A fingerprint on an explicit magazine said to belong to the brother of the boy accusing Michael Jackson of abuse has been seen by the jury at his trial.
Prosecuting lawyers said the evidence supported the boys' accounts that the singer showed them pornographic material at his Neverland ranch.
But the defence said the evidence was unreliable because the magazines went untested for months.
Mr Jackson denies 10 charges, including child abuse and false imprisonment.
The musician's lawyers further discredited the fingerprint evidence, saying that the magazines were used at grand jury hearings, and could have been handled by the brother of Gavin Arvizo at that time.
Inconclusive
Sheriff's technician Lisa Hemman told the hearing in Santa Maria, California, that the print was found on a publication called Finally Legal.
Along with a colleague, she said the print was intially ruled inconclusive in the autumn of last year, but they re-examined the evidence and reversed their decision.
"As an examiner you always go on the edge of caution. If you don't want to rush a job you make it inconclusive," Ms Hemman said.
She added that their work involved comparing hundreds of fingerprints with those of the three people in question.
The technician named the accuser's brother when asked who had made the print found.
Former bodyguard
She added that the fingerprint of another child had been found, but did not identify him or her in her testimony.
When asked why the analysis had not been done immediately, Ms Hemman said DNA testing was done first.
She told the court that fingerprint analysis could destroy any DNA.
Judge Rodney Melville ordered one of Mr Jackson's former bodyguards, who is in a Las Vegas jail, be brought to California on 4 April to take the witness stand.
Christopher E Carter was indicted earlier this week on unrelated charges of kidnapping, burglary and robbery, and will testify for the prosecution.
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