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I was never a fan of his music, but I think it's sad that everyone talks about him as if he was a convicted kiddie molester. Fact: he was never convicted of child molestation. Some would scoff at that and say, "Ya well, he bought his way out of a conviction by settling out of court."
Yes he ended up paying out lots of money, but that is not an admission of guilt.

You have to wonder about the motives of the accusers (the kids' parents). Someone as famous, filthy rich, and eccentric as Jackson is a prime target for dubious litigation, where the accuser's actual motive is to settle out of court rather than to reach a verdict. Any famous & wealthy person is a target for stuff like this. Even at the annual NFL Rookie Symposium, they talk to players about stuff like this and how to protect themselves (not child molestation stuff, but you know what I mean).

The guy liked being around kids and had them over for sleepovers, and some kids' greedy parents decided to capitalize on the situation. True the situation looked *VERY* strange, and he definitely didn't help himself by continuing to associate with kids after the first accusations surfaced, but you also have to consider Jackson's life. He basically never had a normal childhood. His dad was a slavedriver who pushed him and his brothers into show business and Jackson lived almost his entire life in the public eye. Being around little kids allowed him to relive the carefree childhood that he never got to experience. Even the doctor/psychologist they brought in during the molestation trial said that he wasn't a pedophile, just someone who had regressed to a childlike mentality.

I always thought it was like...
"In every myth/fable there is a grain of truth"
Not as if that is enough evidence to convict him.
He also did beat a charge at a trial by jury, though I am sure no place on Earth could that ever have been a trial by his peers.

theres going to be all kinds of michael jackson impersonators coming out of the woodwork now dancing.
if elvis is king michael jackson is the prince. wait until madonna dies.

Oh God please. The last thing she ever did that I liked was wear vinyl all throughout the 90s.

hibbingviking wrote:Wait until madonna dies.

I feel like I've been waiting for that to happen for too long already.

Cliff wrote: I feel like I've been waiting for that to happen for too long already.

She never seemed to hit the drugs all that hard, so she hasn't suffered from that hit to her health like Jackson did.

From the reports I heard Micheal Jackson took Demoral like it was water
and had for years. I am surprised he lasted as long as he did if he was swimming
in prescripion narcotics.

I bet you he would have prefered a normal life if given the chance.

He certainly was taking something like it was water. Did you see the friggin' 20, 30 gallon trashbags filled to bursting with pills and other crap?

Yeah, I heard some news about the funeral, too.
They won't be releasing doves at the funeral. They'll be releasing blackbirds with a rare feather condition.