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00:08Why can't we be like the trees that become, you know, they lose their leaves in the winter and then
00:15they come back, they're beautiful all over again in the spring, you know, and a sense of immortality to them.
00:23I think growing old is the ugliest thing and I never want to look in the mirror and see that.
00:28I want to always be youthful.
00:33They say when you die the soul dies, but there's the promise of the resurrection and all of that.
01:09That level of mega stardom is not healthy. People are not gods.
01:23Tonight, Jackson is wanted by police of multiple felony counts of child molestation.
01:31The Jackson machine just keeps right on rolling.
01:59The British documentary called Living with Michael Jackson has everybody talking.
02:05This is the way the Times newspaper in Britain covers it.
02:08Jackson faces ruin after admitting I slept with boys.
02:13Why can't you share your bed? The most loving thing to do is to share your bed with someone.
02:20Merely admitting that on television has created what one person says is the longest professional suicide note in history.
02:28This documentary started a disaster. It was clear. He was really in trouble with this.
02:38It's just a question of what does he do when he's in bed with them.
02:41I mean, anybody advising Michael Jackson would have to say, hey, don't do that.
02:45And after he did it, they must lock him up in a room and say, you've got to be kidding.
02:49But he's Michael Jackson. So probably nobody does that.
02:52He really was scared.
02:57It was Michael's biggest fear. After the documentary, the fans could go away.
03:03He could lose his whole brand, his reputation, everything he did.
03:20We were in Hotel Miami and middle in the night, Michael knocked on the door.
03:28He was crying. And he got a letter from his accountant saying, there's no money right now.
03:38You need to go in a smaller room.
03:40Then he was saying, can you believe that they put me out of the suite and put me in a
03:45small room?
03:57Are you a pedophile?
03:59Michael Jackson does not earn the kind of money he used to make.
04:02You know, at the height of his earnings power, this guy made $50 million a year.
04:05Guess what? His records don't sell anymore. And, you know, he's in a very tenuous spot right now.
04:10On song, but no longer making the notes. The latest claim that the Peter Pan of pop is nearly penniless.
04:17He's spending about $700,000 a week, which means that when he gets out of bed in the morning,
04:23he spent $100,000 before he's had coffee.
04:26We hope he's not broke, because he owes my client $12 million.
04:29All of the money that Michael has at this point, all the cash that he has, I should say, comes
04:33from loans.
04:34Everything is borrowed. Borrowed, borrowed, borrowed.
04:37Borrowed against the Michael Jackson catalog that has Billie Jean and Beat It and all his hit songs.
04:42Borrowed against the Beatles catalog.
04:46Michael Jackson celebrated his 45th birthday in true Jackson style.
04:52It was just him and the fans.
04:54After all he's been through, they still love him.
04:58The King of Power.
05:02Michael told me very clear that now, as it's over with touring, now he starts with new business.
05:09The fans are going to keep the business machine moving.
05:13There's going to be a new Michael Jackson clothing line.
05:18Resort, hotels.
05:22We promise to make Neverland more accessible to the fans.
05:29What the media tries to say about you, Michael, and we don't believe you're worried of him.
05:34He's perfect and he's an angel.
05:36And I don't care what anybody says.
05:38Michael!
05:43Michael!
05:45Michael!
05:48Michael!
05:50Michael!
05:52Michael!
05:52Michael!
05:56Michael!
05:57In 2003, I was a prosecutor specializing in child sexual abuse cases.
06:02I got a call to go see the district attorney.
06:07And he showed me a two-page report.
06:10It involved an allegation of child sexual abuse.
06:13It said Michael Jackson on it.
06:17And I thought, oh my gosh, he's back.
06:29That scene in the documentary was played over and over and over again.
06:34Of Gavin Arvizo sitting next to Michael Jackson and resting his head on his shoulder and holding his hand.
06:41And I knew it was an inappropriate relationship.
06:44You can sit right there, buddy.
06:48We are going to try our best to make a case.
06:53Okay?
06:53A criminal case.
06:54We're going to try our best.
06:55But you need to understand that we're going to need your cooperation.
07:00Gavin, can you tell us what your conversations, what you guys talked about?
07:04He said that he wants to show me how I masturbate.
07:08Okay, okay.
07:09I said no.
07:11He started masturbating.
07:14Okay.
07:15I told him no more.
07:20Good evening.
07:21For years, pop star Michael Jackson has denied having inappropriate contact with children.
07:26And he has never been charged.
07:29But tonight, Jackson is wanted by police.
