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00:17This is my, my inspiration.
00:34What made me hold on, what has saved my life, is children.
00:43Because being a celebrity and then becoming an icon, like an international phenomenon,
00:49you see how vindictive man can be, how cruel, how abusive, how judgmental.
00:58But children represent honesty, just a pure innocence.
01:05And I'm in love with innocence.
01:10That's what I'm in love with.
01:22The number one artist in the world!
01:35That level of mega stardom is not healthy.
01:40People are not gods.
01:49Tonight, Jackson is wanted by police of multiple felony counts of child molestation.
01:57The Jackson machine just keeps right on rolling.
02:01The Jackson machine just keeps right on rolling.
02:24The Jackson machine just keeps right on rolling.
02:31And Michael Jackson.
02:32Together, they could make a billion dollars.
02:35As NBC's Mike Jensen reports tonight, teach your kids to sing.
02:48It's the kind of contract that takes your breath away.
02:52A projected one billion dollars for six Michael Jackson albums, plus feature films, videos, and video games.
03:01Michael, in the 1980s, you had the largest selling album in history with Thriller.
03:07Now, with Dangerous, you've given us the fastest selling album of your career.
03:12We're prouder than ever to have you part of the Sony Music family.
03:15The thrilling fact is that the best is definitely yet to come.
03:23When I joined Sony, Michael Jackson was the biggest star in the world.
03:28And he was the guy.
03:30I don't know any other way to describe it.
03:32I mean, we all lived through it.
03:34The Michael Jackson World Tour is on the road again.
03:40It was incredibly exciting.
03:42They're selling out stadiums making record money.
03:46It was the franchise.
03:47I mean, let's be honest.
03:51We are all in the business of succeeding.
03:54And when you're working in a company like Sony Music, you want a Michael Jackson to succeed.
04:08My name is Rosabelle Smith.
04:10And for 31 years, I was employed by the Los Angeles Police Department.
04:16In 1993, while working juvenile division 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 involving a young boy who was 13 years of age and that the perpetrator was Michael Jackson.
04:37I was a little in disbelief that it was Michael Jackson doing this because I grew up watching Michael Jackson,
04:46you know, the Jackson 5 cartoons when I was a kid.
04:49And I really enjoyed his music.
04:56But we had a job to do.
04:58And that job was to go out and just handle it just like any other case at that time.
05:05Our role was to find out if Mr. Jackson had committed the crime of sexual molestation against children.
05:15And on the same token, we had to find out if the children, they were telling the truth.
05:27We had to interview the victim.
05:35The victim had actually met Michael Jackson at a restaurant who was very, very little.
05:42Then years later, that relationship grew and they began to visit each other.
05:50The victim was alleging that Michael would oftentimes rub his body against his body.
05:59He alleged that Michael Jackson fondled him and masturbated him.
06:05He alleged that Michael liked to have his nipples rubbed, squeezed, kissing.
06:14Then that graduated to oral copulation.
06:17They bathed together and to the point where eventually Michael Jackson consumed his semen.
06:32We had heard on the grapevine that there were these allegations circulating.
06:40And it was a shock to everybody.
06:43Yeah, we knew he was hanging with kids.
06:45But I 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.
07:09Obviously, we were thinking of, you know, the immediate impact on the tour.
07:13Because you got to keep the business going, the tour going, the album sales, everything.
07:18And the impact of that.
07:19So it was pretty, it was pretty tense.
07:21We went into crisis mode, both with our team and the PR team.
07:27But ultimately, the story was so huge, it was going to get out no matter what we did.
07:33There was no stopping it.
07:39In Southern California, the press, police, lawyers and private investigators are in orbit tonight
07:45over an investigation of child abuse allegations involving superstar Michael Jackson.
07:49There's still no comment from Michael Jackson this morning.
07:52And Los Angeles police aren't saying much.
07:55But they have confirmed reports of a criminal investigation of the pop superstar.
08:00All hell broke loose.
08:02Television station KNBC in Los Angeles first broke the story last night,
08:06saying that a mother had alleged Jackson abused her child.
08:09August 17th, the Los Angeles Police Department initiated a criminal investigation of entertainer Michael Jackson.
08:18Every news channel, every hour, the top story was Michael Jackson.
