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Some Michael Jackson candid camera action could cost two men quality time behind bars.
Jeffrey Borer and Arvel Jett Reeves admitted Monday in federal court that they secretly videotaped Jackson and attorney Mark Geragos in November 2003 as they flew from Las Vegas to Santa Barbara, where the pop star surrendered on child-molestation charges.
The two men each copped to one count of conspiracy, according to published reports. In exchange for their guilty pleas, prosecutors dropped two other charges--witness tampering and endeavoring to intercept oral communication.
Borer, former owner of charter jet company XtraJet, which transported Jackson, and Reeves, whose Executive Aviation Linguistics serviced the XtraJet fleet, are due back in court for sentencing on July 12. They each face a maximum penalty of five years in prison, three years of probation and a fine of $250,000. U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz will determine the men's fate.
According to the indictment, Borer and Reeves used two digital camcorders and remote microphones to tape Jackson and Geragos (referred to in court documents only as "a professional entertainer and his attorney"). An unidentified, unindicted coconspirator helped install the minicams indiscreetly and wedge the microphones between seat cushions. But because Reeves didn't buy the right adaptors for the microphones, the eventual footage had no sound.
Per their plea agreement, Borer would try to "sell these recordings to the media for a large sum of money,'' playing news outlets against each other to attract "the highest bidder."
Soon after Jackson arrived in Santa Barbara and gave himself up to authorities, Fox News announced that it was offered footage of the so-called surrender flight. Geragos claimed that the taping violated attorney-client privilege and publicly vowed to put XtraJet out of business.
Up until Monday, Borer and Reeves had claimed they were innocent. As a cover story, they told the feds that they had installed the cameras to catch a staffer who was supposedly stealing booze from the plane.
As for the once-upon-a-time King of Pop, he eventually replaced Geragos with Tom Mesereau and was later acquitted of all charges.
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