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00:08Why can't we be like the trees that become, you know, they lose their leaves in the winter and then
00:15they come back and beautiful all over again in the spring, you know, and a sense of immortality to them.
00:23I think growing old is the ugliest thing and I never want to look in the mirror and see that.
00:28I want to always be youthful.
00:33They say when you die, the soul dies, but there's the promise of the resurrection and all of that.
01:09That level of mega stardom is not healthy. People are not gods.
01:23Tonight, Jackson is wanted by police of multiple felony counts of child molestation.
01:31The Jackson machine just keeps right on rolling.
01:59The British documentary called Living with Michael Jackson has everybody talking.
02:05This is the way the Times newspaper in Britain covers it.
02:08Jackson faces ruin after admitting I slept with boys.
02:13Why can't you share your bed? The most loving thing to do is to share your bed with someone.
02:20Merely admitting that on television has created what one person says is the longest professional suicide note in history.
02:28This documentary started a disaster. It was clear he was really in trouble with this.
02:38It's just a question of what does he do when he's in bed with them.
02:41I mean, anybody advising Michael Jackson would have to say, A, don't do that.
02:45And after he did it, they must lock him up in a room and say, you've got to be kidding.
02:49But he's Michael Jackson, so probably nobody does that.
02:52He really was scared.
02:56One hit please.
02:57It was Michael's biggest fear.
02:59After the documentary, the fans could go away.
03:03He could lose his whole brand, his reputation, everything he did.
03:20We were in the hotel Miami and middle in the night, Michael knocked on the door.
03:28He was crying.
03:31And he got a letter from his accountant saying, there's no money right now.
03:38You need to go in a smaller room.
03:40Then he was saying, can you believe that they put me out of the suite and put me in a
03:45small room?
03:57Are you a pedophile?
03:59Michael Jackson does not earn the kind of money he used to make.
04:02You know, at the height of his earnings power, this guy made $50 million a year.
04:05Guess what?
04:06His records don't sell anymore.
04:08And, you know, he's in a very tenuous spot right now.
04:10On song, but no longer making the notes.
04:13The latest claim that the Peter Pan of pop is nearly penniless.
04:17He's spending about $700,000 a week, which means that when he gets out of bed in the morning,
04:23he spent $100,000 before he's had coffee.
04:25We hope he's not broke because he owes my client $12 million.
04:29All of the money that Michael has at this point, all of the cash that he has, I should say,
04:33comes from loans.
04:34Everything is borrowed.
04:36Borrowed, borrowed, borrowed.
04:37Borrowed against the Michael Jackson catalog that has Billie Jean and Beat It and all his hit songs.
04:42Borrowed against the Beatles catalog.
04:46Michael Jackson celebrated his 45th birthday in true Jackson style.
04:51It was just him and the fans.
04:54After all he's been through, they still love him.
04:59The king of power.
05:02Michael told me very clear that now as it's over with touring, now he starts with new business.
05:10The fans gonna keep the business machine moving.
05:14There's gonna be a new Michael Jackson clothing line.
05:18Resort, hotels.
05:22We promise to make Neverland more accessible to the fans.
05:30What's the media tries to say about you, Michael?
05:32We don't believe it.
05:33Word of it.
05:34He's perfect and he's an angel.
05:36And I don't care what anybody says.
05:38Michael!
05:56In 2003, I was a prosecutor specializing in child sexual abuse cases.
06:02I got a call to go see the district attorney.
06:07And he showed me a two-page report.
06:10It involved an allegation of child sexual abuse.
06:13It said Michael Jackson on it.
06:17And I thought, oh my gosh, he's back.
06:29That scene in the documentary was played over and over and over again.
06:34Of Gavin Arvizo sitting next to Michael Jackson and resting his head on his shoulder and holding his hand.
06:40And I knew it was an inappropriate relationship.
06:45You're gonna sit right there, buddy.
06:48We are going to try our best to make a case.
06:53Okay? A criminal case.
06:54We're gonna try our best.
06:56But you need to understand that we're gonna need your cooperation.
07:00Gavin, can you tell us what your conversations, what you guys talked about?
07:04He said that he wanted to show me how masturbate.
07:08Okay, okay.
07:09I said no.
07:11He started masturbating me.
07:14Okay.
07:15I told him no more.
07:20Good evening.
07:21For years, pop star Michael Jackson has denied having inappropriate contact with children.
07:26And he has never been charged.
07:29But tonight, Jackson is wanted by police.
07:31We would encourage him to turn himself in and cooperate with law enforcement.
07:36Nina, what have you heard? Any sightings?
07:38Not yet.
07:39We're all on the lookout, though.
07:45We were in the hotel in Vegas.
07:48Somebody called me and told me, did they watch TV?
07:53The police went to the ranch.
07:57The service of the warrants was part of an ongoing investigation alleging criminal misconduct on the part of Michael Jackson.
08:05When I told him, as a new judge from this young boy, Aviso, he was so deeply shocked that I
08:13think he's gonna die.
08:20And then something terrible happened.
08:23The director of the hotel told us to leave right away.
08:28They did not want to have somebody with discharges in the hotel.
08:34Michael was out of control.
08:36He was screaming, why you close the door in front of me?
08:41They didn't allow him to come in.
08:43But then I told him, Michael, look, this time you have to fight it.
