Jacko molestation doccie: ‘claims false’
LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson’s estate is calling HBO’S decision to air a documentary that includes two men’s allegations that the superstar molested them “disgraceful” and is urging the cable network to investigate their backgrounds.
The 10-page letter released on Friday offers a meeting with HBO executives to try to discredit the stories of the two men featured in the documentary Leaving Neverland,
Wade Robson and James Safechuck. The estate contends the men are lying and court filings and story inconsistencies prove that.
The letter, written by estate attorney Howard Weitzman, assails the documentary for focusing solely on Robson and Safechuck’s stories and not interviewing anyone from Jackson’s family, his estate or others who knew him. It states Robson had sought work on a Jackson-themed Cirque du Soleil show and raised the molestation allegations only after he wasn’t hired.