June 13 2005 - The Neverland Ranch

Ive always loved a good road trip and what better excuse than the day Michael Jackson gets NOT GUILTY or "BEAT IT" on all counts than a visit to Neverland ranch. When people are obsessed, there is always a party taking place and this was no exception.

To be sure I wasn't alone, every News agency with a truck in NORTH AMERICA had a crew up there.
Michael Jacksons address is probably the most publically availible celebrity address on the planet, 100 plus search warrants helped.

5225 Figueroa Mountain Road Los Olivos California is the actual address but that gets you to the front gate of what is thousands of acres to MJ's mountain retreat.

As you can see the night of the verdict the gate was covered in hearts and streamers with notes from all over the world.

The poster here was from some person with way to much time on their hands as they had traveled from japan just to put it on the gate.

Jackson's security detail threatened reporters to stay off the property many times while I was present however his fan base was allowed to sit on the fence hang out in front of the gate without any problems what so ever.

A lovely middle aged women even sat topless in her car offering donuts to press and fans alike, not even the sheriffs department seemed to have a problem with her. 36c

The press was deep into looking for a photo op with anybody or anything as it was clear Mike wasn't coming out of his cave anytime soon.
As you can see when Mikes father Joe Jackson came through the

gates the horde of film crews basically attempted to roll his car over in an attempt to get any single audio bite out of the mouth of a family member. Funny, Joe stopped and thanked the fans which really pissed the news hounds off as he did it on jackson property with 8 Neverland security folks stationed next to him.

After this showI popped over to the Santa Maria Times and managed to get the printing plate they used to produce the Special VERDICT Edition. A lovely parting gift from NEVERLAND.