Los Angeles: The teenage accuser at the centre of the Michael Jackson child molestation trial admitted to the court on March 14 that he had told a teacher that the singer had not touched him. Under cross-examination by Thomas Mesereau, Mr Jackson’s attorney, Gavin Arvizo, now 15, said, “I told Mr (Jeffrey) Alpert he never did anything to me.’’ The admission came as the defence continued to attack the boy’s credibility and tried to pinpoint inconsistencies in his testimony to the California court last week. In cross-examination, Mr Mesereau quoted from an interview with the John Burroughs middle school teacher conducted at the weekend. Mr Alpert allegedly told the boy: “I can’t help you if you don’t tell me (what happened).” The boy confirmed he had answered that nothing had happened. — The Guardian