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Michael Jackson apparently had a child pornography collection

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ASIS

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Tabloids gonna tabloid? It's hardly an official statement. Was he weird as fuck? Yeah, yeah he was, the man dangled his baby over a balcony, not a very healthy thing to do. Did he have an unhealthy relationship with children? Probably. But the jury's still out on sexual abuse, I feel. Maybe it's just denial on my end though.

I'm feeling the same way. Gonna wait out a bit more before I take his picture off my avatar.
 

dakun

Member
Yeah i don't believe it. They came with nothing all those years except for parents that wanted to make a quick buck off of MJ
 

.JayZii

Banned
Hmm, they really should have used that evidence back in 2003.

Damning evidence being held back for 13 years is pretty crazy.
 
Michael definitely touched me when I was young...

...along with the hearts of millions of others with his great songs and amazing performances

wow what a legend
 

Vex_

Banned
I thought it was known that the guy was a child molester through and through? Since over a decade ago too.

No way did anyone "know" for sure. There was never any hard evidence, and I still feel that way. We will wait and see throughout the day, and I will attempt to stay on top of this and update the OP as necessary.

If I am not around, I hope a mod will help me out.
 

BlueTsunami

there is joy in sucking dick
The amount of people who just take this information as fact is disturbing.

The amount of people who were cool with a manchild sleeping in a bed, sipping on 'Jesus juice' with kids is actually more disturbing

I love how the the Sheriffs department doesn't specify what which puts the whole thing into question. Sounds like MJ still has some guardian angels 👼
 

kswiston

Member
This isn't surprising, but people always looked the other way or downplayed things because of who he was.

But lol, GJ Vanity Fair. Don't print this salacious shit if you're not sure. Not a good look.

The decade before his death, almost every mention I heard of Michael Jackson was in the form of jokes or comments about him being a pedophile. Then he died and a lot of people decided to sweep that under the rug out of respect for the dead or something.
 

Jenov

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Radar has the full sheriff's report, including images taken as evidence. Here: http://radaronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/mj-docs.pdf

From what I was able to scroll through, they're mostly rather tame "art" shots and excerpts from legally sold books. That would explain why he was never charged for having illegal child pornography, because he technically did not have any. The prosecutor used the books and pictures as proof of a grooming scheme for his alleged victims, but it never panned out.
 
I missed the part where Vanity Fair had a statement from an actual Sheriff legitimizing the leaks. Yikes. Fuck him then.

It's confusing to me because the sheriff says some of them are legit, but also some of them are from "unknown sources" and they didn't release any to the media... Which I guess would mean that if they are real, Radar obtained them through some back-alley avenue or unofficial means? Or it could not be real at all? I don't know. It all seems too hazy to me...
 

Clockwork

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Reading the actual report (I'm not far in as it is having trouble loading on my phone) I only see mention of items at at the time the investigators deemed legal to possess.

Although I think it is creepy due to the content, not everything that has nudity is considered pornography/cp.
 
Might be true, but its worrying how quick people believe an article.

This indeed man.

It's quite shocking how easily people here seem to believe it without seeing any proof and also these aren't the most trustworthy of sites.

I am still convinced the dude didn't do a damn thing. Yes plenty of terrible shit was said about, yet there was never any hard evidence. In fact, uder cross examination all these accusers were proven to be liars. the main accusing family was proven to be lying their ass off, constantly making up new false claims.

Until proven otherwise Mike is still the dude that got trashed by the tabloids, but was a person full of love and life and could not hurt a fly. A person whom's mission it was to make the worlld a better place for humans and animals. Neverland was built for children who don't have long to live anymore, so they have a great day away from worry and pain for a minute. I strongly believe that;

Some freaking tabloid articles sure won't change my mind...tabloids are scum of the earth. If ''real'' news sites come with this and it really becomes a thing, i'll probably sing a different tune. Surprised by comments like ''well, not shocking at all.''

Well...clearly you have not been following the case at all and pretty much eating up every story the media told you. That's simply how i see it.
 
