So - last night on the CNBC program 'The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch', the following guests appeared: Diane Dimond, Stacy Brown, Michelle Caruso, Brian Oxman.
They discussed Jermaine's book proposal which contained all those explosive allegations about MJ, and Jermaine's subsequent appearance on Larry King Live, where he denied making the statements. Stacey Brown then revealed he has all of Jermaine's statements on audiotape, plus there's a paper trail to document his and Jermaine's shopping the book proposal to various publishers. Stacey has retained attorney Mel Sachs to pursue a slander suit against Jermaine for calling Stacey a liar.
The transcript of the show has been posted to the Usenet newsgroup alt.music.michael-jackson. If you can't access the group via your newsreader, you can access and read the transcript via Google Groups. To do so, go to
www.google.com. Then, click on 'Groups'. That will take you to the Google Groups page, where you will next type in the following phrase (including quotes) "Donny Deutsch Transcript". Clicking the Search button will display a page that shows a link to the thread that opens with the first part of the transcript. Underneath that link is the following statement:
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In order to show you the most relevant results, we have omitted some entries very similar to the 1 already displayed.
If you like, you can repeat the search with the omitted results included.
In Google Groups, click on that highlighted 'repeat the search...' line, and it will then display all five threads (the transcript was split into five sections for posting).
Here's a couple juicy quotes, just to show you it's totally worth going to read:
BRIAN OXMAN: ...[/size]these aren't Jermaine's words, these are Stacy Brown's creation and fiction and really imagination.
Mr. BROWN: Well, Brian, it's--it's amazing that you would take that position when you came to me at Neverland and said to me, and I quote, that, "If I were paid any money that the Jacksons owed me, I would never have to work again."
And this bombshell:
Ms. DIMOND: ...I believe Michael Jackson is in London right now. Last I heard he was holed up at the Dorchester Hotel. ...I -- I have very, very good sources, very close to the family and other places. I also understand that all of his bodyguards have now quit. Michael Jackson is wandering around, I think, trying to figure out where--where to go next with the nanny of his children, a woman named Grace, and his three children. No bodyguards, no entourage, no makeup or hair people, not--nothing. Just him.
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I guess the funds really have begun drying up. No bodyguards! No entourage!
And, of course, his f'loons are going positively *nuts*.