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NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) -- A majority of celebrity and legal experts believe singer Michael Jackson will be acquitted of child molestation charges, the New York Daily News reports.
As California Judge Rodney Melville prepared jury instructions Wednesday, the newspaper published the opinions of such people as sex expert Dr. Joyce Brothers, who said: "He will be judged innocent. I think they have not proved anything other than the possibility that the boy's family might have had ulterior motives in bringing this to trial."
The Rev. Al Sharpton predicted a hung jury based on insufficient evidence.
"Whether (Jackson) has some strange behavior, yeah, but I think that's about all he's proved," Sharpton said.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson said he expected a full acquittal.
"All of the (prosecution) witnesses seemed to melt under cross-examination about money as a motivation," Jackson said.
Jackson faces 10 molestation charges from 2003 by a youth who is now 15. Jackson pleaded innocent and is being tried in Santa Maria, Calif.
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