I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if this were true. There's been such an active campaign against detractors of Michael Jackson for the last 15 years, but seemingly every sane person knew there was something very odd with his relationship with children. If you implied there was something illegal about it, you'd get shouted down about it.

So I'm not surprised, and this is sad.

And none of this came up when he was actually alive and charged because...?

A lot of this came up when he was alive, but the charges were dropped for a variety of reasons. In the end the only stuff that law enforcement pinned on him was giving alcohol to minors, and nothing else stuck. But there was always smoke there.
 
The documents that leaked today were not public, but it was certainly known that the prosecutors wanted to (and did) show the jury his collection of porn and books of naked kids. IIRC evidence from his computer was excluded but the rest was admitted

e:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/mar/24/michaeljacksontrial.usa
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jackson-jury-sees-nude-boy-books/

So, are we thinking that the imagery of children's heads on naked bodies is part of the stuff that didn't come from the Sherriff's Office? Reading both those reports, that specific detail isn't mentioned. Just the naked young boys books, and the denial of the computer evidence.
 

Cyan

Banned
The guy was a real sick fuck. Nothing would surprise me. But at the same time, he's long dead.... why air this out now?

For one thing it helps his victims. They've had many years of being disbelieved by huge numbers of people, accused of making things up, accused of just doing this for money. It's much harder to say they're making things up when you have this information.
 
Seems like owning anything listed in the OP would have been punishable with jail time. I'm having a hard time believing that even a starstruck jury could overlook content as disgusting as what's being described.
 

Jackpot

Banned
I remember his death thread on GAF when people were going apeshit at anyone who even hinted he was a pervert or had had plastic surgery.
 

DJ_Lae

Member
He could sing and churned out some fucking amazing music, but man was he also a weird dude.

Reads like it wasn't actual child pornography, just creepy borderline stuff in published books and so on. Still doesn't help his image, though.
 

marrec

Banned
Is this the thread where we act shocked that Jackson was a sick fuck?

:lol

People still going into denial mode.

Listen, it doesn't make his music less good, just make you think before you pay for good music from a pedophile.
 

jediyoshi

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This indeed man.

It's quite shocking how easily people here seem to believe it without seeing any proof and also these aren't the most trustworthy of sites.

I am still convinced the dude didn't do a damn thing. Yes plenty of terrible shit was said about, yet there was never any hard evidence. In fact, uder cross examination all these accusers were proven to be liars. the main accusing family was proven to be lying their ass off, constantly making up new false claims.

Until proven otherwise Mike is still the dude that got trashed by the tabloids, but was a person full of love and life and could not hurt a fly. A person whom's mission it was to make the worlld a better place for humans and animals. Neverland was built for children who don't have long to live anymore, so they have a great day away from worry and pain for a minute. I strongly believe that;

Some freaking tabloid articles sure won't change my mind...tabloids are scum of the earth. If ''real'' news sites come with this and it really becomes a thing, i'll probably sing a different tune. Surprised by comments like ''well, not shocking at all.''

Well...clearly you have not been following the case at all and pretty much eating up every story the media told you. That's simply how i see it.

So to clarify, if these same identical reports are corroborated elsewhere, would you be able to reconcile that? Does Vanity Fair fit the litmus test? Are there any publications you can cite as reliable right now?
 

gogogow

Member
It's been rumored for years and years and vanity fair is pretty reliable.

Eh....Vanity Fair is citing Radar Online...it's not investigation done by Vanity Fair themselves.

From Vanity Fair's article:
Vanity Fair said:
Radar Online obtained the documents, which contain description and pictures from various books and magazines found in Jackson’s secluded California home.

Aren't those books and magazines the ones that were found back in the day? And were deemed legal to possess?
 

anaron

Member
I remember his death thread on GAF when people were going apeshit at anyone who even hinted he was a pervert or had had plastic surgery.
revealed a lot about people.


as long as you create something good, you can apparently do just about anything
 

Geist-

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So many people still deny that Michael Jackson did stuff like this. He may be dead now, but pedophiles don't deserve to leave a good legacy behind, and now there's solid proof that answers once and for all the kind of sick fuck he really was.
 
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