By Phyllis Pollack
The FBI’s investigation into child molestation allegations against Michael Jackson produced claims that could not substantiate guilt on the part of the late pop star. Segments of the documents released state that the information and investigation pertaining to parts of the investigation were no longer pursued because the FBI found no additional people wanting to testify against Jackson, and there was no substantiated evidence they could find against him.
However, the FBI had been investigating a man who sent death threat letters claiming, “I’ll commit murder at Michael Jackson concert if necessary, in an attempt to murder Michael.”
An arrest warrant was issued in July of 1992 against the suspect. The file reveals that Jackson was the target of threatening letters. The FBI file includes a hand-written death threat letter, targeting Jackson, which was signed by a man using the name “John Gotti." In the content of his letters, the perpetrator also threatened to kill George Bush. The script seen in the FBI file, was composed using printed letters, rather than cursive writing. The suspect was arrested near the White House after sending numerous death threats in an effort to “get attention,” reveals the file. The suspect was also trying to get onto the grounds of the White House. One of the letters warned Jackson not to make any purchases. One letter says, “Listen to his (Jackson’s) Dangerous recording.”
Jackson's FBI file mentions a "male" chimpanzee.
Also in the file were fourteen photos of the Jackson family home in Encino, California, which were photographed in 1992.
The subject was placed in custody at L.A. County jail, for terrorist threats, trespassing and stalking. He was placed on $50,000.00 bail, and the trial was scheduled for July, 1992. He had also issued threats that were sent to Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. The maximum amount of time the stalker could receive was a one year sentence, and there was concern that the suspect was a danger to Jackson, as well as to two other individuals.
The files indicate that the arrested individual was a 200 pound black male, arrested for violation of penal code 422, which applies to terrorist threats. A mental health evaluation was also ordered for the prosecuted individual. His girlfriend had broken up with him, and he had sent threatening letters to her, as well. There were between thirty and forty letters sent. The FBI became involved because of the law enforcement agency's legal involvement with threats sent via postal mail. This is indicated in Title 18, United States Code, Section 876.
On September 7, 1993, the FBI was contacted via telephone by the Los Angeles Police Department, asking for help in investigating Michael Jackson on child abuse allegations. It was requested that a case against Jackson be opened and assigned. The reason the LAPD gave the FBI was “possible federal violation against Jackson concerning the transportation of a minor across state lines for immoral purposes, (MANN Act).” An FBI agent communicated back to the LAPD that she had “checked with her front office, and that they made the decision they were not interested in prosecuting Jackson for the MANN act. She also stated she would not be attended the meeting at the District Attorney’s Office” in Los Angeles.
Jackson’s LAPD report, under the name Michael Joe Jackson, was sent to the FBI, and there were no crimes on it. Jackson had only been involved in a car accident in Santa Barbara, California on April 21, 1991.
A copy of Jackson’s Department of Motor Vehicles application that he filled out for his drivers license in 1985 is also in the FBI file. All of the late pop star's California addresses are included in the FBI file. Jackson wrote down that his weight was 120 pounds when he filled out his drivers license application. A photo of Jackson’s drivers license, which would expire in 1989, is also included in the FBI file. The drivers license was provided to FBI agents on October 6, 1993.
The FBI kept a trail on Jackson. In the FBI file, there are “investigative notes” that include Jackson sending toys to Australia, his “male” chimpanzee, two round trip tickets to Philadelphia, a reference to American Airlines, extortion attempts against Jackson, and notes that appear to say “second mortgage.”
The FBI started a file on Jackson after child abuse allegations surfaced in Los Angeles. A meeting was held with Gil Garcetti, who was the L.A. District Attorney at the time. Also present were the Head Deputy, Sexual Crimes and Child Abuse Division, investigators from the LAPD and from the Santa Barbara Sheriffs Offfice. The United States Attorneys declared they did not want to participate in the investigation against Jackson at the meeting. An FBI agent offered to follow up and provide leads, and to cooperate with the LAPD.
The LAPD sent two agents to Manila to interview former domestic employees of Jackson, who had worked for him in Santa Barbara. It was also proposed to interview a social worker in Canada “who may have corroborating information about misconduct against Jackson." According to the FBI file, “Illegal Interception of Communications violations” were reported to the FBI in 1993.
Another meeting was scheduled at Garcetti’s office for September 17, 1993. Officers from the LAPD and the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s department were sent to Manila. A meeting with law enforcement and an attorney whose name, and whose client's name was redacted from the FBI file was scheduled. A communiqué was sent from the FBI’s Los Angeles field office to the Director of the FBI, labeled as “Priority.”
