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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 that...
19:33The so called victim's family is going into witness protection.
19:38So I needed to find them.
19:40I call in.
19:42friend and she says I'll find them for you so she called the grandmother and
19:48asked if she had their new address and 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 I allowed this family into my
20:16home because they told me their son was ill with cancer and needed my help these events have
20:22caused a nightmare for my family my children and me I never intend to place myself in so vulnerable
20:29a position ever again I will be acquitted and vindicated when the truth is told
20:38opening statements began today the defense is expected to describe Jackson as the victim
20:42of a money-hungry mom who coached her son to lie for cash the prosecution on the other hand will
20:48paint Jackson as a wicked pedophile who got a sick boy drunk to molest him this is a trial for
20:54his
20:54life not just his freedom his life everything's on the line
21:05in court the prosecution played the living with Michael Jackson movie the documentary which created
21:12this whole furor and what happened as that program progressed the jury they were bouncing and dancing
21:21and snapping their fingers to Michael's music this was Michael's magic infecting everybody this affected the entire
21:32course of the trial
21:38we we had one witness who worked at Neverland and he told us that he brought to Michael Jackson's room
21:46wine while the boys were there and when he was on the witness stand he said he brought coca-cola
21:51to the room
21:53I said didn't you tell us that it was wine it was alcohol that he brought to the room I
21:58was mistaken
22:00one after the other witnesses would walk into court you would just watch them look over see Michael Jackson
22:20the pop star didn't show up to court this morning until the judge threatened to have him arrested
22:25Jackson failed to show up in court at 8 30 a.m. for testimony from the teen who claimed Jackson
22:31molested
22:32him when Jackson did arrive an hour and 10 minutes late he appeared disheveled his hair a bit messy
22:38only pajama bottom a t-shirt and a blazer
22:42he tripped this morning and he fell in the early morning hours while he was getting dressed his back
22:47is 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 which was nutsoville
23:11Michael was like I can't deal with that I can't deal with that brings me stress and like okay
23:16but he's that brilliant genius right
23:19that happens to be half brain dead and dumb at the same time that doesn't know anything going on
23:26wait a second which one is it
23:31always trying to get the sympathy
23:34I could see the women on the jury looking very concerned and very worried and we knew it was all
23:38an act
23:39his performance really was very good
23:42I fell and all my body weight I mean I'm pretty fragile all my body weight fell against my rib
23:49cage
23:50I bruised my lung very badly
23:53is Jackson spiraling downward
23:55it was no accident that all of that pajama business happened when the accuser is about to
24:04take the stand and deliver the most incriminating evidence
24:08Michael Michael Michael Michael Michael Michael Michael Michael
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 ever since it started and he has
24:33mega expensive I mean how is he doing?
24:36Michael is doing fine
24:38Are you worried?
24:40Am 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?
24:48Of course
24:50Come on, of course he can resume his career
24:54This is just the United States all the rest of the countries all over the world
24:59Very very proud of Michael
25:03It's here we have the most trouble out of
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 you don't want me to answer that do you?
25:12No, don't answer it
25:14Shall I?
25:15No, Jill, just shut up, stop it
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
25:32But 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
25:40You might get us in a lot of trouble
25:45A flurry of activity outside the courthouse in Santa Maria's SUVs are seen leaving Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch
25:51What's going on?
26:04Michael Jackson
26:05Michael 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 that?
26:26And like Soros said
26:27He really believes that somehow this injustice will be overturned instantly
26:31Because who would put the king of pop in jail?
26:40The people of the state of California plaintiff versus Michael Joe Jackson defendant
26:46Case number 1133603 verdict
26:51We the jury in the above entitled case
26:56Find the defendant not guilty of a lewd act upon a minor child
27:10And there it is
27:11All ten counts
27:12Not guilty on all ten counts
27:15Michael Jackson will be walking out of this courtroom of three men
27:23The jury in the above
27:34Was I disappointed? Sure
27:37You never as a prosecutor want to hear the words not guilty
27:42I felt that it was remarkably obvious that he was molesting children
27:49I was mystified why other people didn't see it
27:53Everything about him just a screen child molester
27:56He needs to you know stay low for a while and keep the adults at the ranch and
28:02maybe stay away from the kids for a little bit maybe bring some girls over Michael come on now
28:07The result was innocent but so many Americans thought he was guilty
28:15Michael 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?
28:36It's the same thing what always happens, Nancy. This guy doesn't pay his bills
28:42How much are we talking about?
28:44We're talking about nearly 300 million dollar outstanding debt
28:47After the trial a lot of people were saying Michael Jackson put himself into exile, right?
