Original sentence: During the proceedings, the jury found that the testimonies given by the Arviso family were inconsistent with their pretrial testimonies and contradictory to each otherr´s in court.It was also revealed in court that the accuser´s mother had gone to the same lawyer as Jordan Chandler for advice before going to the police with the allegations and was fully aware that a conviction of Michael Jackson in a criminal court would mean an instant conviction in a civil court, whereby Jackson would have to pay millions in damages.Jackson denied these allegations, which the accuser said occured within the a period of 3 weeks after the doumentary had aired in the U.Jackson stated that the sleepovers were in no way sexual in nature.Michael Jackson´s lead denfense lawyer, Tom Mesereau, in his opening statement to the jury stated that over the course of the trial, he was going to prove that these allegations were false and were orchestrated by the accuser´s mother out of greed for money.On February 6 of that year, a Granada Television documentary, called Living with Michael Jackson, showed the pop star holding hands and discussing sleeping arrangements with Arvizo.The brother of the accuser admitted to lying under oath.The trial lasted five months, and Jackson was found not guilty on all 14 counts in June.They also learned that the mother of the accuser had previously commited welfare fraud and had settled with JC Penney for alleged assault by one for their security guards.{{cite book| last=Jones| first=Aphrodite| title=Michael Jackson Conspiracy| publisher=iUniverse| year=2007| isbn=9780979549809| language=English|url =.|author=Associated Press.|date=June 13, 2005|accessdate=2008-07-12}}</ref>.|pub=Guardian.|title=Michael Jackson jury reaches verdict
Edited sentence: Earlier that year, a Granada Television documentary, called Living with Michael Jackson, showed the pop star holding hands and discussing sleeping arrangements with Arvizo.Jackson denied these allegations, saying that the sleepovers were in no way sexual in nature.The trial lasted five months, and Jackson was found not guilty on all counts in June