people v. jackson was a 2005 trial against singer michael jackson. a 13-year-old boy called gavin arvizo accused him of sexual abuse in 2003. jackson was charged with fourteen offences. these were four counts of molesting a child, four counts of getting a child drunk so that he could molest him, one count of trying to molest a child, and one count of secretly planning (conspiring) to hold the boy and his family captive at his neverland ranch. he called the charges “a big lie”. he was found not guilty of all charges. if jackson was found guilty of all charges he could have been put in prison for 20 years.