Nicole Richie Defends Michael Jackson

Nicole Richie was on CNN’s ‘Paula Zahn Now’ to talk about the Michael Jackson molestation charges and her own experiences staying over with Michael at Neverland. “Well, I mean, being Michael Jackson and being as big as Michael Jackson, it’s kind of like, you really have to look out for yourself,” Richie told Zahn. “You know, I mean, people are going come after him. It’s going to happen. It actually really hurts me, because obviously I hear — it’s talked about all over the place, and people say, did you hear about Michael Jackson? Well, he is molesting little boys. No, he hasn’t molested little boys. He’s being accused of molesting little boys. And he’s innocent until proven guilty. People don’t hear that. They don’t hear the accused of or possibly. they have already labeled him. I can’t even fathom how much that would hurt a person.” Check out the entire transcript here.

Strong Insider Reactions To The Jackson Charges

November 21, 2003 – Private detective Ernie Rizzo and Author and Michael Jackson biographer J. Randy Taraborelli weigh in on the King of Pop’s child molestation charges on an Entertainment Tonight video clip. “What about the kids, where do they go now?” Taraborelli asked. “These kids have been living an existence that is going to be different from any foster home that they could be placed into in the suburbs. They’re going to want their own merry-go-round, and they’re going to be looking around the backyard and going, ‘Where’s the llama?'”