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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.
02:25Then I'm first at the top of the mountain.
02:28The Jackson machine just keeps right on rolling.
02:31and Michael Jackson.
02:32Together, they could make a billion dollars.
02:35As NBC's Mike Jensen reports tonight,
02:38teach your kids to sing.
02:49It's the kind of contract that takes your breath away.
02:52A projected $1 billion for six Michael Jackson albums
02:56plus feature films, videos, and video games.
03:01Michael, in the 1980s,
03:03you had the largest selling album in history with Thriller.
03:07Now, with Dangerous,
03:08you'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,
03:25Michael 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,
03:58you want a Michael Jackson to succeed.
04:08My name is Rosabelle Smith,
04:10and for 31 years,
04:12I was employed by the Los Angeles Police Department.
04:16In 1993,
04:18while working juvenile division of the LAPD,
04:21I was working the Sexually Exploited Child Unit.
04:23I was advised by my supervisor,
04:25who was the officer in charge of the unit,
04:27that a case had come in involving a young boy
04:32who was 13 years of age,
04:34and that the perpetrator was Michael Jackson.
04:37I was a little in disbelief
04:40that 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
05:20if 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,
05:44that 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
06:07his nipples rubbed,
06:11his nipples rubbed, squeezed, kissing.
06:14Then they 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,
07:41the press, police, lawyers, and private investigators
07:43are 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.
08:00All 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 boys' reference
08:27to 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
08:36the 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 trial.
08:53These people aren't waiting.
08:54They're trying to, um,
08:55trying to, they'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!
09:14Open the window!
09:14Open the window!
09:16Open the window!
09:20Open the window!
09:22Open the window!
09:23Open the window!
09:23Everything was suddenly bad.
09:29Everything was emotional.
09:34Talking to Michael was different
09:36because he was different.
09:38Suddenly he was no longer
09:39the happy Michael that I used to talk to.
09:41He sounded depressed.
09:44I felt like it was over like there was no way he could come back from these terrible things being
09:49said
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
10:42Then our unit prepared a search 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
10:58He said you assholes
11:02The outcome was that evidence that was provided by Jordan Chander
11:12He was confirmed
11:17Yeah, we'd like to talk to Michael Jackson
11:21Has he come back?
11:22No comment, sir
11:23No comment, huh?
11:25I don't necessarily think he's guilty
11:26But I don't necessarily think he's innocent either
11:29Because I don't know
11:31Well, I don't know if he's guilty or not
11:33But I think that he needs to come back and face the charges
11:35Because he's looking pretty guilty right now
11:41There is real fear tonight that the catastrophic publicity will result in the destruction of a billion dollar empire
11:49And the ruin of a man
11:56Sony stock has fallen
11:58Because investors are very much concerned that the huge investment that they have in Michael Jackson
12:03Is in fact not going to pay off
12:06When the allegations surfaced
12:11I read them
12:13Watched them on TV
12:14Like everyone else did
12:16And 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 going to make any statement?
