Jackson On Time, In Better Mood

Michael Jackson arrived on time for his child molestation trial Tuesday, smiling but moving slowly as he did a day earlier when he was late again.

Aides shielded Jackson with umbrellas as rain fell, but his mood appeared far better than on his arrival a few minutes late on Monday, which caused a 45-minute delay as Superior Court Judge Rodney S. Melville conferred in chambers with Jackson's attorneys and doctor.

CBS' Jennifer Miller reports there was more drama Tuesday as a fan in the courthouse fainted.

The woman was wheeled out of court and into an ambulance that had been on standby for Jackson.

Jackson had sat trembling and weeping at the counsel table during the conference. The judge then took the bench and, with no explanation, ordered that testimony resume.

When Jackson was well over an hour late on March 10 because of a trip to a hospital for a back problem, the judge threatened to arrest him and revoke his bail. The singer finally arrived in pajama bottoms.

Tuesday was to be a half-day session beginning with testimony from Louise Palanker, a comedian who tried to help the accuser and the boy's family as he battled cancer.

On Monday, after the late start, a psychologist testified that children rarely lie about molestation allegations and all but dismissed a defense theory that the singer's accuser may have made false claims.

Jackson is accused of molesting the boy, now 15, at his Neverland ranch, giving him alcohol and conspiring to hold the boy's family captive in 2003.

Prosecution witness Anthony J. Urquiza, a child psychologist who has not interviewed Jackson's accuser, said children often delay reporting abuse. He also said boys assaulted by men are more hesitant to report abuse because they may be afraid of being labeled homosexual.

During cross-examination, defense attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr. asked the psychologist whether Jackson's accuser may be lying. The defense has argued the allegations were made to extort money.

Urquiza replied that only 2 percent to 6 percent of molestation allegations turn out to be false according to research he has seen. He said he knew of no research concerning false molestation claims motivated by money, or in which the target of false allegations was a world famous celebrity who was known to be wealthy.

Prosecutors, who claim Jackson served his accuser wine from a soda can during a trip on a private jet, also called Lauren Wallace, a flight attendant for XtraJet of Santa Monica, California.

She said she served Jackson wine in soda cans on several flights and hid alcohol for him in the lavatory "out of children's reach." But she said she was never on a flight with the accuser and his family.

Under cross-examination, she said she was told to prepare wine in soda cans for Jackson's flights and hide alcohol because he didn't want children to see him drinking.

As Jackson left Monday afternoon, he said he was "very much hurt" and on medication "by way of a doctor."

Jackson spokeswoman Raymone K. Bain said she spoke with Jackson late Sunday and he told her he was still having severe and sometimes excruciating back pains.

"I asked him how was he doing and he said his back was killing him," she said. Suffering more back spasms, he underwent tests Monday at Cottage Hospital in Santa Ynez before going to the courthouse, she said.