : Michael, his personal assistant John Feldman, Grace and the kids arrive in Las Vegas on a private plane from Dublin (Ireland) and they are taken by their new bodyguard Bill Whitfield to a rented house in 2785 South Monte Cristo Way. Miss Aileen goes back to Bahrain to visit her family during the holidays.

November 18 : Michael and his entourage leave London and they go back to Ireland.

November 16 : Michael goes to Royal Albert Hall with Grace, Raymone, and kids to see Mary Poppins.

November 13 : Michael is joined by Raymone and they have dinner at the Nobu restaurant with billionaire retail tycoon Sir Philip Green and then they go to the Oxford Street branch of Topshop which Sir Philip opened up especially for Michael at midnight.

November 12 : Michael arrives in London with Grace and the kids and they check in the Hempel hotel.

October 30 : Grace & Aileen plan a surprise for the children by secretly decorating one of the room of the Coolatore for Halloween.

Early October : Michael, the kids, Grace & Aileen move from the valleys of Luggala to the Grouse Moutain Lodge in the Rosemount viillage in Westmeath County.

August 29 : Prince, Paris, Blanket, Grace & Aileen throw a surprise birthday party for Michael at the luxurious Luggala Castle, in County Wicklow where they have been staying for the past few weeks.

July 4 : Michael, Grace, Aileen & the kids check in the Lugalla Estate in County Wicklow, Ireland. Set on 5,000 acres, Luggala estate (which has been in the Guinness family since the 1930s) overlooks the scenic Lough Tay and steep Djouce Mountains. Built in 1787, Luggala Lodge is a Gothic-style white castle with decorative battlements, arched windows, and quatrefoil designs. The 7,438-square-foot historic hideaway features seven bedrooms, four bathrooms, and three living rooms.

June 23 : Michael, Grace, Anton and the kids leave Disneyland Paris and fly to Cork in Ireland. They stay at Blackwater Castle.

June 14 : Michael, Anton, Grace, Aileen and the kids go to Disneyland Paris where they check in the New York Hotel.

June 12 : Michael is also spotted in Paris botanique garden “Jardin Des Plantes” with Anton & the kids.

June 3 : Michael, Grace & the kids leave Bahrain and take a private jet to Paris. They check in the Waldorf Astoria Trianon Palace in Versailles. Aileen Medalla, Prince, Paris & Blanket ‘s private teacher join Michael, Grace and the kids soon after.

June 2 : Michael, Grace and the kids leave Tokyo and fly back to Bahrain.
Upon arriving they learn that their belongings have been put in storage at the Ritz Carlton Hotel!

May 30 : Michael and Grace take the kids to the Tokyo Disneyland.

May 28 : Michael visits an orphanage in Tokyo with Grace, Prince, Paris and Raymone.

May 26 : Michael arrives in Tokyo (Japan) with Grace and the kids. They are joined by Raymone Bain and Katherine Jackson.

May 21 : Michael grace and the kids fly from Bahrein to London.

April 03 : Michael hosts a big party for Paris’ 8th birthday in Manama.

Early April : Michael attends a private party in Bahrain where he meets Arab singer Ragheb Alama

Chris Tucker visits Michael in Bahrain.

March 11 : Michael, Grace and the kids return to Manama. Michael has dinner with Prince Abdullah at The Hunting Lodge.

March 2 : Michael, Grace & the kids go back to Cliveden.

February 23 : Michael, Grace and the kids move from Cliveden to the Buckland Manor Hotel near Broadway and they visit Mark Lester at his home in Cheltenham.

February 21 : Michael hosts a big party for Blanket’s 4th birthday.

February 13 : Michael hosts a big party for Prince’s 9th birthday with the Lesters.

February 11 : They fly from Roma to London. They stay on and off at Cliveden in Berkshire , the magnificent backdrop to the Profumo sex scandal where they visit Mark Lester and his family.

February 8 : They leave Sorrento and go to Roma.

February 3 : They leave Florence and go in the Neapolitan Riviera resort of Sorrento where they stay in The Villa Savarese.

January 30 : Unable to go out because of the fans and reporters in front of the house, Michael, Anton, Grace & the kids leave Hamburg and fly to Venice
They land in Marco Polo airport and travel to Florence where they check in Weistein Excelsior Hotel.

January 26 : Michael, Grace and the kids fly to Hamburg  to visit the Shleiter family but upon arriving to their house, fans and reporters arrive after hearing the news of his arrival on the radio…

January 25 : Michael is spotted behind a shopping mall in Manama, disguised as a Bahraini woman and accompanied by Blanket, Prince, Paris and Grace.

