The mother of Michael Jackson's accuser has been on the witness stand in the trial lately; the New York Times describes her as "sassy, sarcastic and dressed in pink." The judge allowed her to invoke her Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination about accusations of past welfare fraud and perjury. Her husband, who at the time of the alleged sexual abuse of the accuser was her boyfriend, had earlier testified that he did not notice that the sleazy tramp was being held hostage at Neverland and that he did not know she had secret bank accounts at the time when he was cashing her welfare checks and helping her pay her utility bills. It further came out that during her "captivity" in Neverland, she went for a leg wax in a Rolls Royce. The idea of her getting her hair pulled hard is comfort, small comfort but comfort nonetheless, to those who believe she is a manipulative liar. (By Scott Rose)