Chapter 88: Bombshell
When I arrived at the CBS Los Angeles branch and the program broadcast center of its own TV station, from the editor-in-chief of the entertainment column to the editor-in-chief, a group of staff members, including Anna, had been waiting for a long time, and even the director of the TV station had just come to the reception room to meet Xiao Yang. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Of course, CBS, one of the country's three major public television networks, is not guilty of making such a stir for a few minutes of TV announcement, mainly because of the sensation caused by his just-validated Golden Globe prediction and the anticipation of his next prediction.
Based on the same respect and expectation, CAA also expressed great importance to this press announcement, in addition to specially arranging Brian Lourdes, one of the founders and senior partners, to attend, and warmly invited Xiao Yang to visit CAA's headquarters at the right time, so that he can better understand the operation process of the economic company.
That night, CBS TV Entertainment News exclusively broadcast the news of Xiao Yang's signing with CAA in prime time, but as he expected, after the announcement was issued, the market reacted little, after all, except for entertainment media and other related industries, the general public will not be interested in which company he signed a contract, the only exception is Xiao Yang's uncle Lin Barrister, in order to celebrate his final "out of the sea of suffering", he also specially invited Brian to eat an authentic Chinese meal that night to express his gratitude.
Another point, after the gorgeous curtain call, the influence of the Golden Globe Awards is gradually fading, and the media's interest has also shifted to the Oscars, which represent the highest ~ tide of the awards season, and I don't know if it is affected by his prediction of the success of the Golden Globe Awards. The purpose is nothing more than to win the attention of the media and the public in the same way, and then become an overnight celebrity and rich man like him.
Although he was somewhat out of the limelight, Xiao Yang didn't care about it, anyway, he couldn't control other people's mouths, entertainment reporters from various media were very happy, even Anna, a newcomer, received a lot of interview invitations, but he couldn't help but snub Xiao Yang, who had tasted tenderness for the first time in his life, and he just pushed all the interview requests to Brian to deal with, and he closed his door, while studying psychology courses on his own, through TV, Newspapers and the eyes and ears of economists focused on the news related to the Jackson child molestation allegations.
As he expected and expected, in the next two days, the situation continued to ferment and heat up, and various child psychologists, criminal crime experts and well-known lawyers expressed their opinions on whether Jackson was innocent, what was the probability of being convicted by a jury, and the possibility of an out-of-court settlement between the two sides in response to his predictions.
At 10 a.m. on January 24, a bombshell came out of the air and immediately drew everyone's attention from the Oscars: at a press conference held at Jackson's "Dream Manor", the emperor superstar announced through dozens of media outlets who were invited to be present that his current defense attorney was dismissed, and Howard Wiezman, Johnny Kirchran, and John Blanca, who are known for their expertise in out-of-court settlements, were replaced by former lead defense attorney Bart Fields. and Anthony Pericano, a legal investigator and private investigator.
The simultaneous resignation of several barristers who advocated the Huairou strategy and the high-profile return of the former chief counsel and legal investigator who adopted an aggressive strategy sent an extremely dangerous signal to the prosecution and the public that we have the key evidence and will fight the case to the end and win the event.
As the first major move after the return, Anthony Pericano released at a press conference an audio tape of evidence previously rejected by the prosecution and ruled invalid by the court, which recorded part of the phone call between Ivan Chandler and his former friend, the current husband of his ex-wife and his son's stepfather, David Schwartz.
In the tape, both men admit that they have failed in their fatherly duties, and Chandler admits to Schwartz himself: "I talked to Michael, face to face, and I told him what [I] wanted out of the relationship, but he clearly wasn't going to fulfill my demands...... It's ready, the lawyers, there's the others, they've received the money and they're ready to go, and with a phone call from me, Rothman (his lawyer) will use the dirtiest, most ruthless means he's good at...... This time I'm going to win big, and I'm definitely not going to lose, even if it's a big deal, I'm going to get everything I want, and his (Michael's) career and reputation will be completely ended......"
"Anyone in their right mind only needs to listen for 10 minutes to know that their purpose is to blackmail Michael." After the tape ended, Pennicaro concluded.
After his words and the recording were broadcast simultaneously on dozens of radio and television stations, public opinion was in an uproar.
The reporter immediately found Ivan Chandler and asked him to verify the authenticity of the tape, but he was silent about it, neither admitting nor denying it, for which the reporter found the other party involved, David Schwartz, who had been kicked out of the prosecution team and turned against Chandler.
Schwartz confirmed the authenticity of the tape to reporters, and admitted that it was handed over to Anthony Pericano by himself in July last year, because he and his wife Juan Schwartz did not think that M.J. had done anything wrong with his stepson, but later when the child was tricked away by Chandler, he was afraid that if he did not cooperate with him, he would do more terrible things to the child, so he had to reluctantly submit to his obscenity.
"I knew it wasn't right for a long time, they [Chandler and his lawyer, Rothman] didn't care about the physical and mental health of their children at all, and the only thing they wanted was to squeeze a lot of money out of Michael Jackson." Facing the camera, Schwartz said helplessly and hatefully: "I feel very guilty for this, as a guardian, I did not fulfill my responsibility to protect the child, but I was worried that I would give up my sense of justice and moral bottom line because of the accusation, I made a mess of everything, but fortunately I quickly found out in my conscience, and I had a big fight with Ivan for this and quit his small group full of all kinds of intrigues, thank God I really did it." ”