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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.
02:01That level of mega stardom is not healthy.
02:07That level of mega stardom is not healthy.
02:10That level of mega stardom is not healthy.
02:13That level of mega stardom is not healthy.
02:17That level of mega stardom is not healthy.
02:18That level of mega stardom is not healthy.
02:19That level of mega stardom is not healthy.
02:20That level of mega stardom is not healthy.
02:20That level of mega stardom is not healthy.
02:21That level of mega stardom is not healthy.
02:21That level of mega stardom is not healthy.
02:22That level of mega stardom is not healthy.
02:23That level of mega stardom is not healthy.
02:24That level of mega stardom is not healthy.
02:25That level of mega stardom is not healthy.
02:28That level of mega stardom is not healthy.
02:28That level of mega stardom is not healthy.
02:30partner in michael jackson together they could make a billion dollars as nbc's mike jensen
02:37reports tonight teach your kids to sing
02:48it's the kind of contract that takes your breath away a projected one billion dollars for six
02:55michael jackson albums plus feature films videos and video games michael in the 1980s you had the
03:03largest selling album in history with thriller now with dangerous you've given us the fastest
03:09selling album of your career we're prouder than ever to have you part of the sony music family
03:15the thrilling fact is that the best is definitely yet to come
03:23when i joined sony michael jackson was the biggest star in the world
03:28and he was the guy i don't know any other way to describe it i mean we all lived through
03:33it
03:34the michael jackson world tour is on the road again
03:40it was incredibly exciting they're selling out stadiums making record money
03:45he 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
03:56like sony music you want a michael jackson to succeed
04:08my name is rosabelle smith and for 31 years i was employed by the los angeles police department
04:16in 1993 while 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
04:27they have a case had come in involving a young boy who's 13 years of age and that the perpetrator
04:35was
04:35michael jackson i was a little um in disbelief that it was michael jackson doing this because i grew
04:44up watching michael jackson you know the jackson 5 cartoons when i was a kid and i really enjoyed his
04:51music
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
05:14against children and on the same token we had to find out if the children uh they were telling the
05:24truth
05:27we had to interview the victim
05:35the victim had actually met michael jackson at a restaurant who was very very little
05:42then years later that relationship grew and they began to visit each other
05:50the victim was alleging that michael would oftentimes rub his body against his body he alleged that michael
06:00jackson fondled to him and masturbated him he alleged that michael liked to have his nipples
06:08uh rubbed squeezed uh kissed uh kissing then that graduated to oral copulation they bathed together
06:18and to the point where eventually michael jackson consumed his semen
06:32we had heard on the grapevine that there were these allegations circulating
06:40and it was a shock to everybody yeah we knew he was hanging with kids but i saw him hang
06:47with the kids and i saw that it was completely innocent
06:49i saw he was playing games with them i saw the kids wanting to hang with him
07:00i really hoped the allegations weren't true
07:05the feeling was trying to contain it obviously we were thinking of you know the immediate impact on
07:13the tour because you got to keep the business going the tour going the album sales everything
07:17and the impact of that so it was pretty uh it was pretty tense we went into crisis mode both
07:23with our
07:23team and the pr team
07:27but ultimately the story was so huge it was going to get out no matter what we did there was
07:34no 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 involving superstar michael jackson
07:49there's still no comment from michael jackson this morning and los angeles police aren't saying much
07:55but they have confirmed reports of a criminal investigation of the pop superstar all hell broke
08:01loose television station knbc in los angeles first broke the story last night saying that a mother had
08:07alleged jackson abused her child august 17th los angeles police department initiated a criminal investigation
08:15of entertainer michael jackson every news channel every hour the top story was michael jackson
08:23confidential documents obtained by nbc news quoted the boy's reference to acts of oral sex
08:28and masturbation the allegations now surfacing are ugly enough to shatter any icon's image kids
08:34everywhere 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 no never no never
08:48no it's crazy my son is not guilty he need a trial these people aren't waiting they're trying to um
08:55trying to they're trying 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 was
09:38no longer the happy michael that i used to talk to he sounded depressed i felt like it was over
