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00:17This is my, my inspiration.
00:34What made me hold on, what has saved my life, is children.
00:43Because being a celebrity and then becoming an icon, like an international phenomenon,
00:49you see how vindictive man can be, how cruel, how abusive, how judgmental.
00:58But children represent honesty, just a pure innocence.
01:05And I'm in love with innocence.
01:10That's what I'm in love with.
01:22The number one artist in the world!
01:35That level of mega stardom is not healthy.
01:40People are not gods.
01:49Tonight, Jackson is wanted by police of multiple felony counts of child molestation.
01:57The Jackson machine just keeps right on rolling.
02:01The Jackson machine just keeps right on rolling.
02:03The Jackson machine just keeps right on rolling.
02:23The Jackson machine.
02:28Sony Corporation believes it has a profitable partner in Michael Jackson.
02:32Together, they could make a billion dollars.
02:35As NBC's Mike Jensen reports tonight, teach your kids to sing.
02:49It's the kind of contract that takes your breath away.
02:52A projected one billion dollars for six Michael Jackson albums, plus feature films, videos, and video games.
03:01Michael, in the 1980s, you had the largest selling album in history with Thriller.
03:07Now, with Dangerous, you've given us the fastest selling album of your career.
03:11We're prouder than ever to have you part of the Sony Music family.
03:15The thrilling fact is that the best is definitely yet to come.
03:23When I joined Sony, Michael Jackson was the biggest star in the world.
03:28He was the guy.
03:30I don't know any other way to describe it.
03:32I mean, we all lived through it.
03:34The Michael Jackson World Tour is on the road again.
03:40It was incredibly exciting.
03:43They're selling out stadiums, making record money.
03:46It was the franchise.
03:47I mean, let's be honest.
03:51We are all in the business of succeeding.
03:54And when you're working in a company like Sony Music,
03:57you want a Michael Jackson to succeed.
04:08My name is Rosabelle Smith.
04:10And for 31 years, I was employed by the Los Angeles Police Department.
04:16In 1993, while working juvenile division at the LAPD,
04:21I was working the Sexually Exploited Child Unit.
04:23I was advised by my supervisor, who was the officer in charge of the unit,
04:27that a case had come in involving a young boy who was 13 years of age
04:33and that the perpetrator was Michael Jackson.
04:37I was a little in disbelief that it was Michael Jackson doing this
04:43because I grew up watching Michael Jackson,
04:46you know, the Jackson 5 cartoons when I was a kid.
04:49And I really enjoyed his music.
04:56But we had a job to do,
04:58and that job was to go out and just handle it
05:01just like any other case at that time.
05:05Our role was to find out
05:08if Mr. Jackson had committed
05:11the crime of sexual molestation against children.
05:15And on the same token,
05:17we had to find out if the children,
05:23they were telling the truth.
05:27We had to interview the victim.
05:35The victim had actually met Michael Jackson
05:38at a restaurant who was very, very little.
05:42Then, years later, that relationship grew
05:46and they began to visit each other.
05:50The victim was alleging that Michael
05:54would oftentimes rub his body against his body.
05:59He alleged that Michael Jackson fondled him
06:02and masturbated him.
06:05He alleged that Michael liked to have his nipples
06:10rubbed, squeezed, kissing.
06:14Then that graduated to oral copulation.
06:17They bathed together
06:18and to the point where eventually
06:21Michael Jackson consumed his semen.
06:32We had heard on the grapevine
06:34that there were these allegations circulating.
06:40And it was a shock to everybody.
06:43Yeah, we knew he was hanging with kids,
06:45but I saw him hang with the kids
06:47and I saw that it was completely innocent.
06:51I saw he was playing games with them.
06:53I saw the kids wanting to hang with him.
07:00I really hoped the allegations weren't true.
07:05The feeling was trying to contain it.
07:09Obviously, we were thinking of, you know,
07:11the immediate impact on the tour
07:13because you got to keep the business going,
07:15the tour going, the album sales, everything,
07:18and the impact of that.
07:19So it was pretty tense.
07:21We went into crisis mode,
07:22both with our team and the PR team.
07:27But ultimately, the story was so huge,
07:30it was going to get out no matter what we did.
07:33There was no stopping it.
07:39In Southern California, the press, police, lawyers,
07:42and private investigators are in orbit tonight
07:45over an investigation of child abuse allegations
07:47involving superstar Michael Jackson.
