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What at first appears innocent, by the accounts of Safechuck and Robson, soon turns sinister. One was performing the other was being with Safechuck. In it, Jackson identified his two favorite parts of the trip.
During the flight, Safechuck says, he pretended to be a reporter, and recorded a mock "interview" with his idol. After Safechuck co-starred in that commercial, Jackson flew him and his family to a Pepsi convention. The documentary includes lots of evidence of the undeniable closeness between Jackson and the much younger boys. These families, and these lives, seem to be fractured, if not shattered, