Aphrodite Jones talks with Raven Wood a reporter for the ALL FOR LOVE blog about the Michael Jackson trial at the MjFanention2010 on August 27, 2010
Last Edited by on Sep 19, 2010 8:17 AM
Thank you, Bonnie, for posting this. I still have yet to read Aphrodite Jones's book, but I look forward to it and to taking notes from it. She puts a human and real face on Michael Jackson, the PERSON, whom so many couldn't see or wouldn't see. And yes, the people summoned by the Prosecution had their own agendas. I don't doubt that for one second.
The more I learn and hear about Tom Sneddon, the more I find him to be quite a 'piece of work,' as the saying goes. I know that's not a nice thing to say, but it's apparently true.
I love this woman for all she does to clear Michael's name. I feel Aphrodite is a bit remorseful for believing in Michael's guilt during the trial. She is an amazing woman.
My philosophy is that it is not whether one makes a judgment error against another person, we almost all have done that at one point. More importantly, is the innate ability to correct our actions and statements after we find out the truth. I went through this myself with the hearing and all the news stories. I did not want to believe what they were saying, but there were so many reports and reporters corroborating each other's stories that I started falling into their trap. I didn't know what to believe. I had to read a lot of research on my own to come up with the correct conclusion. I had loved Michael since he was young and I felt terrible when I realized that there was a little part of my mind and heart that judged Michael and believed what the media was saying.Just for a moment.
There are many people I know who find out a truth and are too stubborn and proud to admit their mistake. It reminds me of my father and mother when I was growing up(bless their hearts). If they made a rule (usually grounding us for a long time)they would not change their punishment or let us off early EVER. They never admitted they were wrong.
Kootos to Aphrodite for realizing her mistake and workig so hard correcting it!
"As I made one of my last public comments on the case," she remembers, I realized that I had become one of the media bunch who had predetermined the outcome of the trial, wrongly. Many people around me were so sure of Jackson's guilt. Many reporters had slanted TV and radio coverage to suit the prosecution, and I was one of those folks who had followed that dangerous trend."