28:55He 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 again
29:11Borrowing millions of dollars from his host
29:17Then
29:19It's where's michael jackson. He's left bahrain
29:23Oh, 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 different places
30:10But we did I didn't think much of it
30:13So we were quite surprised when the door opened and the patient said hello. Um, my name is michael jackson
30:21It wasn't too long before michael entrusted us with his aesthetic treatments
30:27We treated in that period his bottom of his ankles were beginning to turn black again
30:32And 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
30:48And he started pocketing quite a lot of the cosmetics some of the things were worth between 100 and
30:56500 euro and 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
31:28trapped
31:30between
31:31Finding a new location to live
31:34And having to go back to the united states to overcome his financial struggles
31:44I could see that this did play on his mind
32:10I was asked would I be interested in doing a security detail for a dignitary that was coming to town
32:19Mr. Jackson, I call him Mr. Jackson
32:22He was returning to the states on the basis of being a headliner in las vegas
32:40There was a lot going on
32:42I 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 uh 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's a very lonely world
33:21There's always someone trying to see him
33:25Business associates
33:27All different type producers trying to
33:30Get at him
33:38I think it put him into seclusion a little bit
33:45Michael we love you
33:46We love you Michael, you're in the bed
33:49Most 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
34:01But what's happened to me
34:03It's a rarity
34:05To come through this fire and out the other end the way I have
34:08But anybody else would probably be dead by now or a junkie or something with what I've been to
34:21There he is David Beckham the huge international star is coming to America
34:31My partner and I Paul work for a division of AEG
34:36The core business is live entertainment sports you know those kind of things
34:42AEG had just done a deal with David Beckham to 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 hey
35:00You 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 they wanted to be part of this tour
36:01They wanted to be part of him
36:03I always said it mr. Jackson was a big ATM
36:14Feel 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 got every single album I've been to every single tour
36:43And I'm gonna 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 gonna 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
37:04Port 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?
37:20London welcomes the 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 and out of it
37:54I
37:54Was at the o2 and they were back at the hotel with Michael trying to get him going because things
37:58were going very slowly
38:00While 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
38:08And I said here's the speech and he went and he whispered in my ear make the words really big.
38:13I can't see
38:24I
38:24I mean the crowd just erupted
38:29I love you
38:33He just started to to bask in it he started to glow and in a way, you know, I think
38:40he was 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
39:04This will be my 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 up to the math
39:52We're kind of excited and michael's coming today. There's the man. There's michael. The 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. Michael
40:09It's not easy though. Michael one more time. I couldn't hear you, sir
40:13The 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, is 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
40:28privately he felt that
40:31physically
40:32He was not
40:34prepared to do that many shows in that shorter time. He said to me directly
40:41He said bill. I can't do 50 shows bill. It would kill me
40:45He was going to make a lot of money from this show enough to where
40:51He was done
40:59Just trying to conserve my throat please so understand
41:09I'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
41:32And you'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 see people with fatty or other things in street drugs that they're not alive, but they're not dead yet
42:04And it just had this feeling of like
42:08limbo
42:11The assumption I think that a lot of people think is that he he's being controlled and that he doesn't
42:17know what he's doing
42:19That isn't true. He knew what he was doing and he knows what 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
42:39But he is going downward and 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 lived
43:11in the history of the world
43:13Was still so utterly lonely
43:42It's gonna end up being all these two of us is here
43:47Yeah, someone's coming out an ambulance
43:54Look at that
43:55Look at that
43:56This is so I'm looking to be on the news man
44:00That's real Hollywood excitement on your two of us
44:04You just saw Michael Jackson uh ostensibly being taken away in an ambulance with the paparazzi racing after
44:13You that's so gonna be on the internet later. I'm like oh my god
44:22I was at macy's they kept saying michael's dead michael's dead dropped everything and just came running out here
44:38I walked into the emergency room
44:41And I looked through the doors and I could see the family
44:47And I saw latoya and she was leaning up against the wall
44:54And then I saw her slump to the ground and sat on the floor
45:02I
45:03I said right then and there I said michael jackson is dead
45:08Michael jackson is dead
45:32My brother the legendary king of pop michael jackson
45:36Passed away on thursday june 25th
45:402009 at 2 26 pm
45:44It is believed he suffered cardiac arrest in his home
45:51This is a fox news alert the chopper is in the air they have picked up the body of michael
45:57jackson
45:58His body is now going to be in the custody of the la coroner the autopsy has been expedited
46:04It will happen tomorrow at some point between 7 a.m. And 3 o'clock in the afternoon
46:09After 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
