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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.

MJ : The humanitarian

2006

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

2005

September 6 : The following information was released by Michael’s spokesperson, Raymone K. Bain via his official web site, MJJ Source : “Within 24 hours, Mr. Jackson will be reaching out to other recording superstars asking that they join him in this project to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. Washington, D.C. ……. In response to the widespread devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, Recording Superstar Michael Jackson has been moved to pen a song, with the working title, “From the Bottom of My Heart.” Hoping to rekindle the success of “We Are the World,” which he wrote and produced, and which raised millions of dollars for aid to Africa, Mr. Jackson will be enlisting, within the next 24 hours, the involvement of other recording superstars to join him in this project. It is his intention to record this record within the next two weeks. “It pains me to watch the human suffering taking place in the Gulf Region of my country,” says Mr. Jackson. “My heart and prayers go out to every individual who has had to endure the pain and suffering caused by this tragedy. I will be reaching out to others within the music industry, to join me in helping to bring relief and hope to these resilient people who have lost everything.”

The song will be recorded on 2 Seas Records, a label owned by Prince Abdulla Hamad Alkhalifa of Bahrain. All proceeds from the sale will be donated to the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

January 04 : Michael writes a statement on MJJSource, expressing his sympathy to the victims of the Indian Ocean earthquake, urging friends and fans to contribute towards relief efforts.

2004

December 17 : Michael (accompanied by Karen & Raymone) welcomes 200 unprivilged children to spend the day at Neverland. 50 journalists are also invited including Geraldo Rivero whom Michael thanks for his support.

2003

November 9 : Michael donates a pair of painted shoes for “Shoes for Charity”. A shoe manufacturer named Tatami had the idea to create this charity for children suffering from traumas. Celebrities, including Michael Jackson, gave their donated shoes a special and unique touch by painting them.

2001

April : Michael wraps up conversations with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach about his life, which he started recording in August 2000. These intimate conversations became available in Boteach’s 2009 book. The conversations, free of Boteach’s biased commentary found in the book, are available in the text document. Some time later, Michael & Shmuley have a fallout and Heal The Kids Foundation is dismanttled…

March 25 : Michael goes to Newark, New Jersey, with Frank & Schmuley to distribute books to children under Heal The Kids.

March 06 : Michael goes to the Oxford University to give a moving speech about childhood. Frank, Uri, Schmuley & german business partner Dieter Wiesner attend the event. Michael gives a highly personal speech to promote his “Heal The Kids” program, in which he expresses his appreciation for children, explains his forgiveness to his father, and urges families to reconnect with their children. Michael’s donation of a birthday call and a coat to the “Movie Action for Children” auction at Sotheby’s supports UNICEF’s efforts to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in Africa.

February 14 : Hundreds of fans gather inside Carnegie Hall in New York to welcome Michael to a pre-launch event panel for his new charity ‘Heal The Kids’. The charities main initiative is to help restore a child’s birthright to nurturing care. Michael Jackson’s Heal The World Foundation and The Seminar Center presented a special Valentines Day Extravaganza featuring an all-star pPanel of celebrities and experts. The event takes place at the Carnegie Hall in New York City with Shmuley Boteach & Frank Cascio.

January 19 : Michael donates a coat to the Movie Action for Children auction. All proceeds go to UNICEF’s efforts to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in Africa. Michael promises to donate a personal phone call on the highest bidder’s birthday.

2000

November 21 : Michael attends the launching of his new foundation “Heal The Kids” with Shmuley Boteach & Frank Cascio at his publicist Howard Rubenstein’s house in NYC.

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.

1998

October : Michael participates in the official fundraising project of the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games “Wave to the World” in a music video with the song entitled “Spirit of Life”, wearing a shirt with their logo and waving at the camera.

MJ IN RECORDING STUDIOS

2009

June 23 : Michael calls Deepak Chopra to informally help him with lyrics for an environmental song he is working on.

May 22 : Fans hear Michael recording a new song from a building in the back of Michael’s Holmby Hills estate. Michael tells them he is working on the lyrics and has not chosen the title yet.

Late April : Michael invites composer David Michael Frank to his home to discuss the compositions of Michael’s unfinished classical album.

2008

November : Michael sets up a recording studio in his Bel Air Hotel suite to work on tracks with his longtime musical engineer Michael Prince. Michael records vocals on “Days In Gloucestershire”, “Best Of Joy”, “I Was A Looser” ou “Hollywood Tonight”.

Rod Temperton has a meeting with MJ at his hotel suite during which MJ plays Rod several songs. Some of the songs already had lyrics, which MJ wanted to improve. Others were instrumentals without any lyrics at all. The songs MJ plays for Rod are Best of Joy, Hollywood Tonight, The Loser, The Way Your Love Me, Beautiful Girl, Dark Lady, DIE, and Can’t Stop Loving You.

June : Michael and producer Neff-U start working on songs at this 2710 Palomino Lane home studio in Las Vegas. They work on a new version “A Place With No Name”. Michael calls Ne-Yo, inviting him to collaborate on songs for his future album.

May : Michael works with producer RedOne in a Las Vegas studio.

Early January : Michael offers radio hosts Big Boy and Fuzzy a preview of “Thriller 25th” in the Las Vegas recording studio The Palms in the presence of Blanket, Will I Am and Peter Lopez.

2007

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. Later that night Michael has a studio session with Akon to work on the song “Hold My Hands” and the remix for “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” among others.

Late September : Michael meets Kayne West at Lyor Cohen’s house (the president of Def Jam Recordings) in NYC. They talk about Kayne’s upcoming remix on Thriller 25.

February 18 : Michael and Will I Am work on music together.

2006

October 15 : Michael agrees to let US journalist Billy Bush from Access Hollywood visit him at the Grouse Lodge residential recording studios in County Westmeath where he is working on new music with producer Will I AM.

September 29 : Michael who is still in Ireland with Grace and the kids has recently met with hip hop producer Ron Feemster & his uncle/manager Charles Stanton to discuss possible collaboaration on his his album. He also asked Teddy Rilley and Will I AM from the Black Eyed Peas to work on new songs for him.

March 13 : Michael has dinner with Prince Abdullah, DJ Whoo Kid & John Legend and they discuss musical collaborations with 50 Cent & Kayne West.

2005

November 8 : Michael calls president of fanclub “Michael Jackson News International” (MJNI) Gloria Haydock to express his thanks for the fans during their campaigns of support, both in-person and online. He also mentions that he will be recording a song entitled “You Are So Beautiful” in dedication to his fans.

October 27 : While in Barhain, Michael coordinates the recording of I Have This Dream in Los Angeles with artists such as R Kelly. The O’Jays, Snoop Dogg, Ciara, Shirley Caesar, James Ingram et Babyface.

September 23 : Michael arrives in London. During this three week stay in London, Michael makes several visits to Metropolis Studios in Chiswick to record his part in the Hurricane Katrina single now renamed “I Have This Dream”.

September 13 : Music’s biggest names to join Michael on Katrina song/ Washington, D.C.. “Michael Jackson is pleased to announce that Jay-Z, Mariah Carey, Missy Elliott, R. Kelly, Wyclef Jean, Lenny Kravitz, Lauren Hill, Mary J. Blidge, Yolanda Adams, Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, James Brown, Snoop Dogg , the O’Jays, and Ciara, are among the artists joining in his hurricane relief song, where all proceeds will be donated to victims of Hurricane Katrina. As previously announced, the working title of the song is, “From the Bottom of My Heart,” which will be released on 2 Seas Records, owned by Prince Abdullah Hamad Alkhalifa of Bahrain. This project is in response to the widespread devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, and because of the human suffering taking place in the Gulf Region of his country. Mr. Jackson is continuing to reach out to artists who would like to work with him in this project, which he humbly hopes will make a tremendous difference to all individuals who have been affected by this tragedy.

September 6 : The following information was released by Michael’s spokesperson, Raymone K. Bain via his official web site, MJJ Source : “Within 24 hours, Mr. Jackson will be reaching out to other recording superstars asking that they join him in this project to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. Washington, D.C. ……. In response to the widespread devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, Recording Superstar Michael Jackson has been moved to pen a song, with the working title, “From the Bottom of My Heart.” Hoping to rekindle the success of “We Are the World,” which he wrote and produced, and which raised millions of dollars for aid to Africa, Mr. Jackson will be enlisting, within the next 24 hours, the involvement of other recording superstars to join him in this project. It is his intention to record this record within the next two weeks. “It pains me to watch the human suffering taking place in the Gulf Region of my country,” says Mr. Jackson. “My heart and prayers go out to every individual who has had to endure the pain and suffering caused by this tragedy. I will be reaching out to others within the music industry, to join me in helping to bring relief and hope to these resilient people who have lost everything.”

The song will be recorded on 2 Seas Records, a label owned by Prince Abdulla Hamad Alkhalifa of Bahrain. All proceeds from the sale will be donated to the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

2003

June 27 : Michael records “One More Chance” at Marvin’s studio in L.A.

2002

December : Michael records “All in Your Name” with singer Barry Gibb in Miami, Florida, at Middle Ear Studio.

2001

October 22 : Michael records a Spanish version of “What More Can I Give” titles “Todo Para Ti”.

October 15 : Michael completes the recording of “What More Can I Give”. Many artists have recorded their parts including Justin Timberlake, Usher, Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Ricky Martin, Aaron & Nick Carter, Luther Vandross, Boys 2 Men, Gloria Estefan ect…

September 21 : Michael records the song “You Are My Life” with John Mac Lain in Los Angeles and he likes it so much that he decides to add it at the last minute to the tracklist of “Invincible”!

September 16 : Michael annouces that he is going to record the song “What More Can I Give” with many artists for the victims of the terrorist attacks in New York . The song is produced by Marc Schaffel for Neverland Valley Entertainment.

July : Michael goes to Miami with Bruce Swedien to complete the final mixing of Invincible. He records the last song of the album “You Are My Life”.

June 28 : Michael gets on stage at the end of the Summer Jam Concert festival in Long Island to hug rapper Jay-Z with whom he has just done background vocals For his song Girls, Girls, Girls.

June 12 : At the Hit Factory Criteria studio in Miami, Michael & Bruce present the new album called Invincible to Sony excecutives. The album is not 100 % completed. He wants the song “Unbreakable” to be the first single but Sony insists for the song “You Rock My World” and Michael accepts. He starts to work on the short film with director Hype Williams.

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.

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.

2000

November 21 : Michael presents 6 songs from his new album to Sony Music excecutives in New York.

November : Michael, Frank, Grace & the kids go back to NYC and check in the Four Seasons Hotel. Michael resumes recording sessions for his new album in NYC.

Early September : Michael resumes recording sessions on his new album in L.A and asks Teddy Riley to work with him.

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

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.

1999

Early August : After a few days at NeverlandMichael resumes the recording sessions of his new album in New York City .

Late March : Michael starts working on new songs at the Hit Factory in NYC with Cory Rooney (“She Was Lonving Me”) and the Darkchild Team.

February 24 : Michael invites the Top Epic Records Executives (Cory Rooney, Tommy Mottola, John Doelp, Dave Glew & Polly Anthony) to the Marvin’s Room in Hollywood for a listening session and he plays only one song : “Break Of Dawn” produced by Dr Freeze.

February 21 : Michael, Dr Freeze and Brad Buxer work on “A Place With No Name” at Record One.

Michael asks Carole Bayer Sager to work on his new album and she introduces him to Rodney Jerkins,

Rodney, his brother Fred and friend LaShawn Daniel (the Darkchild Team) join the MJ Team at Record One and start working on songs for MJ.

1998

October 16 : Michael records additional lead vocals on ” A Place With No Name’ at the Record One Studio with Dr Freeze. He also starts working with Brad Buxer and Michael Prince on the songs “Speechless” and “The Lost Children”.

September 8 : Michael records his lead vocals on “A Place With No Name” at Record Plant Studio in LA.

August 25-26 : Michael starts recording news songs such as “A Place With No Name”, “Break Of Dawn” and “Blue Gangsta” at the Record Plant Studio in L.A with producer Elliot Straite aka Dr Freeze and sound engineer Michael Prince. Michael is also working on song ideas with 3T for their upcoming album.

April : The Sun reports that Michael and Pavarotti had written a song together called, “All I Can Give” which they planned to release in October 1998 after a concert in South Korea. The song is believed to have been confused with the song Michael wrote called “What More Can I Give”.

January : Michael records a demo version of “What More Can I Give”.

Michael records a demo of “People of the World”, a song for J-Friends, a recording group formed to raise funds for the education of children involved in the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995.

Michael records “We Be Ballin'” for a planned NBA compilation album; the album is ultimately cancelled due to the NBA lockout that year.

1997

Late November : Michael goes in a Los Angeles studio to record the song Children’s Holiday for Japonese group J-Friends.

Mid January : Michael goes to Montreux, Switzerland with Frank Cascio, to complete work on the “Blood On The Dance Floor” compilation. He stays at the Fairmont Montreux Palace and spends two weeks at the Mountain Studios recording the songs Blood On The Dance Floor and Elizabeth I Love You with Matt Forger. He also visits the Chaplin Family.

1996

October 3 : Michael arrives in London to complete work on the soundtrack for the “Ghosts” Short film.

