Pictures: Michael Jackson's Neverland In Tatters

The merry-go-round stands rusting and lifeless. An elaborate floral display that used to stand proudly at the front of the mansion has wilted, leaving just bare earth. The tepees are collapsing in on themselves and a tent covering the bumper cars is falling to bits. Unless Michael Jackson can pay off part of his £160 million debts, his legendary Neverland ranch will be sold next week at auction on the steps of the Santa Barbara County courthouse - a site which will recall for him his painful 2005 child molestation trial and acquittal which left him even more of a recluse. It would be the ultimate humiliation. (link)