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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 New York Times
02:03The New York Times
02:31and Michael Jackson together they could make a billion dollars as NBC's Mike
02:36Jensen reports tonight teach your kids to sing
02:48it's the kind of contract that takes your breath away a projected 1 billion
02:54dollars 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 now
03:07with dangerous you've given us the fastest selling album of your career we're prouder
03:12than ever to have you part of the Sony music family the thrilling fact is that
03:17the best is definitely yet to come when I joined Sony Michael Jackson was the
03:26biggest star in the world he was the guy I don't know any other way to describe it I mean
03:33we all lived
03:33through it the Michael Jackson world tour is on the road again it was incredibly exciting
03:43they're selling out stadiums making record money it was the franchise I mean let's be honest
03:51we are all in the business of succeeding and when you're working in a company like Sony music you want
03:59a Michael Jackson to succeed
04:07my name is
04:09Rosabelle Smith and for 31 years I was employed by the Los Angeles Police Department
04:16in 1993
04:18while working juvenile division of 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
04:29involving 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
04:45Jackson you 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
05:13against children and 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 is very very little
05:41then 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
05:58he alleged that Michael Jackson fondled him and masturbated him
06:05he alleged that Michael liked to have his nipples
06:10rubbed squeezed
06:13kissing
06:13then that graduated to oral copulation
06:17they bathed together and to the point where eventually
06:21Michael 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
06:45I saw him hang with the kids and I saw that it was completely innocent
06:51I saw he was playing games with them
06:53I saw the kids wanting to hang with him
06:56I really hoped the allegations weren't true
07:05the feeling was trying to contain it
07:08obviously we were thinking of you know the immediate impact on the tour
07:13because you got to keep the business going
07:15the tour going the album sales everything
07:17and the impact of that
07:18so it was pretty uh it was pretty tense
07:21we went into crisis mode both with our team
07:23and the PR team
07:27but ultimately the story was so huge
07:30it was going to get out no matter what we did
07:33there was no stopping it
07:39in southern california the press police lawyers and private investigators
07:43are in orbit tonight over an investigation of child abuse allegations
07:47involving superstar Michael Jackson
07:49there's still no comment from Michael Jackson this morning
07:52and Los Angeles police aren't saying much
07:55but they have confirmed reports of a criminal investigation of the pop superstar
07:59all 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
08:17every news channel every hour the top story was Michael Jackson
08:23confidential documents obtained by NBC news quoted the boys 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
08:40has Michael Jackson ever molested a child ever done anything improper with a child
08:46no never
08:47no never
08:48no that's crazy
08:49my son is not guilty he need a trial these people aren't waiting they're trying to um
08:55trying to they're trying him that's right and i'm tired of it
09:22everything was suddenly bad
09:29everything was um emotional talking to Michael was different because he was different suddenly he
09:38was no longer the happy Michael that i used to talk to he sounded depressed i felt like it was
09:45over
09:45like there was no way he could come back from these terrible things being said
10:19I was no longer the thing he was looking at
10:20came back to America. We had the information from the victim about Michael's body and specifically
10:32the markings on his body. So the only way that a child would see that is if Michael was nude,
10:42then our unit prepared a search warrant to search or to view Michael's body. And this included the
10:49genitals. We explained to him, we have a search warrant signed by the judge to take pictures of
10:57your private parts. He said, you assholes. The outcome was that evidence that was provided by
11:10Jordan Chandler. He was confirmed.
11:16Can I help you?
11:18Yeah, we'd like to talk to Michael Jackson. Has he come back?
11:22No comment, sir.
11:24No comment, huh?
11:25I don't necessarily think he's guilty, but I don't necessarily think he's innocent either
11:29because I don't know.
11:32Well, I don't know if he's guilty or not, but I think that he needs to come back and face
11:35the charges. He'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
12:02that they have in Michael Jackson is, in fact, not going to pay off.
12:07When the allegations surfaced, I read them, watched them on TV like everyone else did.
12:18And I felt that they were extremely unfair.
12:22Michael Jackson was unequivocally the 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?
12:41He's got a whole cadre of international cameras there every night.
12:51He's got to that point.
12:52Michael had been laying low.
12:54But once the allegations are out there,
12:57you can't take them back again.
13:01And so we needed to get him in front of the public
13:03to unequivocally deny these allegations.
13:09Michael Jackson came out of seclusion today without leaving home.