08:23Confidential documents obtained by NBC News quoted the boy's reference to acts of oral sex and masturbation.
08:30The allegations now surfacing are ugly enough to shatter any icon's image.
08:34Kids everywhere are talking about the scandalous accusations, hoping they're not true.
08:41Has Michael Jackson ever molested a child, ever done anything improper with a child?
08:46No, never.
08:47No, never.
08:48No, never.
08:49That's crazy.
08:49Never.
08:49My son is not guilty.
08:51He need a trial.
08:53These people aren't waiting.
08:54They're trying to, um, trying to, they're trying him.
08:57They're trying him.
08:58That's right.
08:58And I'm tired of it.
09:07Open the window!
09:09Open the window!
09:11Open the window!
09:12Open the window!
09:23Everything was suddenly bad.
09:29Everything was emotional.
09:34Talking to Michael was different because he was different.
09:38Suddenly he was no longer the happy Michael that I used to talk to.
09:41He sounded depressed.
09:43I felt like it was over, like there was no way he could come back from these terrible things being
09:49said.
09:50It was over, like there was no way he could come back.
10:20We had the information from the victim about Michael's body and specifically the markings on his body.
10:34So the only way that a child would see that is if Michael was nude, then our unit prepared a
10:44search warrant to search or to view Michael's body.
10:48And this included the genitals.
10:50We explained to him, we have a search warrant signed by the judge to take pictures of your private parts.
10:58He said, you assholes.
11:02The outcome was that evidence that was provided by Jordan Chander, it was confirmed.
11:16Can I help you?
11:17Yeah, we'd like to talk to Michael Jackson.
11:21Has he come back?
11:22I have no comment, sir.
11:23No comment, huh?
11:25I don't necessarily think he's guilty, but I don't necessarily think he's innocent either because I don't know.
11:31Well, I don't know if he's guilty or not, but I think that he needs to come back and face
11:35the charges.
11:36He's looking pretty guilty right now.
11:42There is real fear tonight that the catastrophic publicity will result in the destruction of a billion dollar empire and
11:50the ruin of a man.
11:56Sony stock has fallen because investors are very much concerned that the huge investment that they have in Michael Jackson
12:03is, in fact, not going to pay off.
12:07When the allegations surfaced, I read them, watched them on TV like everyone else did, and I felt that they
12:20were extremely unfair.
12:22Michael Jackson was unequivocally the biggest artist in the company.
12:30And if he's not succeeding, guess 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.
12:51To that point, Michael had been laying low.
12:54But once the allegations are out there, you can't take them back again.
13:01And so we needed to get in front of the public to unequivocally deny these allegations.
13:09Michael Jackson came out of seclusion today without leaving home.
13:13The pop star angrily rejected accusations he molested a young boy and lashed out at police and the media.
13:19There have been many disgusting statements made recently concerning allegations of improper conduct on my part.
13:27These statements about me are totally false.
13:31At every opportunity, the media has dissected and manipulated these allegations to reach their own conclusions.
13:38I ask all of you to wait and hear the truth before you label or condemn me.
13:43Don'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 with rumor, innuendo, and almost
13:56daily revelations about the singer.
13:59Separating fact from fiction can be difficult.
14:15For years I have been working for Michael, who unfortunately has been the victim of this and other types of
14:22extortion attempts.
14:23The demand for $20 million was made and presented.
14:27It was flatly and consistently refused.
14:30Many people try to extort Michael because of who he is and, you know, the amount of money he has,
14:36and these people wanted $20 million.
14:38As far as the victim is concerned, I did not get anything as far as any, like, money, motivation.
14:46However, the parents were a different story.
14:49The Hollywood Reporter and Entertainment Trade Paper said today that the boy's father had negotiated with Jackson for a $20
14:56million movie deal.
14:57The father is a prominent Beverly Hills dentist and part-time screenwriter.
15:02CBS News has obtained a taped phone conversation.
15:05The voice is reportedly the father of the 13-year-old boy.
15:09If I go through with this, I win big time. I will get everything I want.
15:12The father did, in fact, ask for money to keep the situation quiet.
15:19So it did hurt the case a little bit.
15:24I think it's pathetic that somebody would go after someone like Michael Jackson with such vigor and it's obvious what
15:30they want.
15:31And it seems obvious to me that he is innocent.
