A week of dubious witnesses in Jackson's trial

"The parade of former employees included some who admitted that they had stolen from their boss, sold their accounts of events to tabloid journalists for thousands of dollars, changed their testimony when money came knocking and lied to investigators. Even the man who used to fetch Jackson's French fries was once a purveyor of Internet pornography. So debilitating was it to watch that Rodney Melville, the grandfatherly judge, said with a sigh, 'It's been an intense week.'