13:13The pop star angrily rejected accusations he molested a young boy and lashed out at police
13:18and the media.
13:20There have been many disgusting statements
13:23made recently concerning allegations of improper conduct on my part.
13:28These statements about me are totally false.
13:31At every opportunity,
13:32the media has dissected and manipulated these allegations to reach their own conclusions.
13:37I ask all of you to wait and hear the truth
13:41before you label or condemn me.
13:43Don't treat me like a criminal
13:44because I am innocent.
13:48Jackson's defiant declaration of innocence
13:50comes as the latest counterpoint in a case
13:53that's saturated with rumor, innuendo
13:55and almost daily revelations about the singer.
13:58Separating fact from fiction can be difficult.
14:16For years I have been working for Michael
14:18who unfortunately has been the victim of this
14:21and other types of extortion attempts.
14:23The demand for 20 million dollars was made
14:26and presented.
14:27It was flatly and consistently refused.
14:30Many people try to extort Michael
14:32because of who he is and
14:34you know the amount of money he has
14:36and these people wanted 20 million dollars.
14:38As far as the victim is concerned
14:40I did not
14:41get anything
14:42as far as any
14:44like money, motivation.
14:46However,
14:47the parents were a different story.
14:49The Hollywood Reporter
14:50an entertainment trade paper said today
14:52that the boy's father had negotiated
14:54with Jackson
14:55for a 20 million dollar movie deal.
14:57The father is a prominent
14:59Beverly Hills dentist
15:00and part-time screenwriter.
15:02CBS News has obtained
15:03a taped phone conversation.
15:05The voice is reportedly
15:06the father of the 13-year-old boy.
15:09If I go through with this
15:10I win big time.
15:11I will get everything I want.
15:13The father did in fact
15:15ask for money
15:17to keep the situation quiet.
15:19So it did
15:22hurt the case a little bit.
15:24I think it's pathetic
15:25that somebody would
15:26would go after
15:26someone like Michael Jackson
15:28with such vigor
15:29and it's obvious what they want.
15:31And it seems obvious to me
15:32that he is innocent.
15:33You know that there's a lot
15:34of people in this business
15:35that try and take advantage
15:36of people
15:37and
15:37you know
15:39I'm sure that
15:40it will all work out
15:41and I'm sure that he's innocent
15:42you know, but
15:43only God knows the truth
15:44you know.
15:48More and more
15:49people started
15:50to question
15:51the allegations.
15:53So the management team
15:55started capitalizing
15:57on that momentum.
16:00The main strategy
16:01was to
16:03endear Michael
16:05to the black community
16:08and to get the black community
16:09back on Michael's side
16:11because once the black community
16:12is behind you
16:13you got it
16:14because you know
16:15we're a big group
16:17and
16:18race relations
16:20at that time
16:21it was a hotbed.
16:27Parts of Los Angeles
16:29erupted in unrest
16:31after a jury
16:32acquitted
16:32four white
16:33Los Angeles
16:34police officers
16:35over the videotape
16:36beating of Rodney King
16:38a black motorist.
16:50What happened with Rodney King
16:52it doesn't make no sense to me.
16:54They treating black people
16:55like we're dogs
16:55you know
16:56like we can't get nowhere.
16:58We have no rights
16:59that the white man respects.
17:01Race is tearing America apart.
17:06Now more than ever
17:07minority Americans
17:08believe there are
17:09two kinds of justice.
17:10The white kind
17:11and the kind
17:13they get.
17:17Someone was friends
17:18with this
17:20African-American attorney
17:21named Johnny Cochran
17:23and so he suggested
17:24that Johnny
17:25would be
17:25the best person
17:26for
17:27for Michael's case
17:29not only
17:30because he's black
17:31but also
17:32because he was
17:33brilliant.
17:34Mr. Cochran
17:35let me start with you.
17:36Why do you think
17:36it was important
17:37for Michael Jackson
17:37to speak out now?
17:39Well I think Katie
17:40that after months
17:41of being barraged
17:42with negative
17:44attacks
17:44it was time.
17:46Everyone
17:46who was on Michael's team
17:48knew that having
17:49a black face
17:51as the front man
17:52for the defense
17:53would
17:55bring the black community
17:57to Michael's defense
17:59as well.
18:01the king of pop
18:03rock and soul
18:04Mr. Michael Jackson.