09:45like there was like there was no way he could come back from these terrible things being said
09:51so
10:18eventually he came back to america
10:25we had the information from the victim about michael's uh body and specifically the markings
10:33on his body so the only way that a child would see that is if michael was nude then
10:42our unit prepared a search warrant to search or to view michael's body and this included the genitals
10:50we explained to him we have a search warrant signed by the judge to take uh pictures of your private
10:58parts
10:59he said you assholes the outcome was that evidence that was provided by jordan chander
11:12he was confirmed
11:17yeah we'd uh we'd like to talk to michael jackson has he come back
11:22no comment sir no comment huh i don't necessarily think he's guilty but um i don't necessarily think
11:29he's innocent either because um i don't know well i don't know if he's guilty or not but i think
11:34that
11:34he needs to come back and face the charges he's looking pretty guilty right now
11:42there is real fear tonight that the catastrophic publicity
11:46will result in the destruction of a billion dollar empire and the ruin of a man
11:56sony stock has fallen because investors are very much concerned that the huge investment that they
12:02have in michael jackson is in fact not going to pay off when the allegations surfaced
12:11i read them watched them on tv like everyone else did um and 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 he's got a whole cadre of international cameras there every night
12:51after that point michael had been laying low
12:54but once the allegations are out there you can't take them back again
13:01and so we needed to get in front of the public to unequivocally deny these allegations
13:09michael jackson came out of seclusion today without leaving home
13:13the pop star angrily rejected accusations he molested a young boy
13:17and lashed out at police and the media there have been many disgusting statements
13:23made recently concerning allegations of improper conduct on my part these statements about me are
13:29totally false at every opportunity the media has dissected and manipulated these allegations to
13:36reach their own conclusions i ask all of you to wait and hear the truth before you label or
13:42condemn me don't treat me like a criminal because i am innocent
13:48jackson's defiant declaration of innocence comes as the latest counterpoint in a case that's saturated
13:54with rumor innuendo and almost daily revelations about the singer separating fact from fiction can be
14:15difficult
14:16for years i've been working for michael who unfortunately has been the victim of this and other types of
14:22extortion attempts the demand for 20 million dollars was made and presented it was flatly and consistently
14:29refused many people try to extort michael because of who he is and you know the amount of money he
14:35has
14:36and these people wanted 20 million dollars as far as the victim is concerned i did not get anything as
14:43far as any like money motivation however the parents were a different story the hollywood reporter and
14:51entertainment trade paper said today that the boy's father had negotiated with jackson for a 20 million
14:56dollar movie deal the father is a prominent beverly hills dentist and part-time screenwriter
15:02cbs news has obtained a taped phone conversation the voices reportedly the father of the 13 year old
15:08boy if i go through with this i win big time i will get everything i want the father did
15:14in fact ask for money
15:17to keep the situation quiet so it did um hurt the case a little bit i think it's pathetic that
15:25somebody
15:25would would go after someone like michael jackson was was such vigor and it's obvious what they want
15:30and uh it seems obvious to me that he is innocent now that there's a lot of people in this
15:34business
15:35that try and take advantage of people and uh you know i'm sure that it will all work out and
15:41i'm sure
15:41that he's innocent you know but only god knows the truth you know more and more people started to
15:50question the allegations so the management team started capitalizing on that momentum
15:59the main strategy was to um endear michael
16:04uh to the black community and to get the black community back on michael's side because once the
16:12black community is behind you you got it because you know we're a big group and um race relations
16:19um at that time it was a hotbed
16:27parts of los angeles erupted in unrest after a jury acquitted four white los angeles police officers
16:35over the videotape beating of rodney king a black motorist
16:50what happened with rodney king it doesn't make no sense to me they treating black people like
16:55we're dogs you know like we can't get nowhere we have no rights that the white man respect race
17:02is tearing america apart now more than ever minority americans believe there are two kinds of justice
17:10the white kind and the kind they get
17:17someone was friends with this african-american attorney named johnny cochran and so he suggested
17:24that johnny would be the best person for um for michael's case not only because he's black
17:31but also because he was brilliant mr cochran let me start with you why do you think it was