1995

March 27 : The mastering of the HIStory album is completed in time for the Monday morning deadline.

March 25 : Michael records the full ad-libs for the end of “Earth Song”, recording into the early hours of the next day. He completes “Earth Song” from the original recording in 1990.

March 23 : Michael announces to his team that the mastering needs to be finished by the end of the weekend, and they camp at Record One to do the final touches.

1994

December 10 : Adrian Grant visits Michael in Chicago where he is recording songs with producer R Kelly.

December : Michael records extra vocals for “Scream” in Minneapolis, but it’s mostly his original vocal in October that’s the one ultimately used in the track.

November 5 : The Black & White magazine team (Laurent Hopman, Julien Derain and Christophe Boulmé) visit Michael at the Hit Factory Studio in New York and get to listen to three songs from the new album (“Earth Song”, “Stranger In Moscow” and “Smile”). They present an artwork to MJ. MJ show them the “History” teaser and album cover. They also get to interview Bruce Swedien who tell them that MJ & Janet are currently recording a duet together and Prince recently visited MJ in the studio.

Early November : Janet, Terry Lewis & Jimmy Jam go the Hit Factory in New York to work on “Scream” with Michael.

October : Michael writes and records the vocal for “Scream”, using one of the musical tracks created by Jam and Lewis for a Janet/Michael duet.

Prince & Lenny Kravitz visit Michael at his recording studio in New York and they spend the afternoon together talking and listening to music.

September 29 : Michael records Stranger In Moscow with a little Russian boy at the Hit Factory in NYC.

August 09 : Michael & Lisa Marie fly back to New York where Michael resumes the recording of his new album.

July : Michael directs a recording of “Christmas Star” from the “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” soundtrack with a children’s choir, decorating the studio with fake snow, a Christmas Tree, a sleigh, Christmas lights and endless decorations.

February  5 : Michael starts recording his new album at the Hit Factory Studio in New York City. He takes residence at the Helmsley Palace. Brad Buxer, Bill Bottrell, Matt Forger, Brad Sunberg, Rene Moore and Bruce Swedien join him to work on new songs.

January 17 : Recording sessions for Michael’s new album is scheduled to begin at Record One studio in Sherman Oaks but are canceled after the Northridge earthquake strikes that morning at 4:30 am causing devastation to the downtown Los Angeles area.

1993

September 14 : While in Moscow, Russia, Michael writes and composes the song “Stranger In Moscow” with Brad Buxer.

1991

October 29 : Michael & Bruce Swedien complete the mixing of the Dangerous album in Los Angeles.

August 22 : Michael, Bruce Swedien & Brad Buxer work on the song Will You Be There.

July 25 : Michael is filmed in the recording studio working on the song “Jam”.

June : Michael enlists the help of producers L.A Reid & Babyface which deeply upsets Jermaine who is also working with them.

February 1 : Michael records the song “Dangerous”.

1990

September : Teddy Riley joins the DECADE 1980-1990 project at the Larrabee Studio in North Hollywood. Michael records the background vocals for “Do The Bartman”, a song written by Bryan Loren; he also participates in creating the name of the song, and some of the lyrics.

June 25 : Michael starts recording the “Dangerous’ album at the Ocean Way/Record One Studio 2 in Los Angeles.

March 20 : Adrian Grant (the editor of fanzine Off The Wall) presents Michael with the “Off the Wall Appreciation Award”, a painting by British artist Vincent McKoy, in Los Angeles where Michael is working on new songs, one of which is “Men in Black”.

January : Michael’s recording team moves from Westlake to Record One studio in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles. DECADE 1979-1989 project becomes DECADE 1980-1990. 

MJ ON CAMERA (SHORT FILMS/MOVIES/COMMERCIALS)

2009

June 12 : The Dome Project for Smooth Criminal is filmed at Culver Studios.
The video segment would be shown on giant screen, as he jumps from the window, MJ appears on the middle of the stage over the ramp with a gun and shoots at the screen revealing the title.

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.

June 3 : Michael goes to Culver Studios with Prince, Paris & Kenny Ortega where he shoots “The Drill” 3D.

May 29 : Michael has a meeting with his team to check visual references for the dome projects that were in the works

2005

September : Michael invites Bob Jenkins to Neverland to work on a new mix of the “Ghosts” shortfilm soundtrack. 

2003

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.

October 27 : “What More Can I Give” is made available as a download on the Internet. Michael goes shopping at the Regis Gallery and Magic Shop Museum at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, with the Lester girls. Michael attends the premiere of the song’s video at a Las Vegas casino. During the screening, Michael mingles with the small audience and watches the video while sitting on the floor In the evening, Michael premieres the video of the song during the Radio Music Awards where Beyonce also presents him with the Humanitarian Award.

September : Michael is filmed for his appearance in “Miss Cast Away and the Island Girls” as Agent MJ. During filming, Michael has a telephone conversation with Elizabeth Taylor, telling her that he did backing vocals for the Doobie Brothers.

2002

April 12 : Michael talks to the the actionnaires of MDP Worldwide through a recorded video message asking them to rename the company Neverland Pictures. The first movies project is called “Wolfed”

April : Michael is about to start shooting the “Unbreakable” short film when Sony announces that they won’t release the single. The promotion of the Invincible album is over with only 2 singles!!!

Michael and Brian Michael Stollers work on a movie project called “They Cage The Animals At Night” based on a novel.

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. Michael invests $15-20 million in MDP Worldwide Entertainment Inc., a little-known Montreal film producer and distributor, and its new division to be called Neverland Pictures. Films planned include “Tom Thumb” and “Wolfed!”, based on the novel “The Wolf-Leader” by Alexander Dumas.

2001

October 16 : Michael films a scene for the movie Men In Black 2 directed by Barry Sonnefield where he plays Agent M.

September 21 : The video for “You Rock My World” is premiered in Europe.

August 13-21 : Michael shoots the “You Rock My World “short film in Los Angeles directed by Paul Hunter and featuring Chris Tucker and a special appearance by Marlon Brando!

2000

February : Michael visits “Stan Lee Media” headquarters in Beverly Hills, California, and is given a tour by Stan Lee, who talks with him about teaming up to buy Marvel.

January 20 : Michael’s co-production credit for the planned “The Nightmares of Edgar Allan Poe” film is reported; Michael read the script in August, and plans to prepare for his leading role.

1999

November 12 : Michael plans to star as the lead actor in a film named “The Nightmares of Edgar Allan Poe” and starts working on songs for the soundtrack of the movie.

1997

October : Michael shoots for a commercial for the “Esonic Video Discbaby”, one of the first portable video disc players.

Late May : Michael’s appearance in an MTV commercial for the 1997 European leg of his “HIStory World Tour”, with a “Don’t try this at home” line, airs.

May 8 : Michael attends a midnight private presentation of his “Ghosts” short film at the Cannes Film Festival. He climbs the lengendary steps of the Palais des Festivals with Stan Winston & Tarak Ben Ammar among others.

April 2 : The “Blood On The Dance Floor” short film is premiered on VH1.

February 10/11/12 : Michael shoots the “Blood On The Dance Floor” short film in Los Angeles. The short film is directed by Vincent Patterson and Michael himself.

1996

December 18 : Michael visits Sega headquarters in Tokyo with Omer Bhatti where he shoots a SEGA mystery game until 10pm. He is filming a version of “Digital Dance MIX” (Sega Saturn) which is to be released as Namie Amuro’s first release the following month.

October 24 : The short film “Ghosts” is premiered in 11 selected Sony cinemas in the US including the Motion Picture Academy Of Arts in Beverly Hills, California, alongside Stephen King’s full length horror movie ‘Thinner’.

September : The single “Why” (duet between 3T & MJ) is released in Europe along with a video.

August 28 : The single “Stranger in Moscow” is released as the 5th & final single from the “History” album along with a video in black & white.

Early July : In Van Nuys, Michael shoots the videos for “Stranger In Moscow” (directed by Nick Brandt) & “Why” (with the 3T).

May 15 : Michael flies back from Paris to Los Angeles to resume work on the Ghost short film.

April : Michael starts filming the “Ghost” short film in Van Nuys studios (California). During breaks, he visits his family at Hayvenhurst disguised as the “Mayor”.

The two versions of “They Don’t Care About Us” short film are premiered. The controversial imagery and lyrics of “They Don’t Care About Us” prevented the “prison version” of the short film from airing during primetime music video programming hours. It was not released to home video until 2010, when it was included as a bonus feature on Michael Jackson’s Vision.

March : Michael starts working on a new short film named “Ghost” for the song “2 Bad”, directed by Stan Winston and co-written by Stephen King. This project is based on the “Is This Scary” project that was scrapped in 1993 because of the Chandler scandal.

February 10-17 : Michael films a second version of the “They Don’t Care About Us” short film directed by Spike Lee. 

January 9 : Michael is in NYC to shoot the short film for “They Don’t Care About Us” directed by Spike Lee.

1995

November 27 : The single & video of Earth Song are released in Europe. In the United Kingdom.

Mid-August : Michael shoots the video for Earth Song directed by Nicholas Brandt. The video Is filmed in four geographic regions (Americas, Europe and Africa). The first location was the Amazon Rainforest, where a large part was destroyed a week after the video’s completion. Natives of the region appeared in the video and were not actors. The second scene was a war zone in Karlovac, Croatia, with famous Serbian actor Slobodan Dimitrijević and the residents of the area. The third location was Tanzania, which incorporated scenes of illegal poaching and hunting into the video. No animals were harmed in the making of the “Earth Song”, as the footage came from documentary archives. The final location was in Warwick, New York, where a safe forest fire was simulated in a corn field.

July 28 : ABC airs a special feature called “Michael Jackson Changes History” during which Michael gives an interview to Bill Bellamy and premieres the video for “You Are Not Alone”.

July 12 : Michael & Lisa Marie shoot the video for “You Are Not Alone”.

June 13 : The “Scream” short film is premiered on MTV & BET.

May 30-June 02 : Michael shoots the “Childhood” short film directed by Nicholas Brandt in Los Angeles.

May 22 : MTV and VIH premiere the HIStory teaser. Later the teaser is rolled out to cinemas across the U.S.

May 15-20 : Michael & Janet shoot the “Scream” short film, directed by Mark Romanek.

1994

August 08 : Second day of filming of the HIStory teaser in Budapest, Hungary.

August 07 : Michael shoots a teaser for his forthcoming album with an army of Russian soldiers. He arrives on the scene around noon, accompanied by his wife Lisa Marie Presley and shaded by a huge raspberry color umbrella being carried by his assistant Jimmy Safechuck.

May : Michael starts working on a remake of a musical named “The Seven Faces Of Doctor Lao” with special effect specialist Stan Winston.

1993

December 1 : “Gone Too Soon is released as the ninth and final single from the Dangerous album with a video on World AIDS Day of 1993.

November 23 : “Dangerous: The Short Films” is released on VHS.

September 14 : While in Moscow, Michael shoots a video of himself marching with Russian Army soldiers.

August 22 : Filming for “Is This Scary” wrapps in L.A with crucial scenes missing including Michael’s singing and dacing parts”.

August 20 : Michael cancels the filming of “Is This Scary” and goes to San Francisco to embark on a commercial flight to Taipei (Taiwan) with Bill Bray.

August 18 : Bert Fields and Anthony Pellicano inform Michael that the Los Angeles Police Department ‘s Sexually Exploited Child Unit has opened a criminal investigation on him. The same day, June & Dave are interviewed the LAPD. Michael does not show up on the set of “Is This Scary”. According to Arnold Klein he has a 103 degree temperature. Word is that Michael is about to cancel the next leg of his Dangerous Tour.

August 17 : Michael shows up at 8 pm on the set of “Is This Scary” with Brett Barnes & Arnold Klein.

August 14 : Michael resumes the filming of “Is This Scary”.

August 13 : Michael calls in sick and does not show up on the set of “Is This Scary”.

August 10 +11 +12 : Michael starts filming the short film “Is This Scary” directed by Mick Garris at CBS/Radfort Studios in Studio City. Shana Mangatal, the secretary of Michael’s manager is part of the cast. James Safechuck and his parents visit Michael on the set and they all pose for a picture together.

July : Michael starts working on a short film named “Is This Scary” with Stephen King and Mick Garris for a song scheduled to appear on “The Adam Family Values” soundtrack.

June 28 : “Will You Be There”, the eighth single from Dangerous is released worldwide. It peaks at #7 on Hot 100 Billboard. The “live” video is a montage of MTV 10th anniversay performance and the Dangerous tour.

June : Michael signs off on two film ideas put to him by producer Rusty Lemorande, remakes of the James Cagney film “Angels With Dirty Faces” and the 1964 film “7 Faces of Dr. Lao”.

April 15 : The video for “Watzupwitu”  is premiered on FOX & BET.

March 8 : Michael’s announcement of “Michael Jackson Productions Inc.”, a film production company, which will give a share of its profits to his “Heal the World Foundation”, is published.

March : Michael updates and approves the second music video for “Who Is It”, which is a compilation video of his performances by MTV producer Glenn Ribble.

February 10 : “Michael Jackson Talks…to Oprah” is aired live from Neverland Valley Ranch all around the world attracting around 100 million viewers. World, premiere of the “Give In To Me” short film.

