Jackson Prosecution Witness In Stir
Cops: Star's ex-bodyguard robbed Jack in the Box at gunpoint
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Jackson Prosecution Witness In Stir
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Jackson Prosecution Witness In Stir
MARCH 23--Michael Jackson's former bodyguard, expected to be a key witness in the singer's child molestation case, was arrested in Las Vegas last month on robbery, burglary and kidnapping charges. According to a 15-count indictment filed today, Christopher Carter, 25, allegedly robbed four chain stores over a 16-month period beginning in October 2003 (he left Jackson's employ that August). According to a police report, Carter's last heist was the February 2 gunpoint robbery of a Jack in the Box restaurant, which netted him $239. Carter is jailed in a Clark County lockup and is scheduled for a March 28 Justice Court appearance on the indictment's various felony charges. It is unclear how Carter's arrest, which came on February 19, will affect his anticipated role as a prosecution witness. As TSG first reported, Carter last year told a Santa Barbara grand jury that, one afternoon, he discovered Jackson's teenage accuser drunk at the star's Neverland Ranch. Carter testified that he confronted the boy, then 13, who replied, "Well, I can handle it. Michael said if I can handle it, it's okay. It's part of being a man." Carter, who worked for Jackson for about a year, testified that the performer told children that he referred to wine as "Jesus Juice" because "Jesus drank wine, so we shall be more like Jesus." Along with Jack in the Box, Carter's alleged retail victims included Radio Shack, Subway, and KB Toys. Pictured below in a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department mug shot, Carter is a felon whose rap sheet includes an October 2000 conviction for drug possession with intent to distribute. (9 pages)
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