Deeko
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- Jun 16, 2000
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That's pocket change to him in those days. If I could pay $5 and not have to go through the hassle of a high profile court case, I'd do it too. He also said it was for the sake of the kid, who was being subjected to a huge amount of pressure from the media....something I think MJ as a kid is a little familiar with, and kinda messed him up.
JulesMaximus
No Lifer
- Jul 3, 2003
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Yea, I mean really who doesnt have a little MJ like sickness inside them?
Who doesnt feed pre-teens "Jesus Juice" and sleep in beds with them?
.......
acheron
Diamond Member
- May 27, 2008
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I don't care about him at all, even his music (beyond maybe some of his early stuff with the Jackson 5). This isn't even about Jackson specifically. I just think it's ridiculous that people think they know more about what happened from reading fourth-hand reports than the people actually at the trial who were presented with all the actual evidence.
Nik
Lifer
- Jun 5, 2006
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You don't get charges pressed against you time and time again (MANY of which were settled out of court by just paying off the victims with millions of $$$) without there being some sort of truth to it.
You'd think that, after the first charge, you wouldn't put yourself in a situation where you could be accused again. But noooooooo, his lust for littleboyparts was too powerful. He just kept having them over, kept molesting them, and kept paying off the parents. Two cases out of a half dozen go to court, even though he doesn't get convicted, and you're defending him.
:roll:
ProfJohn
Lifer
- Jul 28, 2006
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The fact that he was weird does not make him a child molester or gay.
Read up on his life. His dad was an abusive prick and by 10 years old he was one of the most famous people in the country.
Imagine what that would do to the psyche. The reason he hung out with young kids and had sleepovers and the like is because he was never able to do that himself growing up. He is a text book example of 'regression' link
Read up on all the child stars who had problems as adults and think about it for a bit.
Also read up on other famous musicians and what fame did to them.
The number of rock stars who self destructed is amazingly long.
Read up on his life. His dad was an abusive prick and by 10 years old he was one of the most famous people in the country.
Imagine what that would do to the psyche. The reason he hung out with young kids and had sleepovers and the like is because he was never able to do that himself growing up. He is a text book example of 'regression' link
Read up on all the child stars who had problems as adults and think about it for a bit.
Also read up on other famous musicians and what fame did to them.
The number of rock stars who self destructed is amazingly long.
JulesMaximus
No Lifer
- Jul 3, 2003
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One could also say that people may have made up these stories so they could sue Jackson for money. And that "journalists" twisted his words around to make him appear creepy in order to get ratings. Is that so far fetched?
I think the guy was definitely a weirdo but do I know that he molested little boys? No...I do not. And it is a completely moot point now that he has died anyway. Does trashing him now make you feel better about your own life?
ProfJohn
Lifer
- Jul 28, 2006
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He settled one case and then later went to a criminal trial over another.
And if you read up on the first case you learn that he settled at the urging of those around him because it was taking a huge psychological toll on MJ. A lot of his drug problems seem to have started around that time.
Ns1
No Lifer
- Jun 17, 2001
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I'm not aware that there was a civil suit, nor do I really care (not a jab)
Agreed with the bolded. The "alternate"way of looking at your second point was that greedy ass bitch mom decided MJ was a ripe and easy target (because of the bolded part), coached his kid, and accused MJ in hopes of getting an easy payoff, at which point they went to trial and MJ was voted not guilty.
wasn't it like twice?
of the thousands of kids who passed through Neverland, it seems weird to think that there wasn't a single parent who wasn't willing to sacrifice their kids for cash or a single security guard, cleaning lady, etc who wasn't willing to sacrifice their job to expose a pedophile.
ProfJohn
Lifer
- Jul 28, 2006
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If it was 'common knowledge' then how come there was only ONE person who made that charge?
How many dozens of kids slept over at the ranch and how many of them made this charge? Read up on the criminal court case. The family who accused him had all kinds of money issues and their allegations only surfaced when it looked like MJ was throwing them out of his house.
that's kinda how I've always seen him.
I do believe that he "slept" with children in his beds. I do not believe that it was sexual... I think MJ saw himself as a child inside his own head and couldn't comprehend why normal people think it's inappropriate to sleep in the same bed as a kid.
I knew this would be Anna Nicole X 10.....
My god, 3 months of Michael tributes and more then likely trials and court hearings over whats left of his estate, who was giving him prescription drugs, and the millions of ticket holders who wont get there money back for the failed tour.....
My god, 3 months of Michael tributes and more then likely trials and court hearings over whats left of his estate, who was giving him prescription drugs, and the millions of ticket holders who wont get there money back for the failed tour.....
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