-- 1993: A 13-year-boy claimed that the music star had fondled him. Jackson was known to have sleepovers with boys at his Neverland Ranch, but this was the first public charge of wrongdoing. Police searched the ranch, but found no evidence to support the claim. Jackson settled the case out of court the following year with the boy's family.

-- 2003: British journalist Martin Bashir spent several months with Jackson for the television documentary "Living with Michael Jackson." Bashir got Jackson to discuss his relationships with children. Jackson admitted that he continued to have children sleep over at his ranch, and that sometimes he slept with the children in his bed. He told Bashir, "Why can't you share your bed? That's the most loving thing to do, to share your bed with someone."

-- 2004: Jackson was arrested on charges related to incidents with a 13-year-old boy the previous year. He was charged with, among other things, lewd conduct with a minor, administering alcohol to facilitate molestation, conspiracy to commit child abduction, false imprisonment and extortion. More than 130 people testified at the 2005 trial, including actor Macaulay Culkin, who said the singer never tried to molest him in all their years of friendship.

-- 2005: Jackson was acquitted of all 10 charges on June 14, 2005. He stayed at Neverland for a short time after the trial and then moved to Bahrain.

-- Information from Bio.com