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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.
02:31Together, they could make a billion dollars, as NBC's Mike Jensen reports tonight.
02:38Teach your kids to sing.
02:48It's the kind of contract that takes your breath away.
02:52A projected $1 billion 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.
03:12We'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, you 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, I was working the sexually exploited child unit.
04:23I was advised by my supervisor, who was the officer in charge of the unit, that a case had come
04:28in involving a young boy who was 13 years of age, and that the perpetrator was Michael Jackson.
04:37I was a little in disbelief that it was Michael Jackson doing this, because I grew up watching Michael Jackson,
04:46you know, the Jackson 5 cartoons when I was a kid, and I really enjoyed his music.
04:56But we had a job to do, and that job was to go out and just handle it just like
05:01any other case at that time.
05:05Our role was to find out if Mr. Jackson had committed the crime of sexual molestation against children.
05:15And on the same token, we had to find out if the children, they were telling the truth.
05:27We had to interview the victim.
05:35The victim had actually met Michael Jackson at a restaurant who was very, very little.
05:42Then years later, that relationship grew, and they began to visit each other.
05:50The victim was alleging that Michael would oftentimes rub his body against his body.
05:59He alleged that Michael Jackson fondled him and masturbated him.
06:05He alleged that Michael liked to have his nipples rubbed, squeezed, kissing.
06:13Then they had graduated to oral copulation.
06:17They bathed together, and to the point where eventually Michael Jackson consumed his semen.
06:32We had heard on the grapevine that there were these allegations circulating.
06:40And it was a shock to everybody.
06:42Yeah, we knew he was hanging with kids, but I saw him hang with the kids, and I saw that
06:48it 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, the immediate impact on the tour,
07:13because you've got to keep the business going, the tour going, the album sales, everything, and the impact of that.
07:19So it was pretty tense.
07:21We went into crisis mode, both with our team and the PR team.
07:27But ultimately, the story was so huge, it was going to get out, no matter what we did.
07:33There was no stopping it.
07:39In Southern California, the press, police, lawyers, and private investigators are in orbit tonight
07:45over an investigation of child abuse allegations involving superstar Michael Jackson.
07:49There's still no comment from Michael Jackson this morning, and Los Angeles police aren't saying much,
07:55but they have confirmed reports of a criminal investigation of the pop superstar.
08:00All hell broke loose.
08:01Television station KNBC in Los Angeles first broke the story last night,
08:06saying that a mother had alleged Jackson abused her child.
08:09August 17th, the Los Angeles Police Department initiated a criminal investigation of entertainer Michael Jackson.
08:18Every news channel, every hour, the top story was Michael Jackson.
08:23Confidential documents obtained by NBC News quoted the boy's reference to acts of oral sex and masturbation.
08:30The allegations now surfacing are ugly enough to shatter any icon's image.
08:34Kids everywhere are talking about the scandalous accusations, hoping they're not true.
08:41Has Michael Jackson ever molested a child, ever 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 trial.
08:53These people aren't waiting.
08:54They're trying to, um, trying to, they're trying him.
08:58That's right, and I'm tired of it.
09:24They're trying to, they're trying to, they're trying to get me off.
09:29was emotional.
09:34Talking to Michael was different
09:36because he was different.
09:38Suddenly he was no longer the happy Michael
09:40that I used to talk to.
09:41He sounded depressed.
09:43I felt like it was over.
09:46Like there was no way he could come back
09:47from these terrible things being said.
10:18Eventually he came back to America.
10:25We had the information from the victim
10:28about Michael's body
10:31and specifically the markings on his body.
10:35So the only way that a child would see that
10:39is if Michael was nude,
10:42then our unit prepared a search warrant
10:44to search or to view Michael's body.
10:48And this included the genitals.
10:50We explained to him,
10:51we have a search warrant signed by the judge
10:54to take pictures of your private parts.
10:59He said, you assholes.
11:02The outcome was that evidence
11:07that was provided by Jordan Chander,
11:12it was confirmed.
11:17Yeah, 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,
11:27but I don't necessarily think he's innocent either
11:29because I don't know.
11:32Well, I don't know if he's guilty or not,
11:33but I think that he needs to come back
11:35and face the charges.
11:36He's looking pretty guilty right now.
11:42There is real fear tonight
11:44that the catastrophic publicity
11:46will result in the destruction
11:47of a billion-dollar empire
11:49and the ruin of a man.
11:56Sony stock has fallen
11:58because investors are very much concerned
12:00that the huge investment that they have
12:02in Michael Jackson
12:03is in fact not going to pay off.
12:07When the allegations surfaced,
12:11I read them,
12:13watched them on TV
12:14like everyone else did,
12:18and I felt
12:19that they were extremely unfair.
12:22Michael Jackson
12:23was unequivocally
12:25the biggest artist
12:27in the company.
12:30And if he's not succeeding,
12:34guess what?
12:36Jobs get lost.
12:38Is Michael Jackson
12:40going to make any statement?
12:41He's got a whole cadre
12:42of international cameras there
12:44every night.
12:51To that point,
12:52Michael had been laying low,
12:54but once the allegations
12:56are out there,
12:57you can't take them back again.
13:01And so we needed
13:02to get him in front of the public
13:03to unequivocally
13:05deny these allegations.
13:09Michael Jackson
13:10came out of seclusion today
13:12without leaving home.