A task force meeting was held at Garcetti’s office in Los Angeles, and the FBI was advised of the police officers’ trip to Manila, and that they would be staying at the Hyatt Hotel there. A stenographer was requested for the Manila investigation by the Head Deputy, Sexual Crimes and Child Abuse Division. One was provided. The officers flew to Manila. The officers arrived there on September 21, 1993.
The file notes the officers called from Manila and said they felt they had been successful with the first of their interviews.
The FBI file then refers to articles in the British press concerning a “British national who alleges that Michael Jackson made an indecent phone call to him during 1979.” The FBI’s London office said it would take no further action in the matter.
FBI agents dealing with Manila sent media articles about Jackson to an FBI agent back in the States. One article that was reproduced by agents and that is seen in the file is from the Philipine Star, titled “U.S. detectives question Filipino couple on Jackson child abuse charges.” The domestic workers, who were a couple, claimed that Jackson “fondled young boys,” according to the article. A second similar article quoting the couple is also in the file.
On September 2, 1993, the Office of the Legal Attache American Embassy in London, England, sent a letter typed on agency stationary, with the subject line “Michael Jackson: Allegation of Child Abuse; Domestic Police Cooperation.” The letter contains “background information” on the media articles about the “London national” who claimed Jackson had made an indecent statement to him during a phone call.” Interestingly, it is classified on that page of the FB I file as to which agency it is that had "advised that they intend to take no action in this matter, and is providing the information for information only.” The letter concludes “London is taking no further action in this matter.” Enclosed with that letter is an article from the London Daily Mail about a thirteen year-old British Jackson fan, Terance “Terry” George, who claimed that Michael had made a lurid transatlantic phone call to him years before. The article claimed that Jackson’s sister, LaToya Jackson had “expressed concern” about Michael and children.
After the alleged lurid phone call, according to the article, George says he was still pursuing and calling Jackson on the phone, but the calls ended when his parents stopped it, due to the 340 pound phone bill he had rung up contacting Jackson. When Terry would call Jackson collect, Jackson refused to take the calls. Four years later, the boy was still trying to phone Jackson, who would not take the boy’s calls. Eventually, when Jackson was traveling in London, Terance George tracked him down at that point. After being rebuffed by Jackson, the spurned man, who had at that point, reached twenty-eight years old, then went public, making his allegations against Jackson. The LAPD hoped that Terry’s allegations against Jackson would help their case.
On September 3, 1993, the legal Attache in London then sent the media articles to agents in the United States, citing the “Telecommunications Act of 1984” as a possible way to press charges against Jackson.
Los Angeles law enforcement officers then notified FBI agents in New York of their investigation on Jackson. A heavily redacted page of the FBI file appears to ask the New York field office of the FBI if someone whose name is redacted from the file had obtained a restraining order against Jackson. British media articles about Terance George were attached, and it was stated that there was a “task force” created in Los Angeles to investigate Jackson.
On October 19, 1993, New York FBI agents confirmed there were never any restraining orders placed against Michael Jackson there.
On December 27, 1993, a letter was sent from an officer to the agent in charge at the FBI in the Los Angeles bureau. The letter was added to Jackson’s FBI file. It claimed that an individual who stated he was writing a book about Jackson and young boys had contacted an LAPD agent working in the department of sexual abuse against children (SEOC). The person who claimed to be an author of a book, told the SEOC agent that he had information that the FBI had been investigating Jackson in “1895 or 1986,” because Jackson had molested two Mexican boys, but that the FBI had covered it up, because Jackson was slated to receive an award from the White House. According to the individual claiming to be writing a book, the FBI “covered up” the investigation.
Next in the file that was released, a child services worker was on a trip to the Grand Canyon by train, and contacted agents, telling them that Michael had four separate compartments with his adult staff and “a boy ID’d as Michaels “cousin.” As far as the informant's claims in the file, "Jackson was very possessive of boy at night, and P/R heard questionable noises through wall.” The file then says, “She was concerned enough to notify the conductor of her suspicions.”
At this point, the FBI file notes that the Los Angeles Police Department was “still in the process of deciding whether or not to file charges against Jackson.” The FBI file added that “no outstanding leads” existed. That section of the FBI file states, “The file will be placed in a closed status.” This means there was no more to investigate. That was all the agents had, so it was a closed matter at that point.
