In 2013, having previously defended the star under oath, Wade first publicly changed his story about Jackson. Years after Jackson's other alleged victims were silenced by money, lawyers or hostile public opinion, Robson and Safechuck have been given their time to speak up. The overriding purpose of Leaving Neverland is simple.
Accordingly, many have propounded the notion of Jackson as a Peter Pan-type character, his development arrested in his early teens.įor many this afforded, at the very least, a means of understanding behaviour that would not be tolerated outside of the celebrity status, privilege and wealth that MJ enjoyed. He was physically and mentally abused by his father and robbed of his own childhood after swapping the playground for the music studio. There's previously been a very consistent narrative surrounding Jackson's psychology. But, with the privacy and intimacy that a bedroom allows, it's one man's word against a handful of others. When confronted with this during his lifetime, Jackson always maintained that these nighttime encounters were innocent. They were each, at different times, invited to tour with him (parents in tow) and eventually came the now-famous sleepover parties at the Neverland Ranch.
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With the not-guilty verdict of his highly publicised 2005 child molestation trial providing further clout, it was all too easy for the abuse claims to be sidelined and for everyone to carry on, business as usual.ĭespite what many internet sleuths might believe, Leaving Neverland can't just be written off as an attempt to bring down the world's biggest star following other recent revelations about powerful and influential men.ĭirector Dan Reed has said that he "wouldn't get behind a campaign to ban his music", moreover he has made a film that encourages people "to acknowledge the man was" while focusing intently on the families at the very heart of the story.įar from the "tabloid character assassination" that the Jackson estate claim it to be, Leaving Neverland is a forward-thinking, sensitive and yet desperately tragic documentation of the way in which childhood trauma infects every area of a survivor's life.Īccording to their separate accounts, before long both Robson and Safechuck were spending one-on-one time with Jackson. Fans rushed to his defence and his lawyers presented the all-too-familiar narrative that his accusers were simply money-grabbing exploiters. Allegations of child abuse followed the superstar around for the latter half of his career.
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