January 13 : Michael is invited by the Al Gosaibi family to their wedding celebrations and he surprises everyone by showing up at the marriage ceremony.

Michael, Grace and the kids have now moved into a mansion in Sanad, about 10km south of Manama.

January 7 : Michael goes to see the movie Oliver Twist at the Dana Mall with Grace and the kids.

January : Brett Barnes visits Michael and the kids in Bahrein for three weeks. It’s the last time he ever sees Michael.

2005

December 31 : Michael & his guests spend New Year’s eve at the Ritz-Carlton Bahrain where they have rented 3 luxury villas.

December 30 : Michael & his guests return to the to the Seef Mall to see the new Harry Potter movie.

December 24/25 : Michael takes his kids, the Cascios & Lesters to see King Kong at the Seef Mall Movie Theatre. Later, they go the to the International Italian Circus and they spend Christmas’s eve all together.

December 23 : Michael spends $35 000 in Christmas shopping at the Panasonic Store. He has invited the Cascio and Lester families to spend the holidays with him in Bahrain and they all came except Frank Cascio who is still upset at Michael.

December 22 : Michael spends $40 000 in Christmas shopping at Ashraf’s Department Store.

December : After a job interview with Grace, Aileen Medalla, a Filipino teacher leaving in Manama, Bahrein, is hired as a private teacher for Prince, Paris & Blanket.

November 24 : Michael, Grace & the kids have Thanksgiving dinner in Muscat with the family of the US Ambassador to Oman, Richard Baltimore.

November 19 : Michael & the kids stay at the Al Bustan Palace Hotel in Muscat.

November 15 : Michael & the kids arrive in Muscat (Oman) where they stay at the Grand Hyatt Hotel.

Michael’s longtime head of security and father figure Bill Bray dies at the end of 80. Michael has a nervous breakdown when he hears the tragic news.

November 5 : Michael & the kids are back in Dubai where they stay at the One and Only Royal Mirage.

October 18 : Michael & his entourage leave London.

October 16 : Michael & Grace take Prince, Paris & Blanket to see the movie Wallace & Grommit.

October 12 : Michael takes Prince, Paris & Blanket to Harrods where they are greeted by owner Mohamed Al Fayed.

October 9 : Michael goes to Madame Tussaud wax museum with the kids, Raymone, Grace & Prince Abdullah.

October 8 : Michael & Grace take the kids to see the stage show of Billy Elliot. They are accompanied by Mark Lester & his family.

October 7 : Michael is mobbed by his fans when he goes out of his hotel to go to the legendary recording studio of Abbey Road.

October 6 : Michael is at the Dorchester Hotel in London with Grace, Prince, Paris , Blanket, Raymone , Thomas Mesereau & Prince Abdullah.

August 29 : Michael turns 47. He just spent one week in Dubai with Prince Abdullah & top Arab motor sport personality Mohamed Ben Sulayem.

August 20 : Michael has lunch at the Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai with a Bahraini delegation.

Early July : Grace takes Prince & Paris to Los Angeles where they get to see Debbie for the first time in years at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

June 29 : Michael, Grace & the kids leave Paris and go to Manama , the capital of Barhain as guests to Prince Abdullah (a friend of Jermaine).

June 19 : Michael, Grace & the kids secretly leave the US and fly to Paris where they check in the Crillon Hotel. Michael asks his nephew Taj and close friend Anton Schleiter (from Germany) to stay at Neverland while he is abroard to pack his personal belongings. He says he will never live at Neverland again…

June 14 : Michael’s acquittal is seen everywhere in the media. Mesereau gives an interview to Larry King. Michael, Grace and the kids leave Neverland and go to San Diego to stay at Deepak Choprah’s place.

June 13 (June 63/Verdict day) The Jury reaches a verdict. Michael and the Jackson family goes to court where he is acquitted on all counts! They go back to Neverland. The trial is over. Family and friends gather at Neverland to celebrate but Michael is too tired and he goes to sleep ear

June 3-13 : While Jury deliberations take place, the whole Jackson family waits for the verdict at Neverland.

April 4 (Day 23) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. Back at Neverland, Michael is welcomed by many fans who led by Karen Faye have decorated the ranch gates with rose petals. To thank them, he invites them to his home where they meet Prince, Paris & Blanket + get each a signed box set of Michael’s Ultimate Collection!