46:35I begged you I warned you
46:38You've now orphaned your children there's nothing that you loved more in the world than your children
46:43You were the only one who could protect them and now you orphaned your children
46:48You stupid man
47:04Michael's demons that I think he was dealing with was self-loathing
47:10Well, you don't have to feel anything if you're on
47:12Um dameral you just numb it all away
47:20He felt desperate to change but couldn't and 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 he would probably be alive, but nobody did
47:47michael jackson t-shirts michael jackson t-shirts king of pop king of pop come down here guys come support
47:53michael
47:55Give me 220
47:55How many did you make you know, I think it's 1500 t-shirts so it's all 40 we've been here
48:01for about 10 minutes
48:02And then you get 10% to the charity of michael jackson's story
48:12I 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 people are saying that this is
48:22going to be like when princess die
48:24Died
48:261500 inmates in the philippines pulled together a brand new tribute to the king of pop
48:32Michael jackson fans have always been committed and when he died it didn't diminish at all
48:39In fact, it became stronger
49:01Tonight a family's pain for the very first time since jackson's shocking unexpected death jackson'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 you said your wife is how what about janet and the rest of the
49:17family the daughters and they're all doing fine
49:19But I want to make this statement. This is a real good statement. Yeah, marshall and I
49:25Have they we own the record company called
49:27Tenet ranch records, right? Okay, it's true about blu-ray technology and that's his next step and that's your next
49:35step
49:39For 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 it was very opportunistic
49:53Even when michael died nothing changed hello, everybody
49:59What i'm doing is I established a record company and this is marcia by the way. Why don't you go
50:05ahead
50:08Okay, what's happening is in the entertainment side we're going all the way back to the beginning
50:13We are going back to michael jackson's legacy and we're going to bring them all the way back to the
50:18top. We love you
50:29Michael's will was brought to his family a couple days after
50:36his death
50:38It was absolutely
50:41Startling
50:43Joe 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 i didn't think
50:54That they were given the consideration that they should have been
50:57How do you feel about michael not including you in the will
51:01Thank you
51:02Joining us from la is jackson family attorney brian oxman good morning mr oxman good morning. How are you i'm
51:10fine
51:10Thank you for joining us is it safe to assume that michael jackson
51:13Did not want his father whom he very publicly accused of abuse to control neither his estate nor his children
51:20Joe jackson is a good man michael loved his father and i want that to be known
51:26All throughout all of time
51:35Michael jackson's brothers and sisters work left nothing it's a slap in the face
51:41i mean
51:43they were there from the beginning
51:47Jackson five right
51:51Now john branca and another business type were named co-executors of michael jackson's estate
52:00There was a tug of war between the jackson family and the executors about the will
52:07Last week randy jermaine janet tito and reby signed a stunning letter to the executors of michael's will
52:13They're crying conspiracy over his death calling the will fake flawed and fraudulent jane help me out here
52:20What the heck is going on one word money money money money money
52:39Michael was massively in debt when he died five hundred million dollars
52:45But the inherent value of his work was such that there was money to be made
52:51As concert promoters we had spent a lot of money
52:55Close to i think 40 million dollars already on the this is it project
53:01So the day that michael passed we went around and collected everyone's hard drives any any footage of michael
53:10Yo dude
53:12Taking a quick little tour here
53:14And then we produced the theatrical release that went to dvd
53:18it was the the story of uh
53:21making of the tour all those hits and all those great songs
53:25And seeing michael jackson live and 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 hey
53:41That's when john brankett who ran michael's estate jumped in and made the deal with sony
53:46he managed to maximize this revenue in ways that
53:51i you know i i couldn't believe
53:54We think that the movie this is it gave fans a pretty good glimpse at the real michael
53:59He was a perfectionist and at the same time he was a humanitarian
54:03Branka steered that beautifully i mean this is it was the highest grossing
54:07Concert documentary of all time that deal got us all of our money back and then some
54:22This is it dvd and the theatrical release just 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
54:36put neverland up for sale
54:39Then they did their show in las vegas the serp de soleil show
54:44The estate became a money-making machine
54:46He's raking in more than any musician in history years 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
55:22Then within that first week, you know every night that i was with him there was abuse
55:31And he started talking about how much he loves me
55:34What this is is us how we show our love for 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
55:51incredibly compelling and visceral in a way that the criminal trials and previous accusations had not been so
55:57Personally 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 the 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
57:15And focus entirely on his younger years
57:20His creative years and focus on the music
57:29This is the most extraordinary effort to uncancel someone
57:38The show must go on
58:04It's been an incredible, incredible journey
58:09I've seen children just
58:12Shower all over me with love
58:14They want to just touch me and hug me
58:16Just 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
58:29It's like god saying michael
58:32Everything will be okay
59:10The
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