17:36important for michael jackson to speak out now well i think katie that after months of being barraged
17:42with negative uh attacks it was time everyone who was on michael's team knew that having a black face
17:50as the front man for the defense would um bring the black community to michael's defense as well
18:02the king of pop rock and soul mr michael jackson
18:08michael's first public appearance after his statement about the allegations was at
18:13the naacp image awards and that's the national association for the advancement of colored people
18:20i was in the audience when michael walked out on that stage the house went crazy
18:34everyone was in support of michael no one wanted to believe these allegations
18:41for decades the naacp had stood at the forefront of the struggle for equal justice under the law
18:48for all people in our land and his speech was based on being a proud black man and how you
18:56know we have
18:57to stick together against racial inequality and in injustice everyone is presumed to be innocent and
19:05totally innocent until they are charged with a crime and then convicted by a jury of their peers
19:11going into the snapback and then went to campgrounds was in the movement and went to the
19:34school of the church at the beginning of the school of the nation the state of the nation's
19:40innocence was important and it was what we needed everybody wanted him to be back on top
20:05the family of a teenage boy is dropping its charge that michael jackson molested the boy
20:11larry carroll tells us the civil suit is now over
20:19we wish to jointly announce a mutual resolution of this lawsuit this boy wanted to get on with his
20:27life when that case was settled and i believe that the payout for that settlement was 20 million or
20:39maybe a little more over 20 million dollars the family accepted the settlement the resolution
20:45of this case is in no way an admission of guilt by michael jackson being a megastar like he was
20:54he had the advantage with money with attorneys with really coming out and doing pretty much
21:02whatever he wanted in order to defend himself so that was pretty much the end of our case
21:10i felt bad because rosie and i we were certain that we had a good case but uh when the
21:19victim
21:19doesn't want to testify there is a say that says no victim no crime
21:28so nothing that we could do
21:35read all about it hollywood sex scandals heidi's little black book the hollywood hooker and heidi
21:45gate lonnie anderson says burt's a dud in bed uh-oh in this billion dollar business there's only one
21:54story that's guaranteed a big name in trouble that's the best news of all but of course the
22:02one that's grabbing the headlines right now are the allegations about michael jackson the biggest
22:08superstar in the world michael jackson is our window into the new news business and the magazine shows
22:15talk shows news chats that feed off tabloid truth michael jackson violator or victim what do you think
22:24about michael well i know i i think it's true he settled for all that money i don't know he
22:30settled
22:30for all that amount of money i think he something's up when he settles for over 10 million dollars
22:34to shut someone up i don't know it's it's a shame because i think america's been dragged through
22:38him a lot a lot you know he's a i don't know if he's a victim or if he did
22:41it or not but like
22:43he's lost that that wholesome image forever you know
22:49the allegations really changed how the public i think thought of him
22:55and michael had to kind of rehabilitate that image
23:04people had been obsessed with michael's sexuality his whole life
23:10and his managers thought it would be cool if the press found out that michael had a girlfriend
23:28michael and lisa started dating soon after the allegations had been settled
23:41he knew that marrying elvis presley's daughter would be headlines everywhere everyone would be
23:48talking about that and they'd no longer talk about this horrible time in his life
23:54with this ring i do it this ring you've heard the talk for weeks it's surprising and it's
24:00apparently true the daughter of elvis presley confirms today she is now married to michael jackson
24:05let's go to vince dimitri in new york vince john uh hopefully you can see behind me the throngs of
24:12uh stargazers right behind me we are just outside of the world famous trump tower where donald trump
24:17tells us yes indeed that lisa marie presley and her new beau michael jackson are hold up here on the
24:23top
24:23floor well i'm very very happy for them i think it's great they're very happy and uh i think
24:31everybody's happy they're they're great people
24:37first met michael in 1988 michael was on tour in germany at that time and uh so they called me
24:46and said
24:46michael is a big fan of mine and he would love to meet me and um we hit it up
24:53and he got to know the whole family
24:57i also knew lisa maria presley because spent lots of time in los angeles
25:04so i knew them separately and then later lisa came to me one day and said look michael is hitting
25:11on me and he he actually wants to marry me what do you think should i do that
25:15so i said go for it for him it was also he liked lisa because she was the daughter of