April 3 : Michael celebrates Paris’s 7th birthday at Neverland.

February 21 : Michael hosts a party for Blanket’s 3rd birthday.

February 13 : Michael celebrates Prince’s 8th birthday at Neverland.

2004

December 24/25 : Michael spends Christmas at Neverland with Prince, Paris, Blanket & Grace.

September 17 (7th day) : Even though his presence is not complulsory, Michael goes to the Santa Maria . Accompanied by Katherine, Joe, Janet, LaToya, Jermaine, Jackie, Randy, Grace, Karen, Mesereau & Oxman to watch Janet Arvizo Jackson testify. Mesereau gives a speech to state that Michael regrets the settlements he has done on the past. The Jackson family returns to Neverland where Michael has invited the fans and later they all have dinner at the Epihany Restaurant in Santa Barbara.

August 30 : For his 46th birthday, Michael takes all the Jackson family (including Janet, JD, LaToya & Jeffre) to the Noe Restaurant at the Omni Hotel of Los Angeles.

August 16 (Day 1 of pre-trial) : Even though his presence is not complulsory, Michael goes to the Santa Maria courthouse. Accompanied by Katherine, Joe, Janet, LaToya, Jermaine, Jackie, Randy, Grace, Karen, Mesereau & Oxman to watch district attorney Tom Sneddon testify about the search of Brad Miller. After the court Michael & the family go to Neverland to spend time with Prince, Paris & Blanket.

August 15 : Michael attends church service with Randy, Mesereau, Oxman & Steve Harvey in South Central, Los Angeles. Later, Michael & Randy visit the Cecil L. Williams Education Center.

July 27 : Michael is seen shopping at Memorial City Hall in Houston with a friend of Randy called Monique.

July 4 : Michael celebrates Independance day in Miami with Grace and the kids.

July 1 : Michael learns about his friend Marlon Brando’s death.

June 25 : Katherine hosts the graduation party of Austin Brown at Hayvenhurt with Janet, Rebbie, LaToya, Jackie & Tito among others. Michael, who is in Miami calls Austin to congratulate him.

April 30 : Michael arrives on time at the Santa Maria Courthouse with Katherine, Joe, Grace, Randy, Jackie, Mesereau, Oxman & Raymone Bain. He pleads not guilty to 10 counts retained by the Grand Jury. The new charges indicate a new timeline of allegations + a charge of false emprisonment + abduction of a child with the help of 5 undicted co-conspirators (Schaffel, Wienser, Konitzer, Tyson & Amen) Outside of the court house, Mesereau & Michael give a little speech before returning to Neverland.

April 25 : Michael announces that he has changed his legal team. Mesereau officially takes over Geragos & Brafman. He also decides to get rid of the Nation Of Islam and to go back to Neverland.

April 8 : Michael, Grace & the kids go to Orlando to visit theme parks.

April 03 : Michael hosts a big party for Paris’s 6th birthday.

March : Michael, Grace & the kids go to Hawaii.

February 21 : Michael hosts a party for Blanket’s 2nd birthday with Grace, Prince, Paris, Omer Bhatti & Dr Sebi in Old Snowman in Colorado where Michael has rented the Meanwhile ranch (close to Aspen).

February 16 : Michael, Grace, the kids, Omer Bhatti & Dr Sebi (Alfredo Bowman) arrive in Old Snowman in Colorado where Michael has rented the Meanwhile ranch (close to Aspen).

February 13 : Michael hosts a party for Prince’s 7th birthday with Grace & the children at his friend Ron Burkle’s house in La Jolla.

February 1 : Janet performs “All For You” & “Rhythm Nation” during the Superbowl Halftime Show and then Justin Timberlake appears on the stage to perform “Rock Your Body” with Janet. Following the line, “better have you naked by the end of this song,” Justin ripps off the fabric that was covering Janet’s right breast. Michael, who stays with Grace & the children at his friend Ron Burkle’s house in La Jolla, watches his sister Janet’s performance  on TV.

January 24 : Michael goes back to Neverland where he gets the visit of Dominic, Eddie & Frank. Because of the trial Michael & Frank are prohibited from having contact so that is the last time that they speak until the verdict day 18 month later!