On October 23, 1995, a “poor quality,” “third or fourth generation” VHS porn tape labeled “Tozai,” which was in part, marked with the wording “Michael Jackson’s Neverland Favorites An All Boy Anthology,” was obtained. An FBI agent was assigned to verify its authenticity, or to see if it was a porn video someone made spoofing Jackson. It was obtained at customs in West Palm Beach. No connection of ownership or other possession regarding the video is made to Jackson. The tape had been made from several other copied versions, and it had then been converted to Q1 format.
On January 15, 2004, the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s department made a request to the FBI issue a search warrant to obtain sixteen computers and other media owned by Jackson. This opened another file at the FBI pertaining to Jackson. Items subsequently removed from Jackson’s possession included several computers, both Apple and PC. An 18-page string search of several pages showed “nothing.” Forensic material of the data on the computers was acquired by the Los Angeles Field office, some described as “sorted by specimen.” Ultimately, the “disposition” resulted in the following: “CART (Computer Analysis Response Team). Headquarters retains no magnetic media copies of original or derivative evidence for this case.” A letter was then sent from the FBI Los Angeles field office to a detective in Santa Barbara whose name is withheld, stating that the report on the contents of the 16 computers is enclosed. It adds, “In accordance with your request, the examination was done under the investigative supervision of your detectives.”
A copy was sent to Investigative Technology, to the attention of the Forensic Audio Video Image Analysis Unit. The letter discusses conversion formats.
The file continues with a letter on stationary from the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department, thanking the Los Angeles Computer Analysis Team at the FBI. The letter is signed by Sheriff Jim Anderson. That letter ends what was declassified from that file on Jackson.
The next file begins with a letter from the Los Angeles unit of the FBI, advising that Santa Barbara Assistant District Attorneys held a meeting with the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU). They had flown from Santa Barbara to meet with the agents in Quantico. The agent writing the letter, a Los Angeles agent, says they will fly to interview someone in New York regarding the investigation on Jackson. “Los Angeles assumes travel is approved,” notes Santa Barbara.The name of the person the agent wants to interview is withheld from public release.
One possible person whose name was redacted as far as the New York interview is Macaulay Culkin, who knew the pop star from a young age. The next pages of the FBI file indicate that whoever it was in New York whose name was withheld from the file, who the FBI wanted to interview, said he had no interest in testifying in the Jackson file, and if forced, he would “legally fight any attempt to do so.” The file than said this person, whose name was “believed that he had done his part.” The rest of the page is entirely redacted from public view.
An FBI letter was then sent to the Los Angeles unit of the FBI on December 9. 2004, stating the agent writing the letter “requests that captioned matter be closed. There are no outstanding leads or evidence items.”
Therefore, that file on Jackson was closed.
The final FBI file released on Jackson begins on March 1, 2004. The title is “New Case Requested. Child Molestation Los Angeles.” The Assistant District Attorney from Santa Barbara, California contacted the FBI, requesting that a certain FBI agent be sent to California, “to develop a prosecutive strategy.” The other purpose for the request from the Santa Barbara officers to the FBI agent was to be provided “forensic guidance.” It is mentioned that an upcoming grand jury would be held to decide if there is enough evidence for a case against Jackson.
Los Angeles agents then requested that a new file be open on Jackson in relation to the upcoming “high profile” Santa Barbara trial.
Another document in the file notes that “Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) assistance have been supplied to the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department and to the Santa Barbara District Attorney’s Office.
It is again noted that Santa Barbara officials have “requested and also received assistance from the (FBI’s) Behavioral Sciences Unit (BAU)) at Quantico.” The FBI file notes that Nation Of Islam’s Fruit of Islam would be providing security for Jackson.” It also reported, “There is no threat of a terrorist act targeting this event.”
In what will be an astonishing revelation to many, the FBI file makes note of the fact that “however,” an individual whose name is withheld from the public is “a known Black Panther Party member,” and “was observed to be present in the crowd during Jackson’s first court appearance, and was attired in black BDUs (NFI).”
The FBI had famously tracked the Black Panthers in the Sixties and the Seventies.
This Examiner.com column was the first media outlet to report that the Michael Jackson FBI file would be declassified today, both on December 18 and earlier today. This Examiner.com column was also the first media outlet to report that the file had been made public today.
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Comments
Thanks for the detailed report.
Those PDF files are really hard to read.
Is it safe to say that basically there is nothing new on the molestation case?
