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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.
02:29The Jackson Hole
02:31and Michael Jackson.
02:32Together, they could make a billion dollars.
02:35As NBC's Mike Jensen reports tonight,
02:38teach your kids to sing.
02:49It's the kind of contract that takes your breath away.
02:52A projected $1 billion for six Michael Jackson albums
02:56plus feature films, videos, and video games.
03:01Michael, in the 1980s,
03:03you had the largest selling album in history with Thriller.
03:07Now, with Dangerous,
03:08you'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,
03:25Michael Jackson was the biggest star in the world.
03:28He 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.
03:43They'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,
03:58you want a Michael Jackson to succeed.
04:08My name is Rosabelle Smith,
04:10and for 31 years,
04:12I was employed by the Los Angeles Police Department.
04:16In 1993,
04:18while working juvenile division of the LAPD,
04:21I was working the Sexually Exploited Child Unit.
04:23I was advised by my supervisor,
04:25who was the officer in charge of the unit,
04:27that a case had come in involving a young boy
04:32who was 13 years of age,
04:34and that the perpetrator was Michael Jackson.
04:37I was a little in disbelief
04:40that it was Michael Jackson doing this,
04:43because 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
05:01just like any other case at that time.
05:05Our role was to find out
05:08if Mr. Jackson had committed
05:11the crime of sexual molestation against children.
05:15And on the same token,
05:17we had to find out
05:20if the children,
05:23they were telling the truth.
05:27We had to interview the victim.
05:35The victim had actually met Michael Jackson
05:38at a restaurant who was very, very little.
05:42Then years later,
05:44that relationship grew,
05:46and they began to visit each other.
05:50The victim was alleging that Michael
05:54would oftentimes rub his body against his body.
05:59He alleged that Michael Jackson fondled him
06:02and masturbated him.
06:05He alleged that Michael liked to have
06:07his nipples rubbed,
06:11his nipples rubbed, squeezed, kissing.
06:14Then that graduated to oral copulation.
06:17They bathed together,
06:18and to the point where eventually
06:21Michael Jackson consumed his semen.
06:32We had heard on the grapevine
06:34that 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,
06:47and 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.
07:00I really hoped the allegations weren't true.
07:05The feeling was trying to contain it.
07:09Obviously, we were thinking of, you know,
07:11the immediate impact on the tour
07:13because you got to keep the business going,
07:15the tour going, the album sales, everything,
07:18and the impact of that.
07:19So it was pretty tense.
07:21We went into crisis mode,
07:22both with our team and 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,
07:41the press, police, lawyers, and private investigators
07:43are in orbit tonight
07:45over 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
07:57of a criminal investigation of the pop superstar.
08:00All hell broke loose.
08:02Television station KNBC in Los Angeles
08:04first broke the story last night
08:06saying that a mother had alleged Jackson abused her child.
08:09August 17th, the Los Angeles Police Department
08:12initiated a criminal investigation
08:15of entertainer Michael Jackson.
08:18Every news channel, every hour,
08:21the top story was Michael Jackson.
08:23Confidential documents obtained by NBC News
08:26quoted the boys' reference
08:27to acts of oral sex and masturbation.
08:30The allegations now surfacing
08:31are ugly enough to shatter any icon's image.
08:34Kids everywhere are talking about
08:36the scandalous accusations,
08:38hoping they're not true.
08:40Has Michael Jackson ever molested a child,
08:44ever done anything improper with a child?
08:46No, never.
08:47No, never.
08:48That's crazy.
08:49My son is not guilty.
08:51He need a trial.
08:53These people aren't waiting.
08:54They're trying to, um,
08:55trying to, they're trying him.
08:57That's right, and I'm tired of it.
09:07Open the window!
09:09Open the window!
09:11Open the window!
09:12Open the window!
09:13Open the window!
09:14Open the window!
09:14Open the window!
09:14Open the window!
09:16Open the window!
09:17Open the window!
09:22Open the window!
09:23Everything was suddenly bad.
09:28Everything was, um, 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.
10:18Eventually, he came back to America.
10:24We 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.
10:59He said, you assholes.
11:02The outcome was that evidence that was provided by Jordan Chander, it was confirmed.
11:16Help you.
11:18Yeah, we'd like to talk to Michael Jackson.
11:21Has 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 because 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.
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.
12:51But to 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 him 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.
13:28These statements about me are totally false.
13:30At 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,
13:55and almost daily revelations about the singer.
13:59Separating fact from fiction can be difficult.
14:16For years I have been working for Michael, who unfortunately has been the victim of this and other types of
14:22extortion attempts.
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, an 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.
15:11I 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, and, you
15:38know, I'm sure that it will all work out, and I'm sure that he's innocent, you know, but only God
15:43knows 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, because 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.
16:28Parts 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're treating black people like we're dogs, you know, like we can't get nowhere.
16:57We have no rights that the white man respects.
17:01Race is tearing America apart.
17:05Now 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.
17:35Why do you think it was important for Michael Jackson to speak out now?
17:39Well, I think, Katie, that after months of being barraged with negative attacks, it was time.
17:45Everyone 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.
18:07Michael'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.