January 16 : Michael arrives 20 minutes late at the Santa Maria Courthouse where he is formally arraigned. Accompanied by Katherine, Joe, Janet, Jermaine, Tito, Randy, Grace, Karen, Frank Dileo & Leonnard Muhammad. He pleads not guilty to all the charges and judge Rodney Melville imposes a gag order preventing both sides from making public comments about the current case. After going out of the courthouse, Michael gets on the top of his SUV and invites all the fans for an after arraignment party at Neverland!

2003

December 31 : Michael spends New year’s eve at the Coldwater Canyon House with Mark Lester.

December 24 : Michael celebrates Christmas with Prince, Paris, Blanket, Eddie, Aldo & Dominic Jr at the Coldwater Canyon House.

December 20 : Michael returns to Neverland for the first time since it was searched for a private get together entitled “You Are Not Alone” which about 600 friends & family attend (including Janet & LaToya). The event is organised by Grace. Michael attends the celebration surrounded by his parents and siblings. Many friends and family members give speeches of support. Michael also gets to hug his biggest fans like Joanna and Talitha.

Early December : Michael, who does not consider Neverland as his home anymore, moves in a rented mansion named Coldwater Canyon House in Beverly Hills with Grace & the kids.

November 20 : Back to Green Valley Ranch, TV trucks and reporters surround the hotel. Michael and his entourage move again to the Ritz Carlton Hotel on the south-western outskirts of Las Vegas.

November 19 : After destroying his hotel suite Michael is asked to leave the Mirage Hotel with Grace & the Kids. They move to the Green Valley Ranch on the southern outskirts of Las Vegas in Henderson, Nevada. Aldo & Marie Nicole Cascio fly back home to New Jersey.

November 18 : The Number Ones CD & DVD are released in the US. Tom Sneddon chooses this specific day to raid Neverland with a search warrant accompanied by 7O members of the Santa Barbara County Sherriff.

Katherine, Randy, Rebbie, LaToya, Jeffre & Jermaine visit him at the Mirage Hotel where he just had a nervous breakdown.

November 17 : Michael is shooting the video for “One More Chance” in Las Vegas with Aldo & Marie Nicole Cascio. He is staying at Villa One at the Mirage Hotel with Grace, Prince, Paris, Blanket & Dieter Wiesner.

November 8 : Michael attends Céline Dion’s show ‘A New Day…’, at the Colosseum of Caesars Palace, in Las Vegas, Nevada. They meet backstage and pose for a picture together.

October 31 : Michael celebrate Halloween in Las Vegas with the kids.

October 27 : Michael goes shopping at the Regis Gallery and Magic Shop Museum at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, with the Lester girls.

October 25 : Michael is presented with the Key to the City of Las Vegas, Nevada by Mayor Goodman at Art Of Music Store in the Desert Passage Mall in Las Vegas. He is accompanied by his friend Mark Lester & manager Dieter Wiesner.

During a private ceremony, Michael is named Godfather of Mark Lester’s children and Mark Lester is named Godfather of Michael’s children.

October 15 : Michael & Janet attend Tito’s 50th birthday party with all the Jackson family.

October : Michael invites the whole Jackson family to Neverland for a special photoshoot including Prince, Paris, Blanket, Omer Bhatti, Katherine, Joe, Rebbie, Jermaine, LaToya, Randy, TJ, Auggie among others. For the occasion Michael meets his half sister Joh Vonnie and her daughter Yasmine for the first (and only) time.

September 13 : Michael opens the gates of Neverland for a special charity day with many celebrities such as Mike Tyson, Rodney Jerkins, Chris Tucker, Nick & Aaron Carter. Michael shows up at the end minutes to thank everyone for coming. The party is hosted and broadcast live by KIIS FM. Michael briefly addresses the guests in attendance. Prior to his speech, the “Harvest International Children’s Choir”, along with a host of fans and special guests in attendance, all joined in singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to Michael.

September 6 : Michael invites a group of fans to spend the day with him, Grace & the children at Neverland.

August 29 : Michael celebrates his 45th birthday at Neverland with family & friends (The Cascios, The Bhattis & The Brandos).

Michael invites his fans inside Neverland but the main house is off limits.

Michael invites a young singer named Nisha Kataria to live at Neverland for 6 weeks in order to record a song with her. Dieter Wiesner becomes her manager.

July 26 : Michael hosts the “Joe Jackson Day” in Neverland (attended by Jermaine, Jackie, Tito, Janet, JD & LaToya) but after too many people show up, he decides to leave the ranch with his children and they go to Monterey to spend the week end.

July 15 : Michael takes Prince, Paris & Blanket to Universal Studios in Hollywood.

