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 The main event of the three-ring-circus that is the Michael Jackson trial broke for recess as the first phase of jury selection ended Tuesday. http://www.foxnews.com With the main event in intermission, the side shows took center stage, with the release of the jury questionnaire; (http://msnbcmedia.msn.com) and news that Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe has agreed to be a star witness against the singer during his child molestation trail, with the expectation that she is likely to "blow the lid" off Jackson's bizarre lifestyle. (http://www.thisislondon.co.uk) And what circus recess would be complete without Geraldo Rivera, who predicts that the case against Jackson would fall apart? (http://www.msnbc.msn.com, http://cnews.canoe.ca and http://www.foxnews.com)
 The media circus made a stop in Cambridge, MA Thursday when leading pedophile apologist Elizabeth Loftus was called as defrocked Catholic priest Paul Shanley’s only defense witness, (http://www.boston.com, http://www.courttv.com) after the judge denied a defense motion to dismiss the case. ( http://www1.whdh.com) Loftus, who was sexually abused by a babysitter herself at the age of six, told Psychology Today "It's not that big a deal." (http://www.findarticles.com) Catholic Church records showed that the now defrocked priest was a member of the North American Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) which advocates sex between young boys and adult men. http://edition.cnn.com The case is now in the hands of the jury. http://www.boston.com. In related news, the Archdiocese of Miami has settled 31 of 35 lawsuits stemming from the pedophile priest scandal for $5.2 million ( http://www.firstcoastnews.com) and the Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa, California announced that it was entering into settlement discussions with 10 plaintiffs, acknowledging that a single verdict could send the diocese into bankruptcy. http://www1.pressdemocrat.com
A study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry found that nearly half of all adults with bipolar disorder had been abused as children. http://www.nlm.nih.gov More than 2 million Americans suffer from the condition in any given year, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
A 42-year-old man accused of sex with a 13-year-old girl will receive a 90-day sentence because the girl’s mother knew of the relationship. http://www.dailymail.com If the mother does any jail time at all, she will be entitled to work release, according to a plea agreement worked out last week. The original charges could have put the mother in jail for 5 to 25 years. The man could have been in jail for 3 to 15 years. The mother refused to report the abuse as long as the man provided her with money to buy drugs.
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