18:26When Michael walked out on that stage, the house went crazy.
18:34Everyone was in support of Michael.
18:36No 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.
19:21It was such a powerful speech.
19:31With all of the stuff that was happening to the black community, it felt like Michael's innocence was important and
19:43it 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.
20:20We 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,
20:41the 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 say that says no victim, no crime.
21:28So nothing that we could do.
21:36Read all about it!
21:38Hollywood sex scandals!
21:40Heidi's little black book, The Hollywood Hooker and Heidi Gate.
21:46Lonnie Anderson says Bert's a dud in bed.
21:50Uh-oh.
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.
22:10Michael Jackson is our window into the new news business.
22:13And the magazine shows, talk shows, news chats that feed off 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.
22:31I think something's up when he settles for over $10 million to shut someone up.
22:35I don't know, it's a shame because I think Michael's been dragged through the model odds.
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.
23:27Michael 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.
23:59It'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.
24:24Well, I'm very, very happy for them.
24:26I think it's great.
24:28They're very happy.
24:29And I think everybody's happy.
24:32They're great people.
24:36I first met Michael in 1988.
24:41Michael was on tour in Germany at that time.
24:44And so they called me and said that Michael is a big fan of mine and he would love to
24:49meet me.
24:50And we hit it up.
24:53And it got to know the whole family.
24:56I also knew Lisa Marie Presley because I spent lots of time in Los Angeles.
25:04So I knew them separately.
25:06And then later, Lisa came to me on the end and said, look, Michael is hitting on me and
25:12he actually wants to marry me.
25:14What do you think?
25:14Should I do that?
25:15So I said, go for it.
25:18For him, it was also he liked Lisa because she was the daughter of the king.
25:23So he was also a king, king of pop.
25:34This is a big deal.
25:36We had never seen him get romantic with a woman like this ever.
25:42I'm very happy to be here.
25:44And 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.
26:09It's all a cover up.
26:10It's all a cover up from the little child thing.
26:12That's what I think it is.
26:13And that's about it.
26:14You don't think it's true love?
26:15No.
26:16I think it's a sham.
26:17A heterosexual marriage would certainly take some of the heat off
26:21being 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.
26:38Many of you may find this hard to believe,
26:40but Lisa Marie Presley and Michael 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.
26:51Sorry to hear that.
26:52Sorry to see that.
26:53What a shock.
26:53What 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.
27:07And it wasn't quite working.
27:10This is a man who changed the music industry.
27:15He is a musical genius.
27:18And people don't think of him in that sense anymore.
27:21They think of him as a freak.
27:24Is there any way that he can lift himself out of this trough
27:27that he has largely dug for himself?
27:30Oh, my God.
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.
28:39If 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.
28:55Even 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,
29:19still, you 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
29:30to pass along the Thames on a barge.
29:35I think it's brilliant.
29:37It'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?
29:45For 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,
29:58where 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.
30:16I touched him.
30:18I'm not going to have 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.
30:47It was like an explosion down there.
30:54He was laughing.
30:55He said, oh my God, look.
30:57Did 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,
31:22is that you start to believe it in a way that you start to worship yourself.
31:26And I think that's very dangerous.
31:35But he was enjoying that.
31:37He liked to have that effect on people.
31:45Germany loves you, Mike.
31:46I love Germany.
31:47I love Germany.
31:48I love you.
31:51I 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.
32:53OK, of course.
32:54Stay in that corner.
32:55Stay in that corner, please.
32:58Stay in that corner.
33:00Michael.
33:01Welcome.
33:02OK.
33:03Step back.
33:04Please.
33:05Michael?
33:05I won't call.
33:07OK.
33:08Yes, yes.
33:09Please.
33:10Please.
33:11I hate you very much.
33:12Please.
33:13Come on.
33:15Yeah, come on.
33:16OK, please.
33:20Go, go.
33:20OK?
33:21OK.
33:23When I met Michael, I saw that he was addicted to fame.
33:31I 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.
34:07Attention.
34:08And attention is never a good substitute for love.
34:09It'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.
34:50We recorded it on these two flimsy dicta machines, you know, on these tiny little tapes.
35:00Honestly, when somebody walks up at the gym and says, I love you so much, it makes my heart feel
35:06so 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 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.
36:31And that's what happened.
36:45Oh my god.
36:47Oh my god.
36:47What's my dad's baby?
36:49Who is that?
36:51Laya.
36:52That's right.
36:53It's Laya.
37:06I think having children gave him a renewed sense of purpose, a renewed sense of energy
37:13and direction I want to be successful at being a great father
37:39I 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!