July 12 : Michael goes on a boat in Santa Monica where the ashes of Barry White are thrown in the sea.

July 04 : Michael, Grace, Prince, Paris & Blanket spend the Independance Day with the Malnik family and Brett Ratner in Miami Beach.

Early July : After Katherine Hepburn dies, Michael supports her family.

June 16 : Michael is one of the 3000 people who attend a memorial service for Gregory Peck at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles.

June 15 : Michael invites the German family Wolf to Neverland.

June 13 : Michael is back in Los Angeles.

June 12 : Michael’s dear friend Gregory Peck dies in his sleep from bronchopneumonia at the age of 87 at his home in Los Angeles. His wife Veronique was by his side.

June 11 : Accompanied by Karen and his cousins Elijah & Levon, Michael returns to his hometown Gary. Michael first goes to the City Hall where the Mayor King presents him with a Key to the city. He then returns to his childhood home 2300 Jackson Street that now belongs to a cousin of Joseph Jackson! Later, Michael visits Roosevelt High School and in the evening he attends “Salute to the Troops”, an event held at the Baseball Stadium.

June 9 : Michael attends the National Cable Telecommunications Association conference in Chicago with Chris Tucker to support his brother Marlon and his channel MBC.

May 30 : Michael attends a party at Robert Evans’ house to celebrate the launch of Brett Ratner’s book. Later, Michael shows up at a MTV Movie Awards after party at Ron Burkle’s Beverly Hills Mansion where he meets Puff Daddy & Paris Hilton among others.

May 27 : Michael takes Prince & Paris to Universal Studios in Los Angeles.

May 21 : Before he is able to give his deposition, Michael is taken ill and decides to fly back to LA.

May 20 : Michael arrives in Indianapolis with his cousins Rijo, Simone, Elijah & Levon. He came to give a deposition in court following a lawsuit brought by Steeltown Records boss Gordon Keith.

May 17 : Wearing Seventies clothes and an afro wig, Michael attends a party at Miami’s Forge night-club for owner Al Malnik’s 70th birthday with Aldo Cascio, Chris Tucker, Brett Ratner & Wiesner among others.

Early May : Michael returns to Acapulco for a three days stay.

May 1 : Michael is spotted on a shopping spree in Aventura, Florida.

April 17 : During a shopping spree in Santa Monica with Prince & Paris, Michael meets his sister LaToya!

April 3 : Michael hosts a party for Paris 5th birthday at Al Malnik’s home in Miami with Prince, Blanket, Grace and the Malnik family.

April 2 : Michael, Chris & Brett have dinner at the Forge Restaurant in Miami with Al Malnik & Serena Williams.

April 1 : Michael & Chris Tucker visit lawyer Willie Gary in Stuart (Florida).

March 31 : Michael & his children go back to Miami where they are the guests of Al Malnik.

March 29 : Michael returns to Neverland.

March 26 : From Miami, Michael goes to Acapulco in Mexico with the Malnik family, Brett Ratner & Chris Tucker for a movie project and they shoot some footage for the upcoming Private Home Movies, a Fox TV Special. During three days, Michael enjoys an idyllic setting in a residence in Las Brisas Fraccionamiento, with a breathtaking view of the sea, owned by his host. Las Brisas in Acapulco is a village with 263 spacious villas with a pool, spread over several hectares of flowery and lush gardens on a hill overlooking the bay of Acapulco. Michael is a guest of businessman Tony Rullan. Michael goes to Tont Rullan’s nightclub, Enigma, with Brett Ratner and Al Malnik.

Mid March :  On his way to to a skateboards shop in Lompoc with his cousins Anthony, Rijo, Elijah & Levon, Michael takes his French fan Joanna with them and kisses her in front of his cousins. Later, back at Neverland they all watch movies together. The day after, Michael leaves Neverland to take a flight to Miami with his kids. Joanna stays at Neverland for a few days without Michael then she leaves.

March 12 : Janet Arvizo calls Franck & Vinnie to ask them to take her children to their grandparent’s in El Monte because they are supposedly sick. The Arvizo family officially moves into Jay Jackson’s appartment and cuts every contact with Michael & his team..

March 9 : On his way back to Neverland, Michael invites several fans that he knows well (Joanna Thomae, Jen Winings, Souhil Giroud & Ahmad Elatab) to spend the day with him at the ranch and on a shopping spree at the local Toys ‘R Us with Franck Cascio and the Arvizo kids. They all witness the complicity between Michael & Gavin. Later Michael’s fans spend the night at Neverland’s theatre.

