Scandal: Michael Jackson

In 1993, the LAPD begain investigating pop superstar Michael Jackson for allegations of sexual abuse. Continuous allegations are made after this time, and continued until his death in 2009. Statements have been made and retracted numerous times, and charged have all been dropped, so nobody can know for sure if these allegations were ever true or not. Because of his wealth, families may have taken advantage of Jackson and told lies to extort money out of him, or the opposite, families who have made statements may have retracted them because of any possible "hush money" checks they may have recieved. I'm sure most people remember seeing Michael Jackson on the news in regards to these allegations- even I do from when I was much younger. Even with the release of "Finding Neverland", we may never know the truth, since both men featured in the documentary have either jumped to his defense saying no abuse ever occured, or retracted statements. However, I think we can all agree that wanting to be surrounded by unfamiliar children all day long points to some strange conclusions.

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/05/699995484/michael-jackson-a-quarter-century-of-sexual-abuse-allegations