18:08Michael's first
18:09public appearance
18:10after his statement
18:11about the allegations
18:12was at the
18:14NAACP
18:15Image Awards
18:16and that's the
18:17National Association
18:18for the Advancement
18:19of Colored People.
18:24I was in the audience
18:26when Michael walked
18:27out on that stage
18:29the house
18:30went crazy.
18:34Everyone was in
18:35support of Michael.
18:36No one wanted to believe
18:37these allegations.
18:41For decades
18:42the NAACP
18:43had stood
18:44at the forefront
18:45of the struggle
18:46for equal justice
18:47under the law
18:48for all people
18:49in our land.
18:50And his speech
18:51was based on
18:53being a proud
18:54black man
18:55and how
18:56you know
18:56we have to stick together
18:57against racial
18:59inequality
19:00and injustice.
19:03Everyone is presumed
19:04to be innocent
19:05and totally innocent
19:06until they are charged
19:07with a crime
19:08and then convicted
19:09by a jury
19:10of their peers.
19:21It was such a powerful speech.
19:31With all of the stuff
19:33that was happening
19:33to the black community
19:38it felt like
19:39Michael's innocence
19:40was important
19:42and it was what
19:44we needed.
19:51Everybody
19:52wanted him
19:52to be back
19:53on top.
20:05The family
20:06of a teenage boy
20:07is dropping
20:08its charge
20:08that Michael Jackson
20:09molested the boy.
20:11Larry Carroll
20:12tells us
20:12the civil suit
20:13is now over.
20:19We wish
20:20to jointly
20:21announce
20:22a mutual
20:22resolution
20:23of this lawsuit.
20:25This boy
20:25wanted to get on
20:27with his life.
20:29When that
20:31case
20:32was settled
20:32and I believe
20:34that the payout
20:35for that settlement
20:36was
20:37$20 million
20:39or maybe
20:39a little more
20:40over $20 million
20:40the family
20:42accepted
20:43the settlement.
20:44The resolution
20:45of this case
20:46is in no way
20:48an admission
20:49of guilt
20:50by Michael Jackson.
20:51Being a megastar
20:52like he was
20:54he had
20:55the advantage
20:57with money
20:58with attorneys
20:59with really
21:00coming out
21:01and doing
21:01pretty much
21:02whatever he wanted
21:02in order to
21:04defend himself.
21:06So that was
21:07pretty much
21:07the end
21:07of our case.
21:10I felt bad
21:11because
21:12Rosie and I
21:13we were certain
21:14that we had
21:15a good case
21:16but
21:18when the victim
21:19doesn't want
21:20to testify
21:21there is a
21:22say that says
21:24no victim
21:24no crime.
21:26So
21:28nothing that
21:29we can do.
21:36Read all
21:37about it!
21:38Hollywood
21:39sex scandals
21:40Heidi's
21:41little black
21:42book
21:42The Hollywood
21:43Hooker
21:44and Heidi
21:45Gate
21:45Lonnie Anderson
21:47says
21:48Bert's a dud
21:49in bed
21:50uh oh
21:52In this
21:53billion dollar
21:53business
21:54there's only
21:54one story
21:55that's guaranteed
21:57a big name
21:58in trouble
21:58that's the
21:59best news
22:00of all.
22:00But of course
22:01the one
22:02that's grabbing
22:03the headlines
22:04right now
22:04are the allegations
22:05about Michael
22:07Jackson
22:07the biggest
22:08superstar
22:09in the world.
22:10Michael Jackson
22:11is our window
22:12into the new
22:12news business
22:13and the magazine
22:14shows, talk
22:15shows, news
22:16chats that feed
22:17off tabloid truth.
22:19Michael Jackson
22:21violator
22:21or victim
22:23What do you think
22:24about Michael?
22:25Well
22:26I think it's true.
22:28He settled for all
22:29that money?
22:29I don't know.
22:29He settled for all
22:30that amount of money.
22:31I think he's
22:31something's up
22:32when he settles
22:32for over 10 million
22:33dollars to shut
22:34someone up.
22:35Anyway, it's a shame
22:37because I think
22:37Michael's been
22:37dragged through
22:38him a lot a lot.
22:38You know, he's a
22:39I don't know
22:40if he's a victim
22:40or if he did it
22:42or not
22:42but like
22:43he's lost
22:43that wholesome
22:44image forever
22:45you know.