07:49There's still no comment from Michael Jackson this morning,
07:52and Los Angeles police aren't saying much,
07:55but they have confirmed reports
07:57of a criminal investigation of the pop superstar.
07:59All hell broke loose.
08:02Television station KNBC in Los Angeles
08:04first broke the story last night
08:06saying that a mother had alleged Jackson abused her child.
08:09August 17th, the Los Angeles Police Department
08:12initiated a criminal investigation
08:15of entertainer Michael Jackson.
08:18Every news channel, every hour,
08:21the top story was Michael Jackson.
08:23Confidential documents obtained by NBC News
08:26quoted the boy's reference to acts of oral sex and masturbation.
08:30The allegations now surfacing
08:31are ugly enough to shatter any icon's image.
08:34Kids everywhere are talking about the scandalous accusations,
08:38hoping they're not true.
08:40Has Michael Jackson ever molested a child,
08:44ever done anything improper with a child?
08:46No, never.
08:47No, never.
08:48That's crazy.
08:49My son is not guilty.
08:51He need a child.
08:53These people aren't waiting.
08:54They're trying to, um, trying to...
08:56They're trying him...
08:57That's right, and I'm tired of it.
09:07Open the window!
09:09Open the window!
09:11Open the window!
09:12Open the window!
09:13Open the window!
09:14Open the window!
09:16Open the window!
09:17Open the window!
09:22Open the window!
09:23Open the window!
09:23Open the window!
09:24Open the window!
09:25Open the window!
09:25Open the window!
09:28Open the window!
09:30Open the window!
09:31Open the window!
09:33Open the window!
09:33Open the window!
09:34Open the window!
09:36Open the window!
09:37Open the window!
09:39Open the window!
09:44Open the window!
09:45Like there was no way he could come back from these terrible things being said.
10:18Eventually, he came back to America.
10:24We had the information from the victim about Michael's body and specifically the markings on his body.
10:34So the only way that a child would see that is if Michael was nude, then our unit prepared a
10:44search warrant to search or to view Michael's body.
10:48And this included the genitals.
10:50We explained to him, we have a search warrant signed by the judge to take pictures of your private parts.
10:59He said, you assholes.
11:02The outcome was that evidence that was provided by Jordan Chander, it was confirmed.
11:16Help you.
11:18Yeah, we'd like to talk to Michael Jackson.
11:21Has he come back?
11:22No comment, sir.
11:24No comment, huh?
11:25I don't necessarily think he's guilty, but I don't necessarily think he's innocent either because I don't know.
11:32Well, I don't know if he's guilty or not, but I think that he needs to come back and face
11:35the charges.
11:36He's looking pretty guilty right now.
11:42There is real fear tonight that the catastrophic publicity will result in the destruction of a billion dollar empire and
11:50the ruin of a man.
11:56Sony stock has fallen because investors are very much concerned that the huge investment that they have in Michael Jackson
12:03is, in fact, not going to pay off.
12:07When the allegations surfaced, I read them, watched them on TV like everyone else did, and I felt that they
12:20were extremely unfair.
12:22Michael Jackson was unequivocally the biggest artist in the company.
12:30And if he's not succeeding, guess what? Jobs get lost.
12:38Is Michael Jackson going to make any statement?
12:41He's got a whole cadre of international cameras there every night.
13:08Michael Jackson came out of seclusion today without leaving home.
13:13The pop star angrily rejected accusations he molested a young boy and lashed out at police and the media.
13:20There have been many disgusting statements made recently concerning allegations of improper conduct on my part.
13:28These statements about me are totally false.
13:31At every opportunity, the media has dissected and manipulated these allegations to reach their own conclusions.
13:37I ask all of you to wait and hear the truth before you label or condemn me.
13:43Don't treat me like a criminal, because I am innocent.
13:48Jackson's defiant declaration of innocence comes as the latest counterpoint in a case that's saturated with rumor, innuendo, and almost
13:56daily revelations about the singer.
13:59Separating fact from fiction can be difficult.
14:15For years, I have been working for Michael, who unfortunately has been the victim of this and other types of
14:22extortion attempts.
14:23The demand for $20 million was made and presented.
14:27It was flatly and consistently refused.
14:30Many people try to extort Michael because of who he is and, you know, the amount of money he has.
14:36And these people wanted $20 million.
14:38As far as the victim is concerned, I did not get anything as far as any, like, money, motivation.
14:46However, the parents were a different story.
14:49The Hollywood Reporter, an entertainment trade paper, said today that the boy's father had negotiated with Jackson for a $20
14:56million movie deal.