13:13The pop star
13:14angrily rejected accusations
13:15he molested a young boy
13:17and lashed out at police
13:18and the media.
13:19There have been
13:21many disgusting
13:22statements
13:23made recently
13:24concerning allegations
13:25of improper conduct
13:27on my part.
13:28These statements
13:29about me
13:29are totally false.
13:31At every opportunity,
13:32the media
13:33has dissected
13:34and manipulated
13:35these allegations
13:36to reach
13:36their own conclusions.
13:38I ask all of you
13:39to wait
13:39and hear the truth
13:41before you label
13:42or condemn me.
13:43Don't treat me
13:44like a criminal
13:44because I am innocent.
13:48Jackson's defiant
13:49declaration of innocence
13:50comes as the latest
13:52counterpoint
13:52in a case
13:53that's saturated
13:54with rumor,
13:55innuendo
13:55and almost daily
13:57revelations
13:58about the singer.
13:59Separating fact
14:00from fiction
14:01can be difficult.
14:16For years,
14:16I have been working
14:17for Michael
14:18who unfortunately
14:19has been the victim
14:20of this
14:21and other types
14:21of extortion attempts.
14:23The demand
14:24for $20 million
14:25was made
14:26and presented.
14:27It was flatly
14:28and consistently
14:29refused.
14:30Many people
14:31try to extort Michael
14:33because of who he is
14:34and, you know,
14:35the amount of money
14:35he has
14:36and these people
14:36wanted $20 million.
14:38As far as
14:39the victim is concerned,
14:40I did not
14:41get anything
14:42as far as
14:43any, like,
14:44money, motivation.
14:46However,
14:47the parents
14:48were a different story.
14:49The Hollywood Reporter
14:50and Entertainment
14:51Trade Paper
14:52said today
14:52that the boy's father
14:53had negotiated
14:54with Jackson
14:55for a $20 million
14:56movie deal.
14:57The father
14:58is a prominent
14:59Beverly Hills dentist
15:00and part-time screenwriter.
15:02CBS News
15:03has obtained
15:03a taped phone conversation.
15:05The voice is reportedly
15:06the father
15:07of the 13-year-old boy.
15:09If I go through
15:09with this,
15:10I win big time.
15:11I will get
15:12everything I want.
15:13The father
15:14did, in fact,
15:15ask for money
15:17to keep
15:18the situation
15:19quiet.
15:19So it did
15:22hurt the case
15:23a little bit.
15:24I think it's pathetic
15:25that somebody
15:25would go after
15:26someone like
15:27Michael Jackson
15:28with such vigor
15:29and it's obvious
15:30what they want.
15:31And it seems obvious
15:32to me that he is innocent.
15:33You know,
15:33that there's a lot
15:34of people in this business
15:35that try and take
15:35advantage of people
15:37and, you know,
15:39I'm sure that
15:40it will all work out
15:41and I'm sure
15:41that he's innocent,
15:42you know,
15:42but only God
15:43knows the truth,
15:44you know.
15:48More and more
15:49people started
15:50to question
15:51the allegations.
15:53So the management
15:55team started
15:56capitalizing
15:57on that momentum.
15:59The main strategy
16:01was to
16:03endear Michael
16:06to the black community
16:08and to get the black
16:09community back
16:10on Michael's side
16:11because once
16:12the black community
16:12is behind you,
16:14you got it
16:14because, you know,
16:15we're a big group
16:17and race relations
16:20at that time,
16:21it was a hotbed.
16:27Parts of Los Angeles
16:29erupted in unrest
16:31after a jury
16:32acquitted four
16:33white Los Angeles
16:34police officers
16:35over the videotape
16:36beating of Rodney King,
16:38a black motorist.
16:50What happened
16:51with Rodney King,
16:52it doesn't make
16:53no sense to me.
16:54They're treating
16:54black people
16:55like we're dogs,
16:56you know,
16:56like we can't
16:57get nowhere.
16:58We have no rights
16:59that the white man
17:00respects.
17:01Race is tearing
17:02America apart.
17:06Now more than ever,
17:07minority Americans
17:08believe there are
17:09two kinds of justice,
17:10the white kind
17:11and the kind
17:13they get.
17:17Someone was friends
17:18with this
17:20African-American attorney
17:21named Johnny Cochran,
17:23and so he suggested
17:24that Johnny would be
17:25the best person
17:26for Michael's case,
17:29not only because
17:30he's black,
17:31but also because
17:32he was brilliant.
17:34Mr. Cochran,
17:35let me start with you.
17:36Why do you think
17:36it was important
17:37for Michael Jackson
17:37to speak out now?
17:39Well, I think,
17:40Katie,
17:40that after months
17:41of being barraged
17:42with negative attacks,
17:45it was time.
17:46Everyone who was
17:47on Michael's team
17:48knew that having
17:49a black face
17:51as the front man
17:52for the defense
17:53would bring
17:56the black community
17:57to Michael's defense
17:59as well.
18:01The king of pop,
18:03rock and soul,
18:04Mr. Michael Jackson.
18:08Michael's first
18:09public appearance
18:10after his statement
18:11about the allegations
18:12was at the
18:14NAACP Image Awards,
18:16and that's the
18:17National Association
18:18for the Advancement
18:19of Colored People.
18:24I was in the audience.
18:26When Michael walked
18:27out on that stage,
18:30the house
18:30went crazy.
18:34Everyone was
18:35in support of Michael.
