Michael Jackson, seen here in 2003, was indicted on charges of child molesting, making it a virtual certainty he will stand trial in a case brought by prosecutors in December. Photo by AFP
A grand jury in Santa Barbara indicted Michael Jackson on charges of child molesting, making it a virtual certainty he will stand trial in a case brought by prosecutors in December. Jackson had originally been accused of seven counts of sexually abusing a boy, now 14, and of two counts of giving him alcohol as part of the molesting. A conviction could bring 20-year imprisonment.