12:41He's got a whole cadre of international cameras there every night
12:50To that point
12:52Michael had been laying low
12:54But once the allegations are out there
12:57You can't take them back again
13:01And so we needed to get him in front of the public
13:03To unequivocally deny these allegations
13:09Michael Jackson came out of seclusion today without leaving home
13:13The pop star angrily rejected accusations
13:15He molested a young boy
13:17And lashed out at police and the media
13:19There have been many disgusting statements
13:23Made recently concerning allegations of improper conduct on my part
13:27These statements about me are totally false
13:30At every opportunity
13:32The media has dissected and manipulated
13:35These allegations to reach their own conclusions
13:37I ask all of you to wait and hear the truth
13:40Before you label or condemn me
13:43Don't treat me like a criminal
13:44Because I am innocent
13:48Jackson's defiant declaration of innocence
13:50Comes as the latest counterpoint
13:52In a case that's saturated with rumor, innuendo
13:55And almost daily revelations about the singer
13:58Separating fact from fiction
14:01Can be difficult
14:15For years I have been working for Michael
14:18Who unfortunately has been the victim of this
14:21And other types of extortion attempts
14:23The demand for 20 million dollars was made
14:26And presented
14:27It was flatly and consistently refused
14:30Many people try to extort Michael
14:33Because of who he is
14:34And, you know, the amount of money he has
14:36And these people wanted 20 million dollars
14:37As far as the victim is concerned
14:40I did not get anything
14:42As far as any, like, money, motivation
14:46However, the parents were a different story
14:49The Hollywood Reporter and Entertainment Trade Paper
14:52Said today that the boy's father
14:53Had negotiated with Jackson
14:55For a 20 million dollar movie deal
14:57The father is a prominent Beverly Hills dentist
15:00And part-time screenwriter
15:01CBS News has obtained a taped phone conversation
15:05The voice is reportedly the father
15:07Of the 13-year-old boy
15:08If I go through with this
15:10I win big time
15:11I will get everything I want
15:12The father did, in fact, ask for money
15:17To keep the situation quiet
15:19So it did hurt the case a little bit
15:23I think it's pathetic that somebody would go after
15:26Someone like Michael Jackson
15:28With such vigor
15:29And it's obvious what they want
15:30And it seems obvious to me that he is innocent
15:33I know that there's a lot of people in this business
15:35That 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
15:49People started to question the allegations
15:53So 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
16:13You got it
16:14Because, you know, we're a big group
16:17And race relations at that time
16:21It was a hotbed
16:27Parts of Los Angeles erupted in unrest
16:31After a jury acquitted four white Los Angeles police officers
16:35Over the videotape beating of Rodney King
16:38A black motorist
16:50What happened with Rodney King
16:52It doesn't make no sense to me
16:53They're treating black people like we're dogs, you know
16:56Like we can't get nowhere
16:57We have no rights
16:59That the white man respects
17:00Race is tearing America apart
17:05Now more than ever
17:07Minority Americans believe there are two kinds of justice
17:10The white kind
17:11And the kind they get
17:16Someone was friends with
17:19This African-American attorney
17:21Named 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
17:31But also because he was brilliant
17:34Mr. Cochran, let me start with you
17:35Why do you think it was important for Michael Jackson to speak out now?
17:39Well, I think, Katie, that after months of being barraged with negative attacks
17:44It was time
17:45Everyone who was on Michael's team
17:48Knew that having a black face as the front man for the defense
17:53Would bring the black community to Michael's defense as well
18:01The king of pop, rock and soul
18:04Mr. Michael Jackson
18:08Michael's first public appearance after his statement about the allegations
18:12Was at the NAACP Image Awards
18:16And that's the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
18:20I was in the audience
18:26When Michael walked out on that stage
18:29The house went crazy
18:34Everyone was in support of Michael
18:36No one wanted to believe these allegations
18:41For decades
18:42The 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
19:41And 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
20:10Larry Carroll tells us the civil suit is now over
20:19We wish to jointly announce a mutual resolution of this lawsuit
20:24This boy wanted to get on with his life
20:29When that case was settled
20:32And I believe that the payout for that settlement was $20 million
20:39Or maybe a little more over $20 million
20:40The 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
20:54He had the advantage with money, with attorneys, with really coming out and doing pretty much whatever he wanted
21:03In order to defend himself
21:06So that was pretty much the end of our case
21:10I felt bad
21:12Because Rosie and I
21:13We were certain that we had a good case
21:18But when the victim doesn't want to testify
21:22There is a say that says
21:24No victim, no crime
21:27So
21:28Nothing that we can do
21:35Read all about it
21:38Hollywood sex scandals
21:40Heidi's little black book
21:42The Hollywood Hooker and Heidi Gate
21:45Lonnie Anderson says
21:48Bert's a dud in bed
21:50Uh-oh
21:52In this billion dollar business
21:54There's only one story that's guaranteed
21:57A big name in trouble
21:58That's the best news of all
22:00But of course
22:01The one that's grabbing the headlines right now
22:04Are the allegations about Michael Jackson
22:07The biggest superstar in the world
22:09Michael Jackson is our window into the new news business
22:13And the magazine shows
22:15Talk shows
22:16News chats
22:17That feed off tabloid truth
22:18Michael Jackson
22:21Violator or victim
22:22What do you think about Michael?