08:54Jackson flying from Las Vegas to Santa Barbara turns himself in to the Santa Barbara sheriff.
08:59Michael Jackson has been booked on charges of child molestation.
09:03The famous shot you'll see plastered all over newspapers around the world.
09:06Michael Jackson in handcuffs.
09:09Michael Jackson today went from being the gloved one to the fingerprinted one.
09:20I just sat down and say, not again.
09:22Seven counts of child molestation.
09:25I told him, you don't know these wicked people. The people are just mean and wicked.
09:30The bail amount on the warrant has been sent at three million dollars.
09:33He'll tarnish your reputation and people will always remember you the way they said he was, not the way he
09:40really is.
09:41How do you view the guy now?
09:43Probably not in a good way. Definitely don't respect him.
09:55Reporters, cameras and helicopters have been chasing the Jackson story around Southern California.
10:00Fox has confirmed he is now back in Las Vegas and here are the pictures to prove it.
10:04Hold on, he's coming out. Hold on, hold on, hold on.
10:07I remember when we went to the airport.
10:11We took blankets and tried to stop all the press taking pictures.
10:22He was so deeply shocked about the situation, how they treated him.
10:30Later on, he showed me these bruises on his arm, on his shoulder.
10:34He was thinking the police, the system, America was against him.
10:45It's just very painful.
10:47This has been kind of a pattern among black luminaries.
10:53Other people in the past who've gone through this sort of thing.
10:57Mandela's story has given me a lot of strength, what he's gone through.
11:01I'm very strong, I have rhinoceros skin, but at the same time I'm human.
11:05You know, so anything can hurt like that.
11:12I wanted to let you know that this is Michael Jackson's car as they ride through Las Vegas.
11:16He keeps rolling his window down at intersections like this.
11:19People have been coming up to the window and he's been reaching out, shaking their hands.
11:24I think they're setting him up. I mean, none of this makes any sense, you know.
11:29I love him so much. I mean, he needs us, you know.
11:33And no matter what, I believe in him and I'm here for him.
11:43Michael was ready to fight.
11:47He was focused completely on this whole problem.
11:52Then the new security people came in and his lawyers and his accountants showed up.
12:01Michael's empire and reputation was at risk.
12:07And this situation was terrible for me because I had to leave.
12:12I could do nothing anymore. They took over completely.
12:17It was the end of my work with Michael Jackson.
12:31I need to speak to Angela. Now every crew is here and my crew is not here. I'm still having
12:36a meeting today. What's going on?
12:39I got an assignment.
12:40There's going to be this huge Michael Jackson business meeting at the summit. Find out all about it. And if
12:47you can, get in there.
12:48Hi, if we can get a quick statement from Mr. Garagos.
12:54I had this little sort of minicam that I was walking around with to the annoyance of everybody.
13:00Can I get a brief statement?
13:05I was a journalist reporting for Celebrity Justice and that later kind of morphed into TMZ.
13:17So if you guys want to just, you know, shoot the room, do what you want, it's going to last
13:21about five minutes.
13:24It was all very confusing.
13:27Oh, were we invited? How did we hear about it?
13:30This is the Michael Jackson smoke and mirrors world.
13:33Is there a reason why you wanted us to see the type of business meeting it is?
13:37No, no. The reason is you all are here.
13:39Right.
13:41You had Charles Koppelman, an industry legend.
13:45You had Al Malnick.
13:48He's the one who bailed Michael Jackson out to the tune of $3 million when he was arrested.
13:52Then you had Leonard Mohammed, who is a top echelon Nation of Islam guy.
13:57And you had John Branca, the genius behind getting the Beatles catalog.
14:02And so these super heavyweights, they were there to keep the glue together.
14:08Right. In the Jackson empire.
14:10There are people who have wondered who is in charge.
14:13Can you clarify that, sir?
14:15Michael is in charge.
14:17Clearly, Michael is in charge.
14:19Will he be taking part in today's meeting, Mr. Koppelman?
14:23He may. He's welcome at any time.
14:26Do you plan on seeing him at the meeting today?
14:28He's welcome at any time.
14:30Constantly assume that Mr. Jackson is in financial trouble.
14:33Can you clarify that, sir?
14:35Again, do we look worried?
14:36Total BS.
14:37Total BS.
14:39Mr. Mohammed.
14:40There's nothing normal about this meeting because Michael Jackson was about to be subjected to the most high-profile trial.
14:47And the fact that his finances were such a convoluted mess with debt, with loans, with mortgages, with skyrocketing interest
14:56payments.
14:57Obviously, this was the crisis summit. The brand was on life support. And if it died right there, it wasn't
15:05going to have a future.
15:10CNN has confirmed that a grand jury that's been meeting to consider charges of child molestation against pop star Michael
15:17Jackson has, in fact, indicted Michael Jackson.
15:21We've just received this release from Michael Jackson's attorneys saying he will appear and enter a plea of not guilty.
15:28I know you know him, Donald. Any reaction to this?
15:31Well, I know him very well. He's lived in my buildings. He lived in Trump Tower and I know him
15:35very well. And I don't believe it. I'm going to stick up for him because nobody else is.
15:42Why would he turn around and say Michael Jackson sexually molested me if it weren't true?
15:49Because parents have power over children. This is not him. No, I know his heart.
16:02It was past midnight. And the telephone rang and I hear, hello. I said, Michael, is that you? Brian, is
16:11that you? Oh, Brian, I'm so scared.
