Michael Jackson - Neverland Stories

When Michael Jackson was charged with seven counts of child sexual abuse, many may have felt that he was guilty. In the court of public opinion, a worn-out phrase that fit, he lost. The little black kid from Indiana who bleached himself snow white, had been on the world stage since he was five years old dancing and jiving with his brothers, and was now accused of sexual abuse of a child. Those not blinded by his success, nor bribed by money, could see that the Mike Jackson Show was unraveling, holes were punching through the fabric and accusations were being laid. The coup d'etat? The disastrous documentary Michael made with the scaly Martin Bashir of the BBC.    

Who didn't ponder Michael's suspicious relations with children? It all happened in 1993. I was out drinking beer with friends when I heard he had been charged for molestation and battery. I knew it! I said. Months earlier I had read about Michael and his diapered monkey Bubbles, the monkey with the reddened, hollowed-out rectum that Michael had carried with him everywhere and slept with.Who does that? 

I believe the statements of Wade Robson and James Safechuck, the boys that Michael Jackson befriended, groomed and abused for years; it took a lot of nerve for them to sit down and tell their story. Who's responsible for their sexual abuse? The parents who were gobsmacked and overwhelmed by the money and fame of Jackson? The kids? Letting Michael Jackson, a middle-aged, wealthy boy man, come to your ramshackle suburban house and sleep in the same bed with your son for weeks on end is, in the end, the responsibility of the parents. 

Michael Jackson is dead and he declared his innocence before death. He just loved children, that's it. Sadly, left to pack the weight of this shameful story are his three children.