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    8 months ago

    I don’t think so. Mostly because actual victims of pedos like Feldman and caulkin still insist that MJ was on the up and up. Additionally as far as I know, he’s only been thought of as a pedo because of accusations against him by a kid whose family has a habit of suing and accusing wealthy people of abusing their kids.

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      8 months ago

      There’s always people who defend sex offenders by saying “Oh, but they didn’t molest me”, which is kind of weird if you think about it.

      I don’t know if he did or not obviously, but there are a lot of accusers, not just the one.

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        8 months ago

        Feldman would put you on blast, he has no reason to defend Michael. look at his other interviews like with the bitch Barbara Walters. even though he wouldn’t name them, he has mentioned people connected sexual assault and other heinous crimes. I doubt MJ molested anyone, he was sick due to his own shitty childhood, dude was barely in public he was so strange. his brain was basically trying to relive a childhood through the other kids, not fuck them up more.

        my opinion at least, nothing will ever be concrete

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          8 months ago

          I’m not saying he’s lying, he wasn’t molested by Michael, that doesn’t mean that the other victims must be lying. Paedophiles have preferences like anyone else and even within families, a person might assault one of their children while not touching the others.

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    8 months ago

    Did he do inappropriate things with children? Yes, definitely.

    Did he do illegal things with children? I don’t think so.

    I don’t think he deserves the hate. He was messed up in the head, but I don’t think he was a Harvey Weinstein or a Bill Cosby.

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    8 months ago

    I’m old enough to remember him as the King of Pop, but young enough that I can’t remember him not being a weirdo. I respect the music, but was never a fan. (For context)

    To me it always felt like he was trying to reclaim his childhood. His father was horrible to those kids and worked them to the bone. As a billionaire adult he was able to do ALL the things that every kid dreams of, like having an amusement park in your backyard, and a pet chimp. He shared his stuff with other child stars that he probably could relate to. I honestly believe he was just having sleep overs with his friends.

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    8 months ago

    I’m going to say I honestly don’t know but the guy was definetly messed in the head but I think he was a talent I’m not going to judge him because I really do not know (would I let any kid of mine sleep over him, no I wouldn’t but that goes for anyone else as well) .

    Jimmy Saville on the other hand is hopefully in hell.

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    8 months ago

    No he didn’t. His energy was pure kindness. He was a child inside which is why he liked being around children. There was nothing sexual about it.

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    8 months ago

    He was a deeply damaged, deeply odd man, and he definitely had no sense of what was socially appropriate, but I have literally no idea if he took sexual gratification from it all or committed any crimes. He was the absolute poster child for “reasonable doubt.”

    Wouldn’t let my kid sleep over, though.

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      8 months ago

      This is where I am I think. Although I don’t think I’d let any kids of mine sleep over with any adult man outside of family.

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    8 months ago

    Ask Wade, there’s an entire documentary on this. He absolutely diddled children