I love how the writer of this article makes a point to assume that the New York individual who refused to testify against Jackson might have been Macauley Culkin. I find it more believable that it was Jordan Chandler who refused to testify stating he had already done his part. All of this proves that they had no real evidence to charge him with in 1993 and so when they went after him in 2005, a jury couldn't believe the accusers and he was vindicated.
obviously the writer did lots of homeworik. very well done.
Thank you for you explanations!
Thanks so much for explaining. The gist of the story is: Michael Jackson was subjected to MORE THAN 10 years of spying, stalking and harassment by FBI and LAPD ----and yet the agencies found ZERO EVIDENCE OF MOLESTATION. Imagine 16 of his private computers examined, his home ransacked while he was out of the country. What's HILARIOUS is that FBI had trashy tabloid articles in their files and they seem to have relied on pure hearsay (because they had nothing else on hand to grasp unto?) to launch a full pldeged investigation which meant MILLIONS of Taxpayer money wasted--
The one and only case LAPD was able to bring forth against him resulted in Michael Jackson being PROVEN Innocent once and for all by a unanimous jury decision. The most disturbing thing to me here is that FBI knew Michael was innocent all along and they let LAPD do their WITCHHUNT to pin something on Michael they all knew he DID NOT commit. How could they do this to him? This is by far the BIGGEST INJUSTICE ever.
Thank you for you explanations!
How can a random VHS tape sent ANONYMOUSLY as a joke to US Customs end up with FBI just because it was labelled with the name Michael Jackson??? And the VHS tape DID NOT EVEN have anything on it and yet stupid trashy tabloidist call it "child porn" when the tape doesnt even have anything on it except fuzzy images even FBI professionals cannot decipher???! I probably should send FBI a joke tape which says OBAMA SEX TAPE and they would dig deep into that one too! HOW STUPID!
Nice job, except that the New York interviewee is not likely to be Macauley Culkin, who did testify. ABC News (yes, questionable media outlet) is reporting that their "sources" tell them it is Jordan Chandler.
Nice job on the VHS tape, BTW, which no other media outlet has yet correctly reported on.
Thanks for the summary. Hope, that other reporters would be as competent and unbiased as you are. (wishful thinking)
I also find it funny that FBI would consider to press charges against Jackson based on the article from a tabloid about the obsessed stalker, who even after the alleged obscene phonecall desperately tried to reach out to Jackson.
As for the former emloyee story, "questionable noises" and FBI cover-up in "1985 or 1986"... well, it was pretty funny, too. I mean, do they have nothing to do in FBI, than to investigate some nonsense? Or they were just so desperate to get Jackson that they would catch at any straw?
To sum it up, taking into consideration all these "investigations", death threats of psychos, fans' stalking I really wonder how Jackson managed that far.
A very sad story...
Congratulations for your work.
Thank you for your analysis. Nice work! I hope all journalist could report the fact without any bias and distortion. big thanks again.
The FBI spent time and recourses cutting and pasting information about Jackson from tabloids while real terrorists were flying planes into the world trade center. This stuff is pure garbage I can't believe they would WANT to release it. I wonder how much money has been wasted by people with a hard on to convict Jackson at all costs – including his life. Someone should certainly go to jail.
"Jordan Chandler threatened the authorities with his own legal actions if the SANTA BARBARA PROSECUTION INSISTED.. he testified against Michael Jackson..
very profound that.. IT ONLY MEANT ONE BASIC FUNDAMANTAL DETAIL-- Jordan Chandler couldn't abide being cross-examind by MJ's defense. WHY?? THOSE ALLEGATIONS WERE ALL LIES! & he was afraid of exposure for this very fact.
no brainer really."
After having tortured Michael Jackson for so many years, I hope the FBI will, now, at least, help bring those involved in the murder of Michael Jackson to justice.
"This world was never made for someone as Beautiful as you, Michael Jackson."
"The FBI spent time and recourses cutting and pasting information about Jackson from tabloids while real terrorists were flying planes into the world trade center. This stuff is pure garbage I can't believe they would WANT to release it. I wonder how much money has been wasted by people with a hard on to convict Jackson at all costs – including his life. Someone should certainly go to jail."
Perfect.
