His mother refused to turn on the evaporative cooler unless the temperature got into the hundreds.

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He also refused to take calls from his mother, Katherine, CNN has learned.

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When Jackson's team refused, the accuser's mother had the boy make false allegations, Mesereau argued in his opening statement Feb. 28.

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