22:49The allegations
22:50really changed
22:51how the public
22:52I think
22:53thought of him
22:55and Michael
22:56had to kind of
22:57rehabilitate
22:58that image.
23:04People had been
23:05obsessed with
23:06Michael's sexuality
23:07his whole life.
23:10And his managers
23:11thought it would be
23:12cool
23:13if the press
23:14found out
23:15that Michael
23:16had a girlfriend.
23:28Michael and Lisa
23:29started dating
23:30soon after
23:31the allegations
23:32had been settled.
23:41He knew that
23:43marrying Elvis
23:44Presley's daughter
23:45would be
23:46headlines everywhere.
23:47Everyone would be
23:48talking about that
23:49and they'd no longer
23:51talk about
23:51this horrible
23:52time in his life.
23:57You've heard
23:58the talk for weeks.
23:59It's surprising
23:59and it's apparently
24:00true.
24:01The daughter of
24:02Elvis Presley
24:02confirms today
24:03she is now
24:04married to
24:05Michael Jackson.
24:06Let's go to
24:06Vince Dimitri
24:07in New York.
24:08Vince.
24:09John,
24:09hopefully you can
24:10see behind me
24:11the throngs of
24:12stargazers right
24:13behind me.
24:13We are just
24:14outside of the
24:15world famous
24:16Trump Tower
24:16where Donald Trump
24:18tells us yes
24:18indeed that Lisa
24:20Marie Presley
24:20and her new
24:21beau Michael
24:21Jackson are
24:22holed up here
24:23on the top floor.
24:23Well I'm very
24:25very happy for
24:26them.
24:26I think it's
24:26great.
24:27They're very
24:28happy and I
24:31think everybody's
24:31happy.
24:32They're great
24:32people.
24:36I first met
24:38Michael in
24:391988.
24:41Michael was on
24:42tour in Germany
24:43at that time
24:44and so they
24:45called me and
24:46said that Michael
24:46is a big fan of
24:47mine and he
24:48would love to
24:49meet me and
24:51we hit it up
24:53and he got to
24:54know the whole
24:54family.
24:57I also knew
24:58Lisa Marie Presley
25:00because I spent
25:01lots of time in
25:02Los Angeles so I
25:04knew them
25:05separately and
25:07then later Lisa
25:08came to me one
25:09day and said
25:09look Michael is
25:11hitting on me
25:12and he actually
25:13wants to marry me
25:14what do you think
25:14should I do that
25:15so I said go for
25:17it.
25:18For him it was
25:18also he liked
25:20Lisa because she
25:21was the daughter
25:21of the king
25:23so he was also
25:24king, king of
25:25pop, yeah.
25:34This is a big
25:35deal.
25:36We had never
25:37seen him get
25:38romantic with a
25:39woman like this
25:40ever.
25:42I'm very happy
25:43to be here
25:44and just think
25:46nobody thought
25:47thought this
25:48would last.
25:57It did work in
25:59the way that
25:59Michael wanted
26:00it to work in
26:01that everyone
26:02was talking about
26:04but at the same
26:05time the public
26:07wasn't really
26:08buying it.
26:09It's all cover
26:09up from the
26:11little child
26:11thing, that's
26:12what I think it
26:12is.
26:13It's about it.
26:14You don't think
26:14it's true love?
26:15No.
26:16I think it's a
26:16sham.
26:18A heterosexual
26:18marriage would
26:19certainly take some
26:20of the heat off
26:21being accused of
26:22being a homosexual
26:23pedophile.
26:28But Michael and
26:29Lisa were only
26:29together for
26:30around 18
26:31months.
26:35It's
26:35Splitsville for
26:36Graceland and
26:37Neverland.
26:38Many of you may
26:39find this hard to
26:40believe but Lisa
26:41Marie Presley and
26:42Michael Jackson are
26:43getting a divorce.
26:44So Tony, it looks
26:45like the gloved
26:46one is no longer
26:47the loved one.
26:49Oh, such a sad
26:50story.
26:51Sorry to hear
26:52that.
26:52Sorry to see
26:52that.
26:53What a shock.
26:53What a surprise.
26:57It was kind of
26:58hard to watch.
27:00He was trying to
27:01maintain his
27:02position as like
27:03the biggest
27:05superstar in the
27:06world and it
27:07wasn't quite
27:07working.
