Controversial MJ Documentary Leaving Neverland [GENERAL DISCUSSION THREAD]

Re: Sundance Festival 2019 - Controversial MJ Documentary "Leaving Neverland"

This kind of stuff makes us look crazy. He's gullable and foolish for sure, but we have no idea if he's "sinister".

One thing is for sure, his words about how Wade enjoyed it and a fulfilling sexual relationship etc is just SO damn off.
 
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One thing is for sure, his words about how Wade enjoyed it and a fulfilling sexual relationship etc is just SO damn off.

Yeah, it's very weird. I would understand if he was saying wade told him he felt that way, but he's saying it as if it's a fact that it was a loving relationship. Just very weird.
 
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One thing is for sure, his words about how Wade enjoyed it and a fulfilling sexual relationship etc is just SO damn off.


I find Dan's statement to be incredibly disturbing. How could any right-minded individual seriously say that about the abuse of a child? I simply do not believe the statement to be honest. It's designed to damage MJ further by providing a soundbite for the media to quote. Yes, this guy is playing the media for all its worth. He has taken EVERY opportunity to make this as explicit as he possibly can, which plays right into the hands of R&S.

Yes, this Dan Reed fella is a very strange individual.
On the one hand he claims to have a documentary that exposes "the truth" but on the other he doesn't appear to care how accurate his film is, which is rather foolish if he cares about his own reputation.

By his own admission he made some attempt to research the wider picture by speaking to somebody involved in the prosecution side of the Chandler case, but he decided to focus on R&S almost exclusively. Why do that? I can only imagine it's because he realised that looking broader would highlight the inherent weakness in the story he wanted to tell. So I make a mental leap that he must have made a conscious decision at some point to create an overtly negative and biased documentary. One that supports his agenda regardless of what anybody has to say that might contradict that.
There are hints in the film that others such as Mac Culkin were abused, but NO interviews with them. Others haven't ever been contacted for their participation, such as Brett and Frank C.

As far as I know the film does not include a single pro-MJ guest and it makes virtually no effort to PROVE anything that R&S say and it almost completely avoids the detail around what they had previously claimed about MJ being innocent, except a brief statement that they did indeed previously say that hadn't been abused. The smallest of token gestures to appear more neutral?

A serious piece of investigative journalism would have tackled their about-turn in some detail, together with quotes from legal documents etc.
A serious documentary would have interviewed people like Mac, Brett, T Mez. Hell, there have seen some horrendously biased shows that do at least include T Mez.

All in all it's clear the agenda is very much to expose MJ as a pedo at all costs. This of course fits with R&S previous tactics of using the media to aid their civil case against the Estate.

The very disturbing thing is that almost everybody in the media and in the world generally appears to be willing to soak up any allegations as factual without proof. Without question. The media of course are major players in this as they're in a position to provide some accurate, balanced coverage and they are not doing so.
 
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Yeah, it's very weird. I would understand if he was saying wade told him he felt that way, but he's saying it as if it's a fact that it was a loving relationship. Just very weird.

Sorry for saying it this way guys, but of course this is weird. What did you expect ? We are talking about child sexual abuse. This is weird in itself, so anything around it has to be weird. When Dan Reed says Robson told him he loved Michael, and still loves him, you can't take that for something impossible to believe. You decide to believe it or not, but sadly, as weird, unbearable and out of this world as it can sound, this is classic stuff when you talk about child abuse.

This is all very complex.
 
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Sorry for saying it this way guys, but of course this is weird. What did you expect ? We are talking about child sexual abuse. This is weird in itself, so anything around it has to be weird. When Dan Reed says Robson told him he loved Michael, and still loves him, you can't take that for something impossible to believe. You decide to believe it or not, but sadly, as weird, unbearable and out of this world as it can sound, this is classic stuff when you talk about child abuse.

This is all very complex.

Ofcourse. Child sexual abuse can be complex. Not all child abusers are violent rapists, some are more nuanced. That's what they're trying to suggest here with MJ.

The problem though is Wade's own behaviour. He does not react to his apparent new found realisation in a way you would expect from someone who has suddenly come to terms with being sexually abused as a child. His first actions are to seek money. His lawsuit is constructed in a way to facilitate a payout, going back on all of his previous testimony on how he met Michael, who was involved, what their motives were. His own mother in the depostion contradicted Wade's allegations regarding how they met Michael. The motive her eis so clear to anyone who is willing to listen and dig deeper into the facts.