25:22the king so he was also a king king of pop yeah
25:34this is a big deal we had never seen him get romantic with a woman like this ever
25:41i'm very happy to be here and just think nobody thought this would last
25:57it did work in the way that michael wanted it to work in that everyone was talking about it
26:04but at the same time the public wasn't really buying it it's all cover up it's all cover up from
26:11uh the little child thing that's what i think it is it's about it you don't think it's true love
26:15no i think it's a sham a heterosexual marriage would certainly take some of the heat off
26:21being accused of being a homosexual pedophile
26:27but michael and lisa were only together for around 18 months
26:35it's splitsville for graceland and neverland many of you may find this hard to believe but
26:40lisa marie presley and michael jackson are getting a divorce so tony it looks like the gloved one is
26:47no longer the loved one oh such a sad story sorry to hear that sorry to see that what a
26:53shock what a surprise
26:57it was kind of hard to watch
27:00he was trying to maintain his position as like the biggest superstar in the world and it wasn't quite working
27:10this is a man who changed the music industry he is a musical genius and people don't think of him
27:20in that sense anymore they think of him as a freak is there any way that he can lift himself
27:26out of
27:26this trough that he has largely dug for himself
27:30so
27:58when he was working on the history
28:00the history album michael called me and said look i want to use some of your paintings for the artwork
28:08that was the painting that uh he really liked and then spontaneously he wrote
28:16this 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
28:27to scrutinize somebody please have mercy
28:32because i just can't take it
28:39if you listen to the lyrics and the songs and the overall vibe of the tracks on history
28:45they're very aggressive they're very defensive
28:54even the screen video is very dark for michael
29:02then for the history album promo michael chose a dictator-esque image
29:08he'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
29:20you know the biggest pop superstar in the history of music
29:25tower bridge was raised this afternoon to allow a 30-foot statue of rock star michael jackson to pass
29:31along the thames on a barge
29:35i think it's brilliant it's just the best thing that happens on the river thames
29:39he's a mega star yeah they're calling the king of pop so we can afford to do this why not
29:45for the history tour michael decided to focus on his fan base abroad
29:51and his popularity continued over in europe and the uk
29:55asia asia versus the us where it was kind of slipping a little bit because of the allegations
30:01and all the media circuits around that
30:13it's like a dream come true
30:24i remember this one time i was with michael in budapest
30:29and the hotel was surrounded under siege by thousands of young people
30:40and what he did he draw the curtain a little bit and then he had this club one
30:46and people screeched it was like an explosion down there
30:49he was laughing he said oh my god look did you hear do you hear
31:04i think there's a deep desire to look up for people that are bigger than life yeah as role models
31:10or as somebody you can worship i mean i think that's what mankind needs
31:15but i think the danger is when everybody worships you
31:22is that you start to believe it in a way that you start to worship yourself
31:25and i think that's very dangerous
31:35but he was enjoying that he liked to have that effect on people
31:40so
31:42Sorry, sorry.
31:44I need a leader.
31:45Germany loves you, Michael.
31:46I love Germany.
32:03We 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 that I don't worship.
32:20But I don't think it's anything bad.
32:26It's just so beautiful.
32:30They are my life.
32:42They are my life.
32:46They are my life.
32:48They are my life.
32:50Stay on your side.
32:54Stay in that corner.
32:57Stay in that corner.
32:59Stay in that corner.
33:00Michael.
33:00Michael.
33:02Okay.
33:03Step back.
33:04Please.
33:05Where'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.
33:21Okay.
33:22When I met Michael, I saw that he was addicted to fame.
33:31I was a well-known rabbi.
33:33And Michael and I had become friends.
33:38Michael really needed to be loved.
33:40And he chose to be loved really in an unhealthy way, which 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.
35:35It's not intimate.
35:39It's not intimate.
35:41He needed something to live for.
35:44And as he explained it to me, he always wanted to be around kids.
35:49He loved the innocence of a child.
35:51He loved the creativity of a child.
35:54Because for him, the adult world was people wanting money from him and people wanting to know him for all
36:00the wrong reasons.
36:09At that time in his life, I think that Michael wanted to be a father.
36:20Because kids, as long as you give them unconditional love, they really give it back.
36:25They are mirror reflections of the love that we give them.
36:28And he was going to give them the greatest love.
36:29And they didn't.
36:31And that's what happened.