27:10This is a man
27:11who changed the
27:13music industry.
27:15He is a musical
27:16genius and people
27:19don't think of him
27:20in that sense
27:21anymore.
27:21They think of him
27:22as a freak.
27:24Is there any way
27:25that he can lift
27:25himself out of
27:26this trough that
27:27he has largely
27:27dug for himself?
27:28because he's
27:55he's always
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, please 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.
29:25Tower Bridge was raised this afternoon to allow a 30-foot statue of rock star Michael Jackson to pass along
29:31the Thames on a barge.
29:35I think it's brilliant.
29:36It's just the best thing that's happened on the River Thames.
29:39He's a mega star, yeah?
29:40They call him the king of pop, so if he can afford to do this, why not?
29:46For the history tour, Michael decided to focus on his fan base abroad.
29:51And his popularity continued over in Europe, in the 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.
30:13It's like a dream come true.
30:16I touched him.
30:17I'm not going to have my hand.
30:24I remember this one time I was with Michael in Budapest.
30:30And the hotel was surrounded, under siege by thousands of young people.
30:41And what he did, he threw the curtain a little bit, and then he had a sklyab one.
30:46And people screeched.
30:47It was like an explosion down there.
30:54He was laughing.
30:55He said, oh, my God, look.
30:56Did 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?
31:09As role models or as somebody you can worship.
31:12I mean, I think that's what mankind needs.
31:15But I think the danger is, when everybody worships you, 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.
31:27I love you, Michael.
31:29Can I have a hug, please?
31:30Please, may I hug you, please?
31:32I love you, Michael.
31:35But he was enjoying that.
31:37He liked to have that effect on people.
31:40I love you.
31:41I love you.
31:42Sorry, sorry.
31:44This way.
31:44I love you, Michael.
31:45Germany loves you, Michael.
31:46I love Germany.
31:47I love you.
31:49I 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.
32:16Some people will say it's idol worship, but I don't think it's anything bad.
32:26It's just so beautiful.
32:30They are my life.
32:51Stay on your side.
32:54Stay in that corner.
32:55Stay in that corner.
32:56Stay in that corner.
32:59Michael.
33:00Michael.
33:01Welcome.
33:02Okay.
33:03Step back.
33:04Please.
33:05Michael.
33:06Where's your camera?
33:07Okay.
33:08Yes, yes.
33:09Please.
33:10Please.
33:11Please.
33:13Please.
33:13He called me.
33:14Come on.
33:15Yeah, come on.
33:16Okay, please.
33:19Coco.
33:20You see him?
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 really in an unhealthy way,
33:45which was through superstardom and the devotion of fans.
33:58I said to him, you've made the mistake of substituting love for this cheap forgery called attention.
34:07And attention is never a good substitute for love.
34:09It's never real.
34:12This attention became an addiction because he interpreted his love, and it became a monster.
34:27I felt that one of my principal objectives was to tether him back to humility.
34:37And so our conversations became kind of therapy.
34:46He wanted every word recorded for posterity.
34:51We recorded it on these two flimsy dicta machines, you know, on these tiny little tapes.
35:00Honestly, when somebody walks up to you and says, I love you so much, it makes my heart feel so
35:06good.
35:07Like, you can never get tired of it.
35:16But is it also that the fans show you love based on your performance rather than you?
35:27Well, I feel that love, but it's from a distance.
35:33It's not intimate, I guess.
35:41He 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.
36:26They 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.
36:30And that's what happened.
36:57And that's what happened.
37:06I think having children gave them a renewed sense of purpose, a renewed sense of energy and direction.
37:34I want to be successful at being a great father.
37:40I want them to say we felt completely loved, and he was, like, incredible.
37:48That's my biggest dream, one day for Princeton Parish, just to say to somebody, he was the best dad.
37:55One, two, three, surprise!
38:10I've been working with Michael for four years by the time he had his children.
38:18When Princeton Parish came along, I saw a different person.
38:29How can we do one where we are just pointing the camera at us?
38:33His life was now about the children.
38:37That was his priority.
38:41And he was getting more and more absolutely clear about 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, but 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.
39:15It's over.
39:16Give it to Armin, come on, let's do it.
39:21But when you start not to do what this, he called the system, wants, then you're in trouble.
39:31Let's make it sweet.
39:32We are.
39:32We are.
39:33We are.
39:34We are.
39:40We are.
39:45We are.
39:45We are.
39:50We are.
39:51We are.
39:52We are.
39:53You never, you never thought it would work before.
39:55When you live for your love and you give him your, you can know
40:01Sony was pushing him to continue his career
40:05They were trying to get him to finish this album, Invincible
40:09It 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
41:04And things were going over budget
41:07We 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
41:17And he wasn't even showing up for things
41:20Michael!
41:23A record company is there to make money
41:25They are an investment firm in a way
41:27Who has invested in you to produce something
41:32When we got the phone call that this was
41:34You know, how dare you
41:36This was the most expensive record we've ever made
41:38You know, and I'm like, oh, okay
41:40I'm like, how much?
41:4130 million?
41:42I'm like, ooh
41:43So it was kind of
41:44It was a problem
41:47But everybody was really trying to get him in tow
41:52So we could make a deadline for album release
41:58There's one time where I was asked to pick up a package
42:01At a house that apparently was being sold and is empty
42:05And in the mailbox was this package
42:08And I opened it up
42:09And it happened to be full of Demerol
42:11Which is a prescription pain medication
42:16But a lot of it
42:17It was an unknown thing that you don't ask
42:21I said, what's going on?
42:24And I was like, oh, okay
42:26Never mind
42:29But then he would go to the studio
42:31As long as he had his magical pills
42:35But it was all so confusing at the same time
42:37It wasn't
42:38I'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
42:47Who were reliant on him
42:49To be the golden goose that lays eggs again
42:55But he knew that path was corrosive
43:00It frightened me
43:02There was too much conflict going on with him
43:04And I sensed and I saw that I was losing my influence
43:08And I told him
43:09I'm not going to watch you drive your life off a cliff and clap
43:28Invincible has sold two million copies in six months
43:31And that ain't Invincible
43:34The flop of Invincible
43:35Along with a general downturn in sales
43:37Means that Sony's share price had suffered of late
43:44Michael told me, you know what
43:46I can't do this anymore
43:52Michael was done
43:54With the music
43:55And with touring and all of this
44:09But Sony was not happy at all with this
44:13So he knew he has to fight
44:16To come out of this situation
44:23From my vantage point
44:27He got a tremendous amount of support
44:30From Sony Music
44:33But you have to understand
44:34They're artists
44:35They're all narcissists
44:36They can't help themselves
44:38Okay?
44:39If their record's not selling
44:41It's someone's fault
44:43You know?
44:44If their tour's not doing well
44:45It's someone's fault
44:48Someone is always to blame
44:56Michael Jackson is the architect
44:58Of his own destiny
44:59Like every single human being
45:02Whether you're special or not
45:04You are the creator
45:05Of the reality you live in
45:10I remember
45:11We were required to go
45:13To New York City
45:13And then he's whisked off
45:15To Al Sharpton's church
45:18I personally think
45:20He was jacked up on something
45:25Throughout the years
45:27Black artists
45:29Have been taken advantage of
45:30Completely
45:31And
45:33It's Sony
45:34Tommy Mottola
45:35Tommy Mottola
45:36The president
45:37Of the record division
45:39He is a mean
45:40He's a racist
45:43And he's very
45:44Very
45:45Very
45:46Devilish
45:50You know
45:51This just
45:51It just exploded
45:52Right there
45:53Sony's statement reads
45:55We were deeply offended
45:56By the outrageous comments
45:57Mr. Jackson made
45:58Mr. Jackson
45:59Has committed
46:00A serious abuse of power
46:02That comes with celebrity
46:29He told me today you need to help me
46:31It's over
46:34He asked me to terminate
46:36All his contracts
46:37With his lawyers
46:39With his team
46:40With everybody
46:42And
46:43He did want that
46:45I take over everything
46:51Ladies and gentlemen
46:52My name is Michael Jackson
46:55And rather than writing you a letter
46:57I've found this format to be most efficient
46:59For what I wish to communicate
47:03Peter Weisner from Germany
47:05And myself have entered into an agreement
47:07An exclusive long-term partnership
