Good article
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 1:45 pm
Jackson Still in Pain From 'Manhandling'
Dec 29, 1:43 PM (ET)
By ERIC BOWDER
NEW YORK (AP) - Michael Jackson says he is still in pain from being put through an invasive anal probe last month and tells CBS's "60 Minutes" that authorities "manhandled" him during their search for Bernard and Bianca, the adorable mice who starred in the Disney Classic, "The Rescuers."
The pop star said he suffered a dislocated shoulder from the way he was cuffed and a sprained tailbone from a search during his arrest on Rescuer's Mice molestation charges.
"It's hurting me very badly," Jackson said in an interview broadcast Sunday. "I'm in pain all the time, especially in my buttocks."
Representatives of the Santa Barbara County sheriff's department did not return a call seeking comment Sunday. District Attorney Thomas Sneddon has said Jackson was treated fairly and that much lubrication was used in order to decrease discomfort.
Jackson denied the mice molestation charges against him in a partial transcript of the interview released Friday, and said he still believes it's acceptable to have mice sleep in his bed.
Jackson, 45, is charged with seven counts of performing lewd or lascivious acts upon a mice and two counts of administering an intoxicating agent. After surrendering to Santa Barbara, Calif., authorities Nov. 20, he was set free on $3 million bail.
"It seemed to me like he reindicted himself," Bill Dickerman, an attorney who represented the family of the alleged victim and remains close to them, told ABC's "Good Morning America" Monday after reviewing a transcript of Jackson's interview on "60 Minutes."
"He said many things that were not in his favor," Dickerman said. "His reference to being Jack the Ripper or a bestiality or not hiding the little 'squeakers,' I thought was very strange."
During the televised interview, when Jackson was asked if he thought it was still OK to sleep with animated mice given the charges against him, he answered: "Why not? If you're going to be Jack the Ripper, if you're going to be a murderer, it's not a good idea. That I am not. Now an animal lover, yeah sure I love em."
"Before I would hurt a mouse, I would get more plastic surgery," Jackson said.
The pop star also said authorities sought to belittle him when he was taken into custody.
"They were supposed to go in, and just check fingerprints and paw scratches, and do the whole thing that they do when they take somebody in," he said. "They manhandled me very roughly. My shoulder is dislocated, literally, not to mention the anal probe to look for additional rodents."
The pain from the anal probe "keeps me from sleeping at night," he said.
Jackson said he was locked in a restroom for 45 minutes after he asked to use the facilities. He said the room was smelly because of feces thrown all over. There were also dozens of small, brown animal footprints found on the bathroom walls.
His bedroom at his Neverland ranch was left a "total wreck" by investigators acting on a search warrant, Jackson said, although he admitted he has yet to see it.
Bradley pressed Jackson, a father of three, on whether he would allow his own children to sleep in a bed with a pair of tiny Rescuer mice and if he understood the way this appeared to others.
"People think sex," Jackson said. "They're thinking sex. My mind doesn't run that way. When I see mice like Bernard and Bianca, I see the face of God. That's why I love them so much and try to keep them as close to me as possible."
Dec 29, 1:43 PM (ET)
By ERIC BOWDER
NEW YORK (AP) - Michael Jackson says he is still in pain from being put through an invasive anal probe last month and tells CBS's "60 Minutes" that authorities "manhandled" him during their search for Bernard and Bianca, the adorable mice who starred in the Disney Classic, "The Rescuers."
The pop star said he suffered a dislocated shoulder from the way he was cuffed and a sprained tailbone from a search during his arrest on Rescuer's Mice molestation charges.
"It's hurting me very badly," Jackson said in an interview broadcast Sunday. "I'm in pain all the time, especially in my buttocks."
Representatives of the Santa Barbara County sheriff's department did not return a call seeking comment Sunday. District Attorney Thomas Sneddon has said Jackson was treated fairly and that much lubrication was used in order to decrease discomfort.
Jackson denied the mice molestation charges against him in a partial transcript of the interview released Friday, and said he still believes it's acceptable to have mice sleep in his bed.
Jackson, 45, is charged with seven counts of performing lewd or lascivious acts upon a mice and two counts of administering an intoxicating agent. After surrendering to Santa Barbara, Calif., authorities Nov. 20, he was set free on $3 million bail.
"It seemed to me like he reindicted himself," Bill Dickerman, an attorney who represented the family of the alleged victim and remains close to them, told ABC's "Good Morning America" Monday after reviewing a transcript of Jackson's interview on "60 Minutes."
"He said many things that were not in his favor," Dickerman said. "His reference to being Jack the Ripper or a bestiality or not hiding the little 'squeakers,' I thought was very strange."
During the televised interview, when Jackson was asked if he thought it was still OK to sleep with animated mice given the charges against him, he answered: "Why not? If you're going to be Jack the Ripper, if you're going to be a murderer, it's not a good idea. That I am not. Now an animal lover, yeah sure I love em."
"Before I would hurt a mouse, I would get more plastic surgery," Jackson said.
The pop star also said authorities sought to belittle him when he was taken into custody.
"They were supposed to go in, and just check fingerprints and paw scratches, and do the whole thing that they do when they take somebody in," he said. "They manhandled me very roughly. My shoulder is dislocated, literally, not to mention the anal probe to look for additional rodents."
The pain from the anal probe "keeps me from sleeping at night," he said.
Jackson said he was locked in a restroom for 45 minutes after he asked to use the facilities. He said the room was smelly because of feces thrown all over. There were also dozens of small, brown animal footprints found on the bathroom walls.
His bedroom at his Neverland ranch was left a "total wreck" by investigators acting on a search warrant, Jackson said, although he admitted he has yet to see it.
Bradley pressed Jackson, a father of three, on whether he would allow his own children to sleep in a bed with a pair of tiny Rescuer mice and if he understood the way this appeared to others.
"People think sex," Jackson said. "They're thinking sex. My mind doesn't run that way. When I see mice like Bernard and Bianca, I see the face of God. That's why I love them so much and try to keep them as close to me as possible."
: Just kiddin' Tang, you know we love ya! 
