Neverland

The entertainer Michael Jackson will have been dead eleven years this June. In death as in life, there are people who have no inhibitions about trashing his reputation. And in death as in life, there are those who are willing to take them on.
On the face of it, it’s easy to believe Michael Jackson was a serial paedophile. There were the Chandler allegations in 1993 which were resolved with a massive out-of-court settlement, then there was the 2005 criminal trial that saw him cleared of all charges, but how can anyone accused of so many offences be totally innocent?

Everyone will have noticed the sudden explosion of new Michael Jackson stories, claims and allegations, that have hit newspapers and websites in the passed fortnight or so – in the wake of the Sundance Film Festival screening of the film Leaving Neverland. The claims have all emerged in the wake of the 4-hour documentary detailing […]