Michael Jackson was perhaps one of the most important artists of his generation, as well as being considered by many as the most relevant in the entire history of music. The king of pop was not only a singer with an amazing vocal ability, but his skills as a dancer and actor positioned him as one of the most famous stars during the time he was on the face of the Earth.
However, even after eleven years of death (June 25, 2009), Jackson is still as valid as the day of his death, although not only music is his reference in life; The scandals of him of course child abuse are still as latent as the first day they were announced.
Although the American justice never ruled against him, popular culture decided to give its own verdict, classifying him as a “child molester”, after some complaints against him were known during his last 26 years of life.
The first lawsuit against Michael was filed in 1993, and came to the Police by the family of Jordy Chandler, a minor whose presence was frequent with the singer, even being one of the recurring guests at Neverland, the mythical ranch of the King of Pop.
After learning of the complaint, the Police of Santa Barbara, state of California (United States), carried out a complete review at Neverland after receiving a court order that allowed it.
Now, the same situation was experienced a decade later, in November 2003, when Gavin Arvizo told his relatives, and these to the authorities, the alleged abuse that Jackson did with him when they were alone in his mansion. In fact, the 13-year-old teenager’s complaint went into detail about the places and practices to which the singer allegedly subjected him.
The statements of the minor again reached the tables of the judicial bureaucracy in the United States, so once again the Police were ordered to search the home of Michael Jackson, finding evidence that was used in the trial that confronted him with the young people and their families, in 2005.
As mentioned above, the judicial entities always ruled in favor of Jackson, but his image was on the ground, being one of the controversies that has shaken the world of entertainment the most even to this day.
In addition, although until 2016 what was found in Neverland had been a judicial secret, it was in that year when an anonymous person leaked a video of the moment in which the artist’s house was raided, in 2003, revealing findings that caused surprise and the terror of his followers.
As can be seen in the recording, the sexual videos and images were the decoration of Michael’s house: photos of naked teenagers, images of children under the age of twelve without clothes, explicit content for adults, photos referring to the practice of sadomasochism and even Books with sexual themes were some of the elements that the authorities took into account for the pedophilia trial against him.
Now, this was only what was in sight, because in the midst of the exhaustive review that was done to the mansion, the researchers also found a secret that impressed them: an intimate closet right in Michael Jackson’s room.
Although it is normal for wealthy people to have this type of space in their private bedrooms, the truth is that not all of them keep objects similar to those Jackson had: games, children’s clothes, children’s books, somewhat terrifying toys, photos of minors (including one of Macaulay Culkin, protagonist of My poor little angel ) , among other objects that, according to the authorities, were surely used to gain the trust of children and take them to a point of seduction.
At the end of his days, Michael Jackson had been able to get rid of the complaints of child abuse filed against him, essentially by reaching economic agreements with the plaintiffs, however, to date it is unknown if the king of pop carried out all the barbarities for which he was accused or if on the contrary he was only a victim of human ambition. This is a secret Jackson went to his grave with.
Pornography and child abuse: the horrors that were hidden in Neverland, Michael Jackson’s mansion