14:57The father is a prominent Beverly Hills dentist and part-time screenwriter.
15:02CBS News has obtained a taped phone conversation.
15:05The voice is reportedly the father of the 13-year-old boy.
15:09If I go through with this, I win big time.
15:11I will get everything I want.
15:12The father did, in fact, ask for money to keep the situation quiet.
15:19So, it did hurt the case a little bit.
15:24I think it's pathetic that somebody would go after someone like Michael Jackson with such vigor.
15:29And it's obvious what they want.
15:31And it seems obvious to me that he is innocent.
15:33You know that there's a lot of people in this business that try and take advantage of people.
15:37And, you know, I'm sure that it will all work out.
15:41And I'm sure that he's innocent, you know.
15:42But only God knows the truth, you know.
15:48More and more, people started to question the allegations.
15:54So, the management team started capitalizing on that momentum.
15:59The main strategy was to endear Michael to the black community.
16:08And to get the black community back on Michael's side.
16:11Because once the black community is behind you, you got it.
16:15Because, you know, we're a big group.
16:17And race relations at that time, it was a hotbed.
16:27Parts of Los Angeles erupted in unrest after a jury acquitted four white Los Angeles police officers
16:35over the videotape beating of Rodney King, a black motorist.
16:50What happened with Rodney King, it doesn't make no sense to me.
16:54They're treating black people like we're dogs, you know.
16:56Like, we can't get nowhere.
16:58We have no rights that the white man respects.
17:01Race is tearing America apart.
17:06Now more than ever, minority Americans believe there are two kinds of justice.
17:10The white kind and the kind they get.
17:17Someone was friends with this African-American attorney named Johnny Cochran.
17:23And so he suggested that Johnny would be the best person for Michael's case.
17:29Not only because he's black, but also because he was brilliant.
17:34Mr. Cochran, let me start with you.
17:36Why do you think it was important for Michael Jackson to speak out now?
17:38Well, I think, Katie, that after months of being barraged with negative attacks, it was time.
17:46Everyone who was on Michael's team knew that having a black face as the front man for the defense
17:53would bring the black community to Michael's defense as well.
18:07Michael's first public appearance after his statement about the allegations was at the NAACP Image Awards.
18:16And that's the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
18:24I was in the audience.
18:26When Michael walked out on that stage, the house went crazy.
18:34Everyone was in support of Michael.
18:36No one wanted to believe these allegations.
18:41For decades, the NAACP had stood at the forefront of the struggle for equal justice under the law
18:48for all people in our land.
18:50And his speech was based on being a proud black man
18:55and how, you know, we have to stick together against racial inequality and injustice.
19:03Everyone is presumed to be innocent and totally innocent until they are charged with a crime
19:08and then convicted by a jury of their peers.
19:21It was such a powerful speech.
19:31With all of the stuff that was happening to the black community,
19:38it felt like Michael's innocence was important.
19:42And it was what we needed.
19:51Everybody wanted him to be back on top.
20:05The family of a teenage boy is dropping its charge that Michael Jackson molested the boy.
20:11Larry Carroll tells us the civil suit is now over.
20:19We wish to jointly announce a mutual resolution of this lawsuit.
20:25This boy wanted to get on with his life.
20:29When that case was settled, and I believe that the payout for that settlement was $20 million
20:39or maybe a little more over $20 million, the family accepted the settlement.
20:44The resolution of this case is in no way an admission of guilt by Michael Jackson.
20:51Being a megastar like he was, he had the advantage with money, with attorneys,
21:00with really coming out and doing pretty much whatever he wanted in order to defend himself.
21:06So that was pretty much the end of our case.
21:10I felt bad because Rosie and I, we were certain that we had a good case.
21:18But when the victim doesn't want to testify, there is a say that says no victim, no crime.
21:28So nothing that we could do.
21:35Read all about it!
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21:46Lonnie Anderson says Bert's a dud in bed.
21:50Uh-oh.
21:52In this billion-dollar business, there's only one story that's guaranteed.
21:57A big name in trouble.
21:59That's the best news of all.
22:00But of course, the one that's grabbing the headlines right now are the allegations about
22:06Michael Jackson, the biggest superstar in the world.
22:10Michael Jackson is our window into the new news business.
22:13And the magazine shows, talk shows, news chats that feed off tabloid truth.
22:19Michael Jackson, violator or victim?
22:23What do you think about Michael?
22:25Well, I think it's true.
