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alp227

(32,033 posts)
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 09:52 PM Jun 2013

Michael Jackson paid £23MILLION buying silence of at least TWO DOZEN young boys...

So far only tabloid sources are covering this story, but I wonder how shocking it seems. The Mirror (UK) reports:

Secret FBI files exclusively seen by the Sunday People reveal Michael Jackson spent £23million buying the silence of at least two dozen young boys he abused over 15 years.

The documents – case numbers CADCE MJ-02463 and CR 01046 – were not passed on to prosecutors in the King of Pop’s 2005 trial, when he was cleared of molesting a child.

But they throw a disturbing new light on the megastar’s insistence he never laid a finger on any of the scores of kids he invited to his home for unsupervised sleep-overs.

Agents have thousands of pages of evidence dating back to 1989 indicating Jacko groomed and molested children – sometimes right under the noses of their starstruck parents.

The FBI files include private investigators’ reports, phone transcripts and hours of audio tapes.


It's already been known for years that Jackson reached a settlement in 1994 with a father who accused Jackson of abusing his father's son and then was acquitted nearly a decade later in a trial that captured the world's attention in 2005. Jackson managed to avoid any prosecution for the 1993 accusation. Seems that Michael Jackson is now America's Jimmy Savile.
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Michael Jackson paid £23MILLION buying silence of at least TWO DOZEN young boys... (Original Post) alp227 Jun 2013 OP
What's shocking is the truth. n/t UTUSN Jun 2013 #1
Mais Non! Que surprise! nt longship Jun 2013 #2
1%ers can molest children and be a homophobic jackasses Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2013 #3
Don't forget this: Pale Blue Dot Jun 2013 #4
I wonder how far this will go... TeeYiYi Jul 2013 #5
No convincing relationships with men or women loyalsister Jul 2013 #6
The thing that's damning for me is the compulsive nature of the activity XemaSab Jul 2013 #7
Yeah loyalsister Jul 2013 #8

Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)
3. 1%ers can molest children and be a homophobic jackasses
Sun Jun 30, 2013, 09:58 PM
Jun 2013

if their ratings are high enough and the don't peddle fatty foods.

TeeYiYi

(8,028 posts)
5. I wonder how far this will go...
Mon Jul 1, 2013, 08:36 PM
Jul 2013

...and I fear for the emotional wellbeing of the kids. Especially Paris with her recent issues.

TYY

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
6. No convincing relationships with men or women
Mon Jul 1, 2013, 08:45 PM
Jul 2013

Having entertained dancers who basically molested him when he was a child. It's a no brainer. I hope the people who he victimized as children can find some peace.

XemaSab

(60,212 posts)
7. The thing that's damning for me is the compulsive nature of the activity
Mon Jul 1, 2013, 09:03 PM
Jul 2013

If someone accused me of molesting a kid, or even gave me the side eye about being around kids, I would NEVER be alone with a kid who wasn't an immediate relative again. EVER.

If I didn't have kids myself, I wouldn't even be in a group that had small kids in it, and I sure as hell wouldn't invite them over to my house.

For MJ, he was still actively seeking the exclusive company of small children well after the molestation allegations started. He just couldn't say no to being around little kids, even though the risks for him were enormous.

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
8. Yeah
Mon Jul 1, 2013, 11:27 PM
Jul 2013

The most disgusting way of looking at it is that he could afford it. It is so ugly that I can't see it any other way.

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