07:31We would encourage him to turn himself in and cooperate with law enforcement.
07:34Yeah.
07:35What have you heard?
07:36Any sightings?
07:38Not yet.
07:39We're all on the lookout, though.
07:45We were in the hotel in Vegas.
07:48Somebody called me and told me, did they watch TV?
07:53The police went to the ranch.
07:57The service of the warrants was part of an ongoing investigation alleging criminal misconduct on the part of Michael Jackson.
08:05When I told him, as a new charge from this young boy, Aviso, he was so deeply shocked that I
08:13think he's going to die.
08:19And then something terrible happened.
08:23The director of the hotel told us to leave right away.
08:28They did not want to have somebody with discharges in the hotel.
08:34Michael was out of control.
08:36And was screaming, why you close the door in front of me?
08:41They didn't allow him to come in.
08:43But then I told him, Michael, look, this time you have to fight it.
08:54Jackson flying from Las Vegas to Santa Barbara turns himself into the Santa Barbara sheriff.
08:59Michael Jackson has been booked on charges of child molestation.
09:03The famous shot you'll see plastered all over newspapers around the world.
09:06Michael Jackson in handcuffs.
09:09Michael Jackson today went from being the gloved one to the fingerprinted one.
09:20I just sat down and say, not again.
09:22Seven counts of child molestation.
09:25I told him, you don't know these wicked people.
09:28The people are just mean and wicked.
09:29The bail amount on the warrant has been sent at $3 million.
09:33He'll tarnish your reputation.
09:35And people will always remember you the way they said he was, not the way he really is.
09:41How do you view the guy now?
09:43Probably not in a good way.
09:45Definitely don't respect him.
09:55Reporters, cameras, and helicopters have been chasing the Jackson story around Southern California.
10:00Fox has confirmed he is now back in Las Vegas, and here are the pictures to prove it.
10:04Hold on, he's coming out. Hold on, hold on, hold on.
10:07I remember when we went to the airport, we took blankets and tried to stop all the press taking pictures.
10:22He was so deeply shocked about the situation, how they treated him.
10:30Later on, he showed me this bruise on his arm, on his shoulder.
10:34He was thinking the police, the system, America, was against him.
10:45It's just very painful.
10:47This has been kind of a pattern among black luminaries.
10:53Other people in the past who've gone through this sort of thing.
10:57Mandela's story has given me a lot of strength, what he's gone through.
11:01I'm very strong, I have rhinoceros skin, but at the same time I'm human.
11:05You know, so anything can hurt like that.
11:12I wanted to let you know that this is Michael Jackson's car as they ride through Las Vegas.
11:16He keeps rolling his window down at intersections like this.
11:19People have been coming up to the window and he's been reaching out, shaking their hands.
11:24I think they're setting him up. I mean, none of this makes any sense, you know.
11:29I love him so much. I mean, he needs us, you know.
11:33And no matter what, I'll believe in him and I'm here for him.
11:43Michael was ready to fight.
11:47He was focused completely on this whole problem.
11:52Then the new security people came in and his lawyers and his accountants showed up.
12:01Michael's empire and reputation was at risk.
12:07And this situation was terrible for me because I had to leave.
12:12I could do nothing anymore. They took over completely.
12:17It was the end of my work with Michael Jackson.
12:31Hey, I need to speak to Angela. Now every crew is here and my crew is not here. I'm still
12:36having a meeting today. What's going on?
12:39I got an assignment.
12:40There's going to be this huge Michael Jackson business meeting, the summit. Find out all about it. And if you
12:47can, get in there.
12:54I had this little sort of minicam that I was walking around with to the annoyance of everybody.
13:00Can I get a brief statement?
13:05I was a journalist reporting for celebrity justice and that later kind of morphed into TMZ.
13:16So if you guys want to just, you know, shoot the room, do what you want, it's going to last
13:21about five minutes.
13:24It was all very confusing.
13:27Oh, were we invited? How did we hear about it?
13:30This is the Michael Jackson smoke and mirrors world.
13:33Is there a reason why you wanted us to see the type of business meeting it is?
13:37No, no. The reason is you all are here.
13:39Right.
13:41You had Charles Koppelman, an industry legend.
13:45You had Al Malnick. He's the one who bailed Michael Jackson out to the tune of $3 million when he
13:51was arrested.
13:52Then you had Leonard Muhammad, who is a top echelon Nation of Islam guy.
13:57And you had John Branca, the genius behind getting the Beatles catalog.
14:03And so these super heavyweights, they were there to keep the glue together, right, in the Jackson Empire.
