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In reply to the discussion: Barbra Streisand says Michael Jackson's accusers were 'thrilled to be there' and his 'sexual needs w [View all]meadowlander
(4,413 posts)Isn't one of the sons basically mute and never seen in public and the daughter has made multiple suicide attempts?
The whole point of the documentary (which I respectfully suggest you need to either watch or watch again) was that child sexual abuse is extremely confusing for the child who mixes up feeling of love and protectiveness with what it happening to them and that it can take them decades to recognise that it even is abuse. Both of the accusers said it wasn't until they had their own kids and watched how they understood the world and thought about the same things happening to them that they realised that what had happened to them was wrong.
Probably the least surprising news I could possibly predict for the 2020s-2030s is one of Michael Jackson's kids writing a tell all that reveals he abused them too.
And you can have late breaking news that changes how a public figure is perceived even long after their death. For example, the accusations against Jimmy Saville after his death affected his legacy significantly and his work was pulled off the air. A lot of the fallout was around people who covered for him and the way institutions closed ranks.
And part of what makes this news is that there are people in Hollywood who refuse to see what has been blatantly obvious since 1993... that Michael Jackson was a serial sexual abuser of children who was allowed to get away with it in plain sight for decades simply because he was famous.
There are five accusers, not just Robson, and parts of their stories are corroborated (for example, by a maid who testified that she saw Jackson showering naked with Safechuck).