Again, congrats on real reporting skills of the sort I thought were defunct. I'm not sure of the timeline of when the move from California took place, but Evan Chandler lived in Jersey City at the time of his suicide. It's been reported that Jordan Chandler lives in Long Island under an assumed name. (Not saying I know the New York interviewee is Jordy, btw, you may be right that it was Culkin). I got that info on Jordy from an excellent blogger who frequently takes the media to task over its biased treatment of MJ. No links allowed, so Google Charles Thomson "Chandler Suicide Highlights Media Bias Against Jackson."
I am surprised MJ put up with all that foolishness. That's the conspiracy against him he was talking about. I love you Michael. God bless you.
You've done an admirable job summing up these files. Kudos. A note FYI: According to "The Smoking Gun", the person who threatened the FBI in case they try and force him to testify was none other than Jordan Chandler. This is plausible since it is well known that the prosecution in 2004 tried to get him to testify.
michael JOE jackson is NOT dead.
see his 3 DEATH CERTIFICATES, is JOSPEH!
see FBI files and 100 more anothers files.... his midle name is JOE.
If people only knew the filth and corruption that exists within government, especially so-called law enforcement. These thugs will do anything for a bit of glory, including taking down an innocent man. Meanwhile, the real threats are ignored or avoided. All bullies are cowards.
Thank you for thorough analysis of these files and outlining it to us without bias. It's amazing that people still believe him to be guilty, even when the FBI couldn't find a damn pivotal thing about him.
Honestly, I love MJ to death, but sometimes I have to wonder how the hell he put up with this BS. I wonder how much time, money, and effort has been wasted trying to put Michael Jackson away for a crime he didn't even commit, and never WOULD commit. Idiots. Go do something productive and stop being greedy. You want money/fame? Work for it instead of leeching off of someone else, especially someone who probably couldn't even hurt a fly if he tried.
Thank you for this.
Thank you for your kind and insightful comments. Yes, I did a lot of research on this story. I was the first person in the media to report that the file would be released this week, back on December 18. TMZ came out with the story 24 hours later!! I was also the first reporter to report that the FBI file would come out on Tuesday. (TMZ wrongly claimed it would be Monday!) I was the first anywhere to report that his file had been released. Unlike most media people, I do not cut and paste other peoples' articles. Nor do I just troll the internet and reword other peoples' articles. That is all most media writers do, which is why most articles out there are almost identical to each other. Unlike 99 percent of the people who wrote about the file, I did my own research. I actually read the entire FBI file, which most writers did not. They just cut & pasted & slightly reworded articles by others. The FBI file is titled "Michael JOSEPH Jackson" by the FBI. Culkin info would be redacted by FBI.
Phyllis, I am interested in why you believe the NY interviewee to be Culkin. Do you have info that points to that other than his residence in NY at the time? It bothers me that this person's statements were so heavily redacted. Most media outlets reported that he said he "did his part." Period. But the sentence didn't end there did it? Did his part to what, I wonder? Why are there a couple of blank paragraphs at this crucial point? To protect "privacy" and "investigative prodcedures" or to cover up a pattern of prosecutorial abuse? Makes one wonder. As you say, most media sheep simply cut-and-paste. Inaccurate and incomplete information gets passed along due to equal parts laziness and mean-spiritedness on the part of most journalists (and I say this as an ex-reporter myself). Thanks for not being one of the herd.
Since people keep asking me about why I mentioned Culkin, I would like to address this. Chandler is a given as ONE of those who was interviewed re Jackson. However, as I worded it in the article, "One possible person whose name was redacted as far as the New York interview is Macaulay Culkin, who knew the pop star from a young age." First off, since I am not a cut & paste writer, & I have written extensively about *hundreds* of other FBI files, I am extremely familiar with how these files work, more so than the hundreds of other writers that just cut & pasted other peoples' stories, or merely re-worded other stories.The paragraphs that were redacted concerning Chandler where done so because of the federal privacy laws.Considering the hundreds of pages that were redacted from the FBI file, how the investigation was done on the part of the LAPD & SBSD, & other info I know, they would not have only interviewed Chandler in NY. Culkin's would be redacted due to the federal privacy laws.
But Phyllis, I see no reason why Culkin would say that he feels he has "done his part". We know that Tom Mesereau said the prosecution tried to get Chandler to testify and couldn't - while Culkin eventually testified voluntarily for the defense. I really think the guy who threatened to sue the FBI was Chandler.
