SANTA MARIA, Calif. (Reuters) - Michael Jackson held a teenage boy and his family virtual prisoners at his Neverland ranch as the pop star conducted a bizarre campaign to both save his image from ruin and seduce the youth, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
But Jackson's lead attorney shot back that the 10-count child molestation and conspiracy indictment against his client was "absurd" and predicted that the case would ultimately be "laughed out of court" by a jury.
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