MSNBC’s Jeanette Walls reports that Michael Jackson wore a red string Kabbalah bracelet throughout his trial and was perhaps introduced to Jewish mysticism by none other than his friend Elizabeth Taylor. Seeing as the guy got off without so much as a hand slap for the Jesus Juice, we take back everything we’ve said about celebrities and their red strings and will finally purchase one for our upcoming appearance in traffic court.
Meanwhile, RadarOnline has published the first of a four-part in-depth investigation on the Kabbalah Centre, in which author Mim Udovitch reveals that The Centre solicits freelance ghostwriters on Craigslist to help them write “scholarly” books on Kabbalah, among other questionable practices. We hope the Centre’s got their own load of red strings to deflect the evil eyes reading about them or it’s gonna spell a lot of tsuris for their “take over the world” marketing schemes—maybe Jacko will have to return the favor of by teaming up with Madonna for a “Kabbalah Aid” Concert by Rosh Hashanah.