Ok lets see here now, we have 1979 Phone Sex with a Boy, 2 Mexican Boys in the Mid 1980's (from these fbi files) paid off/whatever, 1990 Boy touched and was paid $3 Million to stay quiet, 1993 Boy describes his ERRECT penis correctly - clearly in 2003 Trial Sneddon wanted this evidence in & MJ fought as hard as he could to keep it out.. The Judge looked at the evidence and didn't allow it in because he said that the jury would convict him for past crimes and it would help the 2003 boy. MJ paid $20 Million to stop the 1993 Boy from going forward, THEN in 1995 we had a 13 year old Frank Tyson saying MJ gave him wine, they slept in the same bed & MJ told his graphic sex stories.. (ALL told by Tyson on Celebrity Justice), Then we have the 2003 Boy which he went to trial for and was found not guilty. ((( 6 BOYS!!! Phone Sex, Sex, Touching, Masturbating, Oral Sex & Wine to Minors... ALL Paid Off or given Jobs )))
Salda, Again, as I previously said, please note the wording of my sentence, because you are entirely misinterpreting my meaning.As I worded it in the article, "One possible person whose name was redacted as far as the New York interview is Macaulay Culkin, who knew the pop star from a young age."In other words, I believe that in addition to the quite obvious Jordan Chandler, the California officers also wanted to meet with Culkin in NY, desperately hoping for any weak link they could find.Remember Cali wanted help from FBI "behavior" experts to prove something? I believe Cali officers wanted to use Culkin as "evidence" of certain "behaviors." (BAU) Culkin by would have to be redacted due to privacy few hundred pages are redacted, & there are NY redactions, & pages that are withheld regarding NY. There are pages of the files that you are not seeing, which are redacted.Cali even used a spurned Jackson fan who kept pursuing Jackson, & got himself publicity in sensationalist Brit tabloids.
Thanks for your explanation, Phyllis. I don't doubt the FBI would've wanted to contact Culkin as well.
Wow, John, do you ever get tired of being wrong about everything? "Ok lets see here now, we have 1979 Phone Sex with a Boy..." Nope, British tabloid story, MJ telephone stalker who was disgruntled MJ had stopped calling him and came out with this fabricated story YEARS later. "1990 Boy touched and was paid $3 Million to stay quiet." Huh? Are you talking about the maid who sold her story to a tabloid? "1993 Boy describes his ERRECT penis correctly" Wrong. MJ was circumcised, and the boy said he was not. The police said there was no definitive match. "$20 Million to stop the 1993 Boy from going forward" And wrong again (what are the chances?) the insurance company settled over MJ's protest, and there was NO REASON a criminal case couldn't have moved forward. The reason it didn't was lack of evidence. The judge ruled against all precedence anyway in allowing the civil case (which has looser standards of evidence, allowing hearsay, for example) to go ahead of the criminal trial.
Correction: MJ WAS NOT circumcised and the kid said he was. Anyway, I get tired of arguing with the underinformed, so since (John) you are obviously of the "where there's smoke, there's fire" and "quacks like a duck" school of thought. Here's another cliche that might help you out. FOLLOW THE MONEY.
It amazes me that in these supposedly sophisticated, media-savvy times people don't realize just how easy it is to allege things, and how that then gathers its own momentum. The truth is Tom Sneddon needed and wanted FBI endorsement of his investigation to add gravitas to his deeply personal and careerist pursuit of Michael Jackson.
It is perhaps understandable why it’s hard for people to relate to Mr Jackson. He was different to most. He believed in giving children the affection he, himself had been denied - but he did this emphatically from a place of unconditional giving. The problem was how he was perceived. People found, and still find it difficult to believe that someone who appeared sexually ambivalent could be innocent and/or selfless. And by the time the media had distorted the hearsay heavy allegations into sordid sensationalism, no-one was paying attention to the fact that there was no substantive basis to the accusations.
Mr Jackson, as Meseareau has explained, did
To BEAKER: How true, how true.
LOL! Here we go brainwashed Michael Jackson Fans getting all their "facts" from MJ Message Boards :)The same places we heard the LIES of Jordie saying after MJ's Death it wasn't true! ALL MJ Fans Online Spam!!! Wow, ok so we are going to ignore that THE JUDGE in the 2003 Trial didn't allow the "erect penis" evidence in because it would sway the jury to convict on past victims! We are going to ignore that Sneddon wanted that 1993 Penis Photo IN the trial & MJ and his Lawyers fought to keep it OUT!! WHY in the world would you keep photos out if they didn't match? WHY would Sneddon want it in?? WHY after seeing the photos did the Judge say it would influence the jury! WHY did AFTER MJ got off in 2003, the first thing he asked for were those photos! HE KNEW That was The Snoking Gun anytime any future boy brought him up on anymore possible sex crimes.