22:25Well
22:26Nah, 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 dollars
22:34To shut someone up
22:35Anyhow, it's a shame
22:37Because I think Michael's been dragged to the mallet a lot
22:38You know, he's a
22:39I don't know if he's a victim
22:40Or if he did it or not
22:42But like
22:43He's lost that
22:44That wholesome image forever
22:45You know
22:49The allegations
22:50Really changed
22:51How the public
22:52I think thought of him
22:55And Michael
22:56Had to kind of
22:57Rehabilitate
22:58That image
23:04People had been obsessed with Michael's sexuality his whole life
23:08And his managers thought it would be cool
23:13If the press
23:14Found out that Michael had a girlfriend
23:27Michael and Lisa
23:29He just started dating
23:30Soon after the allegations had been settled
23:41He knew that marrying Elvis Presley's daughter
23:45Would be headlines everywhere
23:47Everyone would be talking about that
23:49And they'd no longer talk about this horrible time in his life
23:54With this ring, I do it
23:55With this ring, I do it
23:57You've heard the talk for weeks
23:59It's surprising
23:59And it's apparently true
24:01The daughter of Elvis Presley
24:02Confirms today
24:03She is now married to Michael Jackson
24:05Let's go to Vince Dimitri in New York
24:07Vince
24:09John, hopefully you can see behind me
24:11The throngs of stargazers right behind me
24:13We are just outside of the world famous Trump Tower
24:16Where Donald Trump tells us
24:18Yes, indeed
24:19That Lisa Marie Presley
24:20And her new beau, Michael Jackson
24:22Are holed up here on the top floor
24:23Well, I'm very happy for them
24:26I think it's great
24:27They're very happy
24:29And I think everybody's happy
24:31They'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
24:46That Michael is a big fan of mine
24:48And he would love to meet me
24:50And we hit it up
24:53And it got to know the whole family
24:57I also knew
24:58Lisa Marie Presley
25:00Because I spent lots of time in Los Angeles
25:04So I knew them separately
25:06And then later Lisa came to me
25:08And said, look
25:10Michael is hitting on me
25:12And he actually wants to marry me
25:14What do you think?
25:14Should I do that?
25:15So I said, go for it
25:17For him it was also
25:19He liked Lisa
25:20Because she was the daughter of the king
25:23So he was also king
25:25King of pop
25:26Yeah
25:34This is a big deal
25:36We had never seen him
25:37Get romantic with a woman
25:39Like this
25:40Ever
25:41I'm very happy to be here
25:44And just think
25:46Nobody thought
25:47This would last
25:57It did work in the way
25:59That Michael wanted it to work
26:00In that everyone was talking about it
26:04But at the same time
26:06The public wasn't really buying it
26:08It's all cover up
26:09It's all cover up
26:10From the little child thing
26:12That's what I think it is
26:12And 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
26:19Would certainly take some of the heat
26:20Off being accused of being
26:22A homosexual pedophile
26:28But Michael and Lisa
26:29Were only together
26:30For around 18 months
26:35It's splitsville
26:36For Graceland
26:37And Neverland
26:38Many of you
26:39May find this hard to believe
26:40But Lisa Marie Presley
26:41And Michael Jackson
26:42Are getting a divorce
26:44So Tony
26:45It looks like
26:45The gloved one
26:46Is no longer
26:47The loved one
26:48Oh
26:49Such 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
27:02His position
27:03As like the biggest
27:05Superstar in the world
27:06And it wasn't quite working
27:10This is a man
27:11Who changed
27:12The music industry
27:15He is a musical genius
27:18And people don't think of him
27:20In that sense anymore
27:21They think of him
27:22As a freak
27:24Is there any way
27:25That he can lift himself
27:26Out of this trough
27:27That he has largely
27:27Dug for himself
27:30And it was a saint
27:30Oh
27:50And it's like
27:51Oh
27:51Oh
27:51Oh
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, 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, they're very defensive.
