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Re: Men who say Michael Jackson molested them as children can sue, appeals court says
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MJ is a fag
Aug 19, 2023, 3:10:03 AM8/19/23
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pothead <pothe...@gmail.com> wrote in
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> Michael Jackson also fucked a poor monkey in the ass and and let it
> shit all over him.
Two men who say they were sexually molested by Michael Jackson for many
years as children can sue the late singing star’s production companies
for allegedly enabling the abuse and failing to protect them, a state
appeals court ruled Friday.
The lawsuits by James Safechuck and Wade Robson against MJJ Productions
and MJJ Ventures had been dismissed by Los Angeles County Superior Court
Judge Mark Young, who said the companies had neither the duty nor the
ability to control Jackson, their sole owner. But the Second District
Court of Appeal said the corporations employed Jackson and “knew he was
a danger to young boys.”
When they met Jackson in the late 1980s, the two were “young children” —
Safechuck was 9 years old, Robson was 5 — “by definition, vulnerable and
dependent upon the adults who took care of them and supervised them,”
Justice Beth Grimes wrote in a 3-0 ruling reinstating both suits. She
said the companies’ employees “organized and facilitated occasions for
the children to be alone with Jackson; and they were aware of the risk
that Jackson would molest the children.”
The companies also hired both youths to work with Jackson, in
commercials and stage performances, and supervising employees assured
their parents that the children would be safe, Grimes said.
Safechuck, now 45, sued Jackson’s companies in 2014. After appearing in
a Pepsi commercial with Jackson, he said, he was invited to dinner with
his family at the singer’s home, taken on a tour, and, starting in 1988,
brought to Jackson’s bedroom for sexual encounters that continued over
four years. He said Jackson gave him a wedding-style ring while telling
him to deny everything if anyone asked. An estate manager at Jackson’
ranch saw Safechuck’s and Jackson’s underwear near Jackson’s bed,
according to the lawsuit.
Robson, 40, was born in Australia. According to his 2013 lawsuit, he was
only 2 when he first saw Jackson dancing in a video, became obsessed
with his moves, and met Jackson three years later after winning a dance
contest. Jackson’s companies sponsored his U.S. visa, and he said the
sexual abuse started when he was 7 and continued for seven years. He
performed alongside the singer in music videos, and his suit said
Jackson’s security guard saw Jackson put his hand on Robson’s crotch on
an amusement park ride at his ranch.
Safechuck and Robson were featured in a 2019 film, “Leaving Neverland,”
where they aired their accusations against the “King of Pop,” who died
in 2009. His estate denied the allegations and has sued HBO, a
co-producer of the film.
In response to Friday’s ruling, Jonathan Steinsapir, an attorney for
Jackson’s estate, said, “We remain fully confident that Michael is
innocent of these allegations, which are contrary to all credible
evidence and independent corroboration, and which were only first made
years after Michael’s death by men motivated solely by money.”
Vince Finaldi, a lawyer for the two men, said the court was right to
overturn Young’s rulings, “which were against California law and would
have set a dangerous precedent that endangered children.”
The suits are not the first against Jackson. In 1993, 13-year-old Jordan
Chandler accused him of molestation. Jackson denied it but agreed to a
settlement in 1994, reportedly for $23 million.
However, when prosecutors charged Jackson with criminal child
molestation, a jury in Santa Barbara County acquitted him in 2005.
Reach Bob Egelko: beg...@sfchronicle.com; Twitter: @BobEgelko
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/men-who-say-michael-jackson-mol
ested-them-as-children-can-sue-appeals-court-says/ar-AA1ft1pJ?ocid=msedgn
tp&cvid=901734e8b5304341b64e28a69ba6ea39&ei=31
news:t21q9o$3avsm$2...@news.freedyn.de:
> Michael Jackson also fucked a poor monkey in the ass and and let it
> shit all over him.
Two men who say they were sexually molested by Michael Jackson for many
years as children can sue the late singing star’s production companies
for allegedly enabling the abuse and failing to protect them, a state
appeals court ruled Friday.
The lawsuits by James Safechuck and Wade Robson against MJJ Productions
and MJJ Ventures had been dismissed by Los Angeles County Superior Court
Judge Mark Young, who said the companies had neither the duty nor the
ability to control Jackson, their sole owner. But the Second District
Court of Appeal said the corporations employed Jackson and “knew he was
a danger to young boys.”
When they met Jackson in the late 1980s, the two were “young children” —
Safechuck was 9 years old, Robson was 5 — “by definition, vulnerable and
dependent upon the adults who took care of them and supervised them,”
Justice Beth Grimes wrote in a 3-0 ruling reinstating both suits. She
said the companies’ employees “organized and facilitated occasions for
the children to be alone with Jackson; and they were aware of the risk
that Jackson would molest the children.”
The companies also hired both youths to work with Jackson, in
commercials and stage performances, and supervising employees assured
their parents that the children would be safe, Grimes said.
Safechuck, now 45, sued Jackson’s companies in 2014. After appearing in
a Pepsi commercial with Jackson, he said, he was invited to dinner with
his family at the singer’s home, taken on a tour, and, starting in 1988,
brought to Jackson’s bedroom for sexual encounters that continued over
four years. He said Jackson gave him a wedding-style ring while telling
him to deny everything if anyone asked. An estate manager at Jackson’
ranch saw Safechuck’s and Jackson’s underwear near Jackson’s bed,
according to the lawsuit.
Robson, 40, was born in Australia. According to his 2013 lawsuit, he was
only 2 when he first saw Jackson dancing in a video, became obsessed
with his moves, and met Jackson three years later after winning a dance
contest. Jackson’s companies sponsored his U.S. visa, and he said the
sexual abuse started when he was 7 and continued for seven years. He
performed alongside the singer in music videos, and his suit said
Jackson’s security guard saw Jackson put his hand on Robson’s crotch on
an amusement park ride at his ranch.
Safechuck and Robson were featured in a 2019 film, “Leaving Neverland,”
where they aired their accusations against the “King of Pop,” who died
in 2009. His estate denied the allegations and has sued HBO, a
co-producer of the film.
In response to Friday’s ruling, Jonathan Steinsapir, an attorney for
Jackson’s estate, said, “We remain fully confident that Michael is
innocent of these allegations, which are contrary to all credible
evidence and independent corroboration, and which were only first made
years after Michael’s death by men motivated solely by money.”
Vince Finaldi, a lawyer for the two men, said the court was right to
overturn Young’s rulings, “which were against California law and would
have set a dangerous precedent that endangered children.”
The suits are not the first against Jackson. In 1993, 13-year-old Jordan
Chandler accused him of molestation. Jackson denied it but agreed to a
settlement in 1994, reportedly for $23 million.
However, when prosecutors charged Jackson with criminal child
molestation, a jury in Santa Barbara County acquitted him in 2005.
Reach Bob Egelko: beg...@sfchronicle.com; Twitter: @BobEgelko
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/men-who-say-michael-jackson-mol
ested-them-as-children-can-sue-appeals-court-says/ar-AA1ft1pJ?ocid=msedgn
tp&cvid=901734e8b5304341b64e28a69ba6ea39&ei=31
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