2 'Jackson' Jurors Branded As 'Traitors'
Angry Michael Jackson jurors have lashed out at the pair who changed their minds about the verdict and branded the star a paedophile.
They said they were "stunned" to hear Eleanor Cook, 79, and Ray Hultman, 62, say they regretted acquitting the star of child sex abuse.
"They've become traitors," juror Michael Stevens, 21, told the New York Daily News.
Susan Rentschler added: "They've really changed their tune. "I don't know about Ray, but I think Elly wants attention and she's trying to sell a book." Cook and Hultman criticised their fellow jurors on US television last night and said they had been bullied into letting Jackson walk free.
"I'm stunned. It's ridiculous. If you think anyone could tell Elly what to do, then you don't know Elly," another juror who did not want to be identified told the newspaper.
Rentschler, 51, said when they took the first ballot behind closed jury room doors, six voted not guilty, three guilty and three were undecided.
"It was not a done deal, by any means," she said.
"Ray actually came over to the 'not guilty' side pretty early on. He realised that he could not convict Michael Jackson on his personal feelings alone."
Cook and Hultman both plan to write tell-all books about the "air of hatred" in the jury room and their incredible change of tack two months down the line.
Jackson's lawyer, Tom Mesereau, branded the allegations "laughable."
"They are embarrassing themselves and they are embarrassing the system," he said of the pair.
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Seems like its not only Jacko thats wacko :eek:
Regards,
Lee