14:10There are people who have wondered who is in charge. Can you clarify that, sir?
14:15Michael is in charge. Clearly, Michael is in charge.
14:20Will he be taking part in today's meeting, Mr. Koppelman?
14:23He may. He's welcome at any time.
14:26Do you plan on seeing him at the meeting today?
14:28He's welcome at any time.
14:30Constantly they say that Mr. Jackson is in financial trouble. Can you clarify that, sir?
14:35Again, do we look worried?
14:36Total BS. Total BS.
14:39Mr. Muhammad.
14:40There's nothing normal about this meeting because Michael Jackson was about to be subjected to the most high-profile trial.
14:47The fact that his finances were such a convoluted mess with debt, with loans, with mortgages, with skyrocketing interest payments.
14:57Obviously, this was the crisis summit. The brand was on life support.
15:02And if it died right there, it wasn't going to have a future.
15:10CNN has confirmed that a grand jury that's been meeting to consider charges of child molestation against pop star Michael
15:17Jackson has, in fact, indicted Michael Jackson.
15:21We've just received this release from Michael Jackson's attorneys saying he will appear and enter a plea of not guilty.
15:28I know you know him, Donald. Any reaction to this?
15:31Well, I know him very well. He's lived in my buildings. He lived in Trump Tower, and I know him
15:35very well. And I don't believe it. I'm going to stick up for him because nobody else is.
15:42Why would he turn around and say, Michael Jackson sexually molested me, if it weren't true?
15:49Because parents have power over children. This is not him. No. I know his heart.
16:02It was past midnight, and the telephone rang, and I hear, hello?
16:08I said, Michael, is that you?
16:10Brian, is that you?
16:12Oh, Brian, I'm so scared.
16:14Did you see what happened today?
16:16Yes, I did, Michael.
16:18This is not good, Michael.
16:21Brian, what am I going to do?
16:22I said, what we do is we have to find out everything there is to know about this family.
16:29Everybody has dirt. Everybody. They are not clean.
16:34And from what I hear, they're really dirty, Michael.
16:37And we will find the dirt on these people.
16:40And he said, do it. Do it, Brian.
16:45I am Brian Oxman. I am a former attorney for Michael Jackson.
16:52I have known all of the Jackson family for most of my life.
16:57My first client was Randy Jackson.
16:59I did his divorce, and then I did Jermaine's divorce, and then I did Jackie's divorce,
17:05and then I did Tito's divorce, Latoya's divorce, and I did Michael's divorce.
17:13I am part of this family.
17:15It's sort of like Hotel California.
17:18You can check out any time you want, but you can never leave.
17:29Michael, come over here. Shake your hands. Michael!
17:35When I got to Santa Maria for the trial, the press was camped out like it was the end of
17:41the world.
17:42It was bigger than O.J. Simpson, which I had been at.
17:45This was in a small town that was hard to get to, but the whole place was taken over by
17:50this.
17:51It was an extraordinary thing.
17:53For you, my brother!
17:55For my brother!
17:56For my brother!
17:57He is here!
17:58Michael!
17:59He is here!
18:00One!
18:01One!
18:02One!
18:03Three!
18:03Four!
18:04Michael!
18:05Five!
18:07Five!
18:08Five!
18:08Five!
18:12When Michael went to his arraignment, it was a deluge of fans.
18:16They were going crazy.
18:19And in his own showmanship way, he let them know, I am not afraid.
18:32People should appreciate real ability.
18:35I don't care if you're the most talented person in the world.
18:37You have to know how to play your audience.
18:40And it's not just a game.
18:42It's real for me.
18:44It really is.
18:53He had no shortage of lawyers.
18:56So, I mean, they got every single piece of paper, every single document that had ever generated by any member
19:06of the family, medical records, psych records, school records, business records.
19:12They got it by way of a subpoena without notifying the prosecution.
19:19Stop the racism!
19:20Five!
19:21Five!
19:22Five!
19:23Five!
19:24Five!
19:25Five!
19:26Five!
19:27Five!
19:27Five!
19:28Five!
19:29Five!
19:29The family is being harassed by these subpoenas.
19:32They said.
19:33Seven!
19:33The so-called victim's family is going into witness protection.
19:38So, I needed to find them.
19:40I called my friend.
19:42She says, I'll find them for you.
19:46So she called the grandmother and asked if she had their new address.
19:49And she said, sure, and she gave it to us.
19:57It was to make it clear that Michael Jackson was not backing down.
20:10Years ago, I allowed a family to visit and spend time in Neverland.
