Presumably it comes as no surprise to hear that Gavin Arvizo, the teenager who accused his former friend Michael Jackson of sexual abuse, is having "a difficult time" following Monday's not guilty verdict at the end of the long running Jacko trial.
Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon, the official who arguably dragged everyone through the whole trial ordeal despite having pretty flimsy evidence, told NBC yesterday that Gavin was "very down. He's having a difficult time understanding why people didn't believe him. He's gone through a lot in his life. He's survived cancer, a very serious bout of cancer. He didn't necessarily want to get involved in this case ... it was very painful for him to tell people what had happened to him."
Commenting on their case in court, Sneddon and his deputy Ron Zonen defended their decision to put Gavin's mother, Janet Arvizo, into the witness stand. Mrs Arvizo was a prosecution witness, but she did more for the defence's case by acting erratically and admitting previously lying in court. That helped defence lawyers in their bid to show that Mrs Arvizo, and by association her children, lacked credibility as a witness - a crucial part of the defence's strategy, because the case pretty much rested on the allegations made by Gavin Arvizo and his brother.
Commenting on Mrs Arvizo's testimony, Zonen told CNN: "She behaved as she behaves. This is her. She does snap her fingers when she talks to you; she has unusual behavioral patterns. I was hopeful that the jury would be able to understand that she is who she is and simply accept her testimony accordingly."
Jackson himself has not been seen since he shuffled out of court after his acquittal on Monday. His defence lawyer Thomas Mesereau told reporters: "He has to spend some time healing".