Michael Jackson estate says new accuser is trying to extract $213 million

[shangri__la]

FT Exclusive: The King of Pop’s legacy has generated $3bn since his death but it remains shadowed by child sex abuse claims. After the estate laid low for a few years, it's now taking a more offensive approach as it looks to clear Jackson’s name https://t.co/U8u7rgrro4 pic.twitter.com/66byDeNYDh
- Financial Times (@FT) September 20, 2024
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[j3]

Fuck him, fuck his legacy, and fuck his family for continuing to pretend his perverted ass wasn’t a raging pedophile. The tens of millions he paid out in settlements to his many victims scream exactly who and what he was.

[artemisofluna]

I mean. Good, Give them every single penny, you assholes.

Re: Ariana DeBose

[ichabod_crake]

15 years since he croaked?? Time is messed up.

Exactly "who" is the MJ "Estate"? They should lose all their money.

Re: Ariana DeBose

[screamingintune]

looks like estate is run by some appointed managers, but his family is at odds over who is getting what: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/michael-jackson-family-battling-over-144710114.html

considering the way that family has always been , this is very unsurprising

Re: Ariana DeBose

[ichabod_crake]

Sounds like scum to me.

Re: Ariana DeBose

[insomniachobs]

Joe definitely seems to have infected most of the family with his own greed - they've always seemed to feel entitled to Michael's money in a way I find bizarre. Like, if my brother suddenly earns a million bucks tomorrow I'm not going to feel any claim on it

[screw_reality]

Whenever he's mentioned, it reminds me of those quotes attributed to his mother in Leaving Neverland that showed that she knew what he was. But, they definitely had that tinge of conflating being gay with being a predator with a preference for little boys. Same thing with a lot of religious rhetoric regarding sexual immorality. It flattens everything to the same level of "sin," so extramarital affairs between consenting adults are treated as equal to child molestation.

[blazingeternity]

I've noticed that with fundamentally religious people in general, it's very black and white, to sin or not to sin. It's beyond me how they can believe someone robbing a bank is the same type of person and causing the same type of harm as someone sexually abusing children. Yet, somehow, the paedophilic (and by default also extramarital and/or 'homosexual') actions of their spiritual leaders were green lit by the god in question? Maybe common sense and empathy should be stressed more as gifts from god we should cherish, because otherwise it's just sick and disgusting.

[artlover2788]

I hate it when people stick up for this monster and say he didn't do it.