20:15I allowed this family into my home because they told me their son was ill with cancer
20:19and needed my help.
20:21These events have caused a nightmare for my family, my children, and me.
20:26I never intend to place myself in so vulnerable a position ever again.
20:31I will be acquitted and vindicated when the truth is told.
20:38Opening statements began today.
20:40The defense is expected to describe Jackson as the victim of a money-hungry mom
20:44who coached her son to lie for cash.
20:46The prosecution, on the other hand, will paint Jackson as a wicked pedophile
20:50who got a sick boy drunk to molest him.
20:53This is a trial for his life.
20:55Not just his freedom, his life.
20:58Everything's on the line.
20:59Justice for Marshall!
21:02He's been guilty for years!
21:04Put him away!
21:05In court, the prosecution played the living with Michael Jackson movie,
21:11the documentary which created this whole furor.
21:14And what happened as that program progressed,
21:18the jury, they were bouncing and dancing and snapping their fingers
21:22to Michael's music.
21:24This was Michael's magic infecting everybody.
21:28This affected the entire course of the trial.
21:38We had one witness who worked at Neverland.
21:42And he told us that he brought to Michael Jackson's room wine
21:46while the boys were there.
21:48And when he was on the witness stand,
21:50he said he brought Coca-Cola to the room.
21:53I said, didn't you tell us that it was wine,
21:56it was alcohol that he brought to the room?
21:58I was mistaken.
22:00One after the other.
22:02Witnesses would walk into court,
22:03you would just watch them look over, see Michael Jackson,
22:06and their demeanor changed.
22:09He was a very powerful person.
22:20The pop star didn't show up to court this morning
22:23until the judge threatened to have him arrested.
22:25Jackson failed to show up in court at 8.30 a.m.
22:29for testimony from the teen who claimed Jackson molested him.
22:32When Jackson did arrive an hour and 10 minutes late,
22:35he appeared disheveled, his hair a bit messy,
22:38only pajama bottoms, a t-shirt, and a blazer.
22:42He tripped this morning and he fell in the early morning hours
22:46while he was getting dressed.
22:47His back is in terrible pain.
22:51I ended up testifying in a trial, right?
22:55And that's where it became just absolutely a three-wing circus of bizarre.
23:01I started noticing Michael's strange behavior.
23:05And, you know, besides when he showed up to court in pajamas,
23:09which was nuts-o-ville,
23:11Michael was like,
23:12I can't deal with that, I can't deal with that.
23:13Brings me stress.
23:14I'm like, okay.
23:16But he's that brilliant genius, right?
23:20That happens to be half brain-dead and dumb
23:22at the same time that doesn't know anything going on?
23:26Wait a second.
23:27Which one is it?
23:31Oh, he's trying to get the sympathy.
23:34I can see the women on the jury looking very concerned and very worried,
23:37and we knew it was all an act.
23:39His performance really was very good.
23:43I fell.
23:44All my body weight, I mean, I'm pretty fragile.
23:48All my body weight fell against my rib cage.
23:50I bruised my lung very badly.
23:53Is Jackson spiraling downward?
23:56It was no accident that all of that pajama business happened
24:00when the accuser is about to take the stand
24:05and deliver the most incriminating evidence.
24:09Michael! Michael! Michael! Michael!
24:14Joe!
24:16Michael!
24:21You've been through a lot this year.
24:24That's right.
24:25Now, Joe, how is Michael doing financially?
24:28Because he has not been recording or performing
24:30ever since it started, and he has mega expenses.
24:34I mean, how is he doing?
24:36Michael is doing fine.
24:38Are you worried?
24:39Am I worried?
24:42Being a father, you always have to have some worry.
24:45Do you think if he's acquitted, he can resume his career?
24:49Of course.
24:50Come on.
24:51Of course he can resume his career.
24:54This is just the United States.
24:57All the rest of the countries all over the world
24:59are very, very proud of Michael.
25:02It's here we have the most trouble out of him.
25:06Why do you think it's such a problem in America?
25:08Why do you think...
25:09Come on.
25:10I don't know.
25:11You don't want me to answer that, do you?
25:12No, don't answer it.
25:15Shall I?
25:15No, Jill, just shut up.
25:17Stop it.
25:18No.
25:18I don't want to cut through the chase on this one.
25:21Stop it.
25:22Come on.
25:24It might be about racism.
25:26What do you think?
25:28It is racism.
25:30It is.
25:31Catherine's not going to say it, but I will say it.
25:33It is racism.
