i-baster wrote:
I don`t think Michael Jackson was a pedophile at all. It is clear why those law suits were filed and it did make some parents rich. After all if you thought Michael Jackson was abusing you kids why would you let them spend the night? I honestly believe Michael Jackson was just a child at heart and I don`t think that he saw sleeping in a bed with a child as a sexual thing. Many parents sleep with their kids in the bed and it is not in most cases as far as I am aware sexual.
Neither do I

If I really believed that my child had been molested by anyone then the very least I'd want is them behind bars. I would never accept a cash settlement.
From what I've read about the first abuse case Jordan Chandlers father Evan was seemingly just after the money. He only really got more involved in his son's life after his son got to know Jackson. Evan then tried to get Jackson to invest in his script writing endeavors and to buy him a new home etc etc. His relationship with Jackson soured because of his constant desire for financial assistance and Jackson eventually refusing to support him. Jackson's friendship with Evan's son Jordan just became another financial opportunity.
Evan worked on his son's teeth, drugged him and coerced him and later claimed the drug he administered to Jordan, a drug very well known for it's ability to guide thought was for a tooth operation. Still Jordan never admitted anything. Evan and his lawyer Barry Rothman were the ones who presented the story. Jordan even refused to testify against Jackson. Evan was the one who pressed charges shortly after Jackson refused to fund a movie Evan wanted to produce. Jordan's mother has always maintained that her son was NOT molested. Even though the case was settled out of court the state could have pressed charges but decided not to when a state psychiatrist declared that Jackson was not a paedophile. Also Jordan inaccurately identified Jackson as being circumcised when he was not per court record at the time. In 2005 Jordan ended up accusing his father of hitting him over the head with a 12 pound dumb bell weight, spraying his eyes with mace and trying to choke him. Evan eventually committed suicide in Nov 2009, five months after Jackson died.
I also think it's interesting how whenever a man shows affection for children he is more likely to be suspected of being a kiddie fiddler but when a woman does the same it's normally seen as just being maternal and normal.