22:28He settled for all that money?
22:29I don't know.
22:29He settled for all that amount of money.
22:31I think something's up when he settles for over $10 million to shut someone up.
22:35I don't know.
22:36It's a shame because I think Michael's been dragged through the whole lot.
22:38You know, he's a, I don't know if he's a victim or if he did it or not, but like
22:43he's
22:43lost that, that wholesome image forever, you know?
22:49The allegations really changed how the public, I think, thought of him.
22:55And Michael had to kind of rehabilitate that image.
23:04People had been obsessed with Michael's sexuality his whole life.
23:10And his managers thought it would be cool if the press found out that Michael had a girlfriend.
23:27Michael and Lisa started dating soon after the allegations had been settled.
23:41He knew that marrying Elvis Presley's daughter would be headlines everywhere.
23:47Everyone would be talking about that and they'd no longer talk about this horrible time in
23:53his life.
23:57You've heard the talk for weeks.
23:59It's surprising and it's apparently true.
24:01The daughter of Elvis Presley confirms today she is now married to Michael Jackson.
24:06Let's go to Vince Dimitri in New York.
24:08Vince.
24:09John, hopefully you can see behind me the throngs of stargazers right behind me.
24:13We are just outside of the world famous Trump Tower where Donald Trump tells us, yes, indeed,
24:19that Lisa Marie Presley and her new beau, Michael Jackson, are holed up here on the top floor.
24:24Well, I'm very, very happy for them.
24:26I think it's great.
24:27They're very, they're very happy and I think everybody's happy.
24:32They're, they're great people.
24:36I first met Michael in 1988.
24:41Michael was on tour in Germany at that time.
24:44And so they called me and said that Michael is a big fan of mine and he would love to
24:49meet me.
24:50And we hit it up.
24:53And it got to know the whole family.
24:57I also knew Lisa Marie Presley because spent lots of time in Los Angeles.
25:04So I knew them separately and then later Lisa came to me and said, look, Michael is hitting
25:11on me and he, he actually wants to marry me.
25:14What do you think?
25:14Should I do that?
25:15So I said, go for it.
25:18For him, it was also, he liked Lisa because she was the daughter of the king.
25:23So he was also a king, king of pop.
25:34This is a big deal.
25:36We had never seen him get romantic with a woman like this ever.
25:41I'm very happy to be here and just think nobody thought this would last.
25:57It did work in the way that Michael wanted it to work, in that everyone was talking about
26:02it.
26:04But at the same time, the public wasn't really buying it.
26:09It's all a cover up.
26:10It's all a cover up from the little child thing.
26:12That's what I think it is.
26:13And that's about it.
26:14You don't think it's true love?
26:15No.
26:16I think it's a sham.
26:17A heterosexual marriage would certainly take some of the heat off being accused of being
26:22a homosexual pedophile.
26:28But Michael and Lisa were only together for around 18 months.
26:35It's Splitsville for Graceland and Neverland.
26:38Many of you may find this hard to believe, but Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Jackson are
26:43getting a divorce.
26:44So, Tony, it looks like the gloved one is no longer the loved one.
26:49Oh, such a sad story.
26:51Sorry to hear that.
26:52Sorry to see that.
26:53What a shock.
26:53What a surprise.
26:57It was kind of hard to watch.
27:00He was trying to maintain his position as, like, the biggest superstar in the world, and it
27:07wasn't quite working.
27:10This is a man who changed the music industry.
27:15He is a musical genius.
27:18And people don't think of him in that sense anymore.
27:21They think of him as a freak.
27:24Is there any way that he can lift himself out of this trough that he has largely dug for himself?
27:28Umm...
27:29You.
27:29You.
27:30You.
27:30Jennan.
27:33You.
27:47You.
27:48You.
27:50You.
27:52You.
27:52You.
27:54You.
27:56You.
27:57You.
27:58When he was working on the history album, Michael called me and said,
28:03look, I want to use some of your paintings for the artwork.
28:08That was the painting that he really liked.
28:13And then spontaneously he wrote this poem directly on the picture.
28:19With such confusion, don't it make you want to scream?
28:24You try to cope with every lie.
28:27You try to scrutinize somebody, please have mercy, because I just can't take it.
28:39If you listen to the lyrics and the songs and the overall vibe of the tracks on History,
28:45they're very aggressive.
28:47They're very defensive.
28:49Beat me, hate me, do you ever grab me?
28:51Will me, kill me, do you ever kill me?