25:35We shouldn't be even out here talking about any of this.
25:38We weren't supposed to even bring Michael up.
25:40He might get us in a lot of trouble.
25:42I don't know.
25:46A flurry of activity outside the courthouse in Santa Maria's SUVs are seen leaving Michael
25:50Jackson's Neverland Ranch.
25:51What's going on?
26:04Michael Jackson entered the courthouse to learn his fate.
26:08You've got to wonder what is going through his mind at this point.
26:22He really thinks there are going to be riots in the streets if he's convicted.
26:25He really believes it?
26:27He really believes that somehow this injustice will be overturned instantly because who would
26:32put the king of pop in jail?
26:40The people of the state of California plaintiff versus Michael Joe Jackson, defendant, case
26:46number 1133603, verdict, we, the jury in the above entitled case, find the defendant not guilty
26:58of a lewd act upon a minor child.
27:10And there it is, all 10 counts, not guilty on all 10 counts, Michael Jackson will be walking
27:17out of this courtroom of three men.
27:20My dad.
27:23My dad.
27:25My dad.
27:27My dad.
27:28My dad.
27:30My dad.
27:34was i disappointed sure you never as a prosecutor want to hear the words not guilty
27:42i felt that it was remarkably obvious that he was molesting children i was mystified why other
27:51people didn't see it everything about him just a scream child molester he needs to you know
27:58stay low for a while and keep the adults at the ranch and maybe stay away from the kids for
28:03a
28:03little bit maybe bring some girls over michael come on now the result was innocent but so many
28:11americans thought he was guilty michael was extremely concerned about all of these people
28:19he would complain to his mom and to his dad to everybody to me my life's over
28:31what exactly is happening to michael jackson today it's the same thing what always happens nancy
28:39this guy doesn't pay his bills how much are we talking about talking about nearly 300 million
28:45dollar outstanding debt after the trial a lot of people were saying michael jackson put himself
28:51into exile right he had to not only leave neverland but he left the united states of america
29:01he pops up in bahrain and of course he's friends with the royal family and living like the king of
29:09pop
29:09again borrowing millions of dollars from his host
29:18then it's where's michael jackson he's left bahrain
29:22oh wait hold on he's in ireland ireland
29:27at around four o'clock today michael jackson emerged from his scheduled airlingous flight
29:31he made his way down the plane steps holding a masked child's hand
29:34jackson and his traveling party boarded a silver volkswagen minibus via the vip exit of the airport
29:44michael jackson was trying to figure out what am i going to do with the rest of my life
29:49ireland is kind of a little out of the way
29:51and he was able to live kind of a tranquil life he hoped anyway
30:01in june 2006 rumors started circulating in the irish press that michael jackson incited in
30:07different places but we did i didn't think much of it so we were quite surprised when the door opened
30:15and the patient said hello um my name is michael jackson it wasn't too long before michael entrusted
30:24us with his aesthetic treatments we treated in that period his bottom of his ankles were beginning
30:31to turn black again and he wanted us to increase the bleaching cream to a stronger percentage
30:37he didn't really have any money i mean his credit cards bounced on many occasions
30:43i remember one time he was in our big glass showroom
30:47and he started pocketing quite a lot of the cosmetics
30:52some of the things were worth between 100 and 500 euro
30:56and he had a big sort of jacket coat on
31:00and when i ran into him he had as many maybe as 20 or 30 of these products in his
31:05pockets
31:07and he just laughed
31:11i think as time progressed you could see that michael became happier and happier living in ireland
31:16he said that he'd love to settle here away from the press
31:21our friendship became closer and when i was down in his house he opened up to me
31:26i think he felt trapped between finding a new location to live and having to go back
31:36to the united states to overcome his financial struggles
31:44i could see that this did play on his mind
32:09i was asked would i be interested in doing a security detail for um a dignitary
32:16that was coming to town
32:19mr jackson i call him mr jackson
32:21um he was returning to the states on the basis of being a headliner in las vegas
32:40there was a lot going on i mean he had a lot going on
32:46he was raising three kids that he wanted to do on his own
32:54mr jackson moved into the house which was on monte crystal
32:58we realized that he did have insomnia
33:02even though we had armed security at the property
33:06we would see him walking throughout the house at night checking doors
33:13there was a very lonely world
33:21there's always someone trying to see him
33:24business associates all different type producers trying to
33:30get at him
33:39it put him in seclusion a little bit
33:48most of the child stars don't make it because they become self-destructive
33:52they destroy themselves because of that pressure