15:33I know that there's a lot of people in this business that try and take advantage of people.
15:37And, you know, I'm sure that it will all work out and I'm sure that he's innocent, you know, but
15:42only God knows the truth, you know.
15:48More and more people started to question the allegations.
15:54So the management team started capitalizing on that momentum.
15:59The main strategy was to endear Michael to the black community and to get the black community back on Michael's
16:10side.
16:11Because once the black community is behind you, you got it because, you know, we're a big group.
16:17And race relations 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 over the videotape
16:36beating of Rodney King, a black motorist.
16:50What happened with Rodney King, it doesn't make no sense to me.
16:54They treated black people like we're dogs, you know, like we can't get nowhere.
16:58We have no rights that the white man respects.
17:01Race is tearing America apart.
17:06Now more than ever, minority Americans believe there are two kinds of justice, the white kind and the kind they
17:13get.
17:17Someone was friends with this African-American attorney named Johnny Cochran.
17:23And so he suggested that Johnny would be the best person for for Michael's case, not only because he's black,
17:31but also because he was brilliant.
17:34Mr. Cochran, let me start with you. Why do you think it was important for Michael Jackson to speak out
17:38now?
17:38Well, I think, Katie, that after months of being barraged with negative attacks, it was time.
17:46Everyone who was on Michael's team knew that having a black face as the front man for the defense would
17:54bring the black community to Michael's defense as well.
18:01The king of pop rock and soul, Mr. Michael Jackson.
18:08Michael's first public appearance after his statement about the allegations was at the NAACP image awards.
18:16And that's the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
18:24I 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 for all
18:49people in our land.
18:50And his speech was based on being a proud black man and how, you know, we have to stick together
18:57against racial inequality and injustice.
19:03Everyone is presumed to be innocent and totally innocent until they are charged with a crime and then convicted by
19:09a jury of their peers.
19:22It was such a powerful speech.
19:31With all of the stuff that was happening to the black community.
19:38It felt like Michael's innocence was important and it was what we needed.
19:51Everybody wanted him to be back on top.
20:05The family of a teenage boy is dropping its charge that Michael Jackson molested the boy.
20:11Larry Carroll tells us the civil suit is now over.
20:19We wish to jointly announce a mutual resolution of this lawsuit.
20:25This boy wanted to get on with his life.
20:29When that case was settled, and I believe that the payout for that settlement was $20 million or maybe a
20:39little more over $20 million.
20:40The family accepted the settlement.
20:44The resolution of this case is in no way an admission of guilt by Michael Jackson.
20:51Being a megastar like he was, he had the advantage with money, with attorneys, with really coming out and doing
21:01pretty much whatever he wanted in order to defend himself.
21:06So 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.
21:18But when the victim doesn't want to testify, there is a saying that says no victim, no crime.
21:28So nothing that we could do.
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21:52In this billion dollar business, there's only one story that's guaranteed.
21:57A big name in trouble. That's the best news of all.
22:00But of course, the one that's grabbing the headlines right now are the allegations about Michael Jackson, the biggest superstar
22:09in the world.
22:09Michael Jackson is our window into the new news business. And the magazine shows, talk shows, news chats that feed
22:17off tabloid truth.
22:19Michael Jackson, violator or victim?
22:23What do you think about Michael?
22:26Well, no, I think it's true.
22:28He settled for all that money?
22:29I don't know.
22:29He settled for all that amount of money. I think something's up when he settles for over $10 million to
22:34shut someone up.
22:36Anyhow, it's a shame because I think Michael's been dragged through him a lot.
22:38You know, he's a, I don't know if he's a victim or if he did it or not, but like,
22:43he's lost 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.
23:42He knew that marrying Elvis Presley's daughter would be headlines everywhere.
23:47Everyone would be talking about that and they'd no longer talk about this horrible time in his life.
23:54With this ring, I do it.
23:56This ring, I do it.
23:57You've heard the talk for weeks. It's surprising and it's apparently true.
24:01The daughter of Elvis Presley confirms today she is now married to Michael Jackson.
24:06Let's go to Vince Dimitri in New York.
24:08Vince.
24:09John, hopefully you can see behind me the throngs of stargazers right behind me.
24:13We are just outside of the world famous Trump Tower where Donald Trump tells us, yes indeed,
24:19that Lisa Marie Presley and her new beau Michael Jackson are holed up here on the top floor.
