Jurors in Michael Jackson's child molestation trial on Wednesday saw pornographic magazines, DVDs and books that were seized from the pop star's bedroom and could bolster the testimony of his young accuser.
Although prosecutors did not link the sexually explicit material directly to their case against Mr Jackson, the accuser and his brother have said the 46-year-old entertainer showed them pornography in his bedroom.
According to three police witnesses, the material was found in two briefcases in Mr Jackson's bedroom, a box at the foot of his bed, a nightstand, a plastic bag, a computer case next to his bathroom sink, on the edge of his Jacuzzi-style bathtub, in a bathroom closet and stacked on a television.
It included magazines - with titles such as Barely Legal and Teenage - which feature young women meant to appear underage, along with more mainstream publications such as Penthouse and erotic books by well-known photographers.
Most of the magazines and videotapes featured grown women, but Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Deputy Karen Shepherd testified to finding a book titled Camp Cove, Photos of Sydney Men, and another titled Dress up: Playacts and Fantasies of Childhood. On cross-examination by Mr Jackson's defence attorney, Robert Sanger, each of the police witnesses agreed the material was legal to possess and that the singer's young accuser had not remembered seeing any particular magazine or DVD.
In fact, the officers conceded, some of the magazines and DVDs were not published or released until after the young boy and his family left Jackson's Neverland Valley Ranch for the last time in March 2003.
In one instance, Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Detective Victor Alvarez was unable to confirm the release date of a DVD in late March 2003 because the print on the label was too small - until Mr Jackson lent him his reading glasses from his seat at the defence table.
The entertainer, who came to court dressed in an electric blue jacket, satin pants, an aquamarine vest and waist chain, is charged with molesting a then 13-year-old boy in February or March 2003.
He is also accused of plying the boy with alcohol in order to abuse him and conspiring to commit child abduction, extortion and false imprisonment. Mr Jackson, who has pleaded innocent, faces more than two decades in prison if he is convicted on all 10 criminal counts.
Earlier on Wednesday, a police detective testified Mr Jackson's young accuser told police he thought the singer had molested him five to seven times but could only remember the details of two occasions.
Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Sgt Steve Robel said the boy became withdrawn when he first told police about the alleged abuse, adding: "He became very, very quiet, folded his arms and sunk down in the chair. At one point in time he got a little choked up."