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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMichael 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:
The documents case numbers CADCE MJ-02463 and CR 01046 were not passed on to prosecutors in the King of Pops 2005 trial, when he was cleared of molesting a child.
But they throw a disturbing new light on the megastars 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.
UTUSN
(70,710 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)if their ratings are high enough and the don't peddle fatty foods.
Pale Blue Dot
(16,831 posts)He was very talented, but he was likely NOT a good person.
TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)...and I fear for the emotional wellbeing of the kids. Especially Paris with her recent issues.
TYY
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)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)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.
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.