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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.
09:01You're my son.
09:07Open the window!
09:09Open the window!
09:12Open the window!
09:14Open the window!
09:23Everything was suddenly bad.
09:29everything was um emotional talking to michael was different because he was different suddenly
09:38he was no longer the happy michael that i used to talk to he sounded depressed i felt like it
09:45was over like there was no way he could come back from these terrible things being said
10:17eventually
10:19he came back to america
10:24we had the information from the victim about michael's body and specifically the markings
10:33on his body so the only way that a child would see that is if michael was nude then our
10:43unit
10:43prepared a search warrant to search or to view michael's body and this included the genitals
10:50we explained to him we have a search warrant signed by the judge to take pictures of your
10:57private parts he said you assholes the outcome was that evidence that was provided by jordan
11:10chander he was confirmed
11:17yeah we'd uh we'd like to talk to michael jackson has he come back
11:22no comment sir no comment huh i don't necessarily think he's guilty
11:26but um i don't necessarily think he's innocent either because um i don't know
11:31well i don't know if he's guilty or not but i think that he needs to come back and face
11:35the charges
11:35he's looking pretty guilty right now
11:42there is real fear tonight that the catastrophic publicity will result in the destruction of a
11:48billion dollar empire and the ruin of a man
11:56sony stock has fallen because investors are very much concerned that the huge investment that they
12:02have in michael jackson is in fact not going to pay off
12:07when the allegations surfaced
12:11i read them watched them on tv like everyone else did
12:17um and i felt that they were extremely unfair michael jackson was unequivocally
12:25the biggest artist in the company
12:30and if he's not succeeding
12:34guess what jobs get lost
12:38is michael jackson going to make any statement he's got a whole cadre of international cameras there
12:44every night
12:51after that point michael had been laying low
12:54but once the allegations are out there you can't take them back again
13:01and so we needed to get in front of the public to unequivocally deny these allegations
13:09michael 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
13:19there have been many disgusting
13:22statements made recently concerning allegations of improper conduct on my part
13:27these statements about me are totally false
13:30at every opportunity the media has dissected and manipulated these allegations to reach their own conclusions
13:38i ask all of you to wait and hear the truth before you label or condemn me don't treat me
13:44like a criminal
13:44because i am innocent
13:48jackson's defiant declaration of innocence comes as the latest counterpoint in a case that's saturated with rumor
13:55innuendo and almost daily revelations about the singer separating fact from fiction can be difficult
14:16for 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 dollars was made and presented it 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 dollars
14:37as 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 and entertainment trade paper said today that the boy's father had negotiated with jackson
14:55for a 20 million dollar movie deal
14:57the father is a prominent beverly hills dentist and part-time screenwriter
15:01cbs news has obtained a taped phone conversation
15:05the voice is reportedly the father of the 13 year old boy
15:08if i go through with this i win big time i will get everything i want
15:12the father did in fact ask for money
15:17to keep the situation quiet
15:19so it did um
15:22hurt the case a little bit
15:23i think it's pathetic that somebody would would go after
15:26someone like michael jackson was was such vigor
15:29and it's obvious what they want
15:30and uh 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 uh you know
15:39i'm sure that it will all work out
15:41and i'm sure that he's innocent you know but
15:43only 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 um
16:03endear michael uh to the black community and to get the black community back on michael's side
16:11because once the black community is behind you
16:13you got it because you know we're a big group
16:17and um race relations um at that time
16:21it was a hotbed
16:27parts of los angeles erupted in unrest
16:30after a jury acquitted four white los angeles police officers
16:35over the videotape beating of rodney king
16:50what happened with rodney king it doesn't make no sense to me
16:53they 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 respect
17:00race is tearing america apart
17:05now 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 and so he suggested
17:24that johnny would be the best person for um for michael's case not only because he's black
17:31but also because he was brilliant mr cochran let me start with you why do you think it was
17:36important for michael jackson to speak out now well i think katie that after months of being barraged
17:42with negative uh attacks it was time everyone who was on michael's team knew that having
17:49a black face as the front man for the defense would um bring the black community
17:58to michael's defense as well the king of pop rock and soul mr michael jackson
18:08michael's first public appearance after his statement about the allegations was at the
18:14naacp image awards and that's the national association for the advancement of colored people
18:20i was in the audience when michael walked out on that stage the house went crazy
18:34everyone was in support of michael no 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 and his speech was based on being a proud black man and how you
18:56know we
18:56have to stick together against racial inequality and in injustice everyone is presumed to be innocent
19:05and totally innocent until they are charged with a crime and then convicted by a jury of their peers
