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The Michael Jackson Allegations The Michael Jackson Allegations A PDF version of the website https://themichaeljacksonallegations.com/ 1 The Michael Jackson Allegations Table of Contents Foreword ............................................................................................................................. 3 The 1993 Allegations ...................................................................................... 4 Key players .......................................................................................................................... 5 The Timeline ....................................................................................................................... 6 Michael Jackson’s first accuser – meet the Chandler family! ........................................... 20 Evan Chandler’s “Suspicions” .......................................................................................... 26 Taped phone conversations between Evan Chandler and David Schwartz....................... 36 How Did The Allegations of the Chandlers Emerge? ....................................................... 79 The Use of Sodium Amytal? ............................................................................................. 84 The Chandlers’ Monetary Demands ................................................................................. 87 The Chandler Allegations .................................................................................................. 95 The Prosecution’s Hunt For Other Victims ..................................................................... 104 The Prosecution’s Witnesses .......................................................................................... 107 Did Jordan Chandler’s description of Michael Jackson’s penis match the photographs taken of the star’s genitalia by the police? ................................................................................ 118 The Settlement ................................................................................................................. 129 Evan Chandler’s 1996 lawsuit against Michael Jackson................................................. 137 Ray Chandler’s Subpoena in 2004 .................................................................................. 143 Jason Francia ................................................................................................................... 149 Victor Gutierrez and his role in the allegations against Michael Jackson....................... 157 The Media’s Role In The Allegations Against Michael Jackson .................................... 168 The 2005 Allegations .................................................................................. 177 Key players ...................................................................................................................... 178 The Timeline ................................................................................................................... 179 An introduction of the Arvizo family and how their relationship with Michael Jackson started ......................................................................................................................................... 183 Martin Bashir’s documentary, “Living with Michael Jackson” ...................................... 191 The fallout resulting from the Bashir documentary and damage control by Jackson’s PR team ......................................................................................................................................... 194 The crucial period: February 7-March 12, 2003 ............................................................. 195 The Conspiracy Charge ................................................................................................... 199 The Changing Content of the Allegations and Contradictions........................................ 207 General credibility problems with the Arvizo family ..................................................... 230 Lawyers being hired and the formation of the allegations .............................................. 252 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) ............................................................ 260 Has child pornography ever been found in Michael Jackson’s possession? ................... 261 Is it true that the FBI had evidence of Michael Jackson paying “hush money” to dozens of young boys? ..................................................................................................................... 304 What about Jackson’s sharing his bedroom with unrelated children? ............................ 321 Grooming or a Generous Heart? ..................................................................................... 327 Did Michael Jackson get off due to “celebrity justice”? ................................................. 346 “How does it feel when you're alone and you're cold inside?” ....................................... 349 2 The Michael Jackson Allegations Foreword This document, or e-Book, if you like, evolved from the content of the website https://themichaeljacksonallegations.com. The aim and mission of the document is to give a full representation of the 1993 and 2005 child sexual abuse allegations against Michael Jackson. I felt it was much needed because there is still a lot of misinformation circulating about these cases and people often make judgements about them based on out of context cherry-picked half truths, incomplete information or even complete lies. Accordingly, the document consists of three main sections. The 1993 Allegations section, The 2005 Allegations section and a Frequently Asked Questions section that deals with questions that are not specifically in the realm of either the 1993 or the 2005 allegations but generally are related to the molestation allegations against Michael Jackson. (A separate PDF document about the posthumous Wade Robson allegations can be downloaded here.) If you truly want to understand these allegations you will have to invest a bit of time in reading. There is no real understanding of these cases in five minutes from media soundbites, out-of-context bits of information, inflammatory tabloid articles or Internet gossip, no matter how tempting it may be to jump to conclusions based on such. This document was created with the purpose of commentary, news reporting, education and research. It is not sold commercially, I do not have any income from it, I do not make any profit of it. My first language is not English, so please be lenient about grammatical or stylistic errors. Hopefully that will not spoil the content. September 1, 2018 3 The Michael Jackson Allegations The 1993 Allegations 4 The Michael Jackson Allegations Key players Michael Jackson – The accused. Jordan Chandler – The accuser. Evan Chandler – The accuser’s father. June Chandler – The accuser’s mother. David Schwartz – June Chandler’s second husband. The accuser’s step-father. Ray Chandler – Evan Chandler’s younger brother. He published a book about the allegations in 2004, entitled All That Glitters: The Crime and the Cover-Up. Since the Chandlers never appeared in Court to testify about their allegations I use this book in this paper to represent the Chandlers’ story. Barry K. Rothman – Evan Chandler’s first attorney during the case. Larry Feldman – The civil attorney the Chandlers hired after Rothman stepped back from the case. (In fact, before hiring Feldman they shortly hired Gloria Allred, but they fired her again only after a couple of days.) Thomas Sneddon – Santa Barbara District Attorney. Gil Garcetti – Los Angeles District Attorney. Bertram Fields – Michael Jacksons first attorney during the case. Anthony Pellicano – A private investigator working for Bertram Fields. In 2002 in a case completely unrelated to Jackson Pellicano was jailed for illegal wiretaping and the possession of illegal weapons. This does not affect our arguments here with regards to the child molestation allegations against Michael Jackson, because most of the things I say about Pellicano or the events he was involved in are either taken from the Chandlers’ own accounts or are supported by evidence. Howard Weitzman - Attorney for Michael Jackson. Johnnie Cochran - Attorney for Michael Jackson. Victor Gutierrez – Freelance journalist. Michael Freeman – Attorney for June Chandler. 5 The Michael Jackson Allegations The Timeline On August 17, 1993 the Los Angeles police department opened an investigation against Michael Jackson based on an allegation that he had sexually molested a 13-year-old boy called Jordan Chandler. In this section of the paper I will discuss the Chandler case in- depth. I will first present a timeline which hopefully will make it easier to follow the events as they unfolded and to put them into a context. While you go along with the timeline you will find links to longer articles. These articles make up the chapters of our paper. You may opt to read the timeline first then go to the articles, like when you read a book, or you can click on the links in the timeline which will take you right to the relevant article, like on a website. These articles explain the events listed in the timeline in-depth and they are essential for understanding the Chandler allegations against Michael Jackson. In the timeline one article may be cited several times if it is deemed relevant to several events. The sources are listed at the end of each article. *** May 1992 – Michael Jackson meets his later accuser Jordan Chandler and his family at a
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