March 5-9 : Michael & his children stay at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. The Brazil trip is cancelled.

March 3 : Michael’s cousins, Rijo & Simone Jackson arrive at Neverland.

March 2 : Franck & Vinnie take the family back to Neverland where they meet Michael & his children who are back from Miami.

February 21 : Michael hosts Blanket’s first birthday party at the Malnik’s house in Miami.

February 20 : Michael flies to Miami with his children and they stay at Al Malnik’s mansion.

February 19 : Michael is spotted by fans leaving the Neverland gates in a limousine with his children and Fox TV presenter Maury Pochich. Michael tells them he is on his way to Miami and he invites them to spend the day at Neverland. At night the fans have dinner with Miko Brando, Maria Nicole Cascio and Gavin Arvizo and his siblings.

February 13 : Michel hosts a Spiderman theme party for Prince’s 6th birthday at Neverland with many kids (his cousins Rijo and Simone, the Cascios, the Lesters and the Brandos).

February 11 : Michael’s friends, Mark Lester, Robert Evans, Miko & Karen Brando (with their children Prudence & Shane) come to Neverland to support him.

Wiesner & Konitzer (with his family) also stay over at the ranch to work on the TV rebuttal.

February 9 : Gavin, Star, Davellin, Marie Nicole, Ann & Silvana Ruiz go shopping close to Neverland.

February 7 : Michael decides to cancel the press conference and return to Neverland to give an interview. He leaves Miami in a private Jet with Prince, Paris, Blanket, their nannies Grace & Patricia, his physician Dr Alex Farschian, Marie Nicole & Aldo Cascio, the bodygards Mike LaPerruque, Chris Carter & Danny Crawford as well as Gavin, Star, Davellin & Janet Arvizo.

February 1 : The Cascios join Michael in Miami (Frank, Aldo & Marie Nicole). Mark Lester is also there. Wiesner & Konitzer try to block the airing of Martin Bashir’s documentary after obtaining the final transcrpit.

January 27 : Michael is staying at the Miami Oriental Hotel with Grace, the kids.

January 16 : Michael, Prince & Paris have dinner with the Malnik family in Miami.

January 15 : Michael pays a last respect to Maurice Gibb at the Miami Chapel with his brother Barry.

January 12 : Michael gives his final interview to Martin Bashir in his Miami Hotel. The same day, he hears that Maurice Gibb has died from an heart attack.

January 11 : Michael visits Maurice Gibb in a Miami hospital. The next day Maurice dies of complications resulting from a twisted intestine.

January 5 : Michael visits Maurice Gibbs (one of the Bee Gees) at a Miami hospital.

Early Year : Michael takes Prince, Paris & Blanket to a family day at Hayvenhurst. This is the first time since 1988 that Michael, Janet & LaToya spend time together at Hayvenhurst.

2002

December 24/25 : Michael celebrates Christmas at Neverland with Prince, Paris, Blanket, the Cascio family, the Bhatti Family, the Schleiter Family & the Farshchian family.

December 20 : Michael goes to Miami to visit houses and work with Barry Gibb on a charity song.

December 1 : Michael takes Prince, Paris & Blanket to Disney World in Orlando with the Cascio family.

November 23 : Michael and his entourage fly back home.

November 20 : Michael is on the cover of all the tabloids around the world because of the “Balconygate” and although he issues a statement of apologises, he is severly critisized. Michael makes things worse by taking Prince & Paris to the zoo (with Grace, Wiesner & Bashir) but he puts scarfs on their faces to protect their identity which is also severly critisized.

November 19 : Michael arrives in Berlin, with his three children and Grace. Later that day, he shocks the world by dangling Blanket over the balcony of his hotel suite because he wanted to show him to the fans. In the evening he goes to the restaurant with journalist Martin Bashir & business partner Dieter Wiesner.

Early november : Frank Cascio visits Michael at Neverland.

October 12 : Michael invites more than 200 members of the US Air Force and their families to spend the day at Neverland.

September 26 : Michael is at Neverland with Martin Bashir to shoot an interview with young Gavin Arvizo who says Michael saved him from cancer. At one point, he holds Michael’s hands and reveals that he has slept over in his bed (Michael adds that he slept on the floor).

September : Michael invites journalist Martin Bashir to Las Vegas . They do interviews and go on a shopping spree with Prince, Paris & Grace.