28:55Even the screen video is very dark for Michael.
29:02Then for the history album promo, Michael chose a dictator-esque image.
29:09He's got these military troops marching behind him and a godlike aura.
29:16That's what he wanted to push out there, still on top, still, you know, the biggest pop superstar in the
29:23history of music.
29:25The tower bridge was raised this afternoon to allow a 30-foot statue of rock star Michael Jackson to pass
29:31along the Thames on a barge.
29:35I think it's brilliant.
29:36It's just the best thing that's happened on the River Thames.
29:39He's a mega star, yeah?
29:40They call him the king of pop, so if he can afford to do this, why not?
29:45For the history tour, Michael decided to focus on his fan base abroad.
29:51And his popularity continued over in Europe, in the UK, Asia, versus the U.S., where it was kind of
29:59slipping a little bit because of the allegations and all the media circuits around that.
30:23I remember this one time I was with Michael in Budapest, and the hotel was surrounded.
30:33He was under siege by thousands of young people.
30:41And what he did, he threw the curtain a little bit, and then he had a sklyab one, and people
30:47screeched.
30:47It was like an explosion down there.
30:54He was laughing.
30:55He said, oh my God, look.
30:57Did you hear?
30:57Do you hear?
31:04I think there's a deep desire to look up for people that are bigger than life, yeah, as role models
31:10or as somebody you can worship.
31:12I mean, I think that's what mankind needs.
31:15But I think the danger is, when everybody worships you, is that you start to believe it in a way
31:24that you start to worship yourself.
31:25And I think that's very dangerous.
31:27I love you, Michael.
31:29Can I have a hug, please?
31:30Please, may I hug you, please?
31:35But he was enjoying that.
31:37He liked to have that effect on people.
31:42Sorry, sorry.
31:44This way.
31:45Germany loves you, Michael.
31:46I love Germany.
31:47Oh, Michael, I love you.
31:50I love you.
31:50I love you.
31:51I love you.
31:52I love you.
31:52I love you.
31:53I love you.
31:54I love you.
31:54I love you.
32:03You really run into the diehard fan.
32:06It's unbelievable.
32:08It's like a religious experience.
32:12You're like, they're God.
32:16Some people say it's idol worship.
32:19But I don't think it's anything bad.
32:26It's just so beautiful.
32:30They are my life.
32:51Okay.
32:52Okay, okay, okay.
32:52Stay on your side.
32:53Okay, of course.
32:54Stay in that corner.
32:55Stay in that corner, please.
32:58Stay in that corner.
32:59Michael.
33:01Okay.
33:03Step back.
33:04Please.
33:05Michael.
33:06Where's your camera?
33:07Okay.
33:08Yes, yes.
33:09Please.
33:10Please.
33:11Michael.
33:11Thank you very much.
33:12Please.
33:13He called me.
33:14Come on.
33:15Yeah, come on.
33:16Okay, please.
33:19Coco.
33:20You okay?
33:22When I met Michael, I saw that he was addicted to fame.
33:32I was a well-known rabbi.
33:33And Michael and I had become friends.
33:38Michael really needed to be loved.
33:40And he chose to be loved in really in an unhealthy way, which was through superstardom and the devotion of
33:50fans.
33:58I said to him, you've made the mistake of substituting love for this cheap forgery called attention.
34:07And attention is never a good substitute for love.
34:09It's never real.
34:12This attention became an addiction because he interpreted his love, and it became a monster.
34:27I felt that one of my principal objectives was to tether him back to humility.
34:37And so our conversations became kind of therapy.
34:46He wanted every word recorded for posterity.
34:51We recorded it on these two flimsy dicta machines, you know, on these tiny little tapes.
35:00Honestly, when somebody walks up to you and says, I love you so much, it makes my heart feel so
35:06good.
35:07Like, you can never get tired of it.
35:16But is it also that the fans show you love based on your performance rather than you?
35:27Well, I feel that love, but it's from a distance.
35:33It's not intimate, I guess.
35:41He needed something to live for.
35:44And as he explained it to me, he always wanted to be around kids.
35:49He loved the innocence of a child.
35:51He loved the creativity of a child.
35:54Because for him, the adult world was people wanting money from him and people wanting to know him for all
36:00the wrong reasons.
36:09At that time in his life, I think that Michael wanted to be a father.
36:21Because kids, as long as you give them unconditional love, they really give it back.
36:26They are mirror reflections of the love that we give them.
36:28And he was going to give them the greatest love, and they didn't.