37:06I think having children gave him a renewed sense of purpose.
37:10A renewed sense of energy and direction.
37:22It is, it is.
37:27It's okay.
37:34I want to be successful at being a great father.
37:40I want them to say, we felt completely loved and he was like incredible.
37:48That's my biggest dream, one day for Princeton Parish, just to say to somebody, he was the best dad.
37:55One, two, three.
37:57One, two, three.
38:02Happy birthday to you.
38:06Happy birthday to you.
38:08Happy birthday to me.
38:09What has happened?
38:10I've been working with Michael for four years
38:13by the time he had his children.
38:18When Prince and Paris came along,
38:22I saw a different person.
38:29Can we do one where we are just pointing the camera at us?
38:33His life was now about the children.
38:37That was his priority.
38:41And he was getting more and more absolutely clear about his future.
38:47He was saying, Dita,
38:50I did everything I could do in my life for the music.
38:54And I think I did it well and everybody made a lot of money,
38:58but new people are coming.
39:01Other music is coming.
39:03And he had the feeling he will never be successful like he was.
39:08And he was fine with it.
39:10Michael said he didn't want to be a trained monkey forever.
39:15It's over.
39:16We'll give it to Armin.
39:17Come on, let's do it.
39:21But when you start not to do what this, he called it system, wants,
39:29then you're in trouble.
39:30Let's make it sweet.
39:32We are...
39:33We are...
40:01Sony was pushing him to continue his career.
40:05They were trying to get him to finish this album, Invincible.
40:10It wasn't my business, but, you know, screw the album.
40:12Well, we have to make your life healthy again.
40:17So there was a war for the soul of Michael Jackson.
40:25Sony Music was one of the biggest labels in the world, hands down.
40:31And with Michael, well, that's a lot of money changing hands.
40:37So, yes, it's cutthroat.
40:41But Sony Music was no more cutthroat than any other label.
40:48Michael's relationship was a contentious one with his record label.
40:56I was there to help facilitate a record he was putting out called Invincible,
41:01which was his official last studio record with Sony.
41:05And things were going over budget.
41:08We had rented out the entire floor at the Plaza Hotel in New York.
41:13And for anybody who doesn't know that, that is extremely expensive, crazy.
41:17And 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, who has invested in you to produce something.
41:32When we got the phone call that this was, you know, how dare you,
41:36this was the most expensive record we've ever made, you know, and I'm like, oh, okay.
41:40I'm like, how much? 30 million?
41:42I'm like, ooh.
41:43So it was kind of, it was a problem.
41:47But everybody was really trying to get him in tow.
41:51So we could make a deadline for album release.
41:58There's one time where I was asked to pick up a package at a house that apparently was being sold
42:04and is empty.
42:05And in the mailbox was this package and I opened it up and it happened to be full of Demerol,
42:12which is a prescription pain medication.
42:16But a lot of it, it was, it was, it 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 as long as he had his magical pills.
42:35But it was all so confusing at the same time.
42:38It wasn't, I'm not there to look at someone and unwrap the package.
42:41I'm there to get records done, right?
42:46There were so many people who were reliant on him to be the golden goose that lays eggs again.
42:55But he knew that path was corrosive.
43:00It, it frightened me.
43:02There was too much conflict going on with him.
43:04And I, I, I, I sensed and I saw that I was losing my influence.
43:08And I told him, I'm not going to watch you drive your life off a cliff and clap.
43:23norte-america
43:28Invincible has sold 2 million copies in 6 months.
43:32And that ain't Invincible.
43:34The flop of Invincible, along with the general downturn in sales,
43:38means that Sony's share price has suffered of late.
43:43My head told me, you know what?
43:46I can't do this anymore.
43:52Michael was done with the music and with touring and all of this.
44:08But Sony was not happy at all with this.
44:13So, he knew he had to fight to come out of this situation.
44:23From my vantage point, he got a tremendous amount of support from Sony Music.
44:33But you have to understand, they're artists.
44:35They're all narcissists.
44:37They can't help themselves.
44:38Okay, if their record's not selling, it's someone's fault.
44:43You know, if their tour's not doing well, it's someone's fault.
44:48Someone is always to blame.
