Memo finds no basis for child abuse allegations against Jackson

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Memo finds no basis for child abuse allegations against Jackson

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Child welfare investigators found earlier this year that there was no basis for allegations that Michael Jackson abused the boy accusing him of molestation, according to a confidential memo released Tuesday.

The memo from the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) was based on an investigation last February and was leaked to the Web site thesmokinggun.com, which posted it Tuesday.

The memo was dated Nov. 26, 2003 - a week after the Santa Barbara County District Attorney Thomas Sneddon announced child molestation allegations against Jackson. The charges are expected to be filed on Dec. 15.

In the earlier probe, both the boy and his brother told investigators Jackson had not sexually abused them, according to the memo.

Their older sister said she had never witnessed anything sexually inappropriate between her brothers and the entertainer.

The DCFS began a 13-day inquiry after a Los Angeles school district official called its hot line Feb. 14 out of concern for the boy and his brother. The investigation was conducted with the Los Angeles police.

The school official suspected neglect by the boy's mother and sexual abuse by Jackson, according to the memo. But the department and the police concluded the allegations were "unfounded," the document said.

Jackson was released on a 3-million-dollar bail on Nov. 20 after Santa Barbara police urged him to surrender on multiple charges of child molestation.

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