36:30And that's what happened.
36:57And that's what happened.
37:06I think having children gave them a renewed sense of purpose, a renewed sense of energy and direction.
37:34I want to be successful at being a great father.
37:40I want them to say we felt completely loved, and he was, like, incredible.
37:48That's my biggest dream, one day for Princeton Parish, just to say to somebody, he was the best dad.
37:55One, two, three, surprise!
38:10I've been working with Michael for four years by the time he had his children.
38:18When Prince in Parish came along, I saw a different person.
38:29How can we do one where we are just pointing the camera at us?
38:33His life was now about the children.
38:37That was his priority.
38:41And he was getting more and more absolutely clear about his future.
38:47He was saying, Dita, I did everything I could do in my life for the music.
38:54And I think I did it well, and everybody made a lot of money, but new people are coming.
39:01Other music is coming.
39:03And he had the feeling he will never be successful like he was.
39:08And he was fine with it.
39:10Michael said he didn't want to be a trained monkey forever.
39:15It's over.
39:16Give it to Armin. Come on, let's do it.
39:21But when you start not to do what this, he called it, system, wants, then you're in trouble.
39:31Let's make it sweet.
39:33Let's make it sweet.
40:01Sony was pushing him to continue his career.
40:05They were trying to get him to finish this album, Invincible.
40:10It wasn't my business, but, you know, screw the album.
40:13We have to make your life healthy again.
40:17So there was a war for the soul of Michael Jackson.
40:25Sony Music was one of the biggest labels in the world, hands down.
40:31And with Michael, well, that's a lot of money changing hands.
40:37So, yes, it's cutthroat.
40:41But Sony Music was no more cutthroat than any other label.
40:48Michael's relationship was a contentious one with his record label.
40:56I was there to help facilitate a record he was putting out called Invincible, which was his official last studio
41:04record with Sony.
41:04And things were going over budget.
41:08We had rented out the entire floor at the Plaza Hotel in New York.
41:13And for anybody who doesn't know that, that is extremely expensive, crazy.
41:18And he wasn't even showing up for things.
41:23A record company is there to make money.
41:25They are an investment firm in a way who has invested in you to produce something.
41:32When we got the phone call that this was, you know, how dare you, this was the most expensive record
41:37we've ever made.
41:38You know, and I'm like, oh, okay.
41:40I'm like, how much?
41:4130 million?
41:42I'm like, oosh.
41:43So it was kind of, it was a problem.
41:47But everybody was really trying to get him in tow so we could make a deadline for album release.
41:58There's one time where I was asked to pick up a package at a house that apparently was being sold
42:04and is empty.
42:05And in the mailbox was this package.
42:08And I opened it up and it happened to be full of Demerol, which is a prescription pain medication.
42:16But a lot of it.
42:17It was, it was an unknown thing that you don't ask.
42:21I said, what's going, and I was like, oh, okay, never mind.
42:29But then he would go to the studio as long as he had his magical pills.
42:35But it was all so confusing at the same time.
42:38It wasn't, I'm not there to look at someone and unwrap the package.
42:41I'm there to get records done, right?
42:46There were so many people who were reliant on him to be the golden goose that lays eggs again.
42:55But he knew that path was corrosive.
43:01It frightened me.
43:02There was too much conflict going on with him.
43:04And I sensed and I saw that I was losing my influence.
43:08And I told him, I'm not going to watch you drive your life off a cliff and clap.
43:28Invincible has sold two million copies in six months.
43:32And that ain't Invincible.
43:34The flop of Invincible, along with a general downturn in sales, means that Sony's share price has suffered of late.
43:44Michael told me, you know what, I can't do this anymore.
43:52Michael was done with the music and with touring and all of this.
44:09But Sony was not happy at all with this.
44:13So he knew he has to fight to come out of this situation.
44:23From my vantage point, he got a tremendous amount of support from Sony Music.
44:33But you have to understand, they're artists.
44:35They're all narcissists.
44:37They can't help themselves.
44:39Okay?
44:39If their record's not selling, it's someone's fault.
44:43You know, if their tour's not doing well, it's someone's fault.
44:48Someone is always to blame.
44:56Michael Jackson is the architect of his own destiny.
45:00Like every single human being, whether you're special or not, you are the creator of the reality you live in.
45:10I remember we were required to go to New York City, and then he's whisked off to Al Sharpton's church.
45:19I personally think he was jacked up on something.
45:25Throughout the years, black artists have been taken advantage of, completely.
