Michael Jackson's teenage cousin has told jurors that she saw the singer's accuser stealing wine from the kitchen late at night while he was staying at Neverland Valley Ranch.
Sixteen-year-old Simone Jackson said that she was sitting in the corner of the kitchen playing video games when Mr Jackson's accuser and his brother stole wine from the singer's kitchen.
"They didn't see me, I was sitting off to the side," she said. "They grabbed it and (the accuser's brother) got a wine glass and (the accuser) just took the bottle."
She claims that the boys then saw her. She said: "I told them they weren't supposed to do that, and they told me not to say anything."
Both have claimed that Mr Jackson gave them alcohol during their stay at his home, and have denied that they ever drank there when he was not around.
Simone Jackson also said that she had befriended the sister of the singer's accuser while staying at Neverland and that she had confided in her that the family were going to Brazil soon and that their mother was very eager to go.
This testimony contradicts that of the mother of Mr Jackson's accuser, who claimed that the singer's associates had booked one-way flights to Brazil for them against their wishes.
Two social workers also gave evidence at the trial yesterday, saying that all of the accuser's family had denied the abuse claims and openly praised Mr Jackson, while interviewed during their stay at Neverland.
Social worker Irene Peters said of her conversation with the singer's accuser: "I asked him point blankly did he ever sleep in bed with Michael Jackson and he told me no. ... He became a little upset and said 'Everybody thinks Michael Jackson abused me. He never touched me'."
Both social workers, Peters and her supervisor Karen Walker, remembered meeting the family later at a Fatburger restaurant in Los Angeles. They said that this meeting occurred after the family had left Neverland for good, and that none of them mentioned any form of abuse or imprisonment.
On cross-examination, the prosecution claimed that the social workers had failed to do their job by not interviewing Mr Jackson himself or visiting Neverland, after they discovered that young children often slept in the singer's bedroom.
Both social workers claimed that they believed the accuser's mother when she said that Mr Jackson's bedroom had no doors and that she would wander in and out during the night to check on her children.
Walker later acknowledged that some of the family had described their time in Neverland as "horrible" when she was speaking to them at the burger outlet.