He is claiming now to want to do this to raise awareness and help other abuse victims. His actions do not support that. He does not come across as a traumatised victim coming to terms with something deeply disturbing from his past. Far from it.
 
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Are there any decent articles/blog/books that talk about Michael's side of things, the accusers lies etc that doesn't have stuff like 'MJfans' "MJarmy' etc as the title of the blog/source. What gets me is that there is legit information out there but no one is gonna believe that fans are being objective. MJ profile pics and screen names absolutely scream 'bias' at people, louder than any bias coming from the other side. I even worry about Taj being the name on a documentary as straight away people will say 'of course he's going to stick up for his own family, he's personally invested in MJs innocence' etc etc.
 
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Hey everyone been here many times before!

What makes my blood boil is that people think that US AS fans would still support, listen and play MICHAELS music/videos if there was any shred of full eveidence to suggest/ show that Michael was this monster they are trying to portray him as.

I for one would drop him like a hot potato! However how come everything changes once there is a chance of them getting money??

How a child that is being abused could testify Michael never done anything to him of anything sexual related is beyond my comprehension.

I give up with this world sometimes. Who i feel mostly for is the children just imagine what it must be like to have your father accused of all this again!
 
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You are talking about someone who claims he has been abused from the age of 7 to 14. If this is true, this is something complex he had to deal with every single day of his life and is still affected with it today. Therefore, how can you say that his behavour is not "what you would expect" ?

Excuse me but what do you know about how someone is supposed to act when having gone through these kind of experience, therefore with the biggest star that ever lived on this planet? When you have experienced such weird things, don't you think it results in being weird yourself ? Sometimes irrational ? Contradictory ?

The fact that he sued the Estate in a civil case, which means asking for money in compensation, does not mean that all he is after is money. And that does not mean he is lying. Of course, it does not mean he's telling the truth either.

I just don't understand how it is possible, in such a complex story, to be absolutely certain of anything. Nobody here knows the story but some act just as if they do. This is the real disturbing thing to me.

Sorry for my English, this is not my native language.

I'm not doubting michael, but some things regarding child abuse need to be explained because people do not know the different forms of abuse that exist and how deep and complex it can be to process itou can not expect all victims of sexual abuse to react in a certain way.
there are victims of abuse who need to confront their abuser and talk to him, other victims need to tell their story to heal and yet there are other victims who prefer to keep quiet, there are victims who will feel anger and hatred, other victims seek compensation for their suffering in the form of jail or in the form of communicating to the world their truth and that everyone knows what that person did to them, or they may feel that they want a compensation of the kind that is even monetary for the damage caused , there are victims who out of rage will need revenge and others who will give their abuser forgiveness and feel at peace with that alone.
you can not expect all victims of abuse to react the same. It is a difficult subject, for many difficult to understand and process.
 
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Michael Jackson has been judged non guilty of all charges he was accused of in the 2005 case. He has never been proven being a pedophile, but unfortunately he has never been proven not being one either.

As for Wade Robson testifing under oath and contradicting his testimony years later, I don't know the American law about that either.
You cant prove a negative. Prove you arent a mass murderer? Can you? Sneddon claimed that interms of "we know theres victims out there we just cant find them" how do you counter that

On a side note i do wonder about some of the members who recently joined this board. All sounds very similar.

Implying the responce o robson and co is normal in anyway and trying to jystify it is a joke and an insult to real abusem victims claiming he didnt know mj was dead yet crying like a baby at his memorial etc etc etc. We could go on forever. As the saying goes only in america
 
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Michael Jackson has been judged non guilty of all charges he was accused of in the 2005 case. He has never been proven being a pedophile, but unfortunately he has never been proven not being one either.

The mental gymnastics one has to perform to come to that conclusion... just wow!
 
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This kind of stuff makes us look crazy. He's gullable and foolish for sure, but we have no idea if he's "sinister".

You are too kind. You give him too much credit and you give him the benefit of doubt - something he failed to do for Michael Jackson.
 
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MJ as acquitted of abusing Arvizo in 2005.
There was no determination of whether he abused anybody else, including Chandler.