August 26 : Michael invites Chris Tucker to Las Vegas so that they can work on film projects together. He also invites the Wolf, a German family who lost everything during the recent floods to Neverland.

August 6 : Michael Siegfried & Roy at The Mirage in Las Vegas and he introduces them to Blanket. Soon after they tell the press that Michael has a new son thus revealing to the world the existence of Prince Michael Jackson II.

July 30/31 : Michael invites British journalist Martin Bashir to Neverland to shoot a documentary on his life.

Mid July : Michael moves into the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas with Prince, Paris & Blanket, their nannies Grace & Patricia & bodyguards.

June 20 : Michael’s french fans Joanna and Sandra visit Neverland where they see Michael with his children.

June 18 : Michael flies back to L.A and goes to Neverland.

June 17 : Michael has business meetings with Mohamed Al Fayed and Adrian Grant.

June 13 : Michael goes shopping at HMV store.

June 11 : Michael has dinner with Uri Geller and his family. Geller introduces him to British journalist Martin Bashir who wants to do a TV documentary on Michael.

June 10 : Michael arrives in London and checks in the Marriott Renaissance Hotel.

May :  Katherine, Jackie, LaToya, Tito, Janet, Rebbie & Randy stage an intervention at Neverland to help Michael on his prescription-drug dependency. Michael & LaToya are reunited 14 years after their last meeting during the 1988 Bad Tour. Michael introduces them to Blanket.

April 24 : Michael performs “Dangerous”, “Black Or White” & “Heal The World” (joined by Diana Ross!) during a fund-raiser for the Democratic National Committee’s Every Vote Counts ‘campaign held at the mythic Apollo Theatre in Harlem. It is Michael’s last live performance in front of an audience. Brett Barnes, Prince, Paris, Blanket, Grace, the Cascio family Chris Tucker & Rodney Jerkins attend the event. Afterwards Michael makes a photoshoot with Bill Clinton. While in NYC Michael introduces Prince, Paris & Blanket to President Clinton and Diana Ross and his son Evan Ross.

April 21 : Michael, Grace and the kids go to NYC.

April 03 : Michael hosts a party for Paris 4th birthday at Neverland with Prince, Blanket, Brett Barnes and Grace.

March 16 : Michael is best man at the wedding of David Gest & Liza Minnelli celebrated in New York City with a galaxy of stars such as Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Ross, Frank Cascio, Joan Collins and Michael’s brothers Randy & Tito.

February 24 : Michael, Elizabeth Taylor & Brett Ratner attend a private party at Mark Damon’s house to announce that Neverland Entertainment and Raju Sharad Patel have signed with Damon’s independant film company MDP Worldwide Entertainment to create a new division called Neverland Pictures.

February 21 : Birth of Michael’s new son Prince Michael II at the Grossmont Hospital in San Diego, California. Soon after Michael accompanied by Connie Cascio pick up the baby from the surrogate’s representative at an hotel and take in to Neverland on a private luxury bus. They soon nickname him Blanket!

February 13 : Michael hosts a party for Prince’s 5th birthday at Neverland with Grace & the Cascio family.

2001

December 24/25 : Michael celebrates Christmas at Neverland with the Cascios, the Bhattis, Prince & Paris.

September 11 : After hearing of the terrorist attacks in New York , Michael leaves New York with Grace, Prince & Paris and the Cascios. They go at the Cascio family house in New Jersey. The Jackson family rides back to California in a bus.

September 10 : Michael performs a second concert at the Madison Square Garden . At the end of You Rock My World, Usher & Chris Tucker gets on the stage to dance with him! Backstage, Michael has an argument with Corey Feldman over his plans to write a book on their friendship. After the concert, Katherine, Rebbie & the Cascio family spend time with Michael in his hotel suite.

September 7 : It’s Michael’s day in New York City ! All the biggest stars of music, films & sport gather to attend his concert at the Madison Square Garden . Michael arrives one hour late with Elizabeth Taylor and during the first part of the show he watches tributes perfomances of his songs by today’s biggest artist in a VIP section with all his family & friends (Joe, Katherine, Rebbie, Macauley Culkin, the Cascios, Gregory Peck, Mark Lester & many more) while other friends such as Liza Minelli or Marlon Brando pay him respect on stage. Prince & Paris are in audience with Omer Bhatti.

After the concert, Michael attends briefly an after party held at the Tavern On The Green where he poses for pictures with many stars including Beyonce from the Destiny’s Child and Yoko Ono.