38:03Happy birthday to you
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, 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
38:36That was his priority
38:41And he was getting more and more absolutely clear about his future
38:47He was saying, Dida, 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
38:58But new people coming, other 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
39:14It's over
39:21But when you start not to do what this, he called it system, wants
39:28Then you're in trouble
39:31Let's make it sweet
39:32We are
39:32We are
39:52You 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
40:36So, 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
40:52I 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
41:18And 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
41:27Who has invested in you to produce something
41:32When we got the phone call that this was, you know
41:35How dare you, this was the most expensive record we've ever made
41:38You know, and I'm like, oh, okay
41:40I'm like, how much, 30 million, I'm like, ooh
41:42So 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
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, it was an unknown thing that you don't ask
42:21I said, what's going, and I was like, oh, okay
42:26Never mind
42:29But then he would go to the studio
42:32As 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 who 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, 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
43:31And that ain't Invincible
43:33The flop of Invincible
43:35Along with a general downturn in sales
43:37Means that Sony's share price has suffered of late
43:44Michael told me, you know what
43:46I can't do this anymore
43:48Michael 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 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, if 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 of his own destiny
44:59Like every single human being
45:02Whether you're special or not
45:04You are the creator of the reality you live in
45:10I remember we were required to go to New York City
45:13And then he's whisked off to Al Sharpton's church
45:19I personally think he was jacked up on something
45:24Throughout the years
45:26Black artists have been taken advantage of
45:30Completely
45:31And it's Sony Tommy Mottola
45:35Tommy Mottola is the president of the record division
45:39He is a mean
45:40He's a racist
45:43And he's very, very, very devilish
45:50You know, this just
45:51It just exploded right there
45:53Sony's statement reads
45:55We were deeply offended by the outrageous comments
45:57Mr. Jackson made
45:58Mr. Jackson has committed a serious abuse of power
46:02That comes with celebrity
46:29He told me today
46:30You need to help me
46:32It'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
47:19But
47:20But
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 you have to stop this
47:33And
47:37But I was on Michael's side of course
47:39And I did what he wanted
47:42I remember these words
47:44From Michael to me
47:45I put my life
47:47And my future in your hand
48:06When it comes to distributing cookies
48:12We get to see children's real personality
48:15Here
48:16Come here
48:18Prince
48:18Over here
48:19Before I grind you into hamburg
48:23No
48:24You want the cookie?
48:25You 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
48:46I received a phone call
48:49From
48:52A producer
48:55That worked with Martin Bashir
48:57Martin Bashir wants to interview Michael Jackson
49:00Okay you're getting the big one
49:03I got off the phone
49:04And I went to Michael and said
49:05First of all
49:06Your life
49:07It's not ready to be open to the public
49:09Stay a billion miles away from this guy
49:15But Michael was an insecure person
49:17Who is going to look for the validation of the public
49:23He wanted to talk about his 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 beforehand
49:54I 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?
50:09Can you show me how you do it?
50:10Oh boy
50:11Come on just get out and show me
50:13Oh come on just show me
50:14Come on
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
50:24Now 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
50:30Okay
50:35Michael opened the door
50:36For everything
50:47Michael had just had another child
50:54We was in the room
50:55Together
50:57And
50:58Michael
50:59Heard the screaming
51:01From the fans
51:02It was 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
51:43It 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
52:01Break it
52:01Break it
52:02Break it
52:03Okay okay
52:03Here we go
52:04Abu
52:04Abu
52:05Abu
52:07Yes
52:08Abu
52:08Break it
52:09Break it
52:10Break it
52:11Break it
52:12Break it
52:12I love you
52:13Break it
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
52:23Try 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 waving
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
52:45When 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
52:53Staying in to watch
52:54The programme
52:55With his reputation
52:56In America
52:57Very much at stake
52:58For Michael Jackson
53:00It must be
53:00A nervous wait
53:03I didn't want
53:04That we watched
53:05The documentary
53:05Until I
53:06Know what happened
53:09But Michael
53:10Of course
53:11He want 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
53:24Show 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 together
53:38Across continents
53:39Through his past
53:41And rapidly
53:42Into the disturbing reality
53:44Of his life today
53:46In the documentary
53:49Was this young boy
53:51Gavin Avizo
53:54And he was taking care of him
53:57When people hear that
53:59Children from other families
54:02Have come and they've stayed
54:03In your house
54:04They've stayed in your bedroom
54:06Well very few
54:08But you know
54:09Some have
54:10And they say
54:11Is that really appropriate
54:14For a man
54:15A grown man
54:16To be doing that
54:16How do you respond to that
54:18I 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
54:25The 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
54:36If I
54:38Said well
54:39I've invited some of my
54:41Daughter'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
54:55Or 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
55:17Shock
55:19Absolute shock
55:20Have you lost all touch
55:21With reality
55:23That you don't even know
55:25How people are going to
55:27React 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
55:37Would 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 chudder
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 the 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
56:22For Michael Jackson
56:23What do you think
56:23Is ahead after this
56:24A real bumpy road
56:26I don't think
56:27He'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
57:08Ignored what was going on
57:10That was unique
57:10To Michael Jackson
57:13Gavin
57:14Can you tell us
57:14What your conversations
57:15What you guys
57:16Talked about
57:18He said that
57:19He was going to be
57:21Masturbated
57:21Keep going
57:22I said no
57:25He started
57:26Masturbating me
57:27Okay
57:31We had lost
57:32The opportunity
57:3310 years earlier
57:36And we were determined
57:37That that not
57:37Happened again
57:43That was crazy
57:43Yeah
57:43Oh
57:52You
58:09Transcription by CastingWords
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