There are people out there who already won't accept he didn't abuse Arvizo, and so they certainly won't take the Arvizo acquittal as any indication that MJ was innocent of abusing Robson or Safechuck. Every time I see a fan post on a forum or on a news comments page that "MJ was already aquitted in 2005", or even worse "MJ was found innocent in 2005" it makes me cringe. It is NOT relevant to R&S. The latter is not even accurate, as the trolls love to point out every time it is posted.

The acquittal is good to use as a side note, or if somebody raises the Chandler or Arvizo cases, but it's no good for defending MJ against R&S.

To defend MJ against R&S the only thing to focus on is the evidence against their stories, their inconsistencies, their lies. There will never be a trial and so there will never be an acquittal this time. THAT is why I have always said this is potentially worse than 2005. In 03 - 05 we had disgusting stories, inaccurate reports, biased TV shows but in the end there was an acquittal and that counted for a lot. It won't happen this time. We just need to cast considerable doubt on the accusers and we need to KEEP doing that. EVERY time there is a negative story. Every time there is a negative comment. THAT is the only way.
 
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JCO8, you are damn wrong. Michael was proven not to be guilty of anything and not only in a court of law, but he had been under investigation by the police and the FBI for years and years. To quote Michael "there was no ioda of information" that could connect him to child pornography, pedophilia, etc. "Nothing, nothing, nothing!"

I also wonder about the shadiness of some of the members on this board, ones that I've never seen around before...Sad!
 
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Ok then, following your own logic, you are a Satan worshipper. And it doesn’t matter that we have absolutely zero clues for that. This simply may not prove that you are BUT STILL IT DOESN’T PROVE THAT YOU ARE NOT! If you want to call this precision then I don’t know what else to tell you

You have to understand that this is why situations like these are socially sick/problematic, because they get expressed. If you fantasize little children sexually and NEVER express it, then you are typically NOT a pedophile, get it? The rest is just smartass talk
There's a difference between a pedophile and child molester. What you've described is a pedophilia: a mental state/disorder/whatever you want to call it, it's a different subject. If pedophile makes his dirty fantasies come true, then he's a child molester. It's not illegal to be a pedophile: if you'll come to a specialist with this problem, nobody's gonna arrest you.
 
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Her son Evan spent a lot of time with MJ and always has great things to say. I think people like Evan Ross, Macaulay Culkin, Brett Barnes, Frank Cascio, Kelley Parker etc need to get together and dismiss these allegations. Something needs to be done.
She is still hurting...
 
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I don't like to accuse people here of being strange, but I do see what you mean. There's nothing wrong with staying objective but come on now.

Let us also not forget about Brad (forgot his last name) who used to be in all of MJ's homes, hotel rooms etc to install speaker cables and other audio stuff. He'd been in literally every cabinet, closet etc, never saw a damn thing, never ever.

Personally I find it hard to believe that a child abuser of multiple children wouldn't have any material. What a goddamn mess, if the Chandlers never started this horrible shit, we wouldn't even be hwving these conversations now.

There's no proof that he wasn't a abuser either? Bitch please. Bitch, please. Do not start with that kind of trash. It's seriously a very nonsensical way of thinking.

Sorry.
 
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Michael Jackson has been judged non guilty of all charges he was accused of in the 2005 case. He has never been proven being a pedophile, but unfortunately he has never been proven not being one either.

As for Wade Robson testifing under oath and contradicting his testimony years later, I don't know the American law about that either.

Wow. I assume you have heard of the phrase innocent until proven guilty? Michael had never been proven guilty of any crime beyond a reasonable doubt. No one needs to "prove" their innocence. How is that even possible? How does MJ "prove" he never abused these people? You can't.
 
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JC08

Don't you even find it remotely strange that no "victim" so far has just went straight to the police? Why were all of the "victims" so damn shady? From the Chandlers to Arvizo, there was always something shady. Then we have Robson who goes after the estate for money first instead of seeking actual justice. Safechuck who seems to be just following suit really.

Why hasn't there ever been been ONE "normal" "victim"? Do tell me that.

I'm sorry to say that I kinda doubt you are that big of a fan and supporter, especially when you throw around things like "unfortunately we can't prove he wasn't a abuser." come on now. You could replace "abuser" with any word then,it doesn't work like that.
 