24:23Well, I'm very, very happy for them. I think it's great. They're very happy. And I think everybody's happy. They're
24:32great people.
24:36I first met Michael in 1988. Michael was on tour in Germany at that time. And so they called me
24:46and said that Michael is a big fan of mine and he would love to meet me. And we hit
24:51it up. And it got to know the whole family.
24:56I also knew Lisa Marie Presley because I spent lots of time in Los Angeles. So I knew them separately.
25:06And then later, Lisa came to me one day and said,
25:09look, Michael is hitting on me and he, he actually wants to marry me. What do you think? Should I
25:15do that? So I said, go for it.
25:18For him, it was also, he liked Lisa because she was the daughter of the king. So he was also
25:24a king, king of pop.
25:26Yeah. This is a big deal. We had never seen him get romantic with a woman like this ever. I'm
25:42very 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.
26:08It's all cover up. It's all cover up from a little child thing. That's what I think it is. It's
26:13about it.
26:14You don't think it's true love? No.
26:16I think it's a sham.
26:18A heterosexual marriage would certainly take some of the heat off being accused of being a homosexual pedophile.
26:28But Michael and Lisa were only together for around 18 months.
26:35It's Splitsville for Graceland and Neverland. Many of you may find this hard to believe, but Lisa Marie Presley and
26:42Michael Jackson are getting a divorce.
26:44So, Tony, it looks like the gloved one is no longer the loved one.
26:49Oh, such a sad story. Sorry to hear that. Sorry to see that. What a shock. What a surprise.
26:57It was kind of hard to watch. He was trying to maintain his position as like the biggest superstar in
27:06the 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.
27:24Is there any way that he can lift himself out of this trough that he has largely dug for himself?
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. And then spontaneously he wrote this poem directly on the picture.
28:19With such confusion.
28:21With 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.
28:31Because 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, they're very
28:46aggressive.
28:47They're very defensive.
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. It's just the best thing that's happened on the River Thames.
29:39He's a mega star, yeah? They call him the King of Pop, so if he can afford to do this,
29:42why not?
29:45For the history tour, Michael decided to focus on his fan base abroad.
29:51And his popularity continued over in Europe, in the UK, Asia, versus the US, where it was kind of slipping
29:59a little bit because of the allegations and all the media circuits around that.
30:13It's like a dream come true.
30:15I touched him. I'm not going to raise my hand.
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.
30:41And what he did, he threw the curtain a little bit, and then he had this club one.
30:46And people screeched. It was like an explosion down there.
30:54He was laughing. He said, oh my God, look. Do you hear? Do 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.
31:27How are you?
31:27I love you, Michael.
31:28Can I have a hug, please?
31:30Sure.
31:30Please, may I hug you?
31:35But he was enjoying that. He liked to have that effect on people.
31:40I love you.
31:42Sorry, sorry.
31:44This way.
31:44I'm the leader.
31:45Germany loves you, Michael.
31:46I love Germany.
31:47I love you.
31:48I love you.
31:49I love you.
31:51I love you.
31:54I love you.
31:55I love you.
31:56I love you.
31:58I love you.
32:00I love you.
32:02I love you.
32:03I 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
32:50okay
32:51okay
32:52okay
32:52okay
32:54stay in that corner
32:55stay in that corner
32:56stay in that corner
32:59okay
32:59okay
33:02step back
33:04please
33:08please
33:09please
33:13come on
33:16okay please
33:19Coco
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 he chose to be loved in really in an unhealthy way which
33:45was through superstardom and the devotion of fans
33:57i said to him you've made the mistake of substituting love for this this cheap forgery called attention
34:07attention
34:08attention is never a good substitute for love it's never real
34:13this attention became an addiction because he interpreted his love and it became a monster
34:27i felt that one of my principal objectives was to tether him back to humility
34:37and so our conversations became kind of therapy
34:46he wanted every word recorded for posterity we recorded it on these two flimsy dicta machines you know that they're
34:56on these tiny little tapes
35:00honestly
35:01honestly when somebody walks up to you and say i love you so much
35:04it makes my heart feel so good
35:07like you can never get tired of it
35:16but is it also that the fans show you love based on your performance rather than you
35:27well i feel that love but it's from a distance
35:33it's not intimate i guess
35:41he needed something to live for and as he explained it to me he always wanted to be around kids
35:49he loved the innocence of a child he 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
36:12i think that michael wanted to be a father
36:20because
36:21kids
36:22as long as you give them unconditional love they really give it back
36:25they are mirror reflections of the love that we give them
36:28and he was going to give them the greatest love and they didn't
36:31and that's what happened
36:46yeah
36:46what are you like
36:47something sweet
36:47i have to think that budgeting
36:50whos that
36:51Laura
36:52sorry it's Laura
36:53all
36:56okay
37:00take it
37:06I think having children gave him a renewed sense of purpose, a renewed sense of energy
37:13and direction.