16:14Did you see what happened today? Yes, I did, Michael. This is not good, Michael. Brian, what am I going
16:22to do?
16:22I said, what we do is we have to find out everything there is to know about this family. Everybody
16:30has dirt. Everybody. They are not clean. And from what I hear, they're really dirty, Michael. And we will find
16:38the dirt on these people. And he said, do it. Do it, Brian.
16:44I am Brian Oxman. I am the former attorney for Michael Jackson. I have known all of the Jackson family
16:55for most of my life. My first client was Randy Jackson. I did his divorce. And then I did Jermaine's
17:03divorce. And then I did Jackie's divorce. And then I did Tito's divorce.
17:08Latoya's divorce. And I did Michael's divorce. I am part of this family. It's sort of like Hotel California. You
17:18can check out anytime you want, but you can never leave.
17:35When I got to Santa Maria for the trial, the press was camped out like it was the end of
17:41the world. It was bigger than OJ Simpson, which I had been at. This was in a small town that
17:47was hard to get to. But the whole place was taken over by this.
17:51It was an extraordinary thing.
17:53Thank you, my brother. Thank you for my brother. Michael, he is here. Michael, he is here. Michael, he is
18:00here. One, two, three, four. Michael's not on the restaurant. Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
18:12Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
18:16Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
18:22Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
18:23Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
18:31Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
18:36Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why
18:39And it's not just a game, it's real for me.
18:44It really is.
18:53He had no shortage of lawyers.
18:56I mean, they got every single piece of paper,
19:01every single document that had ever generated
19:05by any member of the family,
19:07medical records, psych records, school records,
19:11business records.
19:12They got it by way of a subpoena
19:15without notifying the prosecution.
19:19Stop the racism!
19:20By God, innocent!
19:22By God, innocent!
19:24By God, innocent!
19:27The prosecution said the family is being harassed
19:30by these subpoenas.
19:32They said the so-called victim's family
19:34is going into witness protection.
19:38So I needed to find them.
19:40I called my friend and she says,
19:43I'll find them for you.
19:46So she called the grandmother
19:47and asked if she had their new address.
19:50And she said, sure.
19:51And she gave it to us.
19:57It was to make it clear that Michael Jackson was not backing down.
20:02the mother of the mother of the mother of the mother of the mother of the mother of the mother
20:03of the mother of the mother of the mother of the mother.
20:10Years ago, I allowed a family to visit and spend time in Neverland.
20:15I allowed this family into my home because they told me their son was ill with cancer and needed my
20:20help.
20:21These events have caused a nightmare for my family, my children and me.
20:25I never intend to place myself in so vulnerable a position ever again.
20:31I will be acquitted and vindicated when the truth is told.
20:38Opening statements began today.
20:40The defense is expected to describe Jackson as the victim of a money hungry mom who coached her son to
20:45lie for cash.
20:46The prosecution, on the other hand, will paint Jackson as a wicked pedophile who got a sick boy drunk to
20:52molest him.
20:53This is a trial for his life.
20:55Not just his freedom, his life.
20:58Everything's on the line.
20:59Justice for Marshall! Justice for Marshall!
21:02He's been guilty for years! Put him away!
21:06In court, the prosecution played the living with Michael Jackson movie.
21:11The documentary which created this whole furor.
21:14And what happened as that program progressed, the jury, they were bouncing and dancing and snapping their fingers to Michael's
21:23music.
21:24This was Michael's magic infecting everybody.
21:28This affected the entire course of the trial.
21:38We had one witness who worked at Neverland.
21:42And he told us that he brought to Michael Jackson's room wine while the boys were there.
21:48And when he was on the witness stand, he said he brought Coca-Cola to the room.
21:52I said, didn't you tell us that it was wine, it was alcohol that he brought to the room?
21:58I was mistaken.
22:00One after the other.
22:02Witnesses would walk into court, you would just watch them look over, see Michael Jackson.
22:06And their demeanor changed.
22:09He was a very powerful person.
22:20The pop star didn't show up for court this morning until the judge threatened to have him arrested.
22:25Jackson failed to show up in court at 8.30 a.m. for testimony from a teen who claimed Jackson
22:31molested him.
22:32When Jackson did arrive an hour and ten minutes late, he appeared disheveled, his hair a bit messy,
22:38only pajama bottoms, a t-shirt and a blazer.
22:43He tripped this morning and he fell in the early morning hours while he was getting dressed.
22:47His back is in terrible pain.
22:51I ended up testifying in a trial, right?
22:55And that's where it became just absolutely a three-ring circus of bizarre.
23:01I started noticing Michael's strange behavior.
23:05And, you know, besides when he showed up to court in pajamas, which was nutsoville,
23:11Michael was like, ah, I can't deal with that, I can't deal with that.
23:13It brings me stress.
23:14I'm like, okay.
23:16But he's that brilliant genius, right?
23:20That happens to be half brain dead and dumb at the same time, that doesn't know anything going on?
23:26Wait a second.
23:27Which one is it?
23:31Always trying to get the sympathy.
23:34I could see the women on the jury looking very concerned and very worried.
23:37And we knew it was all an act.
23:39His performance really was very good.
23:43I fell.
23:44And all my body weight, I mean, I'm pretty fragile.
23:47All my body weight fell against my rib cage.