18:36No one wanted
18:37to believe
18:37these allegations.
18:41For decades,
18:42the NAACP
18:43had stood
18:44at the forefront
18:45of the struggle
18:46for equal justice
18:47under the law
18:48for all people
18:49in our land.
18:50And his speech
18:51was based on
18:53being a proud
18:54black man
18:55and how,
18:56you know,
18:56we have to stick
18:57together against
18:58racial inequality
19:00and injustice.
19:03Everyone is presumed
19:04to be innocent
19:05and totally innocent
19:06until they are
19:07charged with a crime
19:08and then convicted
19:09by a jury
19:10of their peers.
19:21It was such
19:22a powerful speech.
19:31With all of the stuff
19:33that was happening
19:33to the black community,
19:38it felt like
19:39Michael's innocence
19:40was important
19:42and it was
19:43what we needed.
19:51Everybody
19:52wanted him
19:52to be back
19:53on top.
20:05The family
20:06of a teenage boy
20:07is dropping
20:08its charge
20:08that Michael Jackson
20:09molested the boy.
20:11Larry Carroll
20:12tells us
20:12the civil suit
20:13is now over.
20:19We wish
20:20to jointly
20:21announce
20:22a mutual
20:22resolution
20:23of this lawsuit.
20:25This boy
20:25wanted to get
20:26on with his life.
20:29When that
20:31case was settled
20:32and I believe
20:34that the payout
20:35for that settlement
20:36was
20:37$20 million
20:39or maybe
20:39a little more
20:40over $20 million,
20:41the family
20:42accepted
20:43the settlement
20:44The resolution
20:45of this case
20:46is in no way
20:48an admission
20:49of guilt
20:50by Michael Jackson.
20:51Being a megastar
20:52like he was,
20:54he had
20:55the advantage
20:57with money,
20:58with attorneys,
21:00with really
21:00coming out
21:01and doing
21:01pretty much
21:02whatever he wanted
21:02in order
21:03to defend himself.
21:06So that was
21:07pretty much
21:07the end
21:07of our case.
21:10I felt bad
21:11because
21:13Rosie and I,
21:14we were certain
21:14that we had
21:15a good case.
21:17But
21:18when the victim
21:19doesn't want
21:20to testify,
21:21there is a
21:22say that says
21:24no victim,
21:24no crime.
21:27So,
21:28nothing that we
21:29could do.
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21:42The Hollywood Hooker
21:44and Heidi Gate.
21:46Lonnie Anderson says
21:48Bert's a dud in bed.
21:50Uh-oh.
21:52In this billion-dollar
21:53business,
21:54there's only one
21:54story that's guaranteed.
21:57A big name
21:58in trouble.
21:59That's the best
21:59news of all.
22:00But of course,
22:01the one
22:02that's grabbing
22:03the headlines
22:04right now
22:04are the allegations
22:05about Michael Jackson,
22:08the biggest superstar
22:09in the world.
22:10Michael Jackson
22:11is our window
22:12into the new news
22:12business.
22:13And the magazine
22:14shows,
22:15talk shows,
22:16news chats
22:17that feed off
22:17tabloid truth.
22:19Michael Jackson,
22:21violator or victim.
22:23What do you think
22:24about Michael?
22:25Well,
22:26I think it's true.
22:28He settled
22:28for all that money?
22:29I don't know.
22:29He settled
22:30for all that amount
22:31of money.
22:31I think something's up
22:32when he settles
22:32for over $10 million
22:33to shut someone up.
22:35Anyway,
22:36it's a shame
22:37because I think
22:37Michael's been dragged
22:37to the model odds.
22:38You know,
22:39he's a,
22:39I don't know
22:40if he's a victim
22:40or if he did it
22:42or not,
22:42but like,
22:43he's lost that
22:44wholesome image
22:44forever,
22:45you know?
22:49The allegations
22:50really changed
22:51how the public,
22:52I think,
22:53thought of him.
22:55And Michael
22:56had to kind of
22:57rehabilitate
22:58that image.
23:04People had been
23:05obsessed with
23:06Michael's sexuality
23:07his whole life.
23:10And his managers
23:11thought it would be
23:12cool if the press
23:14found out
23:15that Michael
23:16had a girlfriend.
23:28Michael and Lisa
23:29started dating
23:30soon after
23:31the allegations
23:32had been settled.
23:42He knew that
23:43marrying Elvis Presley's
23:44daughter would be
23:46headlines everywhere.
23:47Everyone would be
23:48talking about that
23:49and they'd no longer
23:51talk about this
23:52horrible time
23:53in his life.
23:54With this ring,
23:55I do it.
23:56This ring,
23:56right?
23:57You've heard the talk
23:58for weeks.
23:59It's surprising
23:59and it's apparently
24:00true.
24:01The daughter
24:02of Elvis Presley
24:02confirms today
24:03she is now
24:04married to
24:05Michael Jackson.
24:06Let's go to
24:06Vince Dimitri
24:07in New York.
24:08Vince.
24:09John,
24:09hopefully you can
24:10see behind me
24:11the throngs of
24:12stargazers right
24:13behind me.
24:13We are just
24:14outside of the
24:15world-famous
24:16Trump Tower
24:16where Donald Trump
24:18tells us,
24:18yes indeed,
24:19that Lisa Marie
24:20Presley and her
24:21new beau,
24:21Michael Jackson,
24:22are holed up
24:22here on the
24:23top floor.
