looks ANGELES (AFP) ??” Veteran actress Elizabeth Taylor asserted her long-time friend Michael Jackson against charges of child molestation as strange details emerged about the clap star's accuser.

looks ANGELES (AFP) ??” Veteran actress Elizabeth Taylor asserted her long-time friend Michael Jackson against charges of child molestation as strange details emerged about the clap star's accuser.

Taylor broke her silence about the charges in a statement released Sunday that insisted Jackson was being unfairly convicted according to the media.

"I believe that Michael is absolutely innocent and that he will be vindicated," said the 71-year-old star.

"I am not giving any interviews because the pres has behaved in such a manner abominably towards Michael. Their whole reaction is that he is guilty.

"I believed that the law was "innocent until proven guilty'. I know he is innocent and I trust they all eat crow."

She noted that the star has not further had a court hearing in succession multiple charges that he abused a child below the age of 14.

Newsweek magazine reported that the lad accusing Jackson is a