1992

November 23 : The “Heal the World” music video / short film, which Michael contributes ideas in is premiered.

October 2 : Michael films scenes with the Romanian police, at the time intended for a music video titled Police Walk. The thousands of police officers recruited for the occasion receive instructions from the director, who asks them not to overtake Michael as he walks and runs at the head of their group like a general leading his troops. One of them dares, at the end of the shoot, to hand Michael a piece of paper for an autograph, but without much success, as Michael is quickly taken away by his bodyguards.

October 1 : Michael performs a concert at Lia Manoliu National Stadium in Bucharest (demolished in 2008 and replaced since 2011 by the Arena Națională), the largest stadium in the country, with a capacity of nearly 70,000 people. The concert is broadcasted live to 61 countries across the world and on October 10 on HBO.

July 13 : The “Who Is It” video is premiered on BBC2 but Michael withdraws it the day after.

July : The new Jackson/Pepsi commercials “Dreams” & “I’ll Be There” are aired on TV.

June 25 : Michael films the video for ‘Give In To Me with” Slash in Munich, Germany performing a rock concert in an abandoned railway repair factory.

June 19 : The “Jam” short film is premiered on FOX, BET & MTV.

June : Michael shoots the video for “Who Is It” (directed by David Fincher).

May 12 : Michael shoots his Pepsi commercial entitled “Dreams” with model Vanessa Sandin. Another Pepsi commercial with Michael singing “I’ll Be There” on a piano is shot around this time.

April 23 : The “In The Closet” short film is premiered on FOX, MTV & BET.

April 20 : Michael is in Chicago to film the video for Jam featuring Michael Jordan, Kriss Kross and rapper Heavy D. Jimmy Safechuck, Brett Barnes, Macauley Culkin & Wade Robson visit him on the set.

March 29 : Michael films the video for “In The Closet” directed by Herb Ritts and featuring Naomi Campbell.

February 2 :  Fox, BET & MTV simultaneously premiere the 9 minute short film for “Remember The Time”. It peaks at #3 on Hot 100 Billboard.

January : Michael participates with painter Greg Hildebrandt for a pre-production painting commissioned by a producer for a planned film entitled “Adam at Midnight”, a story set in New Orleans where Michael was set to play the lead part as “a male Cinderella type character”; the project was ultimately cancelled. Anton Furst, the director of MidKnight commits suicide which puts the film on ice.

1991

November 14 : The Black Or White” short film is premiered in 27 countries around the world by almost 500 million viewers! The 11 minutes short film was directed by John Landis and features Macauley Culkin, Brandi Jackson, George Wendt, Heavy D, Wade Robson, Bart & Omer Simpson.

Michael’s plan to appear in a film called “MidKnight” produced by Jon Peters, is reported. Columbia Pictures were set to release the film in the summer of 1992, but it never finalized due to the death of the director. Earlier, Michael had invited the director, screenwriter, and executive to Neverland Ranch to discuss it.

November 3 : Michael begins filming the video of Remember The Time in Los Angeles directed by John Singleton and featuring Eddie Murphy, Iman & Magic Johnson. Emmanuel Lewis visits Michael on se set.

October : A 30 seconds commercial directed by David Lynch begins airing on TV to promote the forthcoming release of Dangerous.

July 26 : The media report that Steven Spielberg has invited Michael to make a cameo appearance in his new film “Hook”, based on the book “Peter Pan”.

July : News surfaces of Michael first movie for Colombia Picture Entertainment, a science fiction musical extravaganza named “MidKnight”.

June : Michael films the “Black or White” short film featuring Macauley Culkin, Wade Robson, Brandi Jackson, Bart & Omer Simpson.

1990

August 06 : LA Gear’s first advertisement, starring Michael and his 8 year old niece Brandi Jackson (Jackie’s daughter), premieres on ABC and in movie theaters. In 30 seconds commercial, we can see MJ dancing alone in the street by night.

MJ IN COURT/DEPOSITIONS

2009

June 16 : This week, local D.C. attorney Henry W. Asbill of Dewey and LeBoeuf LLP appeared in court to represent Michael Jackson against the charges filed by Raymone Bain. Also, three additional attorneys from the New York firm have been arranged to help work on the case pro hac vice (as they aren’t legally licensed to practice law in D.C.) alongside Mr. Asbill, including Frank C. Salzano, Donna L Gordon, and most notably L. Londell McMillan. It is now expected that a response to the suit will be filed before the 10-day default notice is up–later this week, and that no default judgment will be awarded.

June 01 : In a letter signed by Michael, Leonard Rowe is preventing from working or speaking on his behalf. Frank Dileo is now the one and only Michael’s manager.

May 15 : Michael attends a business meeting at the Beverly Hills Hotel with his parents Joe and Katherine, Randy Philips, his business associate Paul Gongaware and Leonard Rowe. Later he goes shopping with the kids and he also goes to Dr Klein’s in Beverly Hills.

May 5 : Raymone Bain, Michael’s former manager and spokersperson, files a lawsuit in Washington D.C claiming breach of contract; quantum meruit and unjust enrichment and she asks for 44 millions $.

Dr. Tohme Tohme is officially terminated as Michael’s manager and disbarred from having any subsequent affiliation with him or any of his numerous established entities (including MJJ Productions and the newer MJJ Kingdom).

Michael hires Frank Dileo as his new manager.

April 14 : LOS ANGELES – A collection of Michael Jackson’s possessions from Neverland Ranch is safe from the auctioneer’s gavel now that the pop singer and Julien’s Auction House have reached a settlement to their dispute over whether 2,000 items were ever intended for sale.Specific terms were not disclosed. But, in short, Jackson keeps his things, while Julien’s keeps its exhibition, which was open to the public and originally meant to promote next week’s sale.”There was so much interest from so many of Jackson’s fans that instead of putting the items in the hands of private collectors, Dr. Tohme and Julien’s Auction House have made arrangements that will allow the collection to be shared with and enjoyed by Jackson’s fans for many years to come,” read a joint statement from Jackson spokesman Dr. Tohme R. Tohme and auction organizer Darren Julien.Jackson’s production company, MJJ Productions, sued Julien in early March, seeking to halt the sale by arguing that Jackson hadn’t authorized it. A judge blocked one effort by MJJ Productions to cancel it earlier this month, and another was scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday for an injunction.”I believe both sides are pleased with the resolution,” Julien said Tuesday by telephone.Julien has said he spent $2 million organizing the sale, which another auctioneer estimated could have fetched $12 million after its April 22 start. The exhibition in Beverly Hills costs $20 to attend, and auction catalogues — a $50 single volume and $200, five-volume boxed set — were still selling, Julien said.The statement also said MJJ Productions and Julien’s Auction House would be making a “substantial” donation to MusiCares to benefit artists in need.Julien said all of Jackson’s possessions, which the auction house took directly from the Neverland Ranch property, would be returned to the pop singer. He would not say where they would be taken.

Michael has a meeting with Leonard Rowe & Joe Jackson at his home in Beverly Hills and signs the letter adressed to Randy Philips of AEG to advise him that he has appointed Leonard Rowe as his representative.

April 1 : Michael goes to the Bel Air Hotel for a business meeting with Dr Tohme.

March 25 : In a lettrer adressed to AEG’s Randy Philips, Michael names Leonard Rowe as his authorized representative in all matters concerning his endeavors in the Entertainment Industry.

March 04 : MJJ Productions, file a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on against Julien’s Auction House. It claims founder Darren Julien promised to send Michael an inventory of sale items, but that the singer hasn’t given permission to move them all.The suit claims many of the items are “priceless and irreplaceable” and describes the attempt to sell them as “malicious, fraudulent, extreme, outrageous and without any legal justification whatsoever.”MJJ Productions authorized the auction house to remove the items from Jackson’s Neverland Ranch, according to court documents, but not to sell them without Jackson’s permission.

February 07 : Michael goes to the Bel Air Hotel for a business meeting with Dr Tohme.

January 28 : Meeting at the Carolwood mansion : Michael (with Blanket, Peter Lopez and Dr Tohme Tohme by his side), meets an AEG delegation headed by Philip Anschutz, its billionaire founder, AEG’s chief executive Tim Leiweke, Randy Phillips, who heads up AEG Live and Paul Gongaware. Michael signs a deal for 10 concerts in London next summer and he also accepts to submit to a rigorous medical check-up.

2008

December 24 : The golden gates of Neverland are removed and put into storage in an nondescript warehouse on the outskirts of Los Angeles as part of a public auction next April 2009. More than 2,000 items, ranging from personal effects and costumes to pieces from Michael’s private art collection as well as fittings and furnishings from his Neverland ranch, will be up for sale at a four-day public auction at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles.

November 23 : Michael cancels his trip to London upon learning that his legal team has reached a settlement with Sheik Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa’s lawyers.

November 21 (Day 4) : Testimonies of Grace Rwaramba, Guy Holmes and Mark Stewart.

November 20 (Day 3) : Michael’s lawyer Robert Englehart tells the judge on that the doctors have cleared Michael to travel to the UK so that he can testify.

November 18 (Day 2) : Testimony of Sheik Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

November 17 : Day 1 of Sheik Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa VS Michael Jackson trial in London. Michael’s lawyers ask for him to give evidence by video link from the U.S., citing an unspecified medical condition.

November 11 : Michael has given up title to his Neverland ranch, transferring the deed to a company he partly controls. The singer filed a grant deed on the ranch that makes the new owner an entity called the Sycamore Valley Ranch Co. LLC, a joint venture between Jackson and an affiliate of Colony Capital LLC,Colony Capital is a Los Angeles-based real estate investment company run by billionaire Tom Barrack. It owns several properties in Las Vegas, including the Las Vegas Hilton.

October 31 : Michael meets with Dr Tohme and Randy Phillips at the Bel Air Hotel to talk about the AEG deal.

October 20 : Michael has a meeting at the Bel Air Hotel with Dr Tohme and Randy Phillips to discuss a new tour with AEG.

August 29 : Colony Capital reaches out to AEG Live to discuss a possible new tour for Michael.

August 07 : Michael’s manager Dr Tohme sign an agreement with Julien’s Auction House on behalf of Michael in order to remove all his personal belongings from Neverland while simlutaneously arranging for an auction of certain selected items that were no longer desired by Michael.

Late June : Michael hires Dr Thome Thome as his new manager and president of MJJ Productions.

As a result of a financial reorganiation of the Neverland Valley Ranch, all of Michael’s personal belongings have o be removed from the property.
Dr Tohme R Tohme contact Darren Julien of Julien’s Auction House.

June 3 : Michael has dinner with Thomas Barrack Jr, chairman and CEO of Colony Capital LLC, at the Las Vegas Hilton’s Verona Sky Villa.

Early may : Dr Tohme calls Tom Barrack to wire $23 million in order to save Neverland from foreclosureIn exchange Barrack and his company Colony Capital receive 50 percent ownership of Neverland.

April 23 : Jermaine introduces Dr Tohme Tohme to Michael.

Mid January : Michael Amir aka Brother Michael arrives in Las Vegas and steps up as Michael’s new personal assistant. Nation Of Islam takes over Michael’s security.

2007

December 31 : The loan on the Sony/ATV music catalog is refinanced which provides 25 millions dollars in cash to Michael.

December 27 : Both Michael and Raymone enter into a “Payment and Release Agreement” terminating her employment as Mchael’s manager and president of the MJ Company against the payment of $488,820.05.

Late October : Michael decides to replace Raymone Bain with Londell Mc Millan, a high profile attorney. The too of them meet in New Jersey.

October 22 : Fortress Investment Group files a Notice of Default and Election To Sell iwi the State of California. MJ owes the full principal 23 millions dollars mortgage plus 212 963 dollars in interest. Reports of foreclosure proceedings against Neverland Ranch are published.

October 15 : At the High Court in London, Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Khalifa’ lawyers file a lawsuit against Michael Jackson allegedly reneging on a $7 million “pay-back” agreement designed to repay money he advanced to Jackson during his financial troubles. He said he and Jackson entered into a “combined rights agreement” under which the star was committed to a recording contract, an autobiography and a musical stage play.

September 25 : Los Angeles Judge Joseph S. Biderman dismisses the Dieter Wiesner case. The parties agreed to take part in the settlement discussions weeks ago. After a friendly deposition of Michael Jackson, the parties agreed to dismiss not only parts of the claims, but the entire case.

July 25 : Michael goes to the law offices of Venable LLP in Washington to give a deposition in the $30 million lawsuit brought by his former manager, Dieter Wiesner. He is accompanied his attorney, William Mundell and Wiesner by his partner Ronald Konitzer and his attorney: Howard King.

June 25 : Michael’s lawyers agree to a judgment directing him to pay $216,000, plus interest to The law firm of Ayscough and Marar that sued him for overdue fees.

June 18 : Michael’s lawyers settle a lawsuit brought by Prescient Acquisition that was seeking $48 million. The confidential settlement is signed by the Judge just as jury selection is set to begin in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

June : Michael “Brother Michael” Amir Williams is hired as Michael’s new assistant.

April : Michael replaces Feldman with Bill Withfield as his new personal assistant.

February 27 : Michael gives a deposition for the Ayscough & Marar lawsuit.