33:54you know they want you to stay young forever and keep you small
34:01what's happened to me it's a rarity
34:05to come through this fire and out the other end the way i have
34:08anybody else would probably be dead by now or a junkie or something with what i've been through
34:21there he is david beckham the huge international star is coming to america
34:30my partner and i paul work for a division of aeg
34:35the core business is live entertainment sports you know those kind of things
34:42aeg had just done a deal with david beckham
34:47to play for the la galaxy
34:49it's nice to see so many fans and i thank you for that
34:55when michael saw that he was really excited he was kind of jumping around the room and saying
35:00hey you guys should do a david beckham deal with me
35:04remember that michael's last tour was the history tour in 1997
35:10so this would have been a good 12 years after that
35:15so the anticipation of being able to see michael jackson live
35:23was i don't know i can't think anything really that would be bigger than that
35:36i remember the day he signed the deal when this is this is it was in formation he came out
35:43and said bill
35:44now you're gonna see the vultures
35:48i started to get all the phone calls
35:51from people that
35:53we've never heard from before
35:56people were coming out the woodwork
35:58they wanted to be part of this tour
36:01they wanted to be part of him
36:03i always said it
36:05mr jackson was a big atm
36:15feel my heart it's going boom boom boom right now seriously
36:20since i was little yeah i used to come home from nursery yeah
36:23put in his mouth with my michael jackson video and that's it i was gone
36:25he's like he taught me how to dance everything man
36:28he's gonna be sick
36:31london was michael's probably biggest market in the world
36:36our plans were that the tour would go global
36:40i've bought every single album i've been to every single tour
36:43and i'm going to go to every single day that he releases that i can get my hands on
36:48you're obviously a very rich woman then
36:50no i'm not it's the credit crunch it's my credit card
36:53this is it tour was going to be much bigger than uh anything he had he had done
36:58do you really think you can come back after everything that's happened
37:00it's nothing happened it's just the media in it so it's fine
37:04poor case rumors of financial problems rubbish rubbish
37:07this is michael jackson you know he's he's the king of pop
37:13ready for this
37:19london welcomes
37:21the king of pop mr michael jackson
37:39so it's it's been a while and everyone's waiting and waiting and waiting
37:47they didn't realize that michael was uh drunk
37:50hang out of it
37:54i was at the o2 and they were back at the hotel with michael trying to get him going because
37:58things
37:58were going very slowly while we were waiting i kind of wrote a real a really short speech
38:04and when michael walked in he came over to me and he gave me a big hug and i said
38:09here's the speech and
38:10he went and he whispered in my ear make the words really big i can't see
38:24i mean the crowd just erupted
38:30i love you
38:33he just started to to bask in it he started to glow in a way you know i think he
38:40was overwhelmed actually
38:46this is it
38:52i just want to say that
38:54this will be it this is it and when i say this is it it really means this is it
39:00because
39:02these will be
39:05my final show
39:08performances
39:10this is it and see you in july
39:21so what happened was we ended up at 50 shows
39:28i've never seen demand like that
39:33we had about 15 000 sellable seats per show they all went for 50 shows
39:41you got a calculator i'll do the math
39:52we're kind of excited and michael's coming today there's the man there's michael
39:55the man is here
39:58during rehearsals michael knew exactly what he wanted
40:01but it was kenny who ran the rehearsals
40:03michael really didn't have to say anything to anyone because kenny was so on top of it
40:08michael
40:08it's not easy though michael one more time i couldn't hear you sir
40:12the inner ears are very difficult for me when you're raised
40:16do you just your real own you know oral oratory ears
40:20yeah
40:21is it
40:21it feels like it feels like somebody's fishes just their fist is shoved into your ear
40:25mr jackson was not happy privately he felt that physically he was not prepared to do that
40:37many shows in that shorter time he said to me directly he said bill i can't do 50 shows
40:44bill it would kill me but he was going to make a lot of money from this show
40:49enough to where he was done
40:59just trying to conserve my throat please so understand
41:10i'm very hard on myself
41:14i would dance until i would almost pass out sometimes
41:18i'll have to do this for the rest of my life i'm under contract
41:27it's like being on a ride and you can't get off and say oh my god what did i do
41:32you're committed you can't get off
41:40i would watch michael and uh the impression i got was kind of lost
41:48he was dealing with an addiction issue
41:52i was watching you know pills come in and pills go out
41:58you've seen people with fatty or other things in street drugs that they're not alive but they're
42:03not dead yet and it just had this feeling of like limbo
