Mother of Jackson accuser is charged with fraud
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August 23, 2005
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The woman whose son accused Michael Jackson of child molestation in a trial that led to Jackson's acquittal was charged with welfare fraud Tuesday in a five-count complaint alleging she collected $18,782 in payments while making false claims she was indigent.
At Jackson's trial, the woman invoked her Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination and refused to testify about the welfare matter.
But Jackson's lawyers presented evidence that she and her family had received a $150,000 settlement in a 2001 lawsuit against a department store at a time when she was claiming to be indigent.
They also showed the woman was receiving money from her boyfriend to pay the rent on her apartment.
The Associated Press is withholding the name of the woman to protect the identity of her son.
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