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Why are people still deluding themselves about Michael Jackson??

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waxahatchee · 26/02/2019 18:54

If any grown man I know invited children to sleep in his bed with him there would be absolutely no question about what was going on. I am sure that most people would agree, why are so many people still deluding themselves about this?? Makes me so cross, why do they even play his music on the radio??

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ColeHawlins · 08/03/2019 14:18

cole im really not interested in discussing this with you, you're clearly a child who has to throw insults at someone because their opinion is different to yours.

Do1

I haven't insulted you. I just pointed out that you're making yourself sound ridiculous.

Aeroflotgirl · 08/03/2019 14:18

Bella I was just reading, Jordy Chandler was able to describe and draw distinct markings that he has seen on Michael's penis, suddenly you hear that he was been paid off by MJ very suspect. Well now he is dead, you have victims testimonies as evidence, what they are saying makes a lot of sense. Rather like JS, JS carried out similar behaviour towards children as MJ, but because MJ is a world famous popstar people do not want to believe that he did those things. Bella if you believe MJ is innocent, I presume you feel the same for Jimmy Saville then! Must be innocent right!

Pk37 · 08/03/2019 14:20

Just finished watching and I’m now 100% sure myself that their allegations are true.
How horrendous for these men and their families

CuriousaboutSamphire · 08/03/2019 14:20

and it was [not] his bed it was his bedroom which was the size of an apartment

But that isn't what MJ himself said! Just one newspaper vesion - it was used in so very many all across the world:

Michael Jackson has proudly admitted sharing his bed with children. He says he sees nothing wrong with a 44-year-old man having such relationships.

And insisting there is 'nothing sexual' going on, he declares: 'I give them hot milk, you know, we have cookies. It's very charming, it's very sweet, it's what the whole world should do.'

His bed...HIS WORDS

How many times does it have to be pinted ouit... even if you ONLY use what MJ himself said happened... IT IS NOT NORMAL IT IS ABUSIVE!

RageAgainstTheVendingMachine · 08/03/2019 14:21

Just reading the list of items found is enough to recognise guilt, until then was never sure but felt that MJ was guilty somehow.

Were his eyes too close together? You cannot convict based on a feeling, a hunch or your gut. God help anyone who faces jurors taking that approach.
The list of items might have convinced you, or indeed me, but were not enough to convict as they were circumstantial (ie the prosecution contended that they could be used to groom, the jury decided that owning porn was not illegal).

maybe she was threatened by MJ who knows. Now we have statements from the abused, and I wonder who else will come forward now that Wade and James have, and evidence from MJ home, child porn art with his and the boys finger prints on them.

Exactly the same evidence Tom Sneddon used in the 2005 trial, nothing new here.
At least one item was cross-contaminated iirc as Gavin handled in court without gloves.

La Toya threatened by her ex husband to accuse then by her brother to recant, the problem is with maybes and who knows, is that it is supposition.

I hope others do come forward, not because I hope there are more victims, but because I would also like justice for Jordan and Gavin.

colouringinpro · 08/03/2019 14:23

I believe them.
Kids have just put Despicable me 3 on. MJ's Bad is accompanying the villain's actions. I actually feel nauseous. Those poor boys.

Backseatonthebus · 08/03/2019 14:24

if you are a true victim you dont need to lie ever.

Maybe go back and read what professionals and child abuse survivors have said on this and other threads. Then you might realise how nonsensical that sentence is.

aero were is the proof they were threatened?

Watch last night's documentary again and listen to what Jackson's lawyer said outside court. If that isn't threatening I dont know what is.

rkelly there is video evidence, jimmy salville there is video evidence of him being creepy , why not MJ?

This defence is getting even more absurd. Three points, firstly not all paedophiles are 'creepy', secondly actually I find a lot of Jackson footage with young children extremely creepy, and finally no video footage of child sexual abuse doesnt ever mean it didn't take place.

Aeroflotgirl · 08/03/2019 14:25

ttps:www.digitalmusicnews.com/2016/06/21/items-discovered-police-michael-jackson/ A list of items found by investigators at Neverland Ranch. Very shocking, really supports what those men were saying about MJ.

Thankfuckitsfriday1 · 08/03/2019 14:25

Of course he was a paedophile. I think it’s a shame it takes a documentary to make others believe it.

A CHILD knew what he his penis looked like erect? That’s not abuse?

Yes a child defended him in court; it’s called grooming.

I think anyone who says just because he was found non guilty is proof enough is just plain stupid. Imagine how expensive those lawyers were he hired, literally the best lawyers money could buy. Also child abuse is hard to prove in court, with such little evidence especially if it’s not a recent crime.

BorsetshireBlew · 08/03/2019 14:26

Michael Jackson was extremely creepy in footage from that documentary. The way he talked about loving children is grim, and the footage of him walking arm in arm with all those children.

