Why hasn’t Michael Jackson been cancelled??

The thing with MJ missing his childhood and allegedly, simply trying to recreate it with young kids/boys....all his siblings are really close in age. He was the young "cute" one in the group but theres actually not much age gap between all of them. So wouldnt they all have had a fucked up childhood...? He could have invited them to neverland and had sleepovers to recreate - or re-invent their collective childhood. It would still be weird, but without involving young kids!

But they did report it and he was found not guilty. I understand perfectly thanks.

I think he groomed the whole world. Look at the numbers of women on this thread parroting the narrative that he was a little boy lost, child in a man’s body, who just wanted a childhood.

Where did that narrative come from? MJ. He created it. In order to get access to the children he wanted to abuse. Paedophiles do generally try to position themselves to access children - work, charity, hobby etc. It worked incredibly well, accessing a steady stream of kids. And despite some of those kids now having come forward to tell of the reality, many people still prefer the fantasy.

Enough with the Savile comparison! We know what he did. We have enough proof he was a disgusting human being.

Not related to which side I am on but realistically, the number could actually be a billion+ rather than millions. Hence why comparison to Saville is unrealistic unless people think MJ can be cancelled just in UK

Because love is blind. People who hero worship him don't want to believe anything bad of their idol. But, like you, paedophilia is not something I could just gloss over because it was inconvenient

How good can it be? Sleeping in a bed with kids and the kids later saying they were sexually abused by him is dead giveaway no?

Do you say the same about Jimmy Saville?

I think Bill Wyman is horrific (starting a relationship with Mandy smith when she was 13 🤢) and I wonder why he was never properly cancelled. However the thread is not a general "who are you surprised isnt cancelled" its about MJ

You'd have to also cancel Elvis, David Bowie, Steven Tyler and, let's face it, half of the rock stars and groups from the 70s and 80s. Lots of them slept with underage girls.

I doubt any other people put themselves in the MJ's position by building Neverlend and inviting packs of children over.

But there are a LOT of famous musicians that are currently being accused of sex with underage girls, maybe you should google it.

Actually I think it’s you who doesn’t understand how the law works.

Many, many victims of rape and sexual assault never even report what happened to them because it is, in practice, very difficult to secure convictions for sex offenders.

Well said.

So if it’s all about money, name one other rich, famous pop star who has been dogged by multiple claims, spanning decades, of child abuse by men who were all good looking, prepubescent boys at the time.

Cross-posted with @Silverbirchleaf

I think to some degree he "groomed" whole families, making it easier for parents to let their kids stay overnight with him. In some instances they might not have even known they were staying in the same room.
Plenty of posters here are in denial, or overlooking the fact, he was almost doing this in plain sight, despite being the most famous man in the world, so its not much of a reach to think he fooled those parents as well.

I have one word for you - MONEY

Isn’t there a feeling that the parents were possibly groomed as well? The biggest star in the world love-bombs your family. Wouldn’t you be flattered? And safeguarding wasn’t such a hot topic then as it today. People would have automatically trusted the big star, without questioning his antics.

Because millions of people do not believe he did anything. Was he mentally childlike - yes. A paedophile - I do not believe so, no.

Because you will find, generally speaking, that if someone has not been convicted of something, you cannot assume they did it. Not only not convicted but found not guilty. That’s called the law. I hope you have heard of it?

Let me put it this way, would you be happy with your young children having a sleepover with a random bloke down the road, just because his house was filled with things children enjoy? Of course you wouldn't.

You should put it this way: would you let your young children having a sleepover with a random bloke who is immensely famous and rich and who will provide you with substantial sums of money and other perks and benefits of fame and wealth? Obviously some parents could not resist.

I have a fairly good nonce/sleaze radar. Never got that vibe from MJ. He was definitely mentally imbalanced and on drugs but I don’t think he wanted anything from the kids except a childhood. It was quite sad really.

He paid the first guy off and he was then seemingly willing to take the money rather than fight for justice in court. That understandably made everyone think he was just after money and I guess everyone thinks the same of accusers since, particularly since lots have been civil cases expecting financial remuneration. Of course it’s partly down to the statute of limitations in the US but people will likely see it as greed. Then some celebs who stayed with him said he never did anything untoward e.g Macaulay Culkin.

I personally think it’s much harder to dismiss multiple accusers. His music may be “genius” but that can live on without him. Plenty of artists were criminals and also just arseholes, their work is still revered.

They took him to trial with no evidence whatsoever? You think the American version of the CPS said ‘zero evidence? Literally nothing? Yeah go for it’

One of the richest human beings in the world convinced a star struck jury that there was an element of doubt that he did exactly what the boys said he did. He was not proven innocent, that’s not how the legal system works. He wasn’t found guilty of those specific crimes.

If a random man in your community walked up and down holding hands with his ‘boyfriends’ and had regular sleepovers or parties for all the kids in the area you would come to one conclusion.