23:50I bruise my lung very badly.
23:53Is Jackson spiraling downward?
23:55It was no accident that all of that pajama business happened when the accuser is about to take the stand
24:05and deliver the most incriminating evidence.
24:09Michael!
24:10Michael!
24:11Michael!
24:12Michael!
24:13Michael!
24:14Joe!
24:21You've been through a lot this year.
24:24That's right.
24:25Now Joe, how is Michael doing financially?
24:28Because he has not been recording or performing ever since it started and he has mega expenses.
24:34How is he doing?
24:36Michael is doing fine.
24:38Are you worried?
24:40Am I worried?
24:42Being a father, you always have to have some worry.
24:46Do you think if he's a quick kid, he can resume his career?
24:48Of course.
24:50Come on.
24:51Of course he can resume his career.
24:54This is just the United States.
24:57All the rest of the countries all over the world are very, very proud of Michael.
25:02It's here we have the most trouble out of.
25:06Why do you think it's such a problem in America?
25:08Why do you think...
25:09Come on.
25:11You don't want me to answer that, do you?
25:13No.
25:14Don't answer it.
25:15Shall I?
25:15No, Jill.
25:16Just shut up.
25:17Stop it.
25:18I don't want to cut through the chase on this one.
25:21Stop it.
25:22Come on.
25:24It might be about racism.
25:27What do you think?
25:28It is racism.
25:30It is.
25:31Catherine's not going to say it, but I will say it.
25:33It is racism.
25:34We shouldn't be even out here talking about any of this.
25:38We weren't supposed to even bring Michael up.
25:40He might get us in a lot of trouble.
25:42No, no, no.
25:46There is a flurry of activity outside the courthouse in Santa Maria as SUVs are seen leaving Michael
25:50Jackson's Neverland Ranch.
25:51What's going on?
26:04Michael Jackson entered the courthouse to learn his fate.
26:08You've got to wonder what is going through his mind at this point.
26:22He really thinks there are going to be riots in the streets if he's convicted.
26:25He really believes it?
26:26And like Soros said, he really believes that somehow this injustice will be overturned instantly
26:31because who would put the King of Pop in jail?
26:40The people of the state of California plaintiff versus Michael Joe Jackson defendant.
26:45Case number 1133603 verdict.
26:51We the jury in the above entitled case find the defendant not guilty of a lewd act upon a minor
26:59child.
27:10And there it is, all ten counts, not guilty on all ten counts.
27:15Michael Jackson will be walking out of this courtroom a free man.
27:21My dad!
27:23My dad!
27:25My dad!
27:27My dad!
27:28My dad!
27:28We knew it before my dad!
27:30I'm pretty!
27:34Was I disappointed? Sure.
27:37You never, as a prosecutor, want to hear the words not guilty.
27:42I felt that it was remarkably obvious that he was molesting children.
27:48I was mystified why other people didn't see it.
27:53Everything about him, just a screen child molester.
27:56He needs to, you know, stay low for a while and keep the adults at the ranch
28:01and maybe stay away from the kids for a little bit,
28:04maybe bring some girls over.
28:05Michael, come on now.
28:08The result was innocent, but so many Americans thought he was guilty.
28:15Michael was extremely concerned about all of these people.
28:19He would complain to his mom and to his dad and to everybody, to me,
28:24my life's over.
28:31What exactly is happening to Michael Jackson today?
28:36It's the same thing what always happens, Nancy.
28:39This guy doesn't pay his bills.
28:42How much are we talking about?
28:44We're talking about nearly $300 million outstanding debt.
28:47After the trial, a lot of people were saying
28:49Michael Jackson put himself into exile, right?
28:55He had to not only leave Neverland, but he left the United States of America.
29:01He pops up in Bahrain, and of course, he's friends with the royal family
29:07and living like the king of pop again, borrowing millions of dollars from his host.
29:19Then, it's, where's Michael Jackson?
29:21He's left Bahrain.
29:23Oh, wait, hold on.
29:24He's in Ireland.
29:26Ireland?
29:27At around 4 o'clock today, Michael Jackson emerged from his scheduled Aer Lingus flight.
29:31He made his way down the plane steps, holding a masked child's hand.
29:35Jackson and his traveling party boarded a silver Volkswagen minibus via the VIP exit of the airport.
29:44Michael Jackson was trying to figure out,
29:46what am I going to do with the rest of my life?
29:49Ireland is kind of a little out of the way,
29:51and he was able to live kind of a tranquil life, he hoped anyway.
30:01In June 2006, rumors started circulating in the Irish press
30:06that Michael Jackson was sighted in different places.
30:10But we did, I didn't think much of it.
30:13So we were quite surprised when the door opened,
30:16and the patient said,
30:17Hello, my name is Michael Jackson.
30:21It wasn't too long before Michael entrusted us with his aesthetic treatments.
30:27We treated in that period,
30:29his bottom of his ankles were beginning to turn black again,
30:32and he wanted us to increase the bleaching cream to a stronger percentage.
30:38He didn't really have any money.
30:40I mean, his credit cards bounced on many occasions.
30:43I remember one time, he was in our big glass showroom,
30:48and he started pocketing quite a lot of the cosmetics.
30:53Some of the things were worth between 100 and 500 euro,
30:57and he had a big sort of jacket coat on,
31:00and when I ran into him,
31:03he had as many, maybe as 20 or 30 of these products in his pockets,
31:07and he just laughed.
