Actors - List of jurors in the 2005 Michael Jackson trial

Home > Listing Index > Actors > List of jurors in the 2005 Michael Jackson trial

	Actors - List of jurors in the 2005 Michael Jackson trial

This is the jury for the 2005 trial of Michael Jackson. Twelve jurors were chosen from a qualified pool of 243. They range in age from 20 to 79, with four men and eight women. There were no African-American jurors. Most jurors said they enjoyed listening to Michael Jackson's music. However, most said they knew little or nothing of past accusations against the singer. They selected Paul Rodriguez as their jury foreperson.

Raymond Hultman

Juror Seat #1
Gender, age: male, 62
Ethnicity: white
Language(s): English
Location: Santa Maria
Children: 4
Job: plans examiner/civil engineer
Marital Status: Married
Order Called: 66
Unique ID: 0
Questionnaire:
Picture:

Of all the jurors, Hultman has been the most critical of Michael Jackson. He said Jackson probably molested some children at sometime. Asked about the sleepovers of boys with Jackson, he said "I cannot believe that ... this man could sleep in the same bedroom for 365 straight days and not do something more than just watch television and eat popcorn. I mean, that doesn’t make sense to me. But that doesn’t make him guilty of the charges that were presented in this case and that’s where we had to make our decision."

Later, he went further saying he wanted to convict Jackson, but was forced to acquit him by other jurors.

Paul Rodriguez

Juror Seat #2
Gender, age: male, 63
Ethnicity: latino
Language(s): English, Spanish
Location: Santa Maria
Children: 2
Job: retired
Marital Status: Married
Order Called: 80
Unique ID: 100547807
Questionnaire:
Picture:

As the jury foreman, he said some in the jury had problems with sleepovers, and hopes Michael Jackson changes his behaviour in future. However, he was not as critical or suspicious of Jackson, as Hultman was. He was turned off by the accuser's mother and said "When she looked at me and snapped her fingers three times and she says, 'You know how our culture is?' and winks at me. No, that's not the way our culture is."

According Juror #5 (Eleanor Cook), Rodriguez threatened to use his power as foreman to remove Cook and Hultman off the jury unless they switched their votes from "guilty" to "not guilty".. However as a jury foreman, Rodriguez had no such power.

Susan Derr Drake

Juror Seat #3
Gender, age: female, 50
Ethnicity: white
Language(s): English
Location: Santa Ynez
Children: 0
Job: horse trainer/riding instructor (specialist in dressage)
Marital Status: Married
Order Called: 108
Unique ID: 100053866
Questionnaire:
Picture:

Some potential empathy for Michael Jackson's problem with the media, were brought out during jury selection questioning. This related to the case, because Thomas Mesereau, wanted to ensure jurors did not blindly believe any negative reports they have read about Michael Jackson. The Bashir Video had been aired on TV, and Mesereau wanted to ensure it had not contaminated the jury pool.

Drake had competed in the equestrian sport known as dressage, where she won multiple awards, and was also an Olympic hopeful. During that time, she said she was the victim of unfair and dishonest media reports. She told the court that she also believed that there was probably spin in the Bashir documentary.

After the trial, she was asked to explain her reasoning, and she said a major issue was timeline of events. In interviews Drake has made clear, that she not only thinks Michael Jackson is not guilty of the latest charges, but is wholly innocent, and has not molested any of the children involved in past allegations.

Susan Rentschler

Juror Seat #4
Gender, age: female, 51
Ethnicity: white
Language(s): English
Location: Lompoc
Children: 2
Job: homemaker, former math teacher and computer programmer
Marital Status: Married
Order Called: 26
Unique ID: 100449128
Questionnaire:
Picture:

She said that she was "very uncomfortable" with the way the accuser's mother kept staring at her.

[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for List of jurors in the 2005 Michael Jackson trial ]

This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article List of jurors in the 2005 Michael Jackson trial; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.

Searches on eBay