42:11the assumption i think that a lot of people think is that he he's being controlled and that
42:16he doesn't know what he's doing that isn't true he knew what he was doing and he knows
42:22what kind of drugs he's taking
42:26but michael was surrounded by people that wanted to please him
42:31people he chose to surround himself with
42:40but he is going downward
42:42and so you you you have to ask yourself where am i going
42:47you know where what's what's the next train stop
42:57it's an american tragedy
42:59the tragedy was not that he was taking prescriptions on medication
43:04the tragedy was that this man who got more attention than any human being that that might have ever
43:11lived in the history of the world was still so utterly lonely
43:42it's going to end up being all these two reversers here
43:47yeah someone's coming out an ambulance
43:54look at that look at that
43:56this is so looking to be in the newsman
44:00that's real hollywood excitement on your two or four
44:05you just saw michael jackson uh ostensibly being taken away in an ambulance
44:10with the paparazzi racing after
44:13dude that's so going to be on the internet later
44:16like oh my god
44:22i was at macy's they kept saying michael's dead michael's dead
44:27dropped everything and just came running out here
44:38i walked into the emergency room
44:43and i looked through the doors and i could see the family
44:46and i saw latoya and she was leaning up against the wall
44:54and then i saw her slump to the ground
44:58and sat on the floor
45:02i said right then and there i said michael jackson is dead
45:07michael jackson is dead
45:29this is hard
45:32my brother
45:33the legendary king of pop michael jackson
45:36passed away on thursday june 25th 2009 at 2 26 p.m
45:44it is believed he suffered cardiac arrest in his home
45:51this is a fox news alert the chopper is in the air
45:55they have picked up the body of michael jackson
45:58his body is now going to be in the custody of the la coroner
46:02the autopsy has been expedited
46:04it will happen tomorrow at some point
46:06between 7 a.m. and 3 o'clock in the afternoon
46:08after that the body will then be released to the family
46:22there was a fire inside me that i could not contain that day
46:29in my mind i was saying to myself you stupid stupid man
46:34i begged you i warned you
46:37you've now orphaned your children
46:40there's nothing that you loved more in the world than your children
46:43you were the only one who could protect them
46:45and now you orphan your children
46:48you stupid man
47:04michael's demons that i think he was dealing with
47:07was self-loathing
47:10well you don't have to feel anything if you're on damerol
47:15you just numb it all away
47:20he felt desperate to change but couldn't
47:24and he actually ends up finding people that help him to his death
47:31is that the most crazy thing in the world
47:41if somebody would have just told the truth
47:43he would probably be alive
47:45but nobody did
47:47michael jackson t-shirts
47:48michael jackson t-shirts king and pop
47:51king and pop come down here guys
47:53and come support michael
47:55give you two to twenty
47:56how many did you make
47:57i think it was 1500 t-shirts
48:00so it was all 40 we've been here for about 10 minutes
48:02and then you give 10 to the charity of michael jackson's story
48:06i feel like michael's of the magnitude to deserve a state funeral
48:17i just i wanted to wake up and somebody tell me this isn't real
48:21people are saying that this is going to be like when princess die
48:24died
48:261500 inmates in the philippines
48:28pulled together a brand new tribute to the king of pop
48:32michael jackson fans have always been committed
48:35and when he died it didn't diminish at all
48:38in fact it became stronger
49:01tonight a family's pain
49:03for the very first time
49:04since jackson's shocking unexpected death
49:07jackson's family is speaking out
49:09do you know anything mr jackson about funeral arrangements have you had time
49:12yeah we haven't gotten to that yet
49:13yeah but we're working on that
49:15you said your wife is how what about janet and the rest of the family
49:17the daughters and they're all doing fine
49:19but i want to make this statement
49:21this is a real good statement yeah
49:23marshall and i have they we own the record company called
49:27tell me ranch records
49:29right
49:29okay distributed by blu-ray technology
49:33and that's his next step
49:34and that's your next step
49:38for most of his life michael's father was constantly coming to him for money
49:43also with schemes
49:45so you could save joseph jackson
49:48it was very opportunistic
49:53even when michael died
49:55nothing changed
49:57hello everybody
49:59what i'm doing is i established a record company
50:02and this is marsha by the way
50:04marsha go ahead
50:08okay what's happening is
50:09in the entertainment side
50:11we're going all the way back to the beginning
50:13we are going back to michael jackson's legacy
50:16and we're going to bring them all the way back to the top
50:18we love you
50:28michael's will was brought to his family
50:33a couple days after his death
50:37it was absolutely startling
50:42joe jackson and his children were not included in the will
50:49and i filed objections
50:51how do you feel about michael not including you in the will
