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Michael Jackson estate condemns claims that singer stockpiled pornography

By | Published on Wednesday 22 June 2016

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The Michael Jackson estate has accused RadarOnline of dealing in “sleazy internet clickbait” after the gossip website published what it claims is evidence that Michael Jackson groomed children in order to abuse them at his Neverland ranch.

Over the course of this week, RadarOnline has published documents, photos and video purporting to be related to the 2003 search of Michael Jackson’s then main home, as part of the then ongoing investigation into accusations of child abuse made against the singer. The website also quotes police sources as saying that they found a large collection of pornography and images of child abuse during the investigation.

A spokesperson for Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office told The LA Times that “some of the documents appear to be copies of reports that were authored by Sheriff’s Office”, although others seem to have come from other online sources. They added that the Sheriff’s Office had not released any documents or photographs to the media.

In a statement, the Jackson estate said: “Everything in these reports, including what the County Of Santa Barbara calls ‘content that appears to be obtained off the internet or through unknown sources’ is false, no doubt timed to the anniversary of Michael’s passing. Those who continue to shamelessly exploit Michael via sleazy internet ‘clickbait’ ignore that he was acquitted by a jury in 2005 on every one of the fourteen salacious charges brought against him in a failed witch hunt”.

Elsewhere in Michael Jackson news, JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions is working with Tavis Smiley to turn the latter’s book ‘Before You Judge Me: The Triumph And Tragedy Of Michael Jackson’s Last Days’ into a TV series, reports Variety.

Published in the US this week, the book is apparently a novelised account of Jackson’s final months, before he died in 2009, shortly before he was due to begin a 50 night residency at the O2 Arena in London.

US talk show host Smiley and Abrams will act as executive producers on the TV show, which is being created in partnership with Warner Bros Television.



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