45:32And it's Sony Tommy Mottola.
45:36Tommy Mottola is the president of the record division.
45:39He is a mean, he's a racist, and he's very, very, very devilish.
45:50You know, this just, it just exploded right there.
45:54Sony's statement reads, we were deeply offended by the outrageous comments Mr. Jackson made.
45:59Mr. Jackson has committed a serious abuse of power that comes with celebrity.
46:05Oh!
46:05Oh, my God, baby.
46:07Oh, my God.
46:08Oh, my God.
46:10Oh, my God.
46:11Oh, my God.
46:14Oh, my God.
46:18Oh, my God.
46:20Oh, my God.
46:23Oh, my God.
46:24Oh, my God.
46:28Oh, my God.
46:29Oh, my God.
46:29He told me, Dide, you need to help me.
46:32It's over.
46:34He asked me to terminate all his contracts with his lawyers, with his team, with everybody.
46:43And he did want that I take over everything.
46:51Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Michael Jackson, and rather than writing you a letter, I've
46:57found this format to be most efficient for what I wish to communicate.
47:03Peter Wiseman from Germany and myself have entered into an agreement, an exclusive long-term partnership.
47:09He gave me the power of attorney.
47:11I will personally sign agreements and legally authorize my partners to sign on my behalf.
47:19But, and he told me, Dide, the old team, they will be after you.
47:25They called once and told me, you take our golden cow, and you have to stop this.
47:34And, but I was on Michael's side, of course, and I did what he warned.
47:42I remember these words from Michael to me, I put my life and my future in your hand.
48:06When it comes to distributing cookies, we get to see children's real personality.
48:14I want the dog.
48:15Here, come here.
48:16I want the dog.
48:18I want the dog.
48:18Prince, over here, before I grind you into hamburg.
48:21I want the dog.
48:24No.
48:24You want the cookie?
48:25Then you behave.
48:28I want the dog.
48:31Here.
48:32Okay, here.
48:33Here's the cookie.
48:35Perez, you want some of this?
48:37By that time, I wasn't involved in his life.
48:41Perez, you're going to say thank you.
48:43Sit around.
48:45Perez, you want that?
48:46I received a phone call from a producer that worked with Martin Bashir.
48:57Martin Bashir wants to interview Michael Jackson.
49:00Okay, you're getting the big one.
49:03I got off the phone and I went to Michael and said, first of all, your life, it's not
49:07ready to be open to the public.
49:10Stay a billion miles away from this guy.
49:15But Michael was an insecure person who is going to look for the validation of the public.
49:23He wanted to talk about his whole life, his career, that people really understand him.
49:33So Martin Bashir followed Michael for eight months.
49:43How do you write a song?
49:45How do you write a song?
49:46When I wrote Billie Jean, I was writing in my car down Ventura Boulevard.
49:52All I said to myself beforehand, I want to write a song with a great bass hook.
49:57You know?
50:01Where did that come from?
50:04From above.
50:05The dance as well?
50:06Yeah, same thing.
50:07How do you do it?
50:09Can you show me how you do it?
50:10Oh, boy.
50:11Come on, just get out and show me.
50:13Oh, come on, just show me.
50:14Come on.
50:15Just show me.
50:15Just show me.
50:16Show me what you do.
50:17Teach me.
50:18OK.
50:21Oh, boy.
50:21You're putting me on the spot now.
50:23Come on.
50:23See, now people are discovering something about me.
50:26I'm really shy.
50:26I'm embarrassed.
50:27OK, you're shy.
50:28Just get up and show me.
50:31OK.
50:35Michael opened the door for everything.
50:46Michael had just had another child.
50:54We were in the room together and Michael heard the screaming from the fans.
51:02It was a beautiful feeling.
51:09And Michael was so excited.
51:10I was behind him.
51:12He took blanket, but they had him really fast under his arm.
51:36In the next morning, I came out of my room and I saw all over the newspaper.
51:43That was not a nice, not a nice picture.
51:47But, of course, Martin Bashir.
51:49He was there.
51:51I love you.
51:53Here he is.
51:53But I love you.
51:54Here's the bottle.
51:56Wait, wait.
51:56Ah!
51:57Here's the bottle.
51:58It's OK.
51:59Just get this off.
52:00Ow!
52:00Oh, please don't try.
52:01Break it.
52:01Break it.
52:02OK, OK.
52:03Here we go.
52:04Abu!
52:04Abu!
52:05Abu!
52:07Yes!