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,
29:19still, you know, the biggest pop superstar in the history of music.
29:25Tower Bridge was raised this afternoon to allow a 30-foot statue of rock star Michael Jackson
29:30to pass along 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?
29:46For the history tour, Michael decided to focus on his fan base abroad.
29:51And his popularity continued over in Europe, in the U.K., Asia, versus the U.S.,
29:58where it was kind of slipping a little bit because of the allegations
30:01and all the media circuits around that.
30:24I remember this one time I was with Michael in Budapest,
30:30and the hotel was surrounded, under siege by thousands of young people.
30:40And what he did, he threw the curtain a little bit, and then he had a sklyab one,
30:46and people screeched.
30:47It was like an explosion down there.
30:54He was laughing, he said, oh my God, look, did you hear?
30:57Do you hear?
31:04I think there's a deep desire to look up for people that are bigger than life,
31:08as role models or 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,
31:22is that you start to believe it in a way that you start to worship yourself.
31:26And I think that's very dangerous.
31:27Hello, Michael.
31:28Can I have a hug, please?
31:30Please, may I hug you?
31:31Please.
31:35But he was enjoying that.
31:37He liked to have that effect on people.
32:03We really run into the die-hard fan.
32:06It's unbelievable.
32:08It's like a religious experience.
32:12You're like, they're God.
32:16Some people will say that I don't worship.
32:20But I don't think it's anything bad.
32:26It's just so beautiful.
32:30They are my life.
32:32They are my life.
32:51Okay.
32:52Okay.
32:52Okay.
32:53Stay on your side.
32:53Okay.
32:53Of course.
32:54Stay in that corner.
32:57Stay in that corner.
32:59Okay.
32:59Michael, welcome, okay, step back, please, please, please, please, please, please, yeah, come on, okay, please, Coco, when I met
33:23Michael, I saw that he was addicted to fame.
33:31I 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 in really an unhealthy way, which was through
33:47superstardom and the devotion of fans.
33:58I said to him, you've made the mistake of substituting love for this cheap forgery called attention, and attention is
34:08never a good substitute for love, it'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.
34:50We recorded it on these two flimsy dicta machines, you know, on these tiny little tapes.
35:00Honestly, when somebody walks up to the gym and says, I love you so much, it makes my heart feel
35:06so good.
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 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.
36:20Because kids, as long as you give them unconditional love, they 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?
36:51Laura.
36:52That's right, it's Laura.
37:06I think having children gave him a renewed sense of purpose, a renewed sense of energy
37:13and 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
37:53best 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 Princeton Parish came along, I saw a different, a different person.
38:29Can 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 and he was getting more and more absolutely clear.
38:47He was saying, Dieter, 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 coming, other
39:01music 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, Michael said, he didn't want to be a trained monkey forever, it'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 the system, once, then you're in trouble.
39:31Let's make it sweet.
39:58Let'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
41:02his official last studio record with Sony.
41:05And 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
41:37record we've ever made, you know?
41:39And 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
41:54release.
41:58There's one time where I was asked to pick up a package at a house that apparently was
42:04being sold and 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
42:14medication.
42:16But a lot of it, it was, it was an unknown thing that you don't ask.
42:21I said, what's going on?
42:24And 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
42:52again.
42:55But he knew that path was corrosive.
43:00It frightened me.
43:02There was too much conflict going on with him.
43:04And I, I, I, 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 the general downturn in sales, means that Sony's share
43:39price has suffered of late.
43:44Michael told me, you know what, I can't do this anymore.
