Channel 4 Premieres Michael Jackson Trial Documentary

A new four-part documentary series, "Michael Jackson: The Trial," premieres on Channel 4 this week, featuring previously unreleased footage and audio recordings that shed light on the pop icon's 2005 child molestation trial and his relationships with children. The series, produced by Wonderhood Studios, includes interviews conducted in 2003 with cancer survivor Gavin Arvizo and his family, as well as unheard tapes of Jackson discussing his affinity for children, recorded amid the legal proceedings near Los Angeles.

The documentary draws from material gathered after the February 2003 broadcast of the ITV program "Living with Michael Jackson," in which the singer, then 44, admitted to sharing a bed with children, including 13-year-old Gavin, whom he described as a close friend. Jackson, who funded Gavin's cancer treatment during a period when doctors considered the boy's condition terminal, faced charges of molesting the boy, providing him alcohol, intoxicating a minor to facilitate abuse, and conspiring to hold Gavin and his family captive at Neverland Ranch in California. A jury acquitted Jackson of all 14 counts on June 13, 2005, in Santa Maria, California, following a 14-week...