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By Charles Montaldo, About.com Guide to Crime / Punishment since 2004

Macaulay Culkin: Charges 'Absolutely Ridiculous'

Wednesday May 11, 2005
Actor Macaulay Culkin of "Home Alone" fame became the latest in a string of defense witnesses in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial to testify that they never saw the singer act inappropriately with young boys. Culkin denied ever being molested by Jackson.

The child actor, now 24, told the jurors that he believed the charges against Jackson were "absolutely ridiculous. I've never seen him do anything improper with anybody," he said.

Under cross-examination, Culkin denied that it was possible that Jackson may have molested him when he was asleep in the actor's bed. "I find that unlikely," he said. "I think I'd realize if something like that would happen."

That cross-examination tactic was used with two earlier witnesses who denied ever being molested by Jackson. During the prosecution case, employees at Neverland testified to seeing all of them touched inappropriately by the singer.

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