Witness Claims Jackson Harassment

Apparently, comedy-club owner Jamie Masada finds his involvement in the child-molestation case against Michael Jackson to be no laughing matter.

On Wednesday, Masada, a witness in the case, held a news conference at his club, the Laugh Factory, to accuse Jackson's legal eagles of harassment.

As soon as he had finished his remarks, an unidentified man served him with a new defense subpoena and promptly exited the club.

Masada is the man responsible for bringing together the embattled entertainer and his young accuser in the first place and has provided public support and money to the boy's family since the molestation allegations against Jackson became public in November 2003.

The boy had attended Masada's comedy camp for underprivileged youngsters and was battling cancer when Jackson made contact with him at Masada's suggestion.

Masada, who was subpoenaed by the defense for records and has been requested to appear in court when Jackson's trial commences on Jan. 31, said Jackson lawyer Brian Oxman sent him a letter on Dec. 28 advising him that the defense would seek a court order against him should he fail to comply with the subpoenas. Copies of said letter were passed out at the conference by club employees.

The club owner also took issue with Oxman's "unethical" behavior--namely, stopping by the homes of several comedians and having investigators call him.

"He's been harassing all of my comics who have been doing my comedy camp," Masada said.

Oxman, who is bound by the gag order over the case, did not comment on Masada's allegations.

Masada did not specify which comics were supposedly being harassed by Team Jackson, with the exception of Suli McCullough, who also attended the news conference.

But comedians such as Chris Tucker and George Lopez have worked at the camp in the past, helping children to create stand-up-comedy routines, and were acquainted with Jackson's accuser.

Meanwhile, Lopez and Tucker are also part of a group of Laugh Factory-affiliated comics who raised money in 2000 to help pay the costs of Jackson's accuser's medical bills, even though the costs were apparently covered by the boy's father's insurance all along, according to Celebrity Justice.

It remains unclear what happened to the tens of thousands of dollars donated to the family.

The allegedly misled comics have reportedly been contacted by Team Jackson in regard to the funds they raised, per Celebrity Justice.

A small community newspaper in El Monte, California, was also allegedly bilked by the accuser's family, after it ran a story on the boy's illness and the family's need for financial support at the request of the boy's mother.

Meanwhile, with the start of Jackson's trial just a few scant weeks away, the Smoking Gun has compiled a behind-the-scenes look at the prosecution's case against the popster, based on confidential documents, grand-jury testimony and sealed court records the Website obtained from various sources.

The report tells of the accuser's urine sample that was allegedly purposely spilled by a Jackson associate to avoid detection of alcohol, a secret porn stash reportedly discovered in Jackson's bedroom and a pair of size-small boy's underpants that were discovered in Jackson's daughter Paris' bathroom.

We don't know about you, but we're counting down the days until this trial finally gets under way.