19:14them 1 1 1 1 10 2 1 21 000 people nine to 18 it was such a tower for
19:23speech
19:31with all of the stuff i was happening to be black community
19:38it felt like michael's innocence was important and 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 this boy wanted to get on with his
20:27life when that case was settled and i believe that the payout for that settlement was 20 million or
20:39maybe a little more over 20 million dollars the family accepted the settlement the resolution
20:45of this case is in no way an admission of guilt by michael jackson being a megastar like he was
20:54he had the advantage with money with attorneys with really coming out and doing pretty much
21:02whatever he wanted in order to defend himself so 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 but uh when the
21:19victim
21:19doesn't want to testify there is a say that says no victim no crime
21:27so nothing that we can do
21:36read all about it hollywood sex scandals heidi's little black book the hollywood hooker and heidi-gate
21:46lonnie anderson says burt's a dud in bed uh-oh
21:52in this billion dollar business there's only one story that's guaranteed
21:57a big name in trouble that's the best news of all but of course the one that's grabbing the
22:03headlines right now are the allegations about michael jackson the biggest superstar in the world
22:10michael jackson is our window into the new news business and the magazine shows talk shows news
22:16chats that feed off tabloid truth michael jackson violator or victim what do you think about michael
22:24well i know i i think it's true he settled for all that money he settled for all that amount
22:31of money
22:31i think he something's up when he settles for over 10 million dollars to shut someone up
22:35i don't know it's it's a shame because i think michael's been dragged through the model lives you
22:38know he's a i don't know if he's a victim or if he did it or not but like he's
22:43lost that that wholesome
22:44image 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
23:25a friend
23:28michael and lisa started dating soon after the allegations had been settled
23:41he knew that marrying elvis presley's daughter would be headlines everywhere everyone would be
23:48talking about that and they'd no longer talk about this horrible time in his life
23:54with this ring i do it you've heard the talk for weeks it's surprising and it's apparently true
24:01the daughter of elvis presley confirms today she is now married to michael jackson let's go to vince
24:06dimitri in new york vince john uh hopefully you can see behind me the throngs of uh stargazers right
24:13behind me we 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 hold up here on the top floor
24:23well i'm very very happy for them i think it's great they're very happy and uh i think everybody's
24:31happy they're they're great people
24:37first met michael in 1988. michael was on tour in germany at that time and uh so they called me
24:46and said
24:46michael is a big fan of mine and he would love to meet me and um we hit it up
24:52and he got to know
24:54the whole family i also knew lisa maria presley because spent lots of time in los angeles
25:04so i knew them separately and then later lisa came to me one day and said look
25:10michael is hitting on me and he he actually wants to marry me what do you think should i do
25:15that
25:15so i said go for it for him it was also he liked lisa because she was the daughter of
25:22the king so he was also king king of pop yeah
25:34this is a big deal we 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 it
26:04but at the same time the public wasn't really buying it it's all cover up it's all cover up
26:10from uh the little child thing that's what i think it is and that's about it you don't think it's
26:14true
26:14love no i think it's a sham a heterosexual marriage would certainly take some of the heat off
26:21being accused of being a homosexual pedophile
26:28but michael and lisa were only together for around 18 months
26:35it's splitsville for graceland and neverland many of you may find this hard to believe but
26:40lisa marie presley and michael jackson are getting a divorce so tony it looks like the gloved
26:46one is no longer the loved one oh such a sad story sorry to hear that sorry to see that
26:53what a
26:53shock what a surprise it was kind of hard to watch he was trying to maintain his position as like
27:03the
27:04biggest superstar in the world it wasn't quite working this is a man who changed the music industry
27:15he is a musical genius and people don't think of him in that sense anymore they think of him as
27:22a
27:22freak is there any way that he can lift himself out of this trough that he has largely dug for
27:28himself
27:28to his shock when he is a man who's in a person or something that he wanted to make the
27:58fear that he can't help him
27:58to see if he can keep it safe so he decided to keep it safe as soon as we can
27:58keep it safe as he can keep it safe as he could be
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.
32:03You really run into the die-hard fan.
32:06It's unbelievable.
32:08It's like a religious experience.
32:12You're like their God.
32:13You're like what I did.
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.
32:53Stay on your side.
32:53Okay, of course.
32:54Stay in that corner.
32:57Stay in that corner.
32:59Stay in that corner.
33:00Michael.
33:00Michael.
33:01Welcome.
33:02Okay.
33:03Step back.
33:04Please.
33:05Michael.
33:06I won't call.
33:06Where's your camera?
33:07Okay.
33:08Yes, yes.
33:09Please.
33:10Please.
33:11Please.
33:12Thank you very much.
33:12Please.
33:14Come on.
33:15Come on.
33:15Yes, yeah, come on.
33:16Okay, please.
33:19Coco.
33:20You see a being?
33:21Okay.
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.
33:42He chose to be loved in really in an unhealthy way, which was through superstardom and the
33:49devotion of fans.
33:57I 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.
34:13This 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, 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.