24:24Well,
24:24I'm very happy
24:25for them.
24:26I think it's
24:26great.
24:27They're very
24:28happy and I
24:31think everybody's
24:31happy.
24:32They're great
24:32people.
24:36I first met
24:38Michael in
24:391988.
24:41Michael was on
24:42tour in Germany
24:43at that time and
24:45so they called me
24:46and said that
24:46Michael is a big
24:47fan of mine and
24:48he would love to
24:49meet me.
24:50And we hit it
24:51up.
24:53And he got to
24:54know the whole
24:54family.
24:57I also knew
24:58Lisa Marie Presley
25:00because I spent
25:01lots of time in
25:02Los Angeles.
25:04So I knew them
25:05separately.
25:06And then later
25:07Lisa came to me
25:08one day and said
25:09look, Michael is
25:11hitting on me and
25:12he actually wants
25:13to marry me.
25:14What do you think?
25:14Should I do that?
25:15So I said go for
25:17it.
25:17For him it was
25:18also he liked
25:20Lisa because she
25:21was the daughter
25:21of the king.
25:24He was also
25:24king, king of
25:25pop.
25:34This is a big
25:35deal.
25:36We had never
25:37seen him get
25:38romantic with a
25:39woman like this
25:40ever.
25:42I'm very happy
25:43to be here
25:44and just think
25:46nobody thought
25:47this would last.
25:57it did work
25:58in the way
25:59that Michael
25:59wanted it to
26:00work in that
26:01everyone was
26:02talking about
26:02it.
26:04But at the
26:05same time
26:06the public
26:07wasn't really
26:08buying it.
26:09It's all cover
26:09up.
26:10It's all cover
26:10up from the
26:11little child thing.
26:12That's what I
26:12think it is.
26:13It's about it.
26:14You don't think
26:14it's true love?
26:15No.
26:15I think it's a
26:16sham.
26:17A heterosexual
26:18marriage would
26:19certainly take
26:20some of the
26:20heat off being
26:22accused of being
26:22a homosexual
26:23pedophile.
26:28But Michael
26:28and Lisa
26:29were only
26:29together for
26:30around 18
26:31months.
26:35It's
26:35Splitsville for
26:36Graceland and
26:37Neverland.
26:38Many of you
26:39may find this
26:39hard to believe
26:40but Lisa Marie
26:41Presley and
26:42Michael Jackson
26:42are getting a
26:43divorce.
26:44So Tony it
26:45looks like the
26:45gloved one is
26:47no longer the
26:48loved one.
26:49Oh such a
26:50sad story.
26:51Sorry to hear
26:52that.
26:52Sorry to see
26:52that.
26:53What a shock.
26:53What a
26:53surprise.
26:57It was
26:58kind of
26:58hard to
26:58watch.
27:00He was
27:01trying to
27:01maintain his
27:02position as
27:03like the
27:04biggest superstar
27:05in the world
27:06and it
27:07wasn't quite
27:07working.
27:10This is a
27:11man who
27:12changed the
27:13music industry.
27:15He is a
27:16musical genius
27:18and people
27:19don't think of
27:20him in that
27:20sense anymore.
27:21They think of
27:22him as a
27:22freak.
27:24Is there
27:24any way
27:25that he
27:25can lift
27:25himself out
27:26of this
27:26trough that
27:27he has
27:27largely dug
27:28for himself?
27:48them in that
27:52Oh.
27:53Oh.
27:54Oh.
27:56Oh.
27:57Oh.
27:57Oh.
27:57Oh.
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.
28:29Please 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 this club one and people
30:47screeched.
30:47It was like an explosion down there.
30:54He was laughing, he said, oh my God, look, do 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.
31:35But he was enjoying that.
31:37He liked to have that effect on people.
31:45Germany loves you, Michael.
31:46I love Germany.
31:47I love you.
31:50I love you.
32:03You really run into the die hard fan. It's unbelievable. It's like a religious experience.
32:12You're like their God.
32:16Some people will say it's idol worship, but I don't think it's anything bad.
32:26It's just so beautiful.
32:30They are my life.
32:51Stay on your side.
32:54Stay in that corner.
32:56Stay in that corner.
32:57Stay in that corner.
32:59Michael.
33:00Michael.
33:01Welcome.
33:02Okay.
33:03Step back.
33:04Please.
33:08Please.
33:10Please.
33:11Please.
33:22When I met Michael, I saw that he was addicted to fame.
33:32I was a well-known rabbi, and Michael and I had become friends.
33:38Michael really needed to be loved, and he chose to be loved really in an unhealthy way,
33:45which was through superstardom and the devotion of fans.
33:58I said to him, you've made the mistake of substituting love for this cheap forgery called attention.
34:07Attention.
34:08And attention is never a good substitute for love.
34:09It's never real.
34:13This attention became an addiction because he interpreted as 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.
35:35What is it, Alex?
35:41He needed something to live for.
35:44And as you 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
35:56was people wanting money from him
35:57and people wanting to know him
35:59for all the wrong reasons
36:09at that time in his life
36:12I think that Michael wanted to be a father
36:21because kids
36:22as long as you give them unconditional love
36:24they really give it back
36:25they are mirror reflections of the love that we give them
36:28and he was going to give them the greatest love
36:29and they didn't
36:31and that's what happened
36:49who is that?
