dafman:

 

Malboo:

 

Would any parent on here let their 7 year old boy spend the night  in MJ's bedroom when he was alive......just saying

 

 

They did.

 

I think the documentary provides some insight into how MJ managed this. He was the world's biggest star, a living legend, and his targets were working class families. He set out to make ordinary people feel very special, lifting them out of the mundane and into an elite life of mega wealth and megastars. Yet he acted child-like, innocent and vulnerable when alone with them. He earned their trust; he needed them and became part of their family. It's hard to imagine what this type of manipulation does to a vulnerable psyche - the world's biggest megastar has chosen you and your family to become his family.

 

Or, in short, he methodically groomed them. He was patient, cunning and predatory and in the end he won the trust he had set out achieve. And once he had it, he was free to routinely sexually abuse their children.

 

Would it happen today? Who knows, the world today is a lot different than it was 30 years ago.

 

I have no doubt he is guilty, Freds summary is comprehensive. Did MJ groom? I'd say so. Did some of the families accept the grooming and the money and the money and the money? Yes I'd say some did. Did some of these see what was happening and go along to get the money? I'd say some did. I dont recall kids and families screaming through the rafters for years, I see many got paid out though. We see many top names go down using their position to abuse, in MJ's case I feel there was an amount of both ways going on. Perhaps that clouded the court case, leaving it in doubt