Defense rests in Jackson trial

Thursday, May 26, 2005

SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- The defense rested Wednesday in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial without putting the pop star on the stand, wrapping up after a three-week effort to portray the accuser and his mother as shakedown artists.

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