37:06I think having children gave them a renewed sense of purpose
37:09a renewed sense of energy and direction
37:13that's cute
37:22it is, it is
37:26it's okay
37:34I want to be successful at being a great father
37:40I want them to say
37:41we felt completely loved
37:43and he was like incredible
37:48that's my biggest dream
37:49one day for Princeton Parish
37:51just to say to somebody
37:52he was the best dad
37:55one, two, three
37:57surprise!
38:06I've been working with Michael for four years
38:13by the time he had his children
38:18when Prince and Parish came along
38:22I saw a different, a different person
38:32his life was now about the children
38:36that was his priority
38:41and he was getting more and more
38:44absolutely clear
38:45about his future
38:47he was saying
38:48I did everything
38:51I could do in my life
38:53for the music
38:54and I think I did it well
38:56and everybody made a lot of money
38:58but new people coming
39:00other music is coming
39:03and he had the feeling
39:04he will never be successful
39:07like he was
39:08and he was fine with it
39:10Michael said
39:11he didn't want to be
39:12a trained monkey
39:13forever
39:14it's over
39:16we'll give it to Armin
39:17come on
39:17let's do it
39:21but when you start
39:23not
39:24to do
39:25what this
39:26he called the system
39:28wants
39:29then you're in trouble
39:31let's make it sweet
39:32we are
39:52you never
39:53you never thought
39:54would work before
39:55when you live
39:57for your love
39:57and you give him
39:58your all
39:59you can know
40:01Sony was pushing him
40:02to continue his career
40:05they were trying to get him
40:07to finish this album
40:09Invincible
40:09it wasn't my business
40:11but you know
40:11screw the album
40:13we have to
40:14make your life healthy again
40:17so there was a war
40:19for the soul of Michael Jackson
40:25Sony Music
40:26was one of the biggest labels
40:28in the world
40:29hands down
40:31and with Michael
40:33well that's a lot of money
40:34changing hands
40:36so
40:37yes
40:38it's cutthroat
40:41but Sony Music
40:42was no more cutthroat
40:43than
40:44any other label
40:48Michael's relationship
40:49was a contentious one
40:51with his record label
40:52I was there to help
40:57facilitate
40:58a record
40:59he was putting out
41:00called Invincible
41:01which was his
41:02official last studio record
41:04with Sony
41:04and
41:06things were going
41:06over budget
41:07we had rented out
41:09the entire floor
41:10at the Plaza
41:11Hotel
41:12in New York
41:13and for anybody
41:14who doesn't know that
41:15that is extremely
41:16expensive
41:16crazy
41:17and he wasn't even
41:19showing up for things
41:20Michael
41:22he's here
41:22a record company
41:24is there to make money
41:25they are an investment
41:27firm in a way
41:27who has invested in you
41:29to produce something
41:32when we got the phone call
41:34that this was
41:34you know
41:35how dare
41:35this was the most expensive
41:37record we've ever made
41:38you know
41:39and I'm like
41:39oh okay
41:40I'm like
41:40how much
41:4130 million
41:42I'm like
41:42oosh
41:43so it was kind of
41:44it was
41:45it was a problem
41:47but everybody was
41:48really trying to get
41:49him
41:51in tow
41:51so we could make
41:53a deadline
41:53for album release
41:58there's one time
41:59where I was asked
42:00to pick up a package
42:01at a house
42:02that apparently
42:03was being sold
42:04and is empty
42:05and in the mailbox
42:06was this package
42:08and I opened it up
42:09and it happened to be
42:10full of Demerol
42:11which is
42:12a prescription
42:13pain medication
42:16but a lot of it
42:17it was
42:18it was an unknown
42:19thing that you don't ask
42:21I said
42:22what's going
42:23and I was like
42:24oh okay
42:26never mind
42:29but then he would
42:30go to the studio
42:31as long as he had
42:33his magical pills
42:35but it was also
42:36confusing at the same time
42:37it wasn't
42:38I'm not there
42:39to look at someone
42:40and unwrap the package
42:41I'm there to get
42:42records done
42:43right
42:46there were so many people
42:47who were reliant on him
42:49to be the golden goose
42:51that lays eggs again
42:55but he knew
42:56that path
42:57was corrosive
43:00it
43:01it frightened me
43:02there was too much
43:03conflict going on
43:04with him
43:04and I sensed
43:06and I saw
43:07that I was losing
43:07my influence
43:08and I told him
43:09I'm not going to watch
43:10you drive
43:10your life
43:12off a cliff
43:12and clap
43:28Invincible has sold
43:29two million copies
43:30in six months