43:53Michael was done with the music and with touring and all of this.
44:08But 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 is 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.
45:18I personally think he was jacked up on something.
45:25Throughout the years, black artists have been taken advantage of.
45:31Completely.
45:31And it's Sony Tommy Mottola.
45:36Tommy Mottola is the president of the record division.
45:39He is a mean.
45:41He's a racist.
45:43And he's very, very, very devilish.
45:50You know, this just exploded right there.
45:53Sony'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.
46:29He told me today, you need to help me.
46:31It's over.
46:34He asked me to terminate all his contracts with his lawyers, with his team, with everybody.
46:42And he did want that.
46:45I take over everything.
46:51Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Michael Jackson.
46:55And rather than writing you a letter, I've found this format to be most efficient for what I wish to
47:00communicate.
47:03Peter Weisner from Germany and myself have entered into an agreement, an exclusive long-term partnership.
47:09He gave me the power of attorney.
47:12I will personally sign agreements or legally authorize my partners to sign on my behalf.
47:19But, and he told me today, 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.
48:15Here, come here. Prince, over here, before I grind you into hamburgers.
48:24No, you want the cookie? You behave.
48:31Here. Okay, here. Here's the cookie.
48:35Perez, you want some of this?
48:38By that time, I wasn't involved in his life.
48:41Perez, you're going to say thank you.
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 ready
49:07to 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.
49:22He wanted to talk about his whole life, his career, that people really understand him.
49:33So Martin Bashir followed Michael for eight months.
49:42How do you write a song? How do you write a song?
49:46How do you write a song?
49:47When I wrote Billie Jean, I was riding in my car down Ventura Boulevard.
49:52All I said to myself beforehand, I want to write a song with a great bass hook, you 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.
50:13Come on, just show me.
50:14Come on.
50:15Just show me.
50:16Show me what you do.
50:17Teach me.
50:18Okay.
50:21Oh, boy.
50:21You're putting me on the spot now.
50:23Come on.
50:24Now people are discovering something about me.
50:26I'm really shy.
50:26I'm embarrassed.
50:27Okay, you're shy.
50:28Just get up and show me.
50:31Okay.
50:35Michael opened the door for everything.
50:47Michael had just had another child.
50:54We was in the room together and Michael heard the screaming from the fans.
51:02It was a beautiful feeling.
51:09And Michael was so excited and I 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.
51:54Here's the bottle.
51:56Wait, wait.
51:57Here's the bottle.
51:58It's okay.
51:59Just get this off.
52:00Oh, please don't try.
52:01Break it.
52:01Break it.
52:02Okay, okay.
52:03Here we go.
52:04Abu.
52:04Abu.
52:07Yes.
52:08Abu.
52:09Break it.
52:10Break it.
52:12Break it.
52:12I love you.
52:13Break it.
52:14Yes.
52:14Yes.
52:14Yes.
52:16Have you been hearing about what people have been saying?
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.
52:26And why would I put a scarf over the baby's face if I was trying to throw them off the
52:29balcony?
52:29This evening?
52:30We were waiting for thousands of fans down below.
52:33And 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 watch 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.
53:30He 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, and he was taking care of him.
53:58When people hear that children from other families have come and they've stayed in your house,
54:04they've stayed 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?
54:26The 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 friends
54:42around, or my son's friends around, and they're going to sleep in the bed with me 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.
54:55Or what didn't happen.
54:57What didn't happen.
55:01One 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.
55:37What 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.
55:56It was terrible.
55:58You 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 with Mr. Jackson in his
56:11bedroom or anywhere else in the home without the presence of their parents.
56:14Find out what's going on.
56:16He 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.
56:36That 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.
57:22Okay.
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.
57:38normalmente there doesn't look at him.
57:43You do have to leave it.
57:43Hey.
57:51Hey.
57:54Hey.
57:55Hey.
57:55You do have to.
57:55Hi.
58:02Hi.
58:04Hey.
58:05Hello.
58:07Hey.
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