RageAgainstTheVendingMachine · 08/03/2019 14:30

Wade and James said that they were threatened if they did not testify and if they told their parents, how many others were threatened in this way by MJ.

Ironically, they were threatened with action for perjury from 93 if they didn't re-testify.
Wade did. James didn't (although may have signed legal paper saying he wasn't abused?)
Janet Arvizo alleged she was forced to film a Bashir rebuttal or someone acting on Jackson's behalf would report her again to the social services (odd that, if he was also under investigation)
Maid claimed death threats but same maid (Adrian McManus) also stole from the property and her own niece/nephew's inheritance and owes the Jackson estate $$$$$$
Maureen Orth claimed that Jackson had thugs at Neverland to intimidate staff.

BorsetshireBlew · 08/03/2019 14:31

www.digitalmusicnews.com/2016/06/21/items-discovered-police-michael-jackson/

Working link

ColeHawlins · 08/03/2019 14:32

same maid (Adrian McManus) also stole from the property and her own niece/nephew's inheritance and owes the Jackson estate $$$$$$

She stole a drawing from a bin didn't she? Not exactly huge scale robbery.

RageAgainstTheVendingMachine · 08/03/2019 14:35

Link to doc and Oprah - not link to links
Will not work in US/Canada
Expect they will be removed soon

JessicaWakefieldSVH · 08/03/2019 14:36

I’m confused. Is it really not illegal in the US to own books with naked children in them? Wtf? Weren’t they pornographic? It’s just so weird he wasn’t found guilty if they found loads of child porn, or even naked photos of children. What adult possesses loads of books with naked children in them??

AguerosAngel · 08/03/2019 14:36

I’ve just finished watching the second part.

Those poor children, I believe them.

My DM had an MJ song played at her funeral, the thought makes me want to vomit.

WarpedGalaxy · 08/03/2019 14:37

Bellasorellaa Victims never need to lie?! Fuck that bunch of apologist victim-blaming bullshit.

Victims lie all the time for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes they lie to protect their actual abusers because, even though Uncle is hurting them sometimes, they still love Uncle when he’s nice; or because the abuser threatens them and they fear repercussions for themselves or loved ones; or because they fear they won’t be believed; or because they feel guilty because they think something they might have done caused the abuse; or they are burying the bad thing that happened so if they don’t admit to it out loud they can pretend it didn’t happen.

BorsetshireBlew · 08/03/2019 14:38

Oh my god

Why are people still deluding themselves about Michael Jackson??
Aeroflotgirl · 08/03/2019 14:42

That evidence found, showed you the type of person he was, and what he was into, and corroborated those men's accounts.

www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/03/10-undeniable-facts-about-the-michael-jackson-sexual-abuse-allegations

Aeroflotgirl · 08/03/2019 14:48

I suggest Bella stop deluding themselves, and watch for themselves, and read the 'facts' in the links provided. Just seeing snippets of MJ speak in the documentary just gave me the chills, the inappropriate way in which he was talking about very young boys, and how he saw them, not as friends, it was more like how you speak about a lover or partner.

marvellousnightforamooncup · 08/03/2019 14:52

I absolutely believe these young men and my heart goes out to them. I watched last night and although I can't understand what the fuck those mothers were thinking, I do feel sorry for them. They know they royally fucked up and everyone is judging them.

What I don't understand is why they're not being charged with perjury. The boys have admitted lying under oath and have even said it wasn't repressed memory. What's the law on that?

RageAgainstTheVendingMachine · 08/03/2019 14:58

Adrian Mcmanus and her husband stole $34000 from her family. They willfully and maliciously defrauded Shane and Megan McManus, Adrian's nephew and niece, out of their inheritance after their father died. They were sued by Rosalie Hill, the children’s guardian ad litem.

In1993 Adrian McManus committed perjury saying she had never seen Jackson commit any inappropriate behaviour. She was later sanctioned $66000 for lying in her deposition.

McManus, with other staff, claimed for unfair dismissal and were told to pay Jackson $1.4 million in damages after it was proven they had stolen from the property.

Selling a picture, selling memorabilia, allegedly selling hair on e-bay(?!) irrespective of the amounts or lack of planning involved you know full well that if it was a cleaner on Mumsnet, we'd all be saying get rid and that that person was not remotely trustworthy.
That should be the same whether the victim of the crime is a SAHM or a multi-millionaire.

I have no respect whatsoever for the maid. She could have gone to the police with her suspicions and prevented further abuse but she chose not to. She is a proven scam-artist and defrauder.

RageAgainstTheVendingMachine · 08/03/2019 15:01

Perjury a 5 year statute of limitations iirc

dustarr73 · 08/03/2019 15:09

And now the Jacksons are claiming Wade was in a relationship with MJs niece.From age 9 to 18.

Seems a bit convenient to me.

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