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arisbe ([personal profile] arisbe) wrote2003-12-09 11:04 am

Jacko Innocent After All?

DECEMBER 9--A confidential investigation by Los Angeles police and child welfare officials concluded earlier this year that allegations Michael Jackson sexually abused a cancer-stricken boy were "unfounded," according to an internal government memo obtained by The Smoking Gun.

The probe's findings were based, in large part, on interviews with the alleged victim, his two siblings, and the boy's mother. According to the memo, when the child was questioned in February by a social worker assigned to the Sensitive Case Unit of L.A.'s Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS), he "denied any form of sexual abuse" by Jackson and said that he never "slept in the same bed as the entertainer." While not specifically named in the DCFS memo, the 45-year-old Jackson is referred to repeatedly as "the entertainer."

The memo notes that the boy, now 14, and his 12-year-old brother--who also denied sexual abuse--expressed "a fondness for the entertainer and stated they enjoyed visiting his home, where they would often ride in the park, play video games, and watch movies." The pair's sister, now 17, told a social worker that she accompanied the boys on "sleepovers at the entertainers home," but had "never seen anything sexually inappropriate between her brothers and the entertainer."

Go ahead and throw stuff at me, but I can't help hoping that he really is innocent. Though even if he is publicly exonerated, a great many people will believe he got away with it.

[identity profile] fixnwrtr.livejournal.com 2003-12-09 10:38 am (UTC)(link)
Makes me wonder where they got the testimony that MJ plied the young boy with wine to make him 'more pliable.' I still say MJ is innocent until proven guilty, but he must stop acting like someone who is guilty. His behavior is odd, to say the least, but continuing to put himself in these situations is not going to help at all and there will be more incidents if he doesn't change his behaviors.

I'm sorry he had a bad childhood, but it doesn't help that he has so much money and so little impulse control. A bad childhood mixed with fame and fortune is a lethal combination. One thing is certain, MJ should get some psychological help and help children from a distance for a while.