January : Michael has a meeting in Las Vegas with Peter Lopez, Raymone Bain and Randy Phillips to discuss about a possible tour.

2006

December 21 : Michael’s attorneys file a lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court against the company Bernstein, Fox, Whitman, Goldman and Sloan, claiming negligence and breach of fiduciary duty.

September 29 : Michael and Debbie have reached a confidential settlement over their 3 years long dispute regarding Debbie’s visitation rights on Prince & Paris & money compensation.

July 14 (verdict day) : In a split decision, Santa Monica civil court jury awards $900,000 to Schaffel in his complaint and $200,000 to Michael in his cross-complaint F. Marc Schaffel originally sued for $3.8 million, but his claims were later reduced to $1.6 million, and his attorney ultimately asked the jury for $1.4 million in unpaid loans and expenses before deliberations began Thursday. Michael’s attorney had said Schaffel owed the pop star $660,000.

July 13 (Day 10) : Thomas Mundell gives his closing arguments and the case goes to Jury deliberations.

July 12 (Day 9) : Jan Goren is cross examided. The defense rests its case and Howard King gives his closing arguments.

July 11 (Day 8) : Zia Modabber is cross examined bu Schaffel’s lawyer. The defense then calls forensinc accountant Jan Goren.

July 10 (Day 7) : The defense calls Michael’s former lawyer Zia Modabber.

July 7 (Day 6) : End of Schaffel’s cross examination. Howard King shows the Jury more of Michael’s depositions + audio clips of Michael’s voicemails left on Schaffel’s answering machine. He then rests his case and the defense calls her next witness Raul Perez.

July 6 (Day 5) : Marc Schaffel is cross examined bu Thomas Mundell and the Jurors get to see more of Michael’s videotaped deposition.

July 5 (Day 4) : Testimonies of Marc Schaffel and Al Malnik.

July 3 : Debbie sues Michael at Los Angeles Superior Court for failing to pay her what he promised after their divorce. She seeks an immediate payment of $ 195,000 + $50,000 in living expenses.

June 30 (Day 3) : The defenses calls Evelyn Tavasci, Michael’s personal assistant since 1991.

June 29 (Day 2) : Howard King opens his case by showing the Jury part of Michael’s videotaped deposition then he calls his first witness Allan Whitman.

June 28 (Day 1 of Shaffel VS Jackson civil trial) : A jury is selected in Santa Monica and Suprior Court Judge Jacqueline Connor allows Michael ‘s lawyer, Thomas Mundell & Schaffel’s lawyer Howard King to give mini opening statements.

June 27 : Michael Jackson Announces Organizational Changes Go down

In what is the first of a sweeping restructuring of his personal and business affairs, Michael has severed ties with his long-time accounts and business managers, Bernstein, Fox, Whitman, Goldman and Sloan, with Bahrani attorneys Qays Zu’bi and Grahame Nelson, and Gut Records executive, Guy Holmes.

He has also established The Michael Jackson Company, Inc., with plans to phase out MJJ Productions. In other related matters, he has named Spokesperson Raymone K. Bain as General Manager, and has retained N.Y.-based L. Londell McMillan and The McMillan Firm, known for business restructurings and turnarounds, to oversee legal matters pertaining to his business affairs. Michael has previously announced plans to record an album which he predicts will be released in 2007. His recent Japan tour was the first in what will be a line of public appearances, and he is reviewing numerous offers to tour musically, which he plans to embark upon within the next several months.Michael, who is currently in Ireland on personal business, plans on relocating to Europe in the near future. He is continuing to build his management team and other appointments will be forthcoming.

June 1 : Michael and  Raymone Bain sign an agreement appointing her as his personal general manager and president of his new company, The Michael Jackson Company.

May 24 : The California Supreme Court declines Michael’s appeal against ex-wife Debbie Rowe regarding her parental rights.

June 12 : Michael gives a deposition in the Prescient case in Versailles, France.

May 24 : The California Supreme Court declines Michael’s appeal against ex-wife Debbie Rowe regarding her parental rights.

May 22 : Michael is in London to give a second deposition for the Marc Schaffel’s lawsuit.

May 20 : Michael meets with Prince Abdulla for the last time and informs his host that he is travelling to London and Tokyo.

April 19 : Michael meets with Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa at the Safriya Palace in Safriya, Bahrain.

April 18 : It is announced that Michael has hired English music mogul Guy Holmes as new manager who is also named CEO of Two Seas Records, the label founded by ruler Sheik Abdulla Hamad Al-Khalifa and Jermaine Jackson. Michael is currently writing a new album which is due for release late next year on 2 Seas Records.

April 17 : District Judge Eldon Fallon dismisses the suit brought by Joseph Bartucci Jr., who claimed he was lured into Michael ‘s limousine during the 1984 world’s fair in New Orleans and held for nine days, during which he was both sexually and physically assaulted. The lawsuit filed in November 2004 sought unspecified damages.

April 13 : It is announced that Michael has restructured his finances. “Following negotiations with several leading financial institutions, Mr. Jackson has concluded refinancing with affiliates of Fortress Investment Group, the lender that currently holds secured debts that were previously held by Bank of America,” the statement said.
Qays H. Zubi Attorneys & Legal Consultants was part of an advisory team that included Bahrain-based financial adviser Ahmed Al Khan, it said.
The music catalogue that Jackson co-owns, known as Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, includes 200 Beatles hits and is thought to be worth $1 billion. The deal ultimately would require Jackson to sell half of his 50 percent share in the catalogue to Sony, the Wall Street Journal and New York Times reported Thursday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the negotiations.

Early April : Michael’s lawyers file a Petition for Review with the California State Supreme Court. They ask the State Court to review an earlier decision that helps clear the way for Debbie to argue for custody rights to Prince & Paris.

March 16 : Employees of Neverland are summoned to the ranch in staggered groups, given back pay for 12 weeks and are told the ranch had been shut down by Michael…

March 13 : Michael has dinner with Prince Abdullah.

March 9 : Following complaints from Neverland employees who haven’t been paid since December 23, authorities decide to close the ranch and order Michael to pay $69,000 in fines for allowing his insurance to lapse + $100,000 in fines for not paying the employees and $306,000 for the 3 months wages of the 69 employees.

February 23 : Thomas Mesereau confirms that he is no longer Michael’s attorney but they remain close friends.

February 15 : The California Court of Appeal rules that Debbie Rowe’s parental rights were not terminated by an earlier court order and that she can pursue custody of Prince & Paris.

2005

December 19 : Court hearing in the Debbie Rowe’ s children visitation rights case in Los Angeles.

On the eve of the deadline date for the reimboursement of Michael’s 270 millions loan to Bank Of America, Fortress Investments accepts to give one more delay to Michael…

December 5 : Michael goes to an emergency dentist in Muscat, during his stay in Oman. He is treated by Dr. Samia Taufiq Asfour. 

November 21 : Michael’s former business partner & adviser Dieter Wiesner files a civil complaint against Michael & his society Triumph in Los Angeles demanding $64 million for fraud & breach of contract of MJ Net Entertainment.

October 27 : Michael’s lawyer Brent Ayscough confirms that Michael has filed a counter suit against Marc Schaffel , accusing him of concealing and misappropriating funds and he has also settled a lawsuit filed by an antiques dealer who alleged he had not fully paid for $380,000 worth of goods.

September 23 : Michael is at the Dorchester Hotel in London to give a deposition for Marc Schaffel’s suit. He’s accompanied by his lawyers Thomas Mesereau & Michael Sydow while Schaffel is accompanied by his lawyer Howard King & Dieter Wiesner.

August 18 : Court Hearing in the Joseph Bartucci case in New Orleans . Judge Eldon Fallon fines Michael $ 10 000 for failing to be represented at a previous hearing. Michael’s new attorney is Charles Gay & Bartucci’s new attorney is William Pigg.

July 20 : In New Orleans , judge Fallon is furious that neither Michael nor any of his layers attended a court proceeding in the Joseph Bartucci case.

Judge Melville orders Sneddon to give back any material belonging to Michael & raided at Neverland except the 1993 body pictures…

July 11 : Michael Jackson is being sued for $48m in fees by a financial firm that claims the singer owes the money for assistance in refinancing bank debts and claiming a larger stake in a library of The Beatles songs. The company, Prescient Acquisition Group (also known as Prescient Capital Corp), filed a lawsuit against Jackson in the US District Court in Manhattan on Monday evening. According to the lawsuit, the company was employed by Jackson’s MJ Publishing Trust in November 2004 to help him secure financing of $537.5m through another company. The money from the refinancing allowed the singer to pay off bank debts and buy the other half of The Beatles library of songs, which he did not already own. The company has claimed that Jackson and MJ Publishing Trust have not honoured a deal which was agreed, promising Prescient fees worth 9 per cent of the completed financing.

June 17 : Michael’s passeport is returned to him as well as his $3 million bail.

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 early.

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

June 3 (Day 62) : Michael goes to court with Katherine, Joe, Janet and LaToya. Tom Mesereau completes his closing arguments.

June 2 (Day 61) : Michael goes to court with Katherine, Joe, Randy, Jermaine & Tito. Ron Zonen gives his closing statement followed by Tom Mesereau who doesn’t have time to finish.

June 1 : Michael goes to court with Katherine, Joe & Randy where Judge Melville gives the Jury the rules of Jury Deliberations. No witnesses called.

May 27 (Day 60) : Michael goes to court with Katherine, Joe & Randy. Craig Bonner (Re-called) Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Steve Robel (Re-called) Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross. The prosecution rests their rebuttal by showing the Jury a video of Gavin police deposition in July 2003. The defense declines to make a rebuttal so Judge Melville declares the testimonies over.  Judge Melville’s Jury Instructions. In a final attempt to allow the jurors to convict on any possible charge, in this final evolution of counts Melville allowed the jurors to also convict MJ on “lesser included offenses” – which were also rejected by the jury.

May 26 (Day 59) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. : Gina Villegas Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross; Donna Aggers Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross, Further Re-direct; George Erwin Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Theresa Marquez Direct, Cross; William Dickerman Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross; Christin.

May 25 (Day 58) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. Chris Tucker Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Timothy Patrick Rooney Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Shane Meridith Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Jesus Salas Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Victor Alvarez Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross. 

May 24 (Day 57) : Michael goes to court with Katherine. Jay Leno Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross, Further Re-direct; Sulli McCullugh Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Monica De La Santos Wakefield Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross; Elizabeth Mary Holzer Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Anthony Ranieri Direct; Karen.

May 23 (Day 56) : Michael goes to court with Katherine. Maria Gomez (Re-called) Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Mike Radakovich Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Mercy Dee Manrriquez Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross; Marian Arvizo Direct, Cross; Connie Keenan Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross. 

May 20 (Day 55) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Randy. Laurence Nimmer Direct, Cross (contd), Re-direct, Re-cross; Mark Geragos (Re-called) Cross (Contd).

May 19 (Day 54) : Michael goes to court with Katherine. The judge refuses to allow the testimonies of Larry King & Michael Viner because they are “hearsay”. Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Azja Pryor Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Laurence Nimmer Direct, Cross. The defense then proceed by showing to the Jury a video presentation of Neverland.

May 18 (Day 53) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Randy. Simone Jackson Direct (Contd), Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross; Rijo Jackson Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Michelle Henriette Jackson Direct, Cross; Christian Robinson Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross; Vernee Watson Johnson Direct. 

May 17 (Day 52) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Randy. Angel Vivanco Direct (Contd), Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross; Irene Lavern Peters Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross, Further Re-direct; Karen Walker Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross; Simone Jackson Direct.

May 16 (Day 51) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Randy. Jean Lorraine Seamont Direct, Cross; Tiffany Haynes Direct, Cross; Carole McCoy Direct; Kathryn Bernerd Direct; Maria Gomez Direct, Cross; Shane Meridith Direct, Cross; Brian Salce Direct, Cross; Russell Robert Birchim Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cr.

May 13 (Day 50) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. David G. Legrand Cross (Contd), Re-direct, Re-cross, Further Re-direct, Further Re-cross; Mark Geragos Direct, Cross. 

May 12 (Day 49) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. Carlos Velasco Direct, Cross, Re-direct; David G. Legrand Direct, Cross.

May 11 (Day 48) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. Joseph Marcus Re-cross (contd), Further Re-direct; Macaulay Culkin Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross; James F Van Norman Direct, Cross, Re-direct. The defense then shows the Jury the outtakes of the Bashir interviews.

May 10 (Day 47) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. Joseph Marcus Direct (contd), Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross.

May 9 (Day 46) : Michael goes to court with Katherine, Joe & Jermaine. Francin Contreras Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Gayle Goforth Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross; Violet Silva Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross, Further Re-direct; Ramon Velasco Direct, Cross; Joseph Marcus Direct.

May 6 (Day 45) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. Joy Robson Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross, Further Re-direct; Chantal Robson Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross, Further Re-direct, Further Re-cross; Marie Lisbeth Barnes Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross; Karlee Barnes Direct, Cross, Re-direct.

May 5 (Day 44) : Michael goes to court with Katherine, Joe & Jermaine. The defense opens his case with the testimonies of Wade Robson & Brett Barnes (who stay at Neverland with their families).