43:31and that ain't
43:32Invincible
43:34The flop of Invincible
43:35along with a general
43:36downturn in sales
43:37means that
43:38Sony's share price
43:39had suffered of late
43:43Michael told me
43:45you know what
43:46I can't do this anymore
43:52Michael was done
43:54with the music
43:55and with touring
43:57and all of this
44:08but
44:09Sony was not
44:11happy at all
44:12with this
44:13so
44:14he knew
44:15he has to fight
44:16to come out
44:17of this
44:17situation
44:23From my
44:24vantage point
44:26he got
44:28a tremendous
44:29amount of support
44:30from Sony Music
44:33but you have to
44:34understand
44:34they're artists
44:35they're all
44:36narcissists
44:36they can't help
44:38themselves
44:38okay
44:39if their record's
44:40not selling
44:41it's someone's fault
44:43you know
44:44if their tour's
44:45not doing well
44:45it's someone's fault
44:48someone is always
44:49to blame
44:56Michael Jackson
44:57is the architect
44:58of his own destiny
44:59like every
45:01single human being
45:02whether you're
45:03special or not
45:04you are the creator
45:05of the reality
45:06you live in
45:10I remember
45:11we were required
45:12to go to
45:13New York City
45:13and then he's
45:15whisked off
45:15to Al Sharpton's
45:17church
45:19I personally
45:19think he was
45:20jacked up
45:20on something
45:24throughout the years
45:26black artists
45:29have been taken
45:29advantage of
45:30completely
45:31and
45:33it's
45:34Sony
45:34Tommy Mottola
45:35Tommy Mottola
45:36is the president
45:37of the record division
45:39he is a mean
45:40he's a racist
45:42and he's
45:44very
45:44very
45:45very
45:46devilish
45:50you know
45:51this just
45:51it just
45:52exploded
45:52right there
45:53Sony's statement
45:54reads
45:55we were deeply
45:55offended by the
45:56outrageous comments
45:57Mr. Jackson
45:58made
45:58Mr. Jackson
45:59has committed
46:00a serious
46:01abuse of power
46:02that comes
46:03with celebrity
46:29he told me
46:30that you need
46:31to help me
46:32it's over
46:34he asked me
46:35to terminate
46:36all his
46:37contracts
46:37with his
46:39lawyers
46:39with his
46:40team
46:40with everybody
46:42and
46:43he did want
46:44that I
46:45take over
46:46everything
46:51ladies and
46:52gentlemen
46:52my name is
46:53Michael Jackson
46:55and rather than
46:56writing you a
46:56letter
46:57I've found
46:57this format
46:58to be most
46:59efficient
46:59for what I
47:00wish to
47:00communicate
47:03Peter
47:03Weisner
47:04from Germany
47:05and myself
47:05have entered
47:06into an
47:06agreement
47:07exclusive
47:07long-term
47:08partnership
47:09he gave me
47:10the power of
47:11attorney
47:11I will
47:12personally sign
47:13agreements
47:14legally authorize
47:15my partners
47:16sign on my
47:17behalf
47:19but
47:20and he told me
47:21did it
47:21the old team
47:22they will
47:23be after
47:24you
47:25they called
47:26once and told
47:27me
47:28you take
47:29our golden
47:30cow
47:31and
47:32you have
47:33to stop
47:33this
47:34and
47:37but I was
47:38on Michael's
47:38side of course
47:39and I did
47:40what he
47:41warned
47:42I remember
47:43these words
47:44from Michael
47:45to me
47:46I put my
47:47life and my
47:48future in
47:48your hand
48:10when it comes
48:11to distributing
48:12cookies
48:12we get to see
48:13children's real
48:14personality
48:14here
48:16come here
48:18Prince
48:18over here
48:19before I
48:20grind you
48:21into
48:21hamburgers
48:24no
48:24you want
48:25the cookie
48:25and you
48:26behave
48:31here
48:31okay
48:32here
48:33here's the
48:33cookie
48:34Paris
48:35you want
48:35some of
48:35this
48:37by that
48:38time
48:38I wasn't
48:39involved
48:39in his
48:40life
48:40Paris
48:41you're
48:41going to
48:41say
48:41thank
48:42you
48:46I received
48:47a phone
48:48call
48:49from
48:52a producer
48:55that worked
48:55with Martin
48:56Bashir
48:56Martin Bashir
48:57wants to
48:58interview
48:59Michael Jackson
49:02I got off
49:03the phone
49:04and I went
49:04to Michael
49:04and said
49:05first of all
49:06your life
49:07it's not
49:07ready to be
49:07open to the
49:08public
49:10stay a
49:11billion miles
49:12away
49:12from this
49:13guy
49:15but
49:15Michael
49:16was an
49:17insecure
49:17person
49:17who
49:18is going
49:18to look
49:18for the
49:19validation
49:19of the
49:19public
49:23he wanted
49:24to talk
49:24about his
49:25whole life
49:26his career
49:28that people
49:29really understand
49:30him
49:33so
49:34Martin Bashir
49:35followed
49:35Michael
49:35for eight
49:36months
49:42how do
49:43you write
49:44a song
49:45how do
49:45you write
49:46a song
