![]() ![]() ![]() He tells director Dan Reed he wasn’t ready, emotionally or psychologically, to speak the truth at that time. ![]() His lawyers subpoenaed Robson in the 2004-05 trial, where Robson again said Jackson had never acted inappropriately with him. When Jackson was accused of abusing boys in 19, he repeatedly called both and pressed them to testify on his behalf. As boys and, in Robson’s case, as an adult, both said in legal proceedings that Jackson had never violated them. Part two of Leaving Neverland spends a good amount of time on two court cases against Jackson. Jackson counted on both for support in court cases. They would go to jewelry stores on the pretense of buying something for a woman, Safechuck alleges, using his smaller hand as a guide for size. A visibly upset Safechuck shows the camera the ring and other pieces he says Jackson gave him as rewards for sex. Jackson and Safechuck got “married.” One of Leaving Neverland‘s most powerful moments comes about 90 minutes into part one, when Safechuck recounts how Jackson used the boy’s love of jewelry against him, including buying him a wedding ring to cement their commitment to one another. ![]() 'Leaving Neverland': TV Review | Sundance 2019 Safechuck also says he and Jackson would practice “drills” about what to do if someone were to walk in on them. Robson and Safechuck discuss at length how Jackson told them not trust other people - women in particular - and that no one would understand their “love.” He allegedly told the boys that they would go to jail along with Jackson if anyone found out what they were doing. Jackson sowed an us-against-them mentality in the boys. The hallway leading to the singer’s bedroom had a series of bells that sounded if someone was approaching. As Safechuck tells it, Jackson’s Santa Barbara County property had several spaces where he took the boy for sexual encounters, from a room adjacent to the main house’s home theater to a bedroom above the theme park’s train stations. Neverland had multiple places for Jackson to take his victims. His childlike persona and, the documentary implies, the overwhelming nature of his fame helped convince the families that Wade and James would be safe in his company. (Jackson met James when they starred in a Pepsi commercial and Wade when the boy’s Jackson impersonation led to an onstage appearance in Wade’s native Australia during the Bad tour.) He visited both families’ homes and hosted them at homes he owned, including Neverland Ranch. Both Joy Robson, Wade’s mother, and Stephanie Safechuck, James’ mom, say Jackson for a time felt like another son to them. Jackson groomed families as well as his alleged victims. Oprah Winfrey to Interview Michael Jackson Accusers in 'Leaving Neverland' Special ![]()
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