Santa Barbara (AP)
Troubles continued for Michael Jackson today after Assault charges were added to his Child Molestation charges after a scuffle with reporters outside of a Santa Barbara courtroom.

Jackson, when confronted by a reporter about his extensive plastic surgery, is alleged to have struck the reporter with one of his antennae, and grabbed the microphone with a free tentacle. Jackson has repeatedly denied plastic surgery of any sort, despite the alarming disappearance of his nose in recent years. Extensive searches of the woods and ravines around his Neverland Ranch for the nose were called off four years ago, after the plastic surgery allegations surfaced.

Jackson was released on $3 million bail, pending the trial on charges of molesting an underage visitor to his Neverland ranch several months ago. Critics of Jackson were calling for a harsh jail term to demonstrate that, in the words of one commentator "the rich aren't above the law." Supporters of Jackson have responded that he would "last less than a minute" in a federal prison, and are instead calling for any sentances to include public service, and the return of his best friend Bubbles the chimp, to the wild.

Jackson's trial continues.