49:46when I
49:47wrote
49:47Billie Jean
49:47I was
49:48riding in
49:49my car
49:50down Ventura
49:51Boulevard
49:52all I said
49:53to myself
49:53beforehand
49:54I want
49:54to write
49:54a song
49:55with a
49:55great
49:55bass
49:56hook
49:57you know
50:01you know
50:01where did
50:02that come
50:02from
50:04from above
50:05the dance
50:06as well
50:06same thing
50:07how do
50:08you do
50:08it
50:09can you
50:09show me
50:09how you
50:10do it
50:10oh boy
50:11come on
50:12just get
50:12I'm shy
50:13oh come
50:13on just
50:14show me
50:14just show
50:14me
50:15just show
50:15me
50:16show me
50:16what you
50:17do
50:17teach
50:18me
50:18okay
50:19oh boy
50:21you're putting
50:22me on the
50:22spot now
50:24now people
50:24are discovering
50:25something about
50:26me I'm really
50:26shy I'm
50:27embarrassed
50:27okay you're
50:28shy just
50:28get up
50:29and show
50:29me
50:30um okay
50:35Michael
50:36opened the
50:36door for
50:37everything
50:47Michael had
50:48just had
50:48another
50:49child
50:54we
50:55was in
50:55the room
50:55together
50:57and
50:58Michael
50:59heard the
51:00screaming
51:01from
51:01from the
51:02fans
51:02what a
51:03beautiful
51:03feeling
51:09and
51:09Michael
51:10was so
51:10excited
51:10I was
51:11behind
51:11him
51:11he took
51:12blanket
51:14but he
51:15had him
51:15really fast
51:16under
51:16his
51:17arm
51:36in the
51:36next morning
51:37I came
51:38out of
51:38my room
51:39and I
51:40saw all
51:41over the
51:41newspaper
51:43there was
51:44not a
51:44nice
51:45not a
51:45nice
51:45picture
51:47but of
51:48course
51:48Martin
51:48Bashir
51:49he was
51:49there
51:51I love
51:52you
51:52here he
51:53is
51:54here's
51:55the bottle
51:58it's okay
51:59just get
51:59this off
52:00oh please
52:00don't try
52:01blanket
52:02okay okay
52:03here we go
52:07yes
52:09blanket
52:09blanket
52:10blanket
52:11blanket
52:12I love
52:13you
52:13yes
52:14yes
52:14yes
52:16have
52:17you
52:17been
52:17hearing
52:17about
52:17what
52:17people
52:18have
52:18been
52:18saying
52:19that's
52:19totally
52:19ignorant
52:20I would
52:21never
52:21do that
52:21to my
52:21children
52:22or any
52:22child
52:23try to
52:23kill them
52:24come on
52:24stupid
52:25and why
52:26would I
52:26put a
52:26scarf over
52:26the baby's
52:27face if I
52:27was trying
52:28to throw
52:28them off
52:29the balcony
52:29we were
52:30waiting to
52:31thousands
52:31of fans
52:31down below
52:32and they
52:33were chanting
52:33they wanted
52:33to see
52:34my child
52:34so I
52:35was kind
52:35enough
52:35to let
52:36them
52:36see
52:37I was
52:38doing
52:38something
52:38out of
52:39innocence
52:45when
52:46living
52:46with
52:47Michael
52:47Jackson
52:47as
52:48this
52:48evening
52:48these
52:49streets
52:49are going
52:50to be
52:50deserted
52:50fans
52:51and critics
52:52alike
52:52are saying
52:53they're
52:53going to
52:53be staying
52:54in to
52:54watch
52:54the
52:54program
52:55with
52:55his
52:56reputation
52:56in
52:56America
52:57very
52:57much
52:58at
52:58stake
52:58for
52:59Michael
52:59Jackson
53:00it
53:00must
53:00be
53:00a
53:01nervous
53:01wait
53:03I
53:04didn't
53:04want
53:04that
53:04we
53:04watched
53:05the
53:05documentary
53:05until
53:06I
53:06know
53:07what
53:08happened
53:09but
53:10Michael
53:10of course
53:11he
53:11want to
53:12see
53:12it
53:12we
53:13watched
53:14it
53:14on
53:15TV
53:15together
53:20eight
53:21months
53:21ago
53:22I
53:22put
53:22a
53:22proposal
53:23to
53:23Michael
53:23Jackson
53:25show
53:25me
53:25the
53:26real
53:26man
53:26but
53:27show
53:27me
53:27everything
53:28make
53:28nothing
53:29off
53:29limits
53:29he
53:30thought
53:30about
53:31it
53:31and
53:32then
53:32he
53:32said
53:32yes
53:33come
53:33to
53:34Neverland
53:36we
53:37began
53:37a
53:37journey
53:38together
53:38across
53:39continents
53:39through
53:40his
53:40past
53:41and
53:41rapidly
53:42into
53:42the
53:42disturbing
53:43reality
53:44of
53:44his
53:45life
53:45today
53:45in
53:47the
53:47documentary
53:47was
53:49this
53:50young
53:50boy
53:51Kevin
53:52Avizo
53:54and
53:55he
53:56was
53:56taking
53:56care
53:56of
53:57him
53:57when
53:58people
53:59hear
53:59that
53:59children
54:00from
54:01other
54:01families
54:02have
54:02come
54:03and
54:03they
54:03stayed
54:03in
54:03your
54:03house
54:04they
54:05stayed
54:05in
54:05your
54:05bedroom
54:07well
54:07very
54:08few
54:08but
54:09you know
54:09some
54:09have
54:10and
54:11they
54:11say
54:12is that
54:13really
54:13appropriate
54:14for a
54:14man
54:15a grown
54:15man
54:16to be
54:16doing
54:16that
54:16how
54:17do
54:17you