47:09He gave me the power of attorney
47:11I will personally sign agreements
47:14Or legally authorize my partners
47:16To sign on my behalf
47:18But
47:20And he told me today
47:21The old team
47:22They will be after you
47:25They called once and told me
47:28You take our golden cow
47:30And
47:32You have to stop this
47:33And
47:37But
47:37But I was on Michael's side
47:38Of course
47:39And I did what
47:40He warned
47:42I remember these words
47:44From Michael to me
47:46I put my life
47:47And my future
47:48In your hand
48:03Wait, wait, wait
48:10When it comes to distributing cookies
48:12We get to see
48:13Children's real personality
48:15Here, come here
48:17Prince, over here
48:19Before I grind you into hamburg
48:23No, you want the cookie
48:25Then you behave
48:31Here
48:31Okay, here
48:33Here's the cookie
48:34Paris, you want some of this
48:37By that time
48:38I wasn't involved in his life
48:40Paris, you're going to say thank you
48:43Sit around
48:44Paris, you want that
48:46I received a phone call
48:49From
48:52A producer
48:55That worked with Martin Bashir
48:56Martin Bashir wants to
48:58Interview Michael Jackson
49:03I got off the phone
49:04And I went to Michael
49:04And said
49:05First of all
49:06Your life
49:07It's not ready to be open
49:07To the public
49:10Stay a billion miles away
49:12From this guy
49:15But
49:15Michael was
49:16An insecure person
49:17Who
49:18Is going to look for
49:19The validation of the public
49:22He wanted to talk about
49:25His whole life
49:26His career
49:28That people really understand him
49:33So Martin Bashir followed Michael
49:35For eight months
49:42How do you write a song
49:45How do you write a song
49:46When I wrote Billie Jean
49:47I was riding in my car
49:50Down Ventura Boulevard
49:52All I said to myself
49:53Beforehand
49:54I want to write a song
49:55With a great bass hook
49:56You 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
50:12Just get out
50:12I'm shy
50:13Oh come on
50:13Just show me
50:14Just show me
50:15Just show me
50:16Show me what you do
50:17Teach me
50:18Okay
50:19Oh boy
50:21You're putting me on the spot now
50:23Come on
50:23Now people are discovering something about me
50:26I'm really shy
50:26I'm embarrassed
50:27Okay you're shy
50:28Just get up and show me
50:29Um
50:31Okay
50:35Michael opened the door
50:36For everything
50:47Michael had just had another child
50:54We was in the room
50:55Together
50:56And Michael heard the screaming
51:01From the fans
51:02What a beautiful feeling
51:09And Michael was so excited
51:10I was behind him
51:11He took blanket
51:14But they had him really fast
51:16Under his arm
51:36In the next morning
51:37I came out of my room
51:39And I saw all over the newspaper
51:43That was not a nice
51:45Not a nice picture
51:47But of course
51:48Martin Bashir
51:49He was there
51:51I love you
51:52Here he is
51:54Here's the bottle
51:55Wait wait
51:56Ah
51:57Here's the bottle
51:58It's okay
51:59Just get this off
52:00Oh please don't try
52:01Blanket
52:01Blanket
52:02Blanket
52:03Okay okay
52:03Here we go
52:04Abu
52:04Abu
52:07Yes
52:08Abu
52:08Blanket
52:09Blanket
52:11Blanket
52:11Blanket
52:12Blanket
52:12I love you
52:13Blanket
52:13Yes
52:14Yes
52:14Yes
52:16Have you been hearing
52:17About what people
52:18Have been saying
52:19That's totally ignorant
52:20I would never do that
52:21To my children
52:22Or any child
52:23Trying to kill them
52:24Come on
52:24Stupid
52:25And why would I put a scarf
52:26Over the baby's face
52:27If I was trying to
52:28Throw them off the balcony
52:30We were waiting
52:30To thousands of fans
52:31Down below
52:32And they were chanting
52:33They wanted to see my child
52:34So I was kind enough
52:35To let them see
52:37I was doing something
52:38Out of innocence
52:46When living with Michael Jackson
52:47As this evening
52:48These streets
52:49Are going to be deserted
52:50Fans and critics alike
52:52Are saying
52:53They're going to be staying in
52:54To watch the programme
52:55With his reputation in America
52:57Very much at stake
52:58For Michael Jackson
53:00It must be a nervous wait
53:03I didn't want that
53:04We watched the documentary
53:05Until I
53:06Know what happened
53:09But Michael
53:10Of course
53:11He wanted to see it
53:12We watched it
53:14On TV
53:15Together
53:20Eight months ago
53:22I put a proposal
53:23To Michael Jackson