May 4 (Day 43) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. Rudy Provencio Direct (Contd), Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross, Further Re-direct.

May 3 (Day 42) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. David Saunders Direct, Cross; Jeff Klapakis (Re-called) Direct, Cross; Craig Bonner (Re-called) Direct, Cross; Paul Zelis (Re-called) Cross (Contd); Steve Robel Direct, Cross; John Duross O’Bryan, Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Further Re-direct, Further Re-cross.

May 2 (Day 41) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. Beverly Wagner Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Craig Bonner (Re-called) Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross; Paul Zelis (Re-called) Direct, Cross.

April 29 (Day 40) : Michael goes to court with Katherine, Joe & Jackie. The prosecution shows the Jury a book on children found at Neverland…in 1993! Rosibel Ferrufino Smith Direct; Craig Bonner Direct, Cross; Harry Koons Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross; Rosibel Smith Direct, Cross; Ian Drew Direct, Cross.

April 28 (Day 39) : Michael goes to court with Katherine, Joe & Jackie. Deborah Rowe Jackson Direct (Contd), Cross, Re-direct; Iris Joan Finsilver Direct; Andrew R Dietz Direct; Jeffrey Schwartz Direct, Cross; Crystalee Danko Direct; Jennifer Simmons Direct; Joe J Corral Jr Direct.

April 27 (Day 38) : Michael goes to court with Katherine, Joe & Jackie. Hamid Moleshi Cross (contd), Re-direct, Re-cross, Terry Paulsen Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Gabriel Dominguez Direct, Cross; Anne Morie Sims Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Joseph Shebroe Direct, Cross; Jeanne Mulcahy Direct; Deborah Rowe Jackson Direct.

April 26 (Day 37) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. Cynthia Montgomery Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross, Further Re-direct; Jeff Klapakis Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross; Hamid Moleshi Direct.

April 25 (Day 36) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. Kassim Abdool Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross; Jeff Klapakis (Recalled) Direct, Cross; Craig Bonner (Recalled) Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross, Further Re-direct; Victor Alvarez Direct.

April 21 (Day 35) : Michael goes to court with Katherine. Brian Barron Cross (Contd), Re-direct, Re-cross, Further Re-direct, Further Re-cross; Stephen Cleaves Direct, Cross; Timothy Sutcliffe (Re-called) Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Timothy Rooney Direct, Cross; Steven Moeller Direct, Cross; Jeff Klapakis (Re).

April 20 (Day 34) : Michael goes to court with Katherine. Brian Barron Direct, Cross.

April 19 (Day 33) : Michael goes to court with Katherine. Janet Jackson Re-direct, Re-cross, Further Re-direct; Victor M Alvarez Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Mario A Ventura, Direct; William F Caldwell Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Rod Forney Direct, Cross; Michael Davey Direct, Cross; Janet Williams Direct, Cross.

April 18 (Day 32) : Michael goes to court with Katherine. Janet Jackson Cross (Contd), Re-direct.

April 15 (Day 31) : Michael goes to court with Katherine. The prosecution shows the Jury surveillance videos of the Arvizo family by Brad Miller. Janet Jackson Direct (Contd), Cross.

April 14 (Day 30) : Michael goes to court with Katherine. Janet Jackson Direct (Contd).

April 13 (Day 29) : Michael goes to court with Katherine. Jay D Jackson Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross, Further Re-direct, Further Re-cross; Janet Jackson Direct.

April 12 (Day 28) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Jackie. Testimony of Jay Jackson (Gavin’s stepfather). Jay Jackson is cross examined. He is followed by his wife Janet Arvizo Jackson who pleads the 5th amendment to avoid questions about her welfare fraud.

April 11 (Day 27) : Michael goes to court with Katherine, Tito & Jackie. Bob Jones Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross, Further Re-direct; Stacy Brown Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross; June Chandler, Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross; Dwayne Swingler Direct, Cross, Re-direct.

April 8 (Day 26) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Tito. Adrian Marie McManus (Contd) Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross, Further Re-direct; Phillip LeMarque Direct Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross, Further Re-direct, Further Re-cross.

April 7 (Day 25) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Tito. Ralph Chacon Direct, Cross, Re-dircet, Re-cross; Adrian Marie McManus Direct, Cross.

April 5 (Day 24) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. Jason Francia is cross examined. Then his lawyer Chriss Kallman & his mother Blanca Francia testify.

April 4 (Day 23) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. Jesus Salas is cross examined. Jesus Salas (Contd) Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross; Jason Francia Direct, Cross.

April 1 (Day 22) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. Jeff Klapakis (Contd) Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Jack Green Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross, Further Re-direct; Larry Feldman, Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross, Further Re-direct, Further Re-cross; Jesus Salas Direct.

March 30 (Day 21) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. Cynthia Ann Bell Re-direct, Re-cross, Re-direct continued; Stan J Katz Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross, Further Re-direct; William Dickerman Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Jeff Klapakis (Recalled) Direct, Cross.

March 29 (Day 20) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. Robert Spinner Direct (contd), Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross; Jamie Masada Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross; Cynthia Ann Bell Direct, Cross.

March 28 (Day 19) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. 1108 motion ruling; George Lopez Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Ann Serrano Lopez Direct, Cross, Re-direct; Robert Spinner Direct (re-called) (re-opened).

March 25 (Day 18) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. Testimonies about Michael & Gavin’s DNA found on the same porno magazine. Timothy Sutcliffe Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross, Further Direct, Further Cross; Alicia Romero Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross; Nancy Diana Torres Direct, Cross; Michelle Shelley Direct, Cross, Re-direct; James Wittenbrock Direct, Cross, Re-di.

March 24 (Day 17) : Michael goes to court with Katherine, Joe, Jackie & Marlon. Dr. Antonio Cantu Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross, Further Direct, Further Cross; Lisa Susan Roote Henman Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross, Further Direct, Further Cross; Charlene Marie Direct & Cross; Heriberto Martinez JR. Direct & Cross; Timo.

March 23 (Day 16) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. Robert Charles Cooley Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross; Freddy Padilla Direct, Cross; Craig Bonner Direct, Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross Further Direct, Further Cross; Dr. Antonio Cantu Direct & Cross.

March 22 (Day 15) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. Louise Palanker Direct, Cross, Redirect, Re-cross & Further Redirect.

March 21 (Day 14) : Michael is once again taken to the hospital because of back pain. He then goes to court with Katherine, Joe & Jackie where a doctor explains the health state of Michael to the judge who agrees to let him go home. Conn Abel Direct & Cross; Anthony Joseph Urquizo Direct, Cross, Redirect & Recross; Lauren Wallace Direct, Cross & Redirect; Louise Palanker Direct.

March 17 (Day 13) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. Fritz Coleman – Direct, Cross & Redirect. Kiki Fournier – Direct & Redirect. Ruby Wolff – Direct & Redirect. Shawn O’Grady – Direct & Redirect. Jeffery Ellis – Direct & Redirect. Conn Abel – Direct & Redirect.

March 16 (Day 12) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Joe. The prosection shows to the Jury the erotic material found during the Neverland search. Steve Robel Cross, Re-direct, Re-cross. Paul Zelis Direct, Cross.

March 15 (Day 11) : Michael goes to court with Katherine, Joe, Jackie & Tito. Mesereau completes Gavin’s cross examinations. The following prosecution witnesses are Terry Flaa, Steve Robel & Jeff Klapakis.

March 14 (Day 10) : Michael goes to court with Katherine, Joe, Jackie & Tito. Mesereau cross-examines Gavin.

March 10 (Day 9) : Michael arrives one hour late and dressed with pajamas with Katherine, Joe, Jermaine & Tito because a terrible back-ache took him to the emergency room of the hospital. Gavin’s testimony resumes.

March 9 (Day 8) : Michael goes to court with Katherine, Joe, Jermaine & Tito. Mesereau completes the cross examination. The next witness is Gavin Arvizo.

March 8 (Day 7) : Michael goes to court with Katherine, Joe & Jermaine. Mesereau cross examines Star.

March 7 (Day 6) : Michael goes to court with Katherine, Joe & Jermaine. Mesereau finishes Davellin Arvizo’s cross examination. The prosecution presents the audio interview of the Arvizo family to the Jury before calling their next witness : Star Arvizo.

March 4 (Day 5) : Michael goes to court with Katherine, LaToya & Jermaine. The prosecution shows the rebuttal interview of the Arvizo family made by Michael’s team. Davellin Arvizo is cross examined by Mesereau.

March 3 (Day 4) : Michael goes the court with Jackie & Katherine. The prosecution shows a video of the Neverland search to the Jury. Albert Lafferty testifies followed by Davellin Arvizo.

March 2 (Day 3) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Jackie. Ann Gabriel is cross examined by the defense.

March 1 (Day 2) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Jackie. Mesereau completes his opening statement. The prosecution opens his case by showing the Martin Bashir documentary to the Jury before calling Bashir as the first witness. His testimony is followed by the one of Ann Gabriel.

February 28 (Day 1 of the trial) : Michael goes to court with Katherine & Jermaine. District attorney Thomas Sneddon Jr gives his opening statement followed by Thomas Mesereau’s.

February 25 : Michael goes to court to attend the last preliminary hearing before the trial starts.

February 24 (day 6) : Michael goes to court where the 8 alternate members of the Jury are selected.

February 23 (day 5) : Michael goes to court where the 8 members of the Jury are selected.

February 22 (day 4) : Michael goes to court where Jury selection continues.

February 14 (day 3) : Michael goes to court where Jury selection resumes after a break due to Mesereau’s sister death.

February 1 (day 2) : Michael goes to court where Jury selection continues.

January 31 (Day 1 of Jury selection) : Michael arrives at court without his family and friends due to a lack of space in the courtroom.

January 30 : Michael releases a video statement approved by Judge Melville, calling leaks from the grand jury “disgusting and false.”, asserting that he “will be acquitted and vindicated when the truth is told.”

2004

December 21 : Hamid Moslehi (Michael’s videographer from 96 to 2003) files a civil complaint agains’t Michael for non payment of his work on Take 2 and Private Home Movies.

December 20 : During a hearing at the Santa Maria Courthouse, Judge Melville refuses defense request to delay the trial for 6 weeks.

December 4 : Michael accepts to provide a sample of his saliva to the police for DNA testing.

December 3 : More than one year after searching Neverland, the Santa Barabara Police investigators come back to the ranch to make pictures and measures…

November 29 : Michael’s lawyers go to the Santa Maria courthouse where Judge Melville refuses them the right to have a psychiatrist analyse the Arvizo family.

November 16 : Marc Schaffel files a civil complaint in Los Angeles seeking 3 $ millions for money loans. He reveals that he has written a tell all book about Michael with Stuart Backerman.

November 4 : Michael’s lawyers go to the Santa Maria Courthouse where Judge Melville refuses to withdraw Tom Sneddon from the case.

A man called Joseph Bartucci files a civil complaint in New Orleans claiming that Michael abused him in May 1984 when he was 18 and he supposedly suppressed that from his memory until 2003…

October 15 : Steve Cochran leaves Michael’s legal team.

October 14 : Michael’s layers go to the Santa Maria Courthouse where Judge Melville refuses to withdraw the case and to suppress any elements taken during the search of Neverland and Brad Millers’ offIce.

October 4 : Michael’s lawyers present a motion to withdraw Tom Sneddon from the case because of his too personal involvment.

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.

September 16 (Day 6) : The pre- trial resumes in Santa Maria.

September 15 : Police search the house of Evvy Tavasci, Michael ‘s assistant since 1991!

September 13 : Debbie gives an interview to Entertainment Tonight. Considering that she has violated her confidentiality agreement, Randy decides to cancel her annual 1$ million payment.

August 23 (Day 5) : Because she has just given birth to a baby boy, Janet Arvizo Jackson can’t go testify so the pre-trial is delayed…

August 20 (Day 4) : Testimonies of Joseph Marcus & Violet Silva about the Neverland search.

August 19 (Day 3) : Testimonies of Jay Jackson & William Dickerman. The defense plays a video tape of the Neverland search.

August 17 (Day 2) : Testimony of Stanley Katz (Gavin’s psychologist).

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 2 : Michael’s lawyers depose a motion against Sneddon for violating the gag order.

July 27 : Mesereau goes to Santa Maria where he obtains the trial to be pushed back to January 31st 2005…

July 9 : During a hearing in Santa Maria , Judge Melville scolds Michael for violating the gag order in a written statement.

June 25 : Mesereau goes to a hearing in Santa Maria .

June 15 : Judge Melville refuses to lower Michael’s bail.

Diane Dimond reveals the details of the Chandler secret financial settlement of 1994…

June : Randy fires Bob Jones, vice president of MJJ Productions since 1987, after discovering that he is writting a tell all book on Michael. He also stops paying Marc Schaffel.

May 28 : Mesereau goes to the Santa Maria courthouse with Brian Oxman & Joe Jackson for an hearing where Judge Melville sets September 13 as date for the trial to begin.

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 24 : Randy hosts a meeting at Michael’s house in Orlando with his civil lawyer Brian Oxman and top criminal lawyer Thomas Mesereau Jr.

April 21 : Michael who is is a rented mansion in Orlando learns that he has been indicted by the Grand Jury in Santa Barabara. He asks Randy to intervene quickly.