44:56Michael Jackson is the architect of his own destiny.
45:00Like every single human being, whether you're special or not, you are the creator of the reality you live in.
45:10I remember we were required to go to New York City.
45:14And then he's whisked off to Al Sharpton's church.
45:19I personally think he was jacked up on something.
45:25Throughout the years, black artists have been taken advantage of, completely.
45:32And it's Sony Tommy Mottola.
45:36Tommy Mottola is the president of the record division.
45:39He is a mean, he's a racist, and he's very, very, very devilish.
45:50You know, this just, it just exploded right there.
45:54Sony's statement reads,
45:55We were deeply offended by the outrageous comments Mr. Jackson made.
45:59Mr. Jackson has committed a serious abuse of power that comes with celebrity.
46:29He told me today, you need to help me.
46:32It's over.
46:33He told me today, you need to help me.
46:33He asked me to terminate all his contracts with his lawyers, with his team, with everybody.
46:42And he did want that I take over everything.
46:51Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Michael Jackson.
46:55And rather than writing you a letter, I've found this format to be most efficient for what I wish to
47:00communicate.
47:03Peter Weisner from Germany and myself have entered into an agreement, an exclusive long-term partnership.
47:09He gave me the power of attorney.
47:12I will personally sign agreements or legally authorize my partners to sign on my behalf.
47:19But, and he told me today, the old team, they will be after you.
47:25They called once and told me, you take our golden cow and you have to stop this.
47:36And, but I was on Michael's side, of course, and I did what he warned.
47:42I remember these words from Michael to me, I put my life and my future in your hand.
48:06When it comes to distributing cookies, we get to see children's real personality.
48:15Here, come here. Prince, over here, before I grind you into hamburgers.
48:24No, you want the cookie? Then you behave.
48:31Here. Okay, here. Here's the cookie.
48:35Perez, you want some of this?
48:38By that time, I wasn't involved in his life.
48:41Perez, you're going to say thank you.
48:46I received a phone call from a producer that worked with Martin Bashir.
48:57Martin Bashir wants to interview Michael Jackson.
49:00Okay, you're getting the big one.
49:02I got off the phone and I went to Michael and said,
49:05first of all, your life, it's not ready to be open to the public.
49:10Stay a billion miles away from this guy.
49:15But Michael was an insecure person who is going to look for the validation of the public.
49:22He wanted to talk about his whole life, his career, that people really understand him.
49:33So Martin Bashir followed Michael for eight months.
49:42How do you write a song?
49:45How do you write a song?
49:46How do you write a song?
49:47When I wrote Billie Jean, I was riding in my car down Ventura Boulevard.
49:52All I said to myself beforehand, I want to write a song with a great bass hook.
50:01Where did that come from?
50:04From above.
50:05The dance as well?
50:06Yeah, same thing.
50:07How do you do it? Can you show me how you do it?
50:10Oh, boy.
50:12I'm shy.
50:13Come on, just show me.
50:14Just show me.
50:16Teach me.
50:19Okay, uh...
50:21Oh, boy. You're putting me on the spot now.
50:23Come on.
50:24See, now people are discovering something about me. I'm really shy. I'm embarrassed.
50:27Okay, you're shy. Just get up and show me.
50:30Um...
50:31Okay.
50:35Michael opened the door for everything.
50:47Michael had just had another child.
50:54We was in the room, together, and Michael heard the screaming from the fans.
51:02It was a beautiful feeling.
51:09And Michael was so excited, and I was behind him.
51:12He took blanket, but they had him really fast under his arm.
51:36In the next morning, I came out of my room, and I saw all over the newspaper.
51:43That was not a nice, not a nice picture.
51:47But, of course, Martin Bashir, he was there.
51:51I love you.
51:53Here he is.
51:54Here's the bottle.
51:57Here's the bottle.
51:58It's okay, just get this off.
52:00Oh, please don't try.
52:01Okay, okay, here we go.
52:04Abu! Abu! Abu!
52:07Yes, Abu!
52:08Ooh!
52:09Blankets! Blankets!
52:10Blankets! Blankets!
52:12Blankets!
52:12Blankets!
52:12I love you! Blankets!
52:14Yes, yes, yes!