August 29 : Michael celebrates his 43rd birthday at the Cascio family home in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.

May : Michael, Frank, Grace & the kids check in the Sheraton Bel Harbour in Miami Beach where Michael completes the recording & mixing of Invincible with Bruce Swedien, Rodney Jerkins & Teddy Riley.

Michael meets comedian Chris Tucker through Gavin Arvizo. Michael & Chris become friends and record a new version of “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough” for the soundtrack of Rush Hour 2.

Avril 3 : Michael hosts a party for Paris 3rd birthday at Teddy Riley’s home in Virginia where he & Michael work on Invincible. Frank Cascio joins them.

April : Michael, Grace & the kids spend 2 weeks at Teddy Riley’s home in Virginia where he & Michael work on Invincible. Then they go back to NYC and check in the Plaza Athénée Upper East Side.

March 9-11 : Michael & Frank spend the week end in the Italian Alps before returning to New York. They meet Dr Jurgen Todenhoefer and his family.

March 5 : Michael goes shopping with Macauley Culkin in London before attending the launch party of Shmuley Boteach & Uri Geller’s book at the Royal Institute of British Architects.

March 4 : Michael arrives in London on crutches after injuring his foot. He is accompanied by Frank Tyson & David Gest.

February 13 : Michael hosts a party for Prince’s 4th birthday in NYC.

Early January : Michael, Grace & the kids go back to the Four Seasons Hotel in NYC.

2000

December 24/25 : Michael, Grace & the kids celebrate Christmas at the Cascio family home in Franlin Lake in New Jersey.

December 2 : Michael attends Tommy Mottola’s wedding at the Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York.

November 25 : Michael & the kids spend Thanksgiving dinner at Shmuley Boteach home in New Jersey .

November 20 : Michael attends Schmuley Boteach birthday party at his home in the New Jersey.

November : Michael, Frank, Grace & the kids go back to NYC and check in the Four Seasons Hotel.

August 29 : The Arvizo and Boteach kids arrange a small party for Michael 42nd birthday at Neverland with the Cascios, Prince & Paris.

August 27 : Michael invites Rabby Schmuley Boteach & his family to spend one week at Neverland so they can work on their projects for the children (a book and a new foundation). The same day, he invites 10 year old cancer victim Gavin Arvizo & his family (his parents Janet & David, his brother Star & his sister Davellin). Gavin & Star ask him to sleep over in his room, Michael offer them his bed and sleeps on the floor with Frank Cascio.

July 29 : Michael takes the kids to the Siegfried & Roy magical show at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas.

July 28 : Michael is spotted leaving the restaurant Planet Hollywood in Orlando, Florida.

July : Michael takes Prince & Paris to Disneyland Paris where they are joined by Omer Bhatti.

June : Michael & the kids go to Geneva, in Switzerland. They stay at the presidential suite on the third floor (central balcony) of the Hotel d’Angleterre, a five-star hotel located on the shores of Lake Geneva. Michael takes Prince & Paris to visit the Chaplin family at the manor of Ban, or the manor of the Champ de Ban estate, located in Corsier-sur-Vevey, a Swiss commune near Lake Geneva. The property is famous for being the residence of Charlie Chaplin for 25 years, from 1952 until his death in 1977.

May 12 : Michael, Grace & the kids leave Monaco and go to London where they visit Mark Lester and his family.

May 8 : Michael arrives in Monaco with Prince, Paris, Grace, Bob Jones, Karen Faye, Michael Bush & german business man Dieter Wiesner.

May 7 : : Michael arrives in Zurich for a few days and stays at the The Dolder Grand hotel with his children Prince and Paris, at this five-star hotel located on the heights, on the shores of Lake Zurich.  Michael takes Prince & Paris to the famous Knie Circus in Zurich.

April 03 : Michael hosts a party for Paris 2nd birthday in Hamburg at the Schleiter family house.

March 31 : Michael takes Prince & Paris to a zoo in Hamburg, . While in town they stays at the Schleiter family house with Anton & Frantcheska.

March : Michael stops the recording sessions and leaves for Europe with Grace, Prince & Paris. They spend time with the Chaplin family in Switzerland.

February 13 : Michael hosts a party for Prince’s 3rd birthday at Neverland with family and friends including Macauley Culkin.

Mid January : Michael leaves his townhouse in Manhattan and after a few days of vacation at Neverland, he resumes the recording sessions in Los Angeles with Bruce Swedien.

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