31:11I think as time progressed,
31:13you could see that Michael became happier and happier living in Ireland.
31:16He said that he'd love to settle here,
31:19away from the press.
31:21Our friendship became closer,
31:23and when I was down in his house,
31:25he opened up to me.
31:26I think he felt trapped
31:29between finding a new location to live
31:34and having to go back to the United States
31:37to overcome his financial struggles.
31:44I could see that this did play on his mind.
32:10I was asked would I be interested in doing a security detail
32:13for a dignitary that was coming to town.
32:19Mr. Jackson, I call him Mr. Jackson.
32:22He was returning to the States
32:25on the basis of being a headliner in Las Vegas.
32:36Come on, guys, come in.
32:40There was a lot going on.
32:42I mean, he had a lot going on.
32:46He was raising three kids
32:48that he wanted to do on his own.
32:54Mr. Jackson moved into the house,
32:56which was on Monte Crystal.
32:58We realized that he did have insomnia.
33:02Even though we had armed security at the property,
33:06we would see him walking throughout the house at night,
33:09checking doors.
33:13A very lonely world.
33:16Mr. Jackson, our captain there.
33:18For Marco, Simon, her operation.
33:21Marco, what's up there?
33:21There's always someone trying to see him.
33:25Business associates,
33:26all different type of producers
33:28trying to get at him.
33:31Marco, do you well?
33:39I think it put him into seclusion a little bit.
33:42Michael, we love you!
33:46We love you, Michael!
33:48You're in the bed!
33:49Most of the child stars don't make it
33:50because they become self-destructive.
33:52They destroy themselves
33:53because of that pressure, you know?
33:55They want you to stay young forever
33:57and keep you small.
34:01What's happened to me is a rarity
34:05to come through this fire
34:07and out the other end the way I have.
34:09Anybody else would probably be dead by now
34:11or a junkie or something
34:12with what I've been to.
34:21There he is, David Beckham,
34:23the huge international star
34:26is coming to America.
34:31My partner and I, Paul,
34:33work for a division of AEG.
34:36The core business is live entertainment,
34:39sports, you know, those kind of things.
34:42AEG had just done a deal with David Beckham
34:46to play for the LA Galaxy.
34:49It's nice to see so many fans
34:50and I thank you for that.
34:55When Michael saw that,
34:56he was really excited.
34:58He was kind of jumping around the room
34:59and saying,
35:00hey, you guys should do
35:01a David Beckham deal with me.
35:04Remember that Michael's last tour
35:06was the history tour in 1997.
35:11So this would have been
35:12a good 12 years after that.
35:15So the anticipation
35:18of being able to see
35:20Michael Jackson live
35:23was, I don't know,
35:25I can't think of anything really
35:26that would be bigger than that.
35:36I remember the day he signed the deal
35:39when This Is It was in formation.
35:42He came out and said,
35:43Bill, now you're going to see
35:45the vultures.
35:48I started to get all the phone calls
35:50from people that
35:53we've never heard from before.
35:56People were coming out the woodwork.
35:58They wanted to be part of this tour.
36:01They wanted to be part of him.
36:04I always said it.
36:05Mr. Jackson was a big ATM.
36:14I feel my heart.
36:16It's going boom, boom, boom right now.
36:17Seriously.
36:20Since I was little, yeah,
36:21I used to come home from nursery, yeah,
36:23put in his mic with my Michael Jackson video
36:24and that's it, I was gone.
36:26He taught me how to dance, everything, man.
36:28He's going to be sick.
36:31London was Michael's
36:33probably biggest market in the world.
36:36Our plans were that
36:38the tour would go global.
36:40I've got every single album,
36:42I've been to every single tour
36:43and I'm going to go to every single date
36:46that he releases
36:46that I can get my hands on.
36:48You're obviously a very rich woman then.
36:50No, I'm not.
36:51It's the credit crunch.
36:52It's my credit card.
36:53The This Is It tour
36:54was going to be much bigger
36:55than anything he had done.
36:58Do you really think he can come back
36:59after everything that's happened?
37:00It's nothing happened.
37:01It's just the media, isn't it?
37:02So it's fine.
37:04Port case, rumours of financial problems.
37:07It's rubbish, rubbish.
37:07But basically, he's come back.
37:08This is Michael Jackson, you know,
37:09he's the king of pop.
37:14Ready for this?
37:19London welcomes the king of pop,
37:23Mr. Michael Jackson.
37:39So it's been a while
37:41and everyone's waiting
37:42and waiting and waiting and waiting.
37:47They didn't realize
37:48that Michael was drunk
37:50and out of it.
37:54I was at the O2
37:55and they were back at the hotel
37:56with Michael
37:57trying to get him going
37:58because things were going very slowly.
38:00While we were waiting,
38:01I kind of wrote a really short speech
38:04and when Michael walked in,
38:06he came over to me
38:07and he gave me a big hug
38:08and I said,
38:09here's the speech
38:09and he whispered in my ear,
38:12make the words really big,
38:13I can't see.
38:24And the crowd just erupted.
38:30I love you.
38:34He just started to bask in it.
38:37He started to glow in a way,
38:39you know.
38:39I think he was overwhelmed, actually.
38:46This is it.
38:47This is it.
38:52I just want to say that,
38:54that way.
