Lawyer advises Jackson to sue District Attorney

The lawyer acting for Michael Jackson has expressed the view that his client should sue Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon and his team for malicious prosecution. Thomas Mesereau feels his client was unjustly treated right from the outset as Sneddon and investigators aggressively sought to bring child molestation charges against Jackson after raiding his Neverland Ranch home in November 2003.

Thomas Mesereau is also said to be demanding that the defeated prosecutor, Tom Sneddon, give back the photographs taken of Mr Jackson during a 1993 investigation into abuse claims. The photographs were taken on Christmas Eve in 1993 after Jordy Chandler accused the singer of sexual molestation. Mr Jackson, 46, later settled the case for a reported $20 million. Mr Mesereau now says the singer received bad advice and should have gone to trial.

When asked if he thought Mr Sneddon’s case was malicious, Mr Mesereau replied: “I do. I think that he was treated in a way that no one else would’ve been similarly treated. It was because he was a mega-celebrity.”