April 11 : Medias report the allegations of Daniel Kapon, a young man who claims to have been abused by Michael when he was a kid. It turns out that the Santa Barbara Police Department did not find him credible and closed this case after investigating it.

April 2 : Geragos & Brafman go to Santa Maria courthouse where they obtain the Arvizo family court documents in the JC Penney case.

Judge Lachs refuses visitation rights to Debbie but he accepts to nullify her 2001 decision to give up her parental tights which sets a new battle between Michael & Debbie’s attorneys.

March 30 : Gavin & Star Arvizo testify before the Grand Jury.

March 29 : Prosecutor Ron Zonen gives his opening statement during the first day of a Grand Jury proceeding where neither Michael nor his lawyers have the rights to appear. Members of the media are also prohibitted from attending.

March 25 : Secret Jury selection is completed in Santa Barbara.

Michael files a lawsuit in US District Court in Los Angeles to regain possessions that were sold to a European buyer by Henry Vaccaro.

March 19 : The Department of Child & Family Services of Los Angeles refuses to remove Michael’s children from his care.

March : Sneddon sets a Grand Jury proceeding to avoid the preliminary hearing.

February 20 : Retired family judge Stephen Lachs accepts to mediate Michael & Debbie litigation over her visitation rights on Prince & Paris.

February 13 : Geragos & Brafman go to Santa Maria Courthouse where they obtain a delay of the prelimiary hearing to have more time to study the prosecution case.

February 7 : Michael hires Raymone Bain as new official Spokesperson.

January 31 : The police searches the houses of Marc Schaffel & his assistant Christian Robinson.

January 24 : Social workers from the Department of Child & Family Services of Los Angeles go to Michael’s rented mansion in Beverly Hills to talk with Prince, Paris, Blanket & Grace.

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!

January 15 : Geragos announces that Michael & him have hired top criminal layer Benjamin Brafman.

Gloria Allred asks the Department of Child & Family Services of Los Angeles to remove Michael’s children from his care.

January 12 : While Jermaine gives a press conference outside Hayvenhurst to organize fans’ support, Mark Geragos hosts a big meeting of Michael’s team at the Beverly Hills Hotel attended by Charles Koppleman, Leonard Muhammad, Al Malnik, John Branca, Alan Whitman, Zia Modabber & Kevin Mac Lin.

Marc Schaffel & Dieter Wiesner have lunch with Debbie Rowe at the Ivvy restaurant to talk about her children.

2003

December 31 : While the media claim that the NOI has taken over Michael’s business, a worried Debbie who can’t get in touch with Michael & her children decides to file for visitation rights.

The Santa Barbara Sherriff Jim Anderson gives a press conference to denies Michael’s claim that he was manshandled by the police during his arrestation.

June 10 : In Indianapolis, Michael gives a deposition following a lawsuit brought by Steeltown Records boss Gordon Keith.

December 30 : Stuart Backerman resigns because of the presence of the Nation Of Islam.

December 18 : Prosecutors formally charge Michael with seven counts of lewd acts on a child under 14 and two counts of administrating an intoxicating agent to a child for the purpose of committing a crime during a timeline going from February 7 to March 20 2003.

Mark Geragos denies all these allegations during a special interview at the Larry King Show featuring also Jermaine who alleges that Michael was mistreated by the police during his arrestation.

Late november : A delegation from the Nation Of Islam (the NOI) led by Louis Farrakhan, his son and son-in-law Leonard Muhammad meet Michael in his Ritz Carlton suite. Soon after the NOI take over Michael’s security. His former bodyguards are fired. NOI cut contacts between Michael and his team (Dieter Wiesner, Ronald Kontizer & Marc Schaffel).

Dieter Wiesner flies back to Germany.

November 24 : Michael & Mark Geragos sue Extra Jet for illegally taping them during their flight from Las Vegas to Santa Barbara.

November 20 : Michael arrives at the Santa Barbara airport in a private Jet with Grace & his attorney Mark Geragos where he is handcuffed and taken to the Santa Barbara County main jail. He is allowed to walk free after posting a $3 million bail, posing for a mugshot and being advised of the charges against him.

Geragos gives a press conference to refute those allegations.

November 19 : While the news of the Neverland search is covered by every media around the world, DA Tom Sneddon & Sherriff Jim Anderson give a press conference to announce that they have a stop warrant against Michael in connection to new allegations of child molestation made by a 12 year old boy. Media learn that the boy accusing Michael is Gavin.

November 18 : The Number Ones CD & DVD are released in the .

Tom Sneddon chooses this specific day to raid Neverland with a search warrant accompanied by 7O members of the Santa Barbara County Sherriff.

Diane Dimond is the first “journalist” to report the news for Court TV (she was informed of this raid by Sneddon).

Other searches are done at Bradley Miller (Mark Geragos’ private investigator) & Hamid Moslehi (Michael’s videographer) ‘ houses.

Michael issues a statement through his spokesman Stuart Backerman.

October 6 : Michael & Dieter have a meeting with representatives of CinéGroupe at Neverland Ranch. They agree to be partners in the project to be named “MJ Studios – The Movie Studio of Tomorrow”.

September 8 : Michael goes to Montreal with Dieter Wiesner.

July 06 : The Arvizo family gives depositions to the Santa Barbara Police Department.

June 13 : After weeks of backgound plotting, Feldman & Katz finally report the allegations of the family to the Santa Barbara County Sherriff. District Attorney Tom Sneddon asks Feldman not to file a civil suit before he has completed a criminal investigation…

June 11 : The lawsuit between Myung-Ho Lee and Michael has been settled out of court.

June 10 : Michael, for his second attempt, gives a court-ordered deposition in Indianapolis for a copyright lawsuit regarding the “Pre-History: The Lost Steeltown Recordings” album; he testifies that he was never involved with the album’s production or release. Michael is subsequently removed from the case.

Michael hires Charles Koppleman as a new business adviser.

May 15 + 29 : Larry Feldman sends Gavin, Star & Davellin to consult Stanley Katz. (the psychologist who “analysed” Jordy Chandler).

May 9 : Michael files a lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court seeking unpaid royalties for his Motown recordings.

April 16 : The Santa Barbara Police Department closes his investigation with no elements against Michael. Dickerman sends the family to consult Larry Feldman (the lawer who negociated the civil settlement between Michael & the Chandlers).

March 26 : William Dickerman sends a letter to Mark Geragos asking for the family belongings to be returned.

March 14 : Michael is ordered to pay $5,3 million to concert promoter Marcel Avram for the cancellation of the Millenium Concerts.

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 11 : Vinnie takes Janet Arvizo to the Los Angeles family court where she obtains an increase of her ex husband child support.

March 10 : Vinnies takes Gavin to the hospital for a urine test. On the way back, he drops Janet Arvizo at her boyfriend’s and takes Gavin back to Neverland.

March 1 : The family’s appartment is emptied at the mother’s request and their belongings are put into storage (paid by Michael).

February 25 : Franck & Vinnie take Janet Arvizo to the Laugh Factory where she has a second meeting with Dickerman. After that, they take the family to the Calabasas Inn where they stay for 5 days in order to obtain the Visas and look for a new appartment paid by Michael for the family.

February 21 : Janet Arvizo is back at Neverland and she defends Michael to Fox News’ journalist Rita Cosby who came to the ranch to meet them. Following the advice of her friend Jamie Massada, Janet consults a lawyer named William Dickerman.

February 20 : Three social workers come to Jay Jackson’s to interview Gavin & his family. Once again they defend Michael and say nothing innapropriate ever happended. Chris Tucker’s girlfriend Azja Pryor is there to support the family and after the interview she takes the children to Neverland while Vinnie takes Janet to a federal office in LA in order to obtain birth certificates of the family that they will need to get visas & passeports for a planned trip in Brazil.

February 19 : Hamid Moslehi goes to Neverland to pick up Gavin, Star & Davellin and take them to his house while Vinnie Amen (a friend of Franck) pick up Janet Arvizo & Jay Jackson. In the presence of Wiesner, Brad Miller, Christian Robinson & Jay Jackson, Janet & her children tape a long interview where they defend MIchael. After the taping ends, Vinnie takes Janet back to Jay Jackson’s and the Arvizo kids back to Neverland. The interview is supposed to be included in the TV rebuttal but Moslehi asks $ 400 000 that he is owed for the Bashir outtakes which Schaffel & Wiesner refuse.

February 18 : Santa Barbara Police Department opens an investigation on Michael Jackson based on a letter from Gloria Allred & Carol Lieberman…

February 17 : LA Family Service calls Janet Arvizo to set an interview between her children & social workers on February 20.

February 16 : Bradley Miller (Geragos’ private investigator) comes to Jay Jackson ‘s to record a tape interview of Gavin, Star, Davellin & Janet where they defend Michael. Just after, the Arvizos are taken back to Neverland by Michael’s chauffeur Gary Hearn but once they arrive, Janet asks Michael’s bodygard Chris Carter to take her back to her boyfriend’s appartment leaving her children at the ranch with Michael…

February 15 : Ann Gabriel is fired by Mark Geragos after wanting to appear on US TV show Access Hollywood as Michael’s Spokesperson.

February 14 : The Los Angeles Family Service opens an investigation on Michael Jackson’s relationship with Gavin based on a phone call made from his school…

Janet & her children go to her boyfriend’s appartment, Jay Jackson.

February 13 : Franck Cascio arrives at the ranch and he calls Janet Arvizo on the phone (recording the conversation) to ask her to come back to Neverland in order to avoid the media frenzy.

February 12 : After an argument with Wiesner & Konitzer, Janet Arvizo asks Jesus Salas (a Neverland employee) to take her & the children to her parent’s house in El Monte . He accepts to take the family out of Neverland in the middle of the night…

February 11 : Janet Arvizo gets a body wax in a beauty shop close to Neverland.

February 9 : David LeGrand hires his girlfrend Ann Gabriel as a consultant for Michael’s PR Team.

February 8 : CBS Entertainment (Ed Bradley & Jack Saussman) arrive at Neverland in order to interview Michael for their show 60 Minutes but Michael cancels the interview when he hears about the leak of the Chandler deposition. Bradley does get to meet Gavin & his family (who volunteer to give an interview to defend Michael!) as well as Mark Geragos, Michael’s freshly hired criminal lawyer who came to Neverland to meet Michael and make Gavin’s mother sign a release stating that Michael’s relation with Gavin was never innapropriate.

February 6 : Jordy Chandler’s 1993 deposition is leaked on the Smoking Gun website which create a new controversy.

In Miami , Wiesner & Konitzer ask Janet Arvizo to sign a complaint against Granada Television, the company which produced LWMJ.

LWMJ is aired on American’s network ABC. Michael is devastated.

February 5 : Gavin, his mother Janet, brother Star & sister Davellin go to Miami on a private Jet with Chris Tucker. Once arrived, they check in the Turnberry Isle Resort where Michael & his friends stay.

Marc Schaffel convinces Debbie to come to his house and do an interview for Michael by promising her that she will get to see her children. Debbie gives a long interview to journalist Ian Drew in the presence of her lawyer/friend Iris Finsilver, Marc Shaffel, his assistants Christian Robinson & Rudy Provencio, as well as Michael’s new spokesman Stuart Backerman.

Scheffel also hires David LeGrand, a new layer based in Las Vegas.

February 4 : A huge controversy arises in the UK over Michael’s admission that he loves to share his bed with children & his interview with Gavin Arvizo.

Gavin’s mother, Janet Arvizo agrees to give an interview to the London Daily Mail where she defends MIchael against $4000!

Michael calls gavin and asks him to come to Miami to do a press conference. Following Marc Schaffel’s idea he also calls Debbie to ask her to do an interview for him.

February : In a series of letters drawn by Wiesner & Konitzer, Michael terminates his working relationship with John Branca, Barry Siegel, Trudy Green & Howard Koffman.

January 27 : Michael is staying at the Miami Oriental Hotel with Grace, the kids & Dieter Wiesner. He shows Dieter a letter he just received from his accountant Barry Siegel.

January 11 : Dieter Wiesner & Ronald Konitzer officially take over Michael’s management in a written agreement. They start working on a plan named MJ Universe which Is supposed to relaunch Michael’s carrer.

2002

December 3/4 : Michael goes back to the Santa Maria Courthouse to resume his testimony in the Marcel Avram trial. He arrives on crutches after being severly bitten by a spider at Neverland.

December : Michael invites Dieter Wiesner & Ronald Konotzer at Neverland to work on a 10 year plan named “MJ Universe”.

November 13/14/15 : Michael goes to the Santa Maria Courthouse to testify in the Marcel Avram trial. His appearance causes media frenzy.

April : Michael’s former business manager Myung-Ho Lee files a $13 million lawsuit claiming that on September 14, Michael met him in Los Angeles and signed an agreement to pay him those fees but he never got them. Michael’s lawyer Zia Moddaber answsers that his client never signed anything and was not even in Los Angeles on that date…

2001

October 17 : Debbie Rowe goes to the family court in Los Angeles to give up her parental rights on Prince & Paris because she says she has not seen them for a year and do not want to disturb them by making intrusions in their life once in a while.

2000

September 30 : Michael sells his merchandising rights to Dieter Wiesner who creates MJ NET Entertainment.

