VIDEO SHOWS JACKSON ACCUSER'S FAMILY PRAISING POP STAR

Jurors in MICHAEL JACKSON's child molestation trial were treated to a second day of video-watching yesterday morning (04MAR05) as they viewed a documentary featuring the pop star's accuser and his family praising the singer.

Santa Barbara County District Attorney TOM SNEDDON presented the tape in court in Santa Maria, California, after telling the jury Jackson's aides had given the family scripts and told them to "be nice" about the pop star.

Then they filmed the family talking about the star as a rebuttal to British journalist MARTIN BASHIR's controversial LIVING WITH MICHAEL JACKSON.

In the film, Jackson's accuser and members of his family referred to the King of Pop as "nice," "humble" and "a father figure."

Accuser GAVIN ARVIZO's mother appeared on film praising Jackson for extending "love to the whole family," adding that the pop superstar helped her son cope with his cancer woes.

She said, "He's an ideal family man and I appreciate him with all my heart. Michael Jackson was instrumental in my son's remission because he gave my children what their heart desired a father."