Santa Maria- After the first day of the Michael Jackson trial, you may be wondering who will testify for the defense.

I can only tell you who won’t be: the five unnamed co-conspirators listed in the district attorney’s indictment.

Ironically, they are the only people who really know anything about the case – probably even more than Jackson does.

I told you recently that Vincent Amen’s attorney told me he would not be testifying. But you can add to that list the other four as well: Marc Schaffel, Dieter Wiesner, Ronald Konitzer and Frank Tyson.

Three of those four live outside of California and have no plans to go there any time soon. In state cases, witnesses who live out of state cannot be compelled into the courtroom by subpoena.

A number of potential witnesses are keeping it on the down-low and staying beyond the reach of process servers. I’ll tell you more about those names very shortly.

The weirdest part of the defense so far is the complete bypassing of Tyson. Many thought he might be able to help Jackson, but neither side has called the 24-year-old family friend and aide de camp.

The mother of the 15-year-old accuser is expected to claim that Tyson and Amen restrained or kidnapped her family. But the two have been conspicuously absent from the case so far.

Jackson’s attorney, Tom Mesereau, evidently feels it is best not to include them at all rather than have them be cross-examined.