June : Marcel Avram sue Michael for breach of contract of the Millenium Concerts and asks for $21 million.

May 30 : Michael becomes a key investor and partner of HollywoodTicket.com Inc.

March 13 : Michael cancells a visit to Poland after talks about a theme park project he was involved in broke down. MJ wanted to build a theme park in the city since his first visit there in 1996, but difficulties in finding an appropriate site held up progress.

1999

October 8 : Debbie officially files for divorce and sign a confidentiality agreement.

1997

February 4 : Michael goes to a courtroom in Rome to testify that he didn’t steal Will You Be There from Italian artist Al Bano.

1996

June 7 : Evan Chandler sues Michael, Lisa Marie, Sony Music, Diane Sayer & ABC Television for breaking the confidential agreement of their 1994 settlement.

March 01 : Michael gives a three hour long videotaped deposition at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York City as part of a lawsuit filed by five Neverland employees against Michael for wrongful dismissal.

1994

September 24 : Tom Sneddon & Gill Garcetti announce that there is not enough evidence to charge Michael with child molestation…

February 15 : Michael wins this new trial!

February 14 : Michael goes to a Denver courtroom to testify that he did not steal the song “Dangerous” from Crystal Cartier as she proclaims.

February 9 : Santa Barbara ‘s District Attorney, Thomas Sneddon Jr & Los Angeles ‘ District Attorney Gill Garcetty both set up a Grand Jury to determine if there is enough evidence to indict Michael and put him through a criminal trial. Miko Brando is among the first to testify.

January 25 : Michael & Chandler’s lawyers reach an agreement to settle the civil case. The Chandlers agree to withdraw their complaint against a confidential financial compensation and the trial is cancelled.

January 24 : Los Angeles prosecutors announce that they do not have enough evidence to charge Evan Chandler with extorsion…

January 12 : Michael wins the trial for “The Girl Is Mine”, “Thriller” & “We Are The World”.

1993

December 28 : Concert promoter Marcel Avram files a $20 million breach of contract against Michael claiming Michael’s true condition was concealed on signing the contracts for the Dangerous Tour.

December 22 : New York Times : “Jackson aides confirmed the resignation of Bertram Fields, one of Hollywood’s top lawyers, and Anthony Pellicano, Mr. Jackson’s private investigator, after Daily Variety reported the departures. The Jackson camp, including the star’s mother, Katherine, had recently criticized Mr. Jackson’s advisers for their handling of the child molestation accusations against the entertainer. Mr. Fields, through an aide, denied that he and Mr. Pellicano had been dismissed. The 35-year-old Mr. Jackson faces criminal investigations in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara Counties into accusations that he sexually molested a 12-year-old boy in 1992. No charges have been filed against Mr. Jackson, who has denied the accusations. The investigations are expected to be concluded early next year. Jackson to Make Statement More pressing, Mr. Jackson faces a civil suit by the boy, who is now 13. The suit, which is expected to come to trial in March in Los Angeles Superior Court, accuses Mr. Jackson of specific sex acts with the boy and seeks unspecified damages”.

December 20 : Attorney Johnnie Cochran joins Michael’s legal team with Howard Weitzman. Cochran replaces Bert Fields.

Los Angeles Police Department and Santa Barbara Department go to Neverland with a search warrant. They take photographs of Michael’s body including his penis.

December 15 : Blanca Francia, Michael’s former personal maid gives a deposition in the civil lawsuit and sell her story to tabloid TV show Hard Copy claiming that her son Jason was a victim of Michael when he was 10.

December 1 : Meeting of Michael’s team at Elizabeth Taylor’s house in Bel Air. Johnnie Cochran is hired.

November 24 : Los Angeles Superior Court judge, David Rothman sets March 21, 1994, as the date for the civil suit against Michael to begin, denying a request from Michael’s attorneys to delay the proceddings until the criminal investigation is completed.

November 16 : Police obtain a strip search warrant for Michael Jackson in order to verify a descrition of his genitals given by Jordy…

November 10 : Second day of Michael’s deposition in Mexico in the copyright infringement lawsuit. The deposition is videtaped and later leaked to the press.

November 8 : While the Jackson family is in Phoenix for Samuel Jackson’s funerals, the police raids Hayvenhurst…

Michael’s attorney Howard Manning flies to Mexico City to take a deposition from Michael for a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by three songwriters claiming “Thriller”, “The Girl Is Mine” & “We Are The World” were stolen from them… The three hour long deposition is video taped and leaked later to the press.

September 21 : Two US detectives fly to Manila to question Mark & Faye Quindoy.

September : Michael asks John Branca and Howard Wetzman to take over Anthony Pellicano as his spokesmen.

August 30 : Police search Michael’s hotel room at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas.

August 24 : Michael’s criminal lawyer, Howard Weitzman reads a statement to the press on behalf of Michael while Anthony Pellicano reveals the accusations are the result of a failed attempt to extort money from Michael.

August 23 : The media reveal that Michael is under criminal investigation for child molestation which becomes of the biggest scandals of all time and will dominate newspapers, magazines, TV shows and tabloids for many months to come…

August 21 : The Los Angeles Police Department serve search warrants on Michael’s Neverland Valley Ranch in Santa Barbara and on his condominium known as the “hide-out” at 1101 Galaxy Way #2247 in Century City. Brett Barnes is at Neverland when the polices arrives for the search.

August 18 : Bert Fields and Anthony Pellicano inform Michael that the Los Angeles Police Department ‘s Sexually Exploited Child Unit has opened a criminal investigation on him. The same day, June & Dave are interviewed the LAPD.

August 17 : The Los Angeles Police Department officially opens a criminal investigation against Michael Jackson based on accusations of child molestation made by Jordy Chandler.

August 16 : On behalf of June Schwartz, attorney Michael Freeman notifies Rothman that he will be filing paper early the next morning that will force Chandler to turn over Jordy.
Reacting quickly Chandler takes Jordy to psychiatrist Mathis Abrams. During a gruelling three-hour session, Jordy tells Abrams that he was sexually molested by Michael.
Abrams, who is required by law to report any such accusations to authorities calls a social worker at the Department of Children’s Services who in turn contact the police. Within hours, Jordie is interviewed by a caseworker with the Los Angeles County Department of Children Services and an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department.

August 13 : During another meeting in Rothman’s office, Pellicano proposes a counter offer : a $ 350 000 screenwriting deal but Chandler rejects it…
Rothman makes a counterdemand: a deal for three screenplays that would amount to about 15 million dollars. Through Pellicano, Michael declines the counter-offer.

August 4 : Evan & Jordy meet Michael & Pellicano in a suite at the Westwood Marquis Hotel (this is the last time Michael & Jordy ever see each other)
Later that evening, Pellicano go to Rothman’s office where he & Chandler make their demand for $20 millions!!!

August 2 : Evan Chandler extracts a tooth from his son Jordie in his Beverly Hills clinic. During the procedure, he decides to intravenously administer the drug sodium Amytal. While under the influence of the drug, Jordie answers questions about Michael.

July 11 : Chandler & Rothman ask June to let Jordy stay with Evan for a “one week visitation period” but Evan does not return Jordy to June after one week as planned…

July 10 : Michael takes takes Jordy, Lily & June Chandler to his friend’s Michael Milken’s beach house in Los Angeles. Later, they are supposed to go to Neverland to celebrate Lily’s birthday but June cancels the trip and decides to ga back to her home in L.A. Michael returns to Neverland alone.

July 9 : Dave & June Schwartz play the tape conversation to Pellicano who then visits Jordy & Lily at Michael’s Century City condominium. Pellicano asks Michael, June and Dave to leave the room to be alone with Jordie. After asking him questions for one hour, the PI is convinced that nothing happened betweet the boy and Michael Jackson.

July 8 : During a phone call to Dave Schwartz (Jordy’s stepfather), Evan threatens to destroys Michael if he doesn’t get what he wants. Michael’s attorney Bert Fields hires private investigator Anthony Pellicano to investigate the Chandlers.

July 7 : Evan Chander files a modification of his custody agrement. The documents petition the courts to forbid Jordie from going anywhere near Michael. Evan requests that Jordie receive psychiatric help to determine the full extent of Michael’s influence on him. He also accuses June of “nurtering” the relationship between Jordie & Michael.

July 2 : Evan Chandler & Dave Schawartz meet at Rent-A-Wreck to discuss what is going on in the family. Evan asks Dave’s help to put an end to the relationship between Jordie ans Michael.

Early July : Evan Chandler hires attorney Barry Rothman and together set a plot to extort money from Michael.

VIDEO/AUDIO MESSAGES

January 30, 2005 : Michael releases a video statement approved by Judge Melville.

December 20, 2004 : Michael records a video message to thank his fans on his MJJ SOURCE website.

December 23, 2002 : Michael makes a Christmas televised message via The German channel ZDF to his fans and the world asking us to not only love but to care for those in need and continue to help him in his efforts to HEAL THE WORLD for children.

August 2002 : Michael releases a videotaped message addressing the victims of the severe flood in Germany. Following extremely heavy rain falls, the flood at the river Elbe in Germany caused damages which were estimated to run into billions. Hundreds of thousands of people had to be evacuated, thousands of houses were destroyed or are uninhabitable, several people were killed. The flood also caused severe damages in Austria and the Czech Republic and has been considered to be the worst in the last 100 years in this region. : “To the people of Germany: I send my deepest concern, my deepest and most heartfelt condolences. You are not alone, I am here in spirit with you. And you are in my prayers. Remember – God is with you. And have faith in the fact that this too shall pass. All my love and caring. I love you forever. Thank you.”

March 2001 : The German tv show “Wetten, dass..?” (ZDF) celebrated it’s 20th anniversary in 2001. Several celebrities, including Michael Jackson, sent messages to congratulate “Wetten, dass..?” and show host Thomas Gottschalk. Below follows a transcript of Michael’s audio message: “Hi, this is Michael Jackson. I would like to say hello to all my fans in Germany and ZDF. Congratulations for the 20th anniversary of ‘Wetten, dass…?’. Thomas, there will be at least 20 more successful years. Ich liebe Euch.” [“I love you” in German]”.

PUBLIC SPEECHES/PRESS CONFERENCES

March 05, 2009 : This Is It press conference in London, UK.

December 30, 2006 : Michael, along with Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Raymone attends James Brown’s funerals held at the James Brown arena in Augusta (Georgia) and makes a speech.

August 30, 2003 : Michael attends a fan-club party for his birthday with the Cascio family, Omer Bhatti, Prudence Brando, Karen Faye & Dieter Wiesner among others. The show is hosted by Steve Harvey and at the end Michael gives a long speech to thank his fans and announce his future plans…

July 9, 2002 : Michael goes to Al Sharpton’s National Action Network headquaters in Harlem where he speaks again of a conspiracy in the record industry against black artists.

June 15, 2002 : Michael attends a fan-club event with Uri Geller at the Equinox nightclub in London where he speaks for the first time of his problems with Sony and his CEO Tommy Mottolla.

March 6, 2001 : Michael goes to the Oxford University to give a moving speech about childhood.

February 14, 2001 : Michael gives a press conference for “Heal The Kids” at the Carnegie Hall in New York with Shmuley Boteach & Frank Cascio.

MJ IN THE PRESS (MAGAZINES/PHOTOSHOOTS)

2007

December 17 : Michael appears on the cover of Jet magazine.

November 12 : Michael’s issue of Ebony magazine celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Thriller hits the newsstands in the US.

October 3 : Michael’s issue of L’Uomo Vogue Magazine hit the newstands in Italy.

September 25 : Michael (with Blanket by his side) gives an interview to Harriete Cole for his upcoming Ebony coverstory at the Four Seasons Hotel in NYC.

September 15 : Michael makes a photoshoot at the Boylan Studios in NYC for an upcoming cover of Italian L’Uomo Vogue magazine with photographer Bruce Weber.

January 26 : Michael makes a brief conference call with the Associated Press to tell them of his plans to visit Japan and attend two events in March, one with business community and one for fans.

2006

May 23 : Michael talks briefly to Showbiz Reporter Fiona Cummins at the London offices of Harrods where he is visiting his close pal Mohamed Al Fayed.

2005

September 16 : Michael phones to Linda Deutsch from the Associated Press through Raymone Bain.

2004

February : Interview Magazines publishes an interview of Michael done by this friend Brett Ratner.

2003

June 13 : For the first time, Michael takes on the role of interviewer for the August 2003 edition of Interview Magazine. He interviews producer Pharrell Williams (of The Neptunes) in a telephone conversation.

Early January : Michael, who is in Miami, gives an interview to tabloid “The Globe” where he speaks for the first time of his pain from the spider bite and he shows a picture of his leg.

2002

November 28 : Bunte magazine publishes a short interview of Michael.

July 13 : Michael gives a live telephone interview with The Journal News.

June 01 : Michael gives an interview to Gold Magazine. In the interview he talks about a new movie project named “Wolfed”.

February : Michael is on the cover of the March issue of VIBE magazine with an exclusive interview & photoshoot that took place in December 2001 at Neverland.

2001

December 14 : Michael gives an interview to USA Today.

October 30  : Michael is on the cover of TV Guide with an exclusive interview and pictures.