38:55This will be it.
38:56This is it.
38:57And when I say this is it,
38:58it really means this is it
38:59because these will be
39:04my final show performances.
39:10This is it.
39:11And see you in July.
39:21So what happened was
39:22we ended up at 50 shows.
39:28I've never seen demand like that.
39:33We had about 15,000
39:35sellable seats per show.
39:37They all went for 50 shows.
39:41You got a calculator?
39:42I'll do the math.
39:52We're kind of excited.
39:53And Michael's coming today.
39:54There's the man.
39:55There's Michael.
39:56The man is here.
39:58During rehearsals,
39:59Michael knew exactly what he wanted,
40:01but it was Kenny who ran the rehearsals.
40:03Michael really didn't have to
40:05say anything to anyone
40:06because Kenny was so on top of it.
40:08Michael?
40:09This is not easy, though.
40:10Michael, one more time,
40:11I couldn't hear you, sir.
40:13The inner ears are very difficult for me
40:15when you're raised.
40:16Do you just your real own,
40:18you know, oral, oratory ears?
40:20Yeah.
40:21Is it chill?
40:22It feels like somebody's fist is,
40:23just their fist is shoved into your ear.
40:25Mr. Jackson was not happy privately.
40:29He felt that physically
40:32he was not prepared
40:35to do that many shows
40:37in that short a time.
40:39He said to me directly,
40:42he said,
40:42Bill, I can't do 50 shows.
40:44Bill, it would kill me.
40:46He was going to make
40:47a lot of money from this show,
40:49enough to where
40:51he was done.
40:59I was trying to conserve my throat,
41:01please,
41:01so I understand.
41:10I'm very hard on myself.
41:14I would dance until I would
41:16almost pass out sometimes.
41:18I'd have to do this
41:20for the rest of my life.
41:22I'm under contract.
41:27It's like being on a ride
41:28and you can't get off
41:29and say,
41:30oh my God,
41:30what did I do?
41:32And you're committed.
41:33You can't get off.
41:40I would watch Michael
41:42and the impression I got
41:44was kind of lost.
41:48He was dealing with
41:49an addiction issue.
41:52I was watching,
41:53you know,
41:55pills come in
41:55and pills go out.
41:58You see people with fatty
41:59or other things
42:00in street drugs
42:01that they're not alive,
42:03but they're not dead yet.
42:04And it just had this
42:06feeling of like limbo.
42:11The assumption,
42:12I think,
42:13that a lot of people think
42:14is that he's being controlled
42:16and that he doesn't know
42:17what he's doing.
42:19That isn't true.
42:20He knew what he was doing.
42:21And he knows
42:22what kind of drugs
42:23he's taking.
42:26But Michael was surrounded
42:28by people that wanted
42:29to please him.
42:31people he chose
42:32to surround himself with.
42:39But he is going downward.
42:42And so you have to ask yourself,
42:46where am I going?
42:48You know,
42:48what's the next train stop?
42:57It was an American tragedy.
43:00The tragedy was not
43:01that he was taking
43:02prescription drug medication.
43:04The tragedy was
43:06that this man
43:06who got more attention
43:08than any human being
43:09that might have ever lived
43:11in the history of the world
43:13was still so utterly lonely.
43:42It's going to end up being
43:43and all these two of us
43:44and all these two of us are here.
43:44Oh my God.
43:47Yeah,
43:47someone's coming out.
43:48An ambulance.
43:54Look at that.
43:55Look at that.
43:56This is so looking
43:57to be in the news, man.
44:00That's real Hollywood excitement
44:01on your two of us.
44:05You just saw Michael Jackson
44:07ostensibly being taken away
44:09in an ambulance
44:10with the paparazzi
44:11racing after.
44:13Dude,
44:14that's so going to be
44:15on the internet later.
44:16And I'm like,
44:16oh my God.
44:23When I was at Macy's,
44:24they kept saying,
44:25Michael's dead.
44:26Michael's dead.
44:27Dropped everything
44:28and just came running out here.
44:38I walked into the emergency room
44:43and I looked through the doors
44:44and I could see the family
44:46and I saw Latoya
44:48and she was leaning up
44:51against the wall.
44:54and then I saw her slump
44:56to the ground
44:58and sat on the floor.
45:02I said,
45:03right then and there,
45:04I said,
45:05Michael Jackson is dead.
45:07Michael Jackson is dead.
45:29This is hard.
45:32My brother,
45:34the legendary king of pop,
45:36Michael Jackson,
45:37passed away on Thursday,
45:39June 25th, 2009
45:41at 2.26 p.m.
45:44It is believed
45:45he suffered cardiac arrest
45:47in his home.
45:51This is a Fox News alert.
45:53The chopper is in the air.
45:55They have picked up
45:56the body of Michael Jackson.
45:58His body is now
45:59going to be in the custody
46:01of the L.A. coroner.
46:02The autopsy has been expedited.
46:04It will happen tomorrow
46:05at some point
46:06between 7 a.m.
46:07and 3 o'clock
46:08in the afternoon.
46:09After that,
46:09the body will then be released
46:11to the family.
46:22There was a fire inside me
46:24that I could not contain
46:26that day.
46:29In my mind,
46:30I was saying to myself,
46:32you stupid,
46:33stupid man.
46:34I begged you.
46:36I warned you.
46:38You've now orphaned
46:39your children.