36:25They 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.
36:31And that's what happened.
36:45And that's what happened.
37:06I think having children gave them a renewed sense of purpose.
37:10A renewed sense of energy and direction.
37:14That's cute.
37:22It is.
37:24It is.
37:27It's okay.
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, four.
38:02Happy birthday to you.
38:06Happy birthday to you.
38:08Happy birthday to you.
38:10I've been working with Michael for four years, by the time he had his children.
38:18When Prince and Paris came along, I saw a different person.
38:32His life was now about the children.
38:36That was his priority.
38:40And he was getting more and more absolutely clear
38:45about his future.
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,
38:58but 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.
39:14It's over.
39:16We'll give it to Armin. Come on, let's do it.
39:21But when you start not to do what this, he called it system, wants,
39:29then you're in trouble.
39:31Let's make it sweet.
39:52You never thought it would work before, when you live all your love and you give them your all, you
39:59can all.
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,
41:01which was his 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,
41:35how dare you, this was the most expensive record we've ever made.
41:38You know, and I'm like, oh, okay.
41:40I'm like, how much? 30 million?
41:41I'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 and I opened it up and it happened to be full of Demerol,
42:12which is a prescription pain medication.
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 also 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.
43:00It, it frightened me.
43:02There was too much conflict going on with him.
43:04And 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 2 million copies in 6 months.
43:31And that ain't Invincible.
43:34The flop of Invincible, along with the general downturn in sales,
43:38means that Sony's share price has suffered of late.
43:44Michael told me, you know what?
43:46I 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. If 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.
45:18I 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 meme.
45:41He's a racist.
45:43And he's very, very, very devilish.
45:46You 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.
46:29He told me today, 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.
46:42And he did want that I 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.
47:11I 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.
47:36And, but I was on Michael's side, of course, and I did what he warned.
47:42I remember these words from Michael to me.
47:46I put my life and my future in your hand.
48:03When it comes to distributing cookies, we get to see children's real personality.
48:03Wait, wait, wait.
48:07When it comes to distributing cookies, we get to see children's real personality.
48:15Here, come here.
48:18Prince, over here.
48:19Before I grind you into Hamburg.
48:24No, you want the cookie?
48:25Then you behave.
48:31Here.
48:32Okay, here. Here's the cookie.
48:34Paris, you want some of this?
48:37By that time, I wasn't involved in his life.
48:41Paris, you're gonna say thank you.
48:46I received a phone call from a producer that worked with Martin Bashir.
48:56Martin 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?
49:45How do you write a song?
49:46When 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.
50:13Oh, come on, just show me.
50:14Come on.
50:14Just show me.
50:15Just show me.
50:16Show me what you do.
50:17Teach me.
50:18Okay.
50:21Oh boy, you're putting me on the spot now.
50:23Come on.
50:24Now people are discovering something about me.
50:26I'm really shy.
50:27I'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.
51:02What a beautiful feeling.
51:09And Michael was so excited and I was behind him.
51:11He took blanket.
51:14But they had him really fast under his arm.
51:35In the next morning, I came out of my room and I saw all over the newspaper.
51:43It 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.
51:56Ah!
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.
52:02Break it.
52:02Break it.
52:03Okay.
52:03Here we go.
52:04Abu.
52:04Abu.
52:05Abu.
52:06Abu.
52:06Abu.
52:07Abu.
52:08Abu.
52:08Abu.
52:09Blanket.
52:10Blanket.
52:11Blanket.
52:11Blanket.
52:12Blanket.
52:12I love you.
52:13Blanket.
52:14Yes, yes, yes.
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.
52:25And 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.
52:45When 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 programme.
52:55With his reputation in America very much at stake, for Michael Jackson it must be a nervous wait.
53:03I didn't want that we watched the documentary until I knew what happened.
53:09But Michael, of course, he wanted to see it.
53:12We 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 reality of his life today.
53:46In the documentary was this young boy, Kevin Avizo, and he was taking care of him.
53:57When people hear that children from other families have come and they've stayed in your house, they've stayed in your
54:05bedroom.
54:07Well, very few.
54:08But, you know, some have, and they say, is that really appropriate for a man, a grown man, to be
54:16doing 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 around, or my son's
54:43friends 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, or what didn't happen.
54:56What 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.
55:19Absolute 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.
55:34I 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.
55:50It's still insanity.
55:52We got the reaction from all over, of course.
55:56I was terrible.
55:57You can't sleep with strangers' kids.
56:00As much as I love Michael Jackson, I'm having a hard time defending him right now.
56:04I believe the 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
56:13parents.
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 act.
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
56:59do.
57:01In a state that was 2,800 acres and a huge house with multiple locks, a staff that just
57:08ignored what was going on, that 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, Kevin.
57:23I said no.
57:25He started masturbating me.
57:28Okay.
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