qayak
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It's not a jury acquittal.
You're probably the only person here who thought it was.
And settling out of court over a criminal matter, as opposed to a civil one, is also very much an example of Jackson being "above the law". If a not rich/famous person offered their alleged sexual assault victim money to stop cooperating with a police investigation, that person would be charged with witness tampering.
The settlement was not a criminal matter, it was a civil matter. The father of the alleged victim instigated the financial settlement.