46:40There's nothing
46:40that you loved more
46:42in the world
46:42than your children.
46:43You were the only one
46:44who could protect them
46:45and now you orphan
46:46your children.
46:48You stupid man.
47:04Michael's demons
47:04that I think
47:06he was dealing with
47:07was self-loathing.
47:10Well, you don't have
47:11to feel anything
47:12if you're on Demerol.
47:15You just numb it all away.
47:21He felt desperate
47:22to change,
47:23but couldn't.
47:24And he actually
47:26ends up finding people
47:28that help him
47:28to his death.
47:31Is that the most crazy thing
47:32in the world?
47:41If somebody
47:42would have just
47:42told the truth,
47:44he would probably
47:45be alive,
47:46but nobody did.
47:47Michael Jackson t-shirts.
47:49Michael Jackson t-shirts.
47:50King of Pop.
47:51King of Pop,
47:52come down here, guys.
47:53Come support Michael.
47:54Yes, sir.
47:55Give me 220.
47:56How many did you make?
47:58I think it was 1,500 t-shirts.
48:00So it was all 40.
48:01We've been here
48:01for about 10 minutes.
48:02And then you give 10%
48:04to the charity
48:05of Michael Jackson's story.
48:07Woo!
48:07Yes, you do that.
48:12I feel like Michael's
48:13of the magnitude
48:14to deserve a state funeral.
48:17I just,
48:18I wanted to wake up
48:19and somebody tell me
48:20this isn't real.
48:21People are saying
48:22that this is going
48:22to be like
48:23when Princess Di died.
48:251,500 inmates
48:27in the Philippines
48:28pulled together
48:28a brand new tribute
48:29to the King of Pop.
48:32Michael Jackson fans
48:34have always been committed.
48:35And when he died,
48:37it didn't diminish at all.
48:39In fact,
48:40it became stronger.
49:01tonight a family's pain.
49:03For the very first time
49:04since Jackson's
49:05shocking, unexpected death,
49:07Jackson's family
49:08is speaking out.
49:09Do you know anything,
49:10Mr. Jackson,
49:10about funeral arrangements?
49:11Have you had time to work?
49:12Yeah, we haven't gotten
49:12to that yet.
49:13Yeah, but we're working on that.
49:15You said your wife is hot.
49:16What about Janet
49:17and the rest of the family,
49:18the daughters and everything?
49:19They're all doing fine.
49:20But I want to make this statement.
49:21This is a real good statement,
49:23yeah.
49:23Marshall and I
49:25have,
49:25we own the record company
49:27called
49:28Teller.
49:28Ranch Records.
49:29Right.
49:30Okay,
49:30distributed by Blu-ray
49:32technology.
49:33And that's his next step.
49:34And that's your next step.
49:38For most of his life,
49:40Michael's father
49:41was constantly
49:42coming to him for money,
49:43also with schemes.
49:45So you could say
49:47Joseph Jackson.
49:48It was very opportunistic.
49:53Even when Michael died,
49:55nothing changed.
49:57Hello, everybody.
49:59What I'm doing is
50:00I established
50:01a record company.
50:02And this is Marsha,
50:03by the way.
50:04Marsha, go ahead.
50:08Okay,
50:08what's happening is
50:09on the entertainment side,
50:11we're going all the way
50:12back to the beginning.
50:13We are going back
50:14to Michael Jackson's
50:15legacy,
50:16and we're going to bring
50:17them all the way
50:17back to the top.
50:18We love you.
50:19You haven't seen
50:20the will yet.
50:22Love you,
50:23Mr. Jackson.
50:24We're the will.
50:25Yes, remember.
50:29Michael's will
50:30was brought
50:31to his family
50:33a couple days
50:34after his death.
50:38It was absolutely
50:41startling.
50:43Joe Jackson
50:44and his children
50:45were not included
50:46in the will.
50:49And I filed objections.
50:51How do you feel
50:51about Michael
50:52not including you
50:53in the will?
50:53I didn't think
50:54that they were given
50:55the consideration
50:56that they should have been.
51:03joining us from L.A.
51:05is Jackson family
51:06attorney Brian Oxman.
51:07Good morning,
51:08Mr. Oxman.
51:08Good morning.
51:09How are you?
51:10I'm fine.
51:10Thank you for joining us.
51:11Is it safe to assume
51:12that Michael Jackson
51:13did not want his father,
51:15whom he very publicly
51:16accused of abuse,
51:17to control neither
51:18his estate
51:19nor his children?
51:20Joe Jackson
51:21is a good man.
51:23Michael loved his father,
51:24and I want that
51:25to be known
51:26throughout all of time.
51:35Michael Jackson's
51:36brothers and sisters
51:37work left nothing.
51:39It's a slap in the face.
51:41I mean,
51:43they were there
51:44from the beginning.
51:47Jackson 5, right?
51:52Now,
51:53John Branca
51:54and another
51:55business type
51:56were named
51:57co-executors
51:58of Michael Jackson's
51:59estate.
52:00There was
52:01a tug-of-war
52:03between the Jackson family
52:04and the executors
52:06about the will.
52:07Last week,
52:08Randy, Jermaine,
52:09Janet, Tito,
52:09and Reby
52:10signed a stunning letter
52:11to the executors
52:12of Michael's will.
