So I've heard about this episode of Law and Oder: Special Victims Unit for years. I remember it first aired during the trial (or just before). I heard about the similarities between the MJ case and the program. But I didn’t take it too seriously. But for the first time, I watched the episode on TV last night and I was shocked!
It’s not just strange coincidences, the entire case is based on MJ. It’s not even subtle at all. It’s a complete copy. I was absolutely disgusted. Some things I noted:
1) The settlement with a 12 year old
2) The greedy parents who cared more about the money than their son
3) The billionaire toy shop man who lived in a child's playhouse
4) His childlike nature
5) His physical appearance
6) Being know for helping hundreds of sick and dying children
7) The staff loyalty
8) The press coverage
9) The identifying marks on his anatomy
10) The use of the same language in regards to sleeping with boys
11) The lawyers
12) The cancer patient’s claims
13) The mother being a money grabber.
14) The mother poisoning and using her child for financial gain
15) The mother conning kind people out of their money
16) The collapse of the criminal case due to the witness disappearing
17) The dollar amount
18) The victory party
19) The treasure room
20) The whole “What is a 35 year old man doing sleeping with kids not his own?”
21) The whole “The most loving thing you can do is share your bed”
22) The Peter Pan lifestyle
23) His bedroom being the site of the sleepovers
24) The house looking like Neverland
I mean, the list goes on and on. And it’s wrong. In the program, it seemed to come off as the man was guilty, but got away with it. He used the exact same words MJ used when he was defending himself to Martin Bashir. Exactly.
And it seemed so unrealistic. There could never be a man who owned a toy factory or whatever, who could live a life like that. MJ was different because of his fame, wealth, childhood etc. It was just so stupid, almost like a caricature.
And it wasn’t harmless. I dread to think what would have happened if one of the jurors were exposed to this. It was very convincing to the uneducated eye. I just don’t understand how they can have a disclaimer, saying that no actual person or event has been depicted. So someone just guessed all of these details, did they?
I’m telling you, the producers based it on MJ and what’s more, they based it on their belief that MJ was a rich child molester who got away with it!
How is this fair?