Michael Jackson’s defence suddenly rested their case without calling any rebuttal witnesses on Friday after prosecutors in a final move showed the jury a videotape of the accuser telling investigators for the first time in 2003 that he was molested by the pop star. The tape offered little that the boy had not already testified to on the stand.

A social worker testified on Tuesday at Michael Jackson’s child-molestation trial that she met privately with the accuser and his family during the time they claim they were Jackson’s captives, and they praised the singer and denied any sexual abuse. She said the accuser told her that Jackson ”never touched me”.