52:13They're crying
52:13conspiracy over his death,
52:15calling the will
52:16fake, flawed,
52:17and fraudulent.
52:18Jane,
52:19help me out here.
52:20What the heck
52:20is going on?
52:21One word.
52:22Money.
52:22Money, money, money, money, money.
52:39Michael was massively
52:41in debt when he died,
52:42$500 million.
52:45But the inherent value
52:47of his work
52:47was such that
52:48there was money
52:49to be made.
52:51As concert promoters,
52:53we had spent
52:54a lot of money,
52:55close to, I think,
52:56$40 million
52:58already on
52:59the This Is It project.
53:00So the day
53:02that Michael passed,
53:03we went around
53:04and collected
53:05everyone's hard drives,
53:07any footage
53:08of Michael.
53:10Yo, dude.
53:11Hi.
53:12Taking a quick
53:13little tour here.
53:14And then
53:14we produced
53:15the theatrical release
53:16that went to DVD.
53:18It was the
53:20story of
53:21making of the tour.
53:23All those hits
53:23and all those
53:24great songs
53:26and seeing
53:26Michael Jackson live
53:27and people
53:28wanted to see it.
53:30All I want to see
53:31is that they don't
53:31really care about us.
53:34All I want to see
53:36is that they don't
53:36really care about us.
53:38This is us
53:39going to premiere.
53:40Hey.
53:41That's when
53:42John Branca,
53:43who ran
53:43Michael's estate,
53:44jumped in
53:45and made the deal
53:45with Sony.
53:46He managed
53:47to maximize
53:49this revenue
53:49in ways that
53:51I couldn't believe.
53:54We think that
53:55the movie
53:55This Is It
53:56gave fans
53:57a pretty good glimpse
53:58at the real Michael.
53:59He was a perfectionist
54:01and at the same time
54:02he was a humanitarian.
54:04Branca steered
54:04that beautifully.
54:05I mean,
54:06This Is It
54:06was the highest grossing
54:07concert documentary
54:09of all time.
54:10That deal got us
54:11all of our money back
54:12and then some.
54:14Go, Michael, go!
54:22This Is It DVD
54:23and the theatrical release
54:25just made a huge amount
54:26of money for the estate.
54:29But it was just
54:30the beginning
54:30of what they were
54:31going to do.
54:33They cleared
54:34Michael's dad
54:35put Neverland
54:37up for sale.
54:39Then they did
54:40their show in Las Vegas,
54:41the Cirque du Soleil show.
54:44The estate
54:44became a money-making
54:46machine.
54:46He's raking in
54:47more than any musician
54:49in history
54:49years after his death.
55:08Your view
55:09of American icon,
55:11Michael Jackson
55:11will never be
55:12the same
55:13once you hear
55:14about the new
55:14documentary
55:15Leaving Neverland.
55:19Once the abuse
55:20started,
55:22within that first week,
55:24you know,
55:25every night
55:25that I was with him,
55:27there was abuse.
55:31You know,
55:31he started talking
55:32about how much
55:33he loves me.
55:35What this is,
55:36is us.
55:37How we show
55:38our love
55:38for each other.
55:41The new documentary
55:42detailing abuse
55:43accusations
55:43against Michael Jackson
55:44has sparked
55:45a new debate
55:46about his legacy.
55:47I found
55:48the testimony
55:49from the two
55:49alleged victims
55:50of Jackson
55:51to be incredibly
55:52compelling
55:52and visceral
55:53in a way
55:54that the criminal
55:55trials and previous
55:56accusations
55:56had not been.
55:57So personally,
55:57as a listener,
55:58my relationship
55:59to this music
56:00has changed completely.
56:01Jackson's estate
56:02filed suit
56:02against HBO.
56:03They actually
56:03called this documentary
56:04a public lynching.
56:06It may be too soon
56:07to know
56:07if there will be
56:08a lasting impact
56:09on the popularity
56:09of Jackson's music.
56:13After the film
56:14Leaving Neverland,
56:15the estate
56:16was really shaken.
56:18Those accusations
56:19could have been
56:20the end of everything.
56:28But the estate
56:29kept their eyes
56:30eyes on the prize
56:32and Michael's legacy
56:34survived.
56:52The Michael Jackson story
56:54is about one
56:54of the great performers
56:55of all time.
56:58He was a genius
57:01and yet he was
57:02very troubled
57:03and problematical.
57:05And now in death,
57:07the executors
57:08of Michael Jackson's
57:09estate are working
57:11ferociously
57:12to erase the
57:13problematical side
57:14of Michael Jackson
57:15and focus entirely
57:17on his younger years,
57:19his creative years,
57:21and focus
57:23on the music.
57:29This is the most
57:31extraordinary effort
57:32to uncancel someone.
57:37The show must go on.
58:04It's always an incredible,
58:06incredible journey.
58:09And I've seen children
58:11just shower
58:12all over me
58:13with love.
58:14They want to just
58:14touch me
58:15and hug me
58:16and just hold on
58:17and cry
58:17and not let go.
58:19I really believe
58:23that children
58:24are God.
58:26When I look
58:27in the eyes
58:28of a child,
58:29it's like God
58:30saying,
58:30Michael,
58:32everything will be
58:33okay.
58:34I don't know.
58:35I don't know.
58:37I don't know.
58:40I don't know.
58:41I don't know.
58:42I don't know.
58:43I don't know.
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