Sheriff's raid on Neverland Ranch

It was what Michael Jackson described as his ‘darkest day’ at Neverland Ranch.

These startling never-before-seen images show the moment armed police swooped on the sprawling mansion in search of evidence in their child-abuse investigation.

Seventy deputies from Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department raided the estate in November 2003 after Gavin Arvizo, 13, claimed Jackson had sexually molested him.

'I was brought in by Jacko’s lawyers to show Neverland as it was. I was there for three weeks in relative calm. But then all hell erupted when the police raided the house.’

Nimmer, who has turned his footage into a 45-minute documentary, Michael Jackson: The Untold Story Of Neverland, said: ‘Jackson was in Las Vegas on the morning of the raid but he felt his private sanctuary had been violated.’

Source Daily Mail