52:16Have you been hearing about what people have been saying?
52:19That's totally ignorant.
52:20I would never do that to my children or any child.
52:23Try to kill them? Come on.
52:25Stupid.
52:25And why would I put a scarf over the baby's face if I was trying to throw them off the
52:29balcony?
52:29We were waiting for thousands of fans down below and they were chanting they want to see my child.
52:34So I was kind enough to let them see.
52:37I was doing something out of innocence.
52:46When living with Michael Jackson airs this evening, these streets are going to be deserted.
52:51Fans and critics alike are saying they're going to be staying in to watch the program.
52:55With his reputation in America very much at stake, for Michael Jackson it must be a nervous wait.
53:03I didn't want that we watch the documentary until I know what happened.
53:09But Michael, of course, he want to see it.
53:13We watched it on TV together.
53:20Eight months ago I put a proposal to Michael Jackson.
53:25Show me the real man, but show me everything.
53:28Make nothing off limits.
53:29He thought about it, and then he said, yes, come to Neverland.
53:36We began a journey together, across continents, through his past,
53:41and rapidly into the disturbing reality of his life today.
53:46In the documentary was this young boy, Kevin Avizo,
53:54and he was taking care of him.
53:58When people hear that children from other families have come and they've stayed in your house,
54:05they've stayed in your bedroom.
54:07Well, very few.
54:08But, you know, some have.
54:10And they say, is that really appropriate for a man, a grown man, to be doing that?
54:17How do you respond to that?
54:18I feel sorry for them, because that's judging someone who wants to really help people.
54:23Why can't you share your bed?
54:26The most loving thing to do is to share your bed with someone.
54:30When I saw this, I got a very bad feeling.
54:35When you're talking about children, if I said, well, I've invited some of my daughter's friends around,
54:42or my son's friends around, and they're going to sleep in the bed with me tonight.
54:45That's fine.
54:46What do you think their parents would say?
54:47If they're wacky, they would say you can't.
54:50I suppose the problem for many people is what happened in 1993, or what didn't happen.
54:56What didn't happen.
55:01One bombshell after another about his bizarre behavior in a new British documentary.
55:07Jackson admits he still has sleepovers with young boys.
55:12I felt shock, absolute shock.
55:20Have you lost all touch with reality?
55:23That you don't even know how people are going to react to that?
55:30He said he slept in a bed with children that are not his own.
55:35I mean, this isn't made up.
55:35This isn't fabricated.
55:36What kind of loony would, A, do it, and, B, go on national TV and admit it?
55:42Michael, cross lines that clearly are uncrossable.
55:46Sharing a bed with a child that's not yours, even if it's not sexual, it's still insanity.
55:52We got the reaction from all over, of course.
55:56I was trouble.
55:57You can't sleep with strangers' kids.
56:00As much as I love Michael Jackson, I'm having a hard time defending him right now.
56:03I believe the child welfare services should interview every child that has been at Neverland with Mr. Jackson in his
56:11bedroom or anywhere else in the home without the presence of their parents.
56:14Find out what's going on.
56:16He couldn't talk.
56:18And he was sitting on his bed, crying.
56:21What's ahead for Michael Jackson?
56:23What do you think's ahead after this?
56:24A real bumpy road.
56:26I don't think he'll recover from this one.
56:29That documentary led directly or indirectly to Michael Jackson's death.
56:34There's absolutely no question about it.
56:36That was the beginning of the end.
56:51Michael Jackson wasn't the ordinary pedophile.
56:55He had the means to be able to do things that no one else I had ever prosecuted could do.
57:01In a state that was 2,800 acres and a huge house with multiple locks.
57:07A staff that just ignored what was going on.
57:10That was unique to Michael Jackson.
57:13Gavin, can you tell us what your conversations, what you guys talked about?
57:18He said that he was going to be masturbating.
57:22Okay.
57:22I said no.
57:25He started masturbating me.
57:27Okay.
57:31We had lost the opportunity 10 years earlier.
57:36And we were determined that that not happened again.
58:02How could he go after him as he mourned?
58:04It never happened again.
58:05The night.
58:05How could he do that?
58:11In a pure 2004 mean while eventually?
58:12Yes.
58:12How could he go after him correct?
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