During his testimony on Monday, the boy admitted that he had told the dean of his middle school twice that he had not been abused by Jackson. During redirect examination by District Attorney Thomas Sneddon this morning the boy explained why he denied the abuse when questioned by the school official. 

The accuser stated that the conversation with dean Jeffrey Alpert took place after his family had left Jackson's Neverland Ranch in March of 2003 and the boy had appeared holding Jackson's hand in a controversial television documentary where Jackson admitted 'innocently' sharing his bed with children. 

The accuser testified on Tuesday that as a result of the documentary, "all of the kids would laugh at me, trying to push me around and stuff and say that's the kid who got raped by Michael Jackson."

He explained that when he met with Dean Alpert, "I told him that it didn't happen because all of the kids were already making fun of me in school and I didn't want anybody to think it really happened." 

Sneddon then asked the boy his present opinion of Jackson, which caused Jackson's attorney to object. However, Superior Court Judge Rodney S. Melville allowed the question and the boy responded, "I don't really like him anymore. I don't think he is really that deserving of the respect I was giving him as the coolest guy in the world."

Here is a previous report that was posted on Monday about the boy's denial of abuse. 

The boy that accused Michael Jackson of sexual abuse testified on Monday that he told the dean of his middle school that Jackson "didn't do anything to me." The teenager also testified about a meeting held during the weekend with District Attorney Tom Sneddon and his staff, and a sheriff's office investigator, where he was asked about his conversations with the dean. 

According to the Associated Press, under cross-examination from Jackson's attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr., the teenage accuser stated that he told D.A. Sneddon that he "told Dean Alpert he [Jackson] didn't do anything to me," the boy said. "I told him twice." 

Mesereau later returned to questioning the boy about the conversation with the dean and the boy admitted "I don't remember too good," when he was asked about the meeting with the school official. 

"You don't remember too good (saying) Mr. Jackson had never touched you sexually?" Mesereau asked. 

"Well, I'm pretty sure it happened because he was dean of the school," the boy answered.

"Mr. Alpert looked you in the eye and asked you if Michael Jackson did anything to you, didn't he?" Mesereau challenged. 

"I told him that Michael didn't do anything to me," the boy responded. 

"And the second time you said, 'No, he did not touch me in any sexually inappropriate way,'" Mesereau said. 

"I don't know," said the teenage accuser, who last week testified in detail about being abused by Jackson. 

Mesereau asked the boy when the conversation with the dean occurred. 

"I believe it was after I came back from Neverland," the boy responded. 

"He said, 'Look at me, look at me ... I can't help you unless you tell me the truth – did any of this happen?'" Mesereau said, quoting the dean. 

The boy acknowledged the question. 

"And your response was nothing happened," Mesereau asked. 

"Yes," the boy answered. 

Mesereau then reportedly went further on the offensive to put doubt into the mind of the jury about the boy's credibility.  Mesereau quoted from a previous interview with the boy when he was asked if the abuse occurred before the boy made a rebuttal video to the controversial documentary that many believe sparked the current case against Jackson.  The attorney read the boy's answer "I think so", when asked if the abuse occurred before the filming of the video. 

Jackson's attorney asked the boy if anyone had told him to change his story about when the abuse took place. 

"No one's ever told me that," the boy responded. 

"Then why does your story change?" Mesereau asked. 

The teenager replied that the molestation occurred after the video was made. The prosecution's case revolve around the theory that Jackson attempted to hold the accuser's family captive at Neverland Ranch until they made a rebuttal video countering a controversial documentary that aired on February 6, 2003, which included the accuser holding hands with Jackson and in which Jackson admitted sharing his bed with children, an act Jackson claimed was innocent and non-sexual. The prosecutors allege that the abuse took place between February 20th and March 12, 2003, while Jackson was attempting to get the boy and his family to film the rebuttal video. 

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