54:17respond
54:18to
54:18that
54:18I
54:18feel
54:18sorry
54:19for
54:19them
54:19because
54:20that's
54:20judging
54:20someone
54:21who
54:21wants
54:21to
54:22really
54:22help
54:22people
54:23why
54:23can't
54:23you
54:23share
54:24your
54:24bed
54:25the
54:26most
54:26loving
54:27thing
54:27to do
54:27is
54:27to share
54:28your
54:30when I
54:31saw
54:31this
54:32I
54:33got
54:33a
54:33very
54:33bad
54:34feeling
54:35when
54:35you're
54:36talking
54:36about
54:36children
54:37if
54:37I
54:38said
54:39well
54:39I've
54:40invited
54:40some
54:41of my
54:41daughter's
54:41friends
54:42around
54:42or my
54:42son's
54:43friends
54:43around
54:43and
54:43they're
54:43going to
54:44sleep
54:44in
54:44the
54:44bed
54:44with
54:44me
54:44tonight
54:45that's
54:45fine
54:46what do
54:46you think
54:46their
54:46parents
54:46would
54:47say
54:47if
54:48they're
54:48wacky
54:48they
54:48would
54:48say
54:49you
54:49can't
54:50I
54:50suppose
54:50the
54:51problem
54:51for
54:52many
54:52people
54:52is
54:53what
54:53happened
54:53in
54:541993
54:55or
54:55what
55:01one
55:02bombshell
55:03after
55:03another
55:04about
55:04his
55:04bizarre
55:05behavior
55:05in
55:06a
55:06new
55:06British
55:06documentary
55:07Jackson
55:08admits
55:08he
55:09still
55:09has
55:09sleep
55:10overs
55:10with
55:10young
55:10boys
55:12I
55:13felt
55:18shock
55:18absolute
55:19shock
55:20have
55:20you
55:21lost
55:21all
55:21touch
55:21with
55:22reality
55:23that
55:24you
55:24don't
55:24even
55:24know
55:25how
55:25people
55:25are
55:26going
55:26to
55:27react
55:28to
55:29that
55:30he
55:30said
55:31he
55:31slept
55:32in
55:32a
55:32bed
55:33with
55:33children
55:34that
55:34are
55:34not
55:34his
55:34own
55:34I
55:35mean
55:35this
55:35isn't
55:35made
55:35up
55:35this
55:35isn't
55:36fabricated
55:36what
55:37kind
55:37of
55:37loony
55:37would
55:38A
55:38do
55:39it
55:39and
55:39B
55:39go
55:40on
55:40national
55:40TV
55:40and
55:41admit
55:41it
55:42Michael
55:43cross
55:44lines
55:44that
55:44clearly
55:45are
55:45uncrossable
55:46sharing
55:47a bed
55:47with
55:47a
55:47child
55:48that's
55:48not
55:48yours
55:48even
55:49if
55:49it's
55:49not
55:49sexual
55:49it's
55:50still
55:51insanity
55:52we
55:53got
55:53the
55:53reaction
55:54from
55:54all
55:54over
55:55of
55:55course
55:56it
55:56was
55:56children
55:57you
55:58can't
55:58sleep
55:58with
55:59strangers
55:59kids
56:00as much
56:01as I
56:01love
56:01Michael
56:01Jackson
56:02I'm
56:02having
56:02a
56:02hard
56:02time
56:03defending
56:03him
56:03right
56:03now
56:04I
56:04believe
56:05the
56:05child
56:05welfare
56:05services
56:06should
56:06interview
56:07every
56:07child
56:07that
56:08has
56:08been
56:08at
56:08Neverland
56:09with
56:10Mr.
56:10Jackson
56:10in his
56:11bedroom
56:11or
56:11anywhere
56:12else
56:12in
56:12the
56:12home
56:12without
56:12the
56:13presence
56:13of
56:13their
56:13parents
56:14to
56:14find
56:14out
56:14what's
56:15going
56:15on
56:16he
56:16couldn't
56:17talk
56:17and he
56:18was
56:18sitting
56:19on his
56:19bed
56:19crying
56:21what's
56:22ahead
56:22for
56:22Michael
56:23Jackson
56:23what do
56:23you
56:23think
56:23to
56:23head
56:24after
56:24this
56:24real
56:24bumpy
56:25road
56:26I
56:26don't
56:26think
56:27he'll
56:27recover
56:27from
56:28this
56:28one
56:29that
56:29documentary
56:30led
56:32directly
56:32or
56:32indirectly
56:33to
56:33Michael
56:34Jackson's
56:34death
56:34there's
56:34absolutely
56:35no
56:35question
56:36about it
56:36that was
56:36the beginning
56:37of the
56:37end
56:51Michael Jackson
56:52wasn't the
56:52ordinary
56:53pedophile
56:55he had
56:56the means
56:56to be able
56:57to do
56:57things
56:57that no
56:58one else
56:58I had
56:58ever
56:58prosecuted
56:59could
56:59do
57:01in a
57:02state
57:03that was
57:032,800
57:03acres
57:04and a
57:05huge
57:05house
57:05with
57:05multiple
57:06locks
57:07a
57:07staff
57:08that
57:08just
57:08ignored
57:09what
57:09was
57:09going
57:09on
57:10that
57:10was
57:10unique
57:10to
57:11Michael
57:11Jackson
57:13Gavin
57:14can you
57:14tell us
57:14what your
57:15conversations
57:15what you
57:16guys
57:16talked
57:17about
57:18he
57:18said
57:19that
57:19he
57:19started
57:21masturbating
57:21keep
57:22going
57:22I
57:22said
57:23no
57:25he
57:25started
57:26masturbating
57:26me
57:27okay
57:31we had
57:32lost
57:32the
57:32opportunity
57:3310
57:33years
57:33earlier
57:36and we
57:36were
57:36determined
57:37that
57:37that
57:37not
57:37happen
57:38again
57:38we
57:39we
57:40we
57:41we
57:41we
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