Fox News reports on Michael Jackson's defense plan--it's an attack on the 12 year old's mother. We don't know why most of the U.S. press is now shielding the name of the 12 year old (or his mother, Janet Ventura-Arvizo) when the names have been reported in over 75 newspaper articles since February, 2003 when the Martin Bashir documentary was aired on television, according to Lexis.com .

Anyway, new details on the mom:

...sources said there are written statements .... which were signed late February by the boy and his mother in front of Jackson's attorney Mark Geragos. Also, Fox News has learned the Jackson team has been flooded in recent days with calls from witnesses who were at Neverland Ranch when the boy was there. These witnesses say the boy always acted happy and did not seem troubled.

There are also some employees of Jackson who will say they saw the mother of the boy often arguing with him -- sometimes, they say, high on crack -- and that she made demands.

The New York Post has these details about the child's life of turmoil with his parents.

Why would the boy's mother be signing a statement in front of Jackson's lawyer? Maybe because Jackson and the boy's mother had filed official complaints with the Broadcasting Standards Commission in the U.K. in addition to Jackson's suit for an injunction to stop Granada, the UK company that made the documentary, from releasing any more tapes.