As well Let's all ignore that Michael Jackson himself in 20 years of Interviews gave the impression that NEVERLAND was a safe place for children, 2300 acres as far the eye can see is focus on something that would be loving for children. WATCH all those interviews, LOOK at all the toys, paintings, rides, candy,etc.. now add MJ saying ON AIR in many interviews to sleep with him - Basically just ask!! Sleep in my bedroom, and sure he sleeps on the floor -"blah blah blah" nonsense... BUT IN THAT ROOM he has XXX PORN, XXX DVD's, XXX Photos, XXX Magazines - ALL laying out, in a bathroom, on table tops. ALL for the eye to see! What kis wouldnt ask about that??? WHY would you if YOU ARE Promoting on National TV in Major Interviews - To Just Ask, Explaing how Neverland is Childlike... HOW in the world is That Room a room FILLED with PORN childlike???? WHY would anyone ask boys to sleep in a place with porn everywhere? WHY would you have porn in a place you promote as Child Safe? Perv!
Why in the world AFTER losing your "Good Name" in the public's eyes. You just went through about 8 months of EVERYONE knowing you had Boys sleeping in your bed. You have boys on CNN saying you slept in the same bed with you. You have a boy describing your penis and your getting your penis photographed.. then you PAY OFF that boy $20 Million. This is what the public is thinking in 1994. (( We find out in 2003 that you paid ANOTHER BOY which you LIED about in your Primetime Live Interveiw )) So 2 Boys - $23 Million, The Public "thinks" you did "something".. You Loose your Good Public Name.. AFTER ALL That in 1995 YOU Sleep IN Bed with ANOTHER 13 year Old Boy, Frank Tyson? You Give a 13 year old Frank Tyson WINE. You tell a 13 year old Frank Tyson Sexual Stories about women??!?! - Frank Tyson A friend of Michael Jackson - told this story in 2003 to Celebrity Justice in a 45 Minute Interview. Yeah allot of 37 year old men love to sleep/talk about sex/give wine to boys going into 7th grade
John, you are the one using your own prejudices, biased media reports, online rumors, and statements never subject to cross-examination to form your views. Gee, why didn't MJ's lawyers want his penis revealed to public view, plastered all over the tabloids? I wonder. Just the fact that you used a British tabloid story copied-and-pasted into FBI files as "evidence" MJ had another "victim" to add to your bogus list is evidence enough of how you get your information. For any others actually interested in facts (even though they involve a celebrity, who in some people's eyes apparently does not deserve his constitutional rights), take a look at the following sources. Do not (as John does) form your opinions based on Bashir's heinous documentary. Go to YouTube to find "The Footage You Were Never Meant to See" to see evidence of Bashir's twisted agenda. See also "The Untold Story of Neverland" to see how witnesses were coached.
Take a look at Geraldine Hughes' book, "Redemption." Hughes was the legal secretary working for the 1993 accusers' attorney, Barry Rothman. Hughes published ample evidence of an extortion plot. Google Mary Fischer's GQ article "Was Michael Jackson Framed?" Fischer is a respected journalist and meticulously sources her article. You can find the court transcripts from the 2005 trial online (that alone should be enough to convince people just how laughable the evidence presented really was). Also read "Michael Jackson Conspiracy" by Aphrodite Jones. Jones was a member of the media prepared to take Jackson down who changed her mind after viewing all the evidence presented at trial. More importantly, she had conscience enough to tell the truth even though she could have made more money writing an untrue salacious book. As mentionend, Charles Thomson is a British journalist/blogger doing good work.
The employees, etc., who came forward to state they saw MJ behaving inappropriately with children all either recanted or were taken apart in court, shown to have monetary motives, some of them paid for false stories by tabloids. Archived at MJJR.net under "The Michael Jackson Repository" is a page titled "Rumours vs. Facts." Those with questions may find them answered there. In my next post I will copy-and-paste the entry on MJ's penis (with which John appears obsessed). John, your personal feelings about Michael Jackson, and the fact that it appears you cannot imagine being near sleeping children without molesting them, are immaterial to this discussion. I agree, btw, that unbalanced fans who fabricate stories of Jordan Chandler's retraction do great harm and needlessly so. In the Jones book, it is shown that MJ had a standing order on flights to place his wine in Diet Coke cans so kids and other fans wouldn't see him drinking. The prosecution tried to twist this.