It seems some new posters have a agenda. Go away you can’t spin logic.
 
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The more often Wade says that MJ is dead and in the way he said that I get the feeling that he is somtimes maybe scared that MJ could be alive.^^
Cause when Wade still loves him somwhere like most of his fans do, he knew he could not stand one minute repeating his lies in front of Michael!
I try to explain the thing that Wade Robson still loves Michal with repeating my own Quote...
He loves Michael cause he did nothing to him and he is still is his fan. Its creepy but this is the reson!
He trys to remember himself that he is dead to make sure for himself that his lies can hurt Michael anymore.
 
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Zimbio on Facebook, I think it's a ad, at least reported on the statement by the estate, who calls the "doc" a character assassination.

Some of those comments though.........

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156934999528029&id=91841853028&anchor_composer=false
 
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You are SO wrong. I hope google translator did a good job as I will now send you a greek law term translated to English: res judicata

In free terms, this means that a court verdict should have effect and prevail by future actions on the same matter by the same parties AND other parties

The era of investigation when these 2 punks claim to have been molested has already been investigated thoroughly. Unless Michael would have molested them AFTER the 2005 trial, there is no case to discuss


We're not going to agree on this.

"not guilty" of the abuse of Arvizo is not legally the same as "MJ didn't abuse anybody".

While the early 90s era was investigated thoroughly, that investigation was largely focused on Chandler. Granted, they found no evidence that Robson or Safechuck had been abused, but they denied any abuse took place and so the police had little option but to move on in their investigation. There was certainly no legal judgement or court verdict about whether MJ was guilty of abusing Robson, Safechuck, or even Chandler because there was no trial. Two grand juries rejected the case against Jackson because they considered it wasn't credible to go to trial, legally speaking that IS NOT a judgement on whether MJ was criminal or not. Again, the case put to the grand juries was not focused on Safechuck or Robson, so not determination was made on whether MJ abused them or not. Though I must agree the dismissal of the Chandler investigation IS a positive determination on the strength of the case against MJ (i.e. it was NOT strong).

I'm not trying to be a hater, I'm just trying to be precise about exactly what the legal processes in 94/94, and 2005 actually determined.

If you try to tell a troll that MJ did not abuse Robson or Safechuck because he was found "not guilty" in 2005 then your logic is extremely flawed and you're not helping MJ.

If you try to tell a troll that MJ did not abuse Robson or Safechuck because two grand juries rejected the case against MJ in 94 then you are again doing yourself no favours.

In discussions about Mj's innocence or guilt, MJ fans routinely jump on their high horse about the veracity of the information they're quoting. We don't take any prisoners, and they sure don't beat around the bush when condeming MJ (and us!).

But we have to be careful. If we make inaccurate claims then they use those rare mis-steps to undermine our whole argument and damage the credibility of all MJ fans.
 
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Somebody asked about Victor: he basically went after every family that accused Michael Jackson. He wrote a book "Michael Jackson Was My Lover" back in the day about Chandler and Michael full of sick fantasies and pushing the idea how it's OK if a man has a loving relationship with a child, which is NAMBLA agenda exactly and it's what Dan Reed is trying to promote now. All the graphic stuff (I'm not going into details) which Safechuck now claims happened to him, have been in the book already. When Michael found out, he sued Victor for defamation and won millions of dollars. Victor fled the country and never paid. You can read about him here, if you want to know more.https://vindicatemj.wordpress.com/c...a/victor-gutierrez-and-the-nambla-connection/

It is not proven that he is a NAMBLA member, but he attended the conferences and he is certainly pushing their agenda.
His sick, twisted reasoning was that, if they could get the star as big as Michael Jackson to be the part of their team, then people would be more accepting towards that.
 
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Wow. I assume you have heard of the phrase innocent until proven guilty? Michael had never been proven guilty of any crime beyond a reasonable doubt. No one needs to "prove" their innocence. How is that even possible? How does MJ "prove" he never abused these people? You can't.


I think JC08 was referring to the fact that many (if not most people) consider that "not guity" is not the same as "innocent", especially when it comes to MJ. I agree with you though "innocent until proven guilty" must mean that if you're acquitted then you are innocent in the eyes of the law. Public perception is different.

