Jackson recovers after acquittal of child sex charges

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2005

SANTA MARIA, California (AFP) — Pop megastar Michael Jackson recovered from his child sex trial, no longer haunted by the specter of jail and determined to revive his career now that he has been acquitted.

Holed up at Neverland, his fantasy-filled California estate, the famed entertainer needed to relax for a while but was certain to work on a comeback, according to friends and family.

Jackson drove straight to the sprawling ranch Monday after his jurors found him innocent on all 10 charges that he sexually molested a 13-year-old cancer survivor, used alcohol to seduce him and conspired to hold the boy and his family captive two years ago.

The frail and pale pop idol appeared exhausted after more than four months of appearances at the Santa Maria court, near...

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