53:25Show me the real man
53:26But show me everything
53:28Make nothing off limits
53:29He thought about it
53:31And then he said
53:32Yes
53:33Come to Neverland
53:36We began a journey
53:38Together
53:38Across continents
53:39Through his past
53:41And rapidly
53:42Into the disturbing reality
53:44Of his life today
53:45In the documentary
53:48Was this young boy
53:51Kevin Avizo
53:55And he was taking care of him
53:57When people hear that
53:59Children from other families
54:02Have come
54:03And they've stayed
54:03In your house
54:04They've stayed
54:05In your bedroom
54:07Well very few
54:08But you know
54:09Some have
54:10And they say
54:12Is that really appropriate
54:14For a man
54:15A grown man
54:16To be doing that
54:16How do you respond
54:18To that
54:18I feel sorry
54:19I feel sorry for them
54:19Because that's judging someone
54:21Who wants to really help people
54:23Why can't you share your bed
54:26The most loving thing to do
54:27Is to share your bed
54:28With someone
54:30When I saw this
54:32I got a very bad feeling
54:35When you're talking about children
54:37If I
54:38Said well
54:39I've invited some of my daughter's friends around
54:42Or my son's friends around
54:43And they're going to sleep in the bed
54:44With me tonight
54:45That's fine
54:46What do you think their parents would say
54:47If they're wacky
54:48They would say
54:49You can't
54:50I suppose the problem
54:51For many people
54:52Is what happened in 1993
54:54Or what didn't happen
54:56What didn't happen
55:01One bombshell after another
55:04About his bizarre behavior
55:05In a new British documentary
55:07Jackson admits
55:08He still has sleepovers
55:10With young boys
55:12I felt
55:18Shock
55:19Absolute shock
55:20Have you lost all touch with reality
55:23That you don't even know
55:25How people are going to
55:28React to that
55:30He said
55:31He slept in a bed
55:33With children that are not his own
55:34I mean this isn't made up
55:35This isn't fabricated
55:36What kind of loony
55:38Would A. do it
55:39And B. go on national TV
55:40And admit it
55:42Michael
55:43Cross lines
55:44That clearly
55:45Are uncrossable
55:46Sharing a bed
55:47With a child
55:48That's not yours
55:48Even if it's not sexual
55:49It's still
55:51Insanity
55:52We got the reaction
55:54From all over
55:55Of course
55:56I was terrible
55:57You can't sleep
55:58With strangers
55:59Kids
56:00And as much as I love
56:01Michael Jackson
56:02I'm having a hard time
56:03Defending him right now
56:04I believe that child welfare services
56:06Should interview
56:07Every child
56:07That has been at Neverland
56:09With Mr. Jackson
56:10In his bedroom
56:11Or anywhere else
56:12In the home
56:12Without the presence
56:13Of their parents
56:14Find out what's going on
56:16He couldn't talk
56:17And he was sitting
56:19On his bed
56:20Crying
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
56:27From this one
56:29That documentary
56:30Led directly
56:32Or indirectly
56:33To Michael Jackson's death
56:34There's absolutely
56:35No question about it
56:36That was the beginning
56:37Of the end
56:51Michael Jackson
56:52Wasn't the ordinary pedophile
56:55He had the means
56:56To be able to do things
56:57That no one else
56:58I had ever prosecuted
56:59Could do
57:01In a state
57:03That was 2,800 acres
57:04And a huge house
57:05With multiple locks
57:07A staff that just ignored
57:09What was going on
57:10That was unique
57:10To Michael Jackson
57:13Gavin, can you tell us
57:14What your conversations
57:15What you guys talked about?
57:18He said that he
57:19Was going to be
57:20Masturbated
57:21Keep going, Kim
57:22I said no
57:25He started
57:26Masturbating me
57:27Okay
57:31We had lost the opportunity
57:33Ten years earlier
57:36And we were determined
57:37That that not happen again
57:38We're going to be able to do it
57:41We're going to be able to do it
57:45We're going to be able to do it
57:49We're going to be able to do it
57:53We're going to be able to do it
57:54We're going to be able to do it
57:57We're going to be able to do it
57:58We're going to be able to do it
57:58We're going to be able to do it
57:59We're going to be able to do it
57:59We're going to be able to do it
58:00We're going to be able to do it
58:01We're going to be able to do it
58:04We're going to be able to do it
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