50:53i didn't think that they were given the consideration that they should have been
50:57how do you feel about michael not including you in the will
51:02thank you joe
51:03joining us from la is jackson family attorney brian oxman
51:07good morning mr oxman
51:08good morning how are you
51:10i'm fine thank you for joining us
51:11is it safe to assume that michael jackson
51:13did not want his father
51:15whom he very publicly accused of abuse
51:17to control neither his estate nor his children
51:20joe jackson is a good man
51:22michael loved his father
51:24and i want that to be known
51:26throughout all of time
51:35michael jackson's brothers and sisters
51:37were left nothing
51:39it's a slap in the face
51:40i mean
51:43they were there from the beginning
51:47jackson five right
51:52now john branca and another business type
51:56were named co-executors of michael jackson's estate
51:59there was a tug of war between the jackson family
52:04and the executors about the will
52:07last week randy jermaine janet tito
52:09and reby signed a stunning letter
52:11to the executors of michael's will
52:13they're crying conspiracy over his death
52:15calling the will fake flawed and fraudulent
52:18jane help me out here
52:20what the heck is going on
52:21one word
52:22money money money money money
52:39michael was massively in debt when he died
52:42five hundred million dollars
52:45but the inherent value of his work was such that
52:48there was money to be made
52:51as concert promoters
52:52we had spent a lot of money
52:55close to i think forty million dollars
52:57already on the this is it project
53:00so the day that michael passed
53:03we went around and collected
53:05everyone's hard drives
53:07any footage of michael
53:10yo dude
53:11taking a quick little tour here
53:13and then we produced the theatrical release
53:16that went to dvd
53:18it was the the story of uh making of the tour
53:22all those hits and all those great songs
53:25and seeing michael jackson live
53:28and people wanted to see it
53:29all i want to do is that they don't really care about us
53:34all i want to do is that they don't really care about us
53:38this is us going to premiere
53:40hey
53:41that's when john brankett who ran michael's estate
53:44jumped in and made the deal with sony
53:46he managed to uh maximize this revenue
53:49in ways that
53:51i you know i i couldn't believe
53:53we think that the movie this is it
53:56gave fans a pretty good glimpse at the real michael
53:59he was a perfectionist
54:01and at the same time he was a humanitarian
54:03brankett steered that beautifully
54:05i mean this is it was the highest grossing
54:07concert documentary of all time
54:09that deal got us all of our money back
54:12and then some
54:22this is it dvd and the theatrical release
54:25just made a huge amount of money for the estate
54:29but it was just the beginning of what they were going to do
54:33they cleared michael's debt
54:35put neverland up for sale
54:39then they did their show in las vegas
54:41the serp de soleil show
54:44the estate became a money-making machine
54:46he's raking in more than any musician in history
54:49years after his death
55:08your view of american icon michael jackson will never be the same once you hear about the new documentary leaving
55:15neverland
55:19once the abuse started
55:22within that first week
55:24you know every night that i was with him
55:27there was abuse
55:31you know he started talking about how much he loves me
55:35what this is is us
55:37how we show our love
55:38for each other
55:41the new documentary detailing abuse accusations against michael jackson has sparked a new debate about his legacy
55:47i found the testimony from the two alleged victims of jackson to be incredibly compelling and visceral in a way
55:54that the criminal trials and previous accusations had not been
55:57so personally as a listener my relationship to this music has changed completely
56:01jackson's estate filed suit against hbo they actually called this documentary a public lynching
56:06it may be too soon to know if there will be a lasting impact on the popularity of jackson's music
56:13after the film leaving neverland
56:15the estate was really shaken
56:18those accusations could have been the end of everything
56:28but the estate kept their eyes on the prize
56:32and michael's legacy survived
56:52the michael jackson story is about one of the great performers of all time
56:57he was a genius
57:01and yet he was very troubled and problematical
57:05and now in death the executors of michael jackson's estate are working ferociously to erase the problematical side of michael
57:15jackson and focus entirely on his younger years
57:19his creative years and focus on the music
57:29this is the most extraordinary effort
57:32to uncancel someone
57:37the show must go on
58:04it's always incredible incredible journey
58:09i've seen children
58:11i've seen children just shower all over me with love
58:14they want to just touch me and hug me
58:16i just hold on and cry and not let go
58:19i really believe
58:23that children are a god
58:26when i look in the eyes of a child
58:28it's like god saying michael
58:32everything will be okay
58:41you
58:44so
58:49you
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