'Disturbed' Jacko 'Cried' During Police Raid, Former Attorney Reveals
Jun. 22 2016, Updated 8:07 p.m. ET
Michael Jackson was "so disturbed" by the raid on Neverland Ranch that he cried after the sheriffs seized the evidence that would be used against him in his child molestation trial, his former attorney told RadarOnline.com. Click through the gallery to find out how the "Thriller" singer reacted after his house of horrors was exposed.
EXCLUSIVE: Police footage of the raid on Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch in November 2003
In 2003, Santa Barbara sheriff's raided Jackson's Neverland Ranch and seized his twisted porn collection, drugs to treat sex addiction and personal items used during his child molestation trial .
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"It so disturbed him," his former attorney, Brian Oxman, told RadarOnline.com. The footage of the sheriffs entering the Neverland Ranch in November 2003 published by RadarOnline.com showed them telling the staffers about the search warrant they obtained from a judge before they raided the mansion.
EXCLUSIVE: Police footage of the raid on Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch in November 2003
Oxman revealed the dark hole the raid left in the singer's life: "It was an invasion of privacy, an invasion of his life."
EXCLUSIVE: Police footage of the raid on Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch in November 2003
"He could never go back to the master bedroom," Oxman explained. In the video exclusively obtained by RadarOnline.com, the cluttered master suite had a large bed covered in a dazzling sparkly blanket and a baby crib was right next to the bed.
EXCLUSIVE: Police footage of the raid on Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch in November 2003
"The cops left the house in disarray and he left it the way they left it for years," Oxman said.
EXCLUSIVE: Police footage of the raid on Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch in November 2003
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The Thriller singer was traumatized by the raid, Oxman claimed. "He wouldn't touch anything," he told RadarOnline.com.
EXCLUSIVE: Police footage of the raid on Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch in November 2003
Jackson sat at his desk after law enforcement seized his possessions and cried, according to Oxman. "He said 'All of my precious things, all of my collections, all of my memorabilia has been touched and destroyed,'" Oxman told RadarOnline.com.
EXCLUSIVE: Police footage of the raid on Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch in November 2003
"They destroyed his precious privacy and possessions," Oxman said of the raid that yielded hundreds of photos, video tapes and sick mementos that the prosecution claimed was used to groom child victims of his sexual assault. Jackson was eventually cleared of the claims.
EXCLUSIVE: Police footage of the raid on Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch in November 2003
Oxman slammed the police for the raid: "They didn't do it because there was anything illegal there. They did it to get him out of town. They knew there was nothing illegal at the time."
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Jackson left Neverland Rach "after the trial and never went back," Oxman said about the disgraced singer, who was acquitted by a jury of the charges.
EXCLUSIVE: Police footage of the raid on Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch in November 2003
"He never returned to the master bedroom, he slept in the guesthouse," Omxman revealed.