Los Angeles, Mar 02: Police hunting for evidence that Michael Jackson molested a young boy seized computers, videotapes and photographs, apparently from his videographer's home, court papers unsealed on Monday show. But it was unclear from the search warrant documents, which were yesterday released in heavily censored form by the Santa Barbara county judge presiding over the case, if anything incriminating was found in the searches. Among the items taken away from videographer Marc Shaffel's home in the Los Angeles suburb of Calabasas were at least six computers or computer hard drives, dozens of videotapes and four black and white photo prints. Also found was a DVD tape of a ''neverland party'' found on a bookshelf in the living room and unspecified documents relating to Jackson, 45. The search warrant materials also show that authorities were interested in telephone bills, though it is unclear if the bills were ever located or what evidence they contained.
Jackson is charged with seven counts of lewd acts on a boy under the age of 14 and two counts of plying him with alcohol in order to seduce him. He has pleaded innocent and called the charges a ''big lie.''
Though the court papers do not say where they were searching, the dates correspond to a raid on Shaffel's home.
The search warrant materials were sealed by a judge at the time they were issued and reporters have fought since then to get them released. Under California law search warrant materials are part of the public record in a criminal case.

Santa Barbara county superior court judge Rodney Melville agreed to release the documents, in heavily redacted form, during a February court appearance.

The next hearing in Jackson's case is scheduled for April 2, though it is not clear if the self-described ''King Of Pop,'' who has signed a waiver of his right to be present in court for all proceedings, would attend.
Bureau Report