In 1994, sources told USA Today that "photos of Michael Jackson's genitalia do not match descriptions given by the boy who accused the singer of sexual misconduct." Because this statement came from anonymous sources, some Jackson critics are quick to dismiss the article as erroneous and continue to insist that Jordan Chandler's description was accurate. There has never been any evidence to substantiate this claim; on the other hand, the fact that no charges were ever brought against Jackson indicates that the description did NOT match. A member of the grand jury in 1994 even told CNN that "no damaging evidence was heard."
Frank Tyson defended MJ staunchly. For one thing, he insisted MJ never showed the kids porn. BTW, the fact that only adult porn was found at Neverland would seem to harm the prosecution's case that MJ was into kiddos sexually. But no, they tried to spin it. The FBI combed 16 MJ computers and found nothing, nothing at all.
From ABC News: Tyson also denied that Jackson has ever forced, given or offered alcohol to children. "He would never do that." He did acknowledge that Jackson drank alcohol out of soda cans when he was around children. But he said the pop star did so precisely to protect the children around him -- so they would not see him drinking alcohol and feel that they should try it themselves...Like the accuser, Tyson says he spent nights as a boy in Jackson's bedroom, but he insists nothing improper or inappropriate happened. "My brother and I slept in the bed, he stayed on the floor. That's what happened," he said. He says his parents were not concerned. "I never even felt uncomfortable by the slightest bit," Tyson said. "It was no cuddling or nothing like that, it wasn't like that. It was like sleeping with your college roommate." "If Michael Jackson ever laid a finger on me I would not be in this chair right now. And I don't believe in what they're saying... it's not true. At all"
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SoCalGal,If you went to college, you would have learned that there is free speech, a First Amendment, and freedom of the press. Therefore, you do not need a license to be a journalist in America. That is left to dictatorships to control the press.
I was the VERY first person to report that the FBI file would be released.
I reported it back on December 18. I was also the ONLY person to correctly report that it would be released on Tuesday.
A ton of websites plagiarized my articles and lead on this story.
They were not the Associated Press! I do not write a blog.
Again, read my comments below. There are hundreds of redacted pages from the Michael FBI files.If you read what I wrote below, and in the article (I am so sick of repeating this), I said that "One possible person whose name was redacted (meaning not made public) as far as the New York interview is Macaulay Culkin." That meant that ONE of the people the California cops likely wanted to interview was Culkin, which is fact.
A lot of the stories concerning Michael abusing children seem to come from sacked employees with obvious grudges. A secruity guard claimed that he saw michael abusing Jordan Chandler through a bathroom window, If he did witness this abuse why did he not help the boy? A maid claimed that Michael locked boys in his bedrrom and plied them with wine, yet she did nothing, As she claimed she had been scared of Michael as he had threatned to kill her! How far fetched is that? Lets look at the real facts, If Michael had sexually abused boys in his room, How come no DNA was found? Yes he had porn, but it was all legal and of adults, Most of it was locked in a briefcase, Maybe because Michael did not want the kids reading it? It`s so easy to get carried away by the lurid stories and to over look the cold hard facts.
I always thought Michael was innocent, Your argument about all the porn is very compelling John, But it is still circumstantial. Having porn does not mean you are a child abuser. I think I am correct in believing that all the porn in Michael`s bedroom was all legal and adult heterosexual. If Michael was a child sex pervert wouldn`t he have had child porn not adult porn? Just because Michael had porn it does not mean he showed it to children. I thought it was all locked in a briefcase anyway. I also understand that Michael caught a boy with a porn mag and Michael confiscated it from the boy, And thats why both of their fingerprints were on the mag. Some things do have an innocent explinatio if you bother to read the facts.
Michael Jackson suffered from his success. Too many people wanted something from him in one way or another. The motive behind the sex scandal was money. I also believe his death could have been avoided but was it just the doctor working alone. Could it be that the doctor was receiving money from Michael's enemies to help bring him to his death. Michael had friends and enemies.
I totally agree with you GW I think something very odd went on that day! Why was Michael given Propofal! It is a general anaesthetic for god`s sake and should only be given by a trained aneasthetist in hospital, The patient is attached to loads of monitors to check breathing etc. Murray should of known how dangerous it was, Yet he gave it to Michael and left him to die while he was on the phone! Was this guy a qualified doctor? I don`t care what happens in the trial, Conrad Murray murdered him of that I am certain and it`s been covered up.
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