52:08Abu!
52:09Blanket!
52:10Blanket!
52:11Blanket!
52:11Blanket!
52:12Blanket!
52:12I love you!
52:13Blanket!
52:14Yes!
52:14Yes!
52:14Yes!
52:15Yes!
52:19That's totally ignorant.
52:20I would never do that to my children or any child.
52:23Try to kill them?
52:24Come on.
52:25Stupid.
52:25And why would I put a scarf over the baby's face if I was trying to throw them off the
52:29balcony?
52:30We were waving to thousands of fans down below.
52:32And they were chanting they wanted to see my child.
52:34So I was kind enough to let them see.
52:37I was doing something out of innocence.
52:46When living with Michael Jackson airs this evening, these streets are going to be deserted.
52:51Fans and critics alike are saying they're going to be staying in to watch the program.
52:55With his reputation in America very much at stake for Michael Jackson, it must be a nervous
53:01weight.
53:03I didn't want that we watched the documentary until I know what happened.
53:09But Michael, of course, he want to see it.
53:13We watched it on TV together.
53:20Eight months ago, I put a proposal to Michael Jackson.
53:25Show me the real man, but show me everything.
53:28Make nothing off limits.
53:29He thought about it, and then he said, yes, come to Neverland.
53:36We began a journey together across continents, through his past, and rapidly into the disturbing
53:43reality of his life today.
53:46In the documentary was this young boy, Kevin Avizo.
53:54And he was taking care of him.
53:58When people hear that children from other families have come and they've stayed in your house, they've
54:05stayed in your bedroom.
54:07Well, very few.
54:08But, you know, some have.
54:10And they say, is that really appropriate for a man, a grown man, to be doing that?
54:17How do you respond to that?
54:18I feel sorry for them because that's judging someone who wants to really help people.
54:23Why can't you share your bed?
54:24That's it.
54:25But the most loving thing to do is to share your bed with someone.
54:30When I saw this, I got a very bad feeling.
54:35When you're talking about children, if I said, well, I've invited some of my daughter's
54:41friends around, or my son's friends around, and they're going to sleep in the bed with
54:44me tonight.
54:45That's fine.
54:46What do you think their parents would say?
54:47If they're wacky, they would say, you can't.
54:50I suppose the problem for many people is what happened in 1993, or what didn't happen.
54:57What didn't happen.
55:02One bombshell after another about his bizarre behavior in a new British documentary.
55:07Jackson admits he still has sleepovers with young boys.
55:12I felt shock, absolute shock.
55:20Have you lost all touch with reality?
55:23That you don't even know how people are going to react to that?
55:30He said he slept in a bed with children that are not his own.
55:35I mean, this isn't made up.
55:35This isn't fabricated.
55:36What kind of loony would, A, do it, and B, go on national TV and admit it?
55:42Michael, cross lines that clearly are uncrossable.
55:46Sharing a bed with a child that's not yours, even if it's not sexual, it's still insanity.
55:52We got the reaction from all over, of course.
55:56I was trouble.
55:57You can't sleep with strangers' kids.
56:00And as much as I love Michael Jackson, I'm having a hard time defending him right now.
56:04I believe that Child Welfare Services should interview every child that has been at Neverland
56:09with Mr. Jackson in his bedroom or anywhere else in the home without the presence of their parents.
56:14Find out what's going on.
56:15He couldn't talk.
56:18And he was sitting on his bed, crying.
56:21What's ahead for Michael Jackson?
56:23What do you think's ahead after this?
56:24Oh, a real bumpy road.
56:26I don't think he'll recover from this one.
56:29That documentary led directly or indirectly to Michael Jackson's death.
56:34There's absolutely no question about it.
56:36But that was the beginning of the end.
56:51Michael Jackson wasn't the ordinary pedophile.
56:55He had the means to be able to do things that no one else I had ever prosecuted could do.
57:01In a state, there was 2,800 acres and a huge house with multiple locks.
57:07A staff that just ignored what was going on.
57:10That was unique to Michael Jackson.
57:13Gavin, can you tell us what your conversations, what you guys talked about?
57:18He said that he was going to be masturbated.
57:22Keep going, Kim.
57:22I said no.
57:25He started masturbating me.
57:27Okay.
57:31We had lost the opportunity 10 years earlier.
57:36And we were determined that that not happened again.
57:38dead horrendous death.
57:51Omn.
57:53M familiar with strife itself.
57:54One, two, three.
57:57Blue though.
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