37:22It is, it is.
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
37:53best dad.
38:09I'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, 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, Didier, 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 coming, other
39:01music 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 it system, wants, then you're in trouble.
39:31Let's make it sweet.
39:52You never thought it would work before, when you live all your love and you give him your
39:59all, you can all.
40:01Sony was pushing him to continue his career.
40:05They were trying to get him to finish this album, Invincible.
40:10It wasn't my business, but you know, screw the album.
40:13We have to make your life healthy again.
40:17So there was a war for the soul of Michael Jackson.
40:25Sony Music was one of the biggest labels in the world, hands down.
40:31And with Michael, well, that's a lot of money changing hands.
40:37So, yes, it's cutthroat.
40:41But Sony Music was no more cutthroat than any other label.
40:48Michael's relationship was a contentious one with his record label.
40:56I was there to help facilitate a record he was putting out called Invincible, which was his official
41:03last 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.
41:18And he wasn't even showing up for things.
41:23A record company is there to make money.
41:25They are an investment firm, in a way, who has invested in you to produce something.
41:32When we got the phone call that this was, you know, how dare you, this was the most expensive
41:37record 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, oosh.
41:43So it was kind of, it was a problem.
41:47But everybody was really trying to get him in tow so we could make a deadline for album release.
41:58There's one time where I was asked to pick up a package at a house that apparently was
42:04being sold and is empty.
42:05And in the mailbox was this package.
42:08And I opened it up and it happened to be full of Demerol, which is a prescription pain
42:14medication.
42:16But a lot of it, it was, it was an unknown thing that you don't ask.
42:21I said, what's going, and I was like, oh.
42:25Oh, 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.
42:43Right.
42:46There were so many people who were reliant on him to be the golden goose that lays eggs
42:52again.
42:54But 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.
43:28Invincible has sold two million copies in six months.
43:32And that ain't invincible.
43:34The flop of invincible, along with a general downturn in sales, means that Sony's share price
43:39had suffered of late.
43:44Michael told me, you know what, I can't do this anymore.
43:52Michael was done with the music and with touring and all of this.
44:09But Sony was not happy at all with this.
44:13So he knew he has to fight to come out of this situation.
44:23From my vantage point, he got a tremendous amount of support from Sony music.
44:33But you have to understand they're artists.
44:35They're all narcissists.
44:37They can't help themselves.
44:39Okay.
44:39If their record's not selling, it's someone's fault.
44:43You know, if their tour's not doing well, it's someone's fault.
44:48Someone is always to blame.
44:56Michael Jackson is the architect of his own destiny.
45:00Like every single human being, whether you're special or not, you are the creator of the reality you live in.
45:10I remember we were required to go to New York City, and then he's whisked off to Al Sharpton's church.
45:19I 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, we were deeply offended by the outrageous comments Mr. Jackson made.
45:59Mr. Jackson has committed a serious abuse of power that comes with celebrity.
46:29He told me today, you need to help me. It's over.
46:31He told me today, you need to help me. It's over.
46:34He asked me to terminate all his contracts with his lawyers, with his team, with everybody.
46:42And he did want that I take over everything.
46:51Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Michael Jackson.
46:55And rather than writing you a letter, I've found this format to be most efficient for what I wish to
47:00communicate.
47:03Peter Weisner from Germany and myself have entered into an agreement, an exclusive long-term partnership.
47:09He gave me the power of attorney.
47:12I 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.
58:00Somebody 50 year old fire clock.
58:04That was pretty bright.
58:06He said no, he said no.
58:12He enduring I never should be the only hope that's so impressive.
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