Trolls will use that all the time - "Not guilty" is not the same as "innocent".

I have stated your point to them very clearly so many times, but they don't agree. Of course, they're idiots.
 
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Somebody asked about Victor: he basically went after every family that accused Michael Jackson. He wrote a book "Michael Jackson Was My Lover" back in the day about Chandler and Michael full of sick fantasies and pushing the idea how it's OK if a man has a loving relationship with a child, which is NAMBLA agenda exactly and it's what Dan Reed is trying to promote now. All the graphic stuff (I'm not going into details) which Safechuck now claims happened to him, have been in the book already. When Michael found out, he sued Victor for defamation and won millions of dollars. Victor fled the country and never paid. You can read about him here, if you want to know more.https://vindicatemj.wordpress.com/c...a/victor-gutierrez-and-the-nambla-connection/

It is not proven that he is a NAMBLA member, but he attended the conferences and he is certainly pushing their agenda.
His sick, twisted reasoning was that, if they could get the star as big as Michael Jackson to be the part of their team, then people would be more accepting towards that.

Yep, that was me! Thank you very much for this. I'll definitely go check out that link. I'm starting to realize that I still don't know about several very important things.
 
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Fans, go to Kiddnation.com and talk and email your facts to Al, Jena, and JC and send all your info. They did good just morning. Jena is just on the fence but she did tick me off when she did the we loved RKelly too. (RKelly has NOTHING to do with MJ's case). They were very fair (I was surprise by Kelly who often was critical of MJ. Again, her issue is the defending for years which she is not buying how they are acting now. Very fair.

https://www.kiddnation.com/contact/
 
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I do agree the Jacksons need to have a doc ready when this come out on HBO or Channel 4 in spring.
 
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You are talking about someone who claims he has been abused from the age of 7 to 14. If this is true, this is something complex he had to deal with every single day of his life and is still affected with it today. Therefore, how can you say that his behavour is not "what you would expect" ?

Excuse me but what do you know about how someone is supposed to act when having gone through these kind of experience, therefore with the biggest star that ever lived on this planet? When you have experienced such weird things, don't you think it results in being weird yourself ? Sometimes irrational ? Contradictory ?

The fact that he sued the Estate in a civil case, which means asking for money in compensation, does not mean that all he is after is money. And that does not mean he is lying. Of course, it does not mean he's telling the truth either.

I just don't understand how it is possible, in such a complex story, to be absolutely certain of anything. Nobody here knows the story but some act just as if they do. This is the real disturbing thing to me.

Sorry for my English, this is not my native language.

You said we cant be certain about anything.. we can say for certain wade has made multiple versions/stories that contradict each other, we can say for certain he lied.. 1 of the versions could be true, and since there are definiate signs of ulterior motives and learning from the other allegations through the years I am willing to say we can be as certain as we possibly could (without being there) that the version of events Wade said in 2005 (defending Michael) was the truth...
 
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Somebody asked about Victor: he basically went after every family that accused Michael Jackson. He wrote a book "Michael Jackson Was My Lover" back in the day about Chandler and Michael full of sick fantasies and pushing the idea how it's OK if a man has a loving relationship with a child, which is NAMBLA agenda exactly and it's what Dan Reed is trying to promote now. All the graphic stuff (I'm not going into details) which Safechuck now claims happened to him, have been in the book already. When Michael found out, he sued Victor for defamation and won millions of dollars. Victor fled the country and never paid. You can read about him here, if you want to know more.https://vindicatemj.wordpress.com/c...a/victor-gutierrez-and-the-nambla-connection/

It is not proven that he is a NAMBLA member, but he attended the conferences and he is certainly pushing their agenda.
His sick, twisted reasoning was that, if they could get the star as big as Michael Jackson to be the part of their team, then people would be more accepting towards that.


Such an eye opener.

It even states in there that the whole story about Norma Staikos being a 'madame', procuring young boys for Michael (which Wade used in his lawsuit) was in Gutierrez's book.

This is what needs to be exposed. A filthy book which is banned in the US, whose author was ordered to pay MJ over $2mill in damages and then fled the country, was used as the basis of many of Wade and Jimmy's claims in their lawsuits.
 
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