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Judge Allows Jackson to Make Televised Statement
LOS ANGELES, January 20: The judge in Michael Jackson's child molestation case has allowed the singer to speak on the record to Fox News reporter Geraldo Rivera so that he can respond to an ABC Primetime report that included grand jury testimony from his teen accuser.
According to wire reports, the judge has okayed the statement Jackson gave to Rivera. Fox News, however, has reportedly not yet decided when and how the material will be aired.
Jackson was allowed to make the statement in order to respond to the Primetime Live special on ABC last week that managed to obtain transcripts from Jackson's accuser's grand jury testimony. Jackson has been indicted on 10 counts of child molestation and conspiracy stemming from accusations leveled against him by a now 15-year-old cancer survivor. The alleged victim appeared with Jackson in Martin Bashir's 2003 documentary Living with Michael Jackson."