Word: francia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dancer to knock the rust of routine off Balanchine's ballets. Edward Villella's marvelous Miami City Ballet recently gave a performance of Prodigal Son at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark that all but exploded off the stage, and Seattle's Pacific Northwest Ballet, led by Francia Russell and Kent Stowell, has just mounted a Midsummer Night's Dream that is causing coast-to-coast buzz. But Farrell's ad hoc troupe, whipped into shape with just three weeks of intensive rehearsal, is already impressive enough to suggest that in a better-regulated universe, America's greatest...
...ACCUSERS. Last week on the tabloid news show Hard Copy, Blanca Francia, who was Jackson's personal maid, proclaimed that the star showered and slept with boys -- giving them the nickname "Rubba," meaning he rubbed the boys against his genitals -- and may have abused these children, including her own son. Such assertions earned her 15 minutes of notoriety and a reputed five- figure honorarium. A judge refused to issue a gag order that might prevent ) others from telling all (or making...
...LAWYERS. Larry Feldman, attorney for the 13-year-old boy who alleges Michael abused him, has deposed a score of potential witnesses: no other boys but many Neverland staff members. Francia was speaking to prosecutors by day and Hard Copy at night -- moonlighting that does not please the plaintiff's lawyer. "When you introduce money into a witness's testimony," Feldman says, "it gives the other side something to talk about." But he exudes confidence that he has a winning case, and a moral one. "So far, the focus has been on Michael Jackson. From my standpoint, the focus...