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[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 42 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is there a single viable claim against him?

From what I recall it was parents trying ton get money and nobody confirmed he abused them, even McAuley Cullen.

[–] 13esq@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Leaving Neverland https://g.co/kgs/8Bqcp49

I watched this not just with an open mind, but like you and many others here, with the mind that people were colluding to extort money from Jackson. This completely changed my mind.

I mean, I get it. If one of my favourite artists was accused of being a pedo, I'd defend them and say the claims can't be proven etc.

In this case, I think it's safe to say that whilst he wasn't a full blown child rapist, that he clearly had an attraction to young boys that went much further than just fantasy.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In this case, I think it's safe to say that whilst he wasn't a full blown child rapist, that he clearly had an attraction to young boys that went much further than just fantasy.

What with the whole Wonderland, seems like it, yeah.

However... was that attraction sexual, per se?

. Being a weirdly childish dude who wants to play with children seems way less worse than pretending to be a weird childish dude in order to rape kids.

[–] 13esq@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

At the end of the day, we'll probably never know and many people argue that he should get the benefit of the doubt unless proven otherwise.

I think not only was his childhood repressed, but also his sexual development and I'd be absolutely unsurprised to find that his attraction to young boys was partly, at least some of the time, sexual.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I can’t stand MJ music so he is far from an idol of mine.

I just haven’t seen any evidence or convictions to claim he was a pedo. Even in this documentary, that I’ve seen a while ago.

[–] 13esq@lemmy.world -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't believe that you watched both parts of that documentary and still thought that nothing untowards was going on.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Almost as though conjecture will leave people with different views on things aye.