All the chain events really bother me. I only see Randy Phillips as a business venture and not really a friend.
If Joe Jackson wouldn't messed over MJ so, he probably would have trusted him more and the family would have been closer. They would have been able to keep a closer eye on Michael. In my opinion, It was always about the next business venture we can get Michael involved in and they probably use his mother to influence him to go along with a lot of things he did not want to do. That as my take on the statement Randy P. made about Joe and the fam.