September 17 : Michael speaks with Rolling Stone on his upcoming recording of “What More Can I Give” for 9/11 victims.

1999

Late November : To celebrate Thriller as the best video ever, Michael graces the cover of TV Guide (issue dated December 4, 1999) with an exclusive photoshoot + an interview given recently in a New York hotel. In the interview Michael talks about his new album : “I have a couple of things planned. I think it’s going to be totally different from what I did before. There’s a song on the new album called “I Have This Dream.” It’s a millennium song about the world and the environment that I cowrote with Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster.” MJ also talks about Lisa Marie : “Lisa’s sweet. I like her very much, and we are friends. And who knows what tomorrow brings? I have no idea how she feels today. I’ll just say that. She comes to my house and sees the children, and we talk on the phone, that sort of thing.”

July 3-4 : In the Studios Duran Duboi in Issy les Moulineaux, a commune in the southwestern suburban area of Paris, Michael makes a top secret photoshoot with French photograph Arnaud Bani, his make up artist Karen Faye and stylist Michael Bush.

April 26 : Michael gives an interviews on a 4AM phone call with Paul Theroux, discussing Elizabeth Taylor, fame and isolation, hobbies, his childhood, and his children.

April 12 : In the office of Harrods in London, Michael gives an interview to Piers Morgan for UK tabloid Daily Mirror. The interview is published front page on April 13 + April 14. In the interview Michael talks about new music : ‘I’m right in the middle of the album. I’m half way through and it’s just a calvacade of wonderful songs and I’m putting everything I have into it. I’m putting my heart into it because I’m not sure if I’m going to really really do it again. This may be my last one as far as an album. I may do – the next is doing soundtrack albums. Soundtracks and films but not just straight out pop albums. I want to touch the world. I want to touch the heart, the emotion of the entire world and every demographic from a child to older people, from the farmer in Ireland to the lady who scrubs toilets in Harlem, I mean I want to reach every demographic I can, through the love and joy and the simplicity of music.

During the interview, MJ reveals that he is working on a new charity song to help the the crisis in Yugoslavia : “I wrote a song What More Can I Give that I want to put all the stars together and if I could do it here in Britain it would be great. Maybe I should do it in Britain. I wrote it and I want to give the proceeds to the families of Yugoslavia. Maybe I should do it here instead of America and get all your celebrities in England and if the Americans want to fly down too. One of the things I didn’t like about “We are the World” song that I wrote was I didn’t like the idea “USA for Africa” it was like it was discriminating the rest of the world. I asked for the Bee Gees and I asked for other groups and they said “they weren’t born here” I said “I don’t care! I just want the world to show that they care”. I mean I am not into politics and I don’t talk about religion and politics but I think it’s totally ignorant and it’s wrong to hurt people, to hurt innocent children over some political issue? I think its genocide; I think it’s wrong. Ethnic cleansing? It’s ignorant, it’s stupid.”

April : Elizabeth Taylors makes a photoshoot at Neverland for Talk Magazine. She talks about Michael in the interview. Michael talks about Elizabeth in a phone interview to the reporter Paul Theroux (the issue is released in October 1999).

1998

April 21 : Michael gives an interview to Laurent Hopman from in his hotel suite in Los Angeles.

February 13 : Michael gives an interviews to Adrian Grant in Los Angeles for Grant’s “Making HIStory” book. Michael discusses Brazil where he made his video, ‘They Don’t Really Care About Us,’ Spike Lee, Money, You Are Not Alone, his favorite songs on History, Princess Diana, Elton John, Ghosts and JF Kennedy.

1997

Late November : Michael & Prince Michael Jr are on the cover of LIFE magazine. The photoshoot took place recently at Neverland with photographer Harry Benson. In the interview Michael speaks about Lisa Marie : “But there is one subject to which Michael repeatedly returns during four hours of conversation and picture-taking: Lisa Marie Presley. Michael’s voice quickens, even quavers, when he speaks of Lisa Marie. How she enjoys the baby. How they are still close after an amicable divorce. How they frolicked overseas the month before. He seems to pine for her. “Lisa Marie was just with me in Africa,” Michael says. “We (went to) IMAX theaters, simulated-ride safaris, dinner. We went parasailing. It was wonderful.” Even Debbie has acknowledged that Michael is still smitten. “He cares about her very much, but it didn’t work out and he was devastated,” she has said. “He loved her very much. Still does.” When asked if Lisa Marie has ever expressed second thoughts about not having been the one to bear his son, Michael insists, “She regrets it. She said so.” Would she still consider having a kid with him? “She’d like to, yes,” he says putting a mischievous finger to his lips. “Shh.” And there, on one nightstand, rests a framed photograph of Lisa Marie. Not a recent snapshot. Or even a formal portrait. But a picture apparently cut out of a magazine, placed as a child would place it, cockeyed, in a frame meant to hold a photo twice its size. A picture of Elvis and is little girl, then only five years old.” This is the age,” Michael says, “when I first met Lisa Marie. When her father first came to my concerts. I’ve known her ever since.”

March 25 : British magazine OK gets a world exclusive by publishing the first ever official pictures of Michael & Debbie with their son Prince accompanied by a candid interview of the couple. The photoshoot took place earlier this month at Neverland with photographer John Isaac.

1996

Early July : Michael makes a photoshoot with the 3T for the cover of their upcoming single “Why”.

1995

December 16 : Michael’s message of admiration to Quincy Jones is published in “Billboard” magazine for Jones’ cover issue.

June 16 : Both Life & Hello carry the same pictures of Michael & Lisa kissing (taken by Harry Benson).

Michael is on the cover of Entertainment Weekly.

May : Michael is on the cover of VIBE magazine with exclusive pictures taken at Neverland with Quincy Jones & his daughter Kidada.

Michael gives an interview to “Popcorn” magazine, discussing his “Artist of the Decade Award”, Lisa Marie, and his planned Germany visit.

1994

December : Michael does a photoshoot with photographer Steve Whitsitt for the cover of planned “Smile” single. He imitates Charlie Chaplin for the photoshoot.

In Chicago, Michael makes a photoshoot for the album’s booklet with his nephews Jeremy & Jourdynn & his cousins Elijah & Levon.

October : Michael & Lisa Marie are on the cover of Ebony with an exclusive interview of Michael by Robert Johnson.

September 12 : Michael’s interview with Randy Taborelli, discussing his relationship with Lisa Marie, is published in “Daily Mirror”.

September 11 : Michael and Lisa Marie Presley appear on the cover of Sunday magazine with a full Jackson Wedding Album Inside.

August 20 : Michael & Lisa Marie are on the cover of many magazine around the world (Jet, Hello, Paris Match ect…) with the exclusive pictures taken by photograph Dick Zimmerman in NYC.

April 24 : Michael makes a photoshoot with photographer Timothy White on the 10th floor of Big Sky Productions in NYC for the cover of History album.

1993

July 9 : Michael meets Nelson Mandela, who has flown in with his family to visit Michael and Elizabeth Taylor in Los Angeles. Michael asks photographer Harrison Funk to do a photoshoot of him with Taylor and Mandela.

June : Michael’s brief interview and photoshoot with “Disney Adventures” magazine, including a short handwritten message, is published.

Michael is on the cover of LIFE magazine with an exclusive cover story of Neverland. Photographer Harry Benson remembers : “At Neverland, I was told we had to stay outside, so we started in the flower-filled garden and moved on to the Ferris wheel and go-carts. When the publicist left, I asked Michael if we could go inside as I needed a cover for LIFE and several inside pages to fill. Michael said all right in his very soft voice, and in we went. He showed me his great house and I started photographing. We started in the living room and moved upstairs to the bedroom. I always like to photograph people in their bedrooms; it’s the most private room in the house.”

February 16 : Former President Jimmy Carter visits Michael at Neverland for Heal Our Children Co-Chairs and they pose for pictures together.

January 18 : While in Washington DC for the Clinton Presidential Inaugural Gala, Michael Jackson takes part in a photo shoot by artist photographer Lynn Goldsmith.

January 9 : Michael and Oprah Winfrey make a photoshoot together to promote their upoming TV Special for ABC.

1992

June 27 : Michael gives an interview to Daily Press about his book “Dancing the Dream” and the ideas represented within.

May : Michael is on the cover of Ebony magazine.

March 16 : Michael is on the cover of Jet magazine with an interview in Africa.

February 17 : Michael is on the cover of Jet Magazine for ” Remember The Time ” : Michael Jackson’s New Video Remember The Time When Blacks Were Kings And Queens.

January : Michael is on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

1991

December 2 : Michael appears on the cover of Jet magazine.

October 21 : Michael, Elizabeth & Larry are on the cover of People magazine.

January : Michael agrees to be photographed by Dilip Mehta, an Indian-born freelance photojournalist at the time introduced to MJ by the Indian doctor and thinker Deepak Chopra. The photographer has the opportunity to spend five nights at Neverland, allowing him to get to know the star through conversations and to share in his daily life. Photoshoots also taje place at Pebble Beach, not far from Monterey Bay, about a three-hour drive north of the Neverland Ranch. One of the sessions is held in what is now the Deluxe Ocean View Suite at the Lodge Hotel in Pebble Beach.

1990

July : The first publicity pictures of Michael ‘LA Gear campaign begin to circulate in magazines showing Michael dancing in the street with his niece Brandi and other children including Wade Robson.

MJ IN RADIO/WEB INTERVIEWS

2005

March 27 : Michael gives a one hour long interview to Rev. Jesse Jackson which is broadcast live on the Internet on the radio show “Keep Hope Alive With Rev. Jesse Jackson”.

2004

December 20 : Michael records a video message to thank his fans on his MJJ SOURCE website.

October 14 : Michael and his spokesperson Raymone Bain call EUR’s Lee Bailey to talk about Eminem’s new video ‘Just Lose It’ and the upcoming “Ultimate Collection” release.

October 12 : Michael calls the Steve Harvey Morning Radio Show to ask TV networks not to air Eminem new video which makes fun of him.

2003

October 30 : On the occasion of Halloween and following the release on the Internet of the single What More Can I Give , Michael grants again an interview to Rick Dees for the radio KIIS FM.

September 10 : Michael gives a telephone interview to DJ Rick Dees of US radio station KISS FM.

2002

Mid-August : Michael films a message for the victims of the recent floods in Germany.

February 19 : Michael gave an interview to Steve Harvey on his radio show The Steve Harvey Morning Show on Los Angeles’ The Beat 100.3. He discusses his album Invincible, the tabloids, and Neverland.

2001

October 26 : Michael participates in an Online Audio Chat with his fans hosted by Yahoo & Get Music, sponsored by Rolling Stone. With music critic/writer Anthony DeCurtis, he answers questions from fans via telephone about the new album, the recording process and his music.

1999

April 11 : Michael makes a surprise visit to Liberty Radio, a radio station owned by Mohammed Al Fayed. He gives an interview discussing his visit to Fulham Football Club with owner Mohammed Al Fayed, Elizabeth Taylor, collaborating with his brothers and 3T and his future plans.

1995

August 17 : Michael chats with his fans via The Sony Music Internet at the Museum of Television and Radio in Manhattan. He spends 70 minutes answering over 100 questions about his career, music, and life. More than 25,000 fans worldwide tune in to watch the event.

July 4 : Michael launches a new website called “The Museum of HIStory” a virtual museum with audio commentary on various songs, as well as other behind the scenes information.

1993

June 5 : Michael is interviewed by Rick Dees on the Radio Sation KIIS FM in Los Angeles.

TV INTERVIEWS

August 28, 2008 : From his home in Las Vegas, Michael gives a telephone interview to Chris Connolly, which airs on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ the following day.

October 15, 2006 : Michael agrees to let US journalist Billy Bush from Access Hollywood visit him at the Grouse Lodge residential recording studios in County Westmeath where he is working on new music with producer Will I AM (aired on NBC on November 2/3)

January 19, 2005 : After the leaks of the Grand Jury transcripts to the media, Judge Melville gives Michael permission to react. He gives an interview to Geraldo Rivera (the interview airs on Fox News on February 5, 2005).

November 16, 2004 : Michael makes a phone call Geraldo Riveira on MTV Rally in New York to thank his fans and speak against the Eminem video.

December 25, 2003 : From the Beverly Hills Hotel, Michael gives an interview to Ed Bradley (shown on CBS’s 60 minutes 3 days later) in the presence of Mark Geragos, Leonard Muhammad & Grace.

April 24, 2003 : Michael Jackson “Private Home Movies” airs on Fox TV. Michael hosts this two-hour special from his movie theatre in Neverland.

February 20, 2003 : “TAKE 2 : The Footage You Were Not Meant To See” is aired on FOX TV. It includes the outtakes of the Bashir interview & the interviews of Debbie, the Jackson family, Karen Faye, Hamid Moslehi & Jamie Massada. The Arvizo family interview is not included after all.

February 3, 2003 : “Living With Michael Jackson”, the Martin Bashir Documentary is premiered in on ITV.

November 7, 2001 : While in NYC, Michael gives several interviews to the TV shows TRL (MTV), Entertainment Tonight (CBS) et 106 & Park (BET).

October 15, 2001 : While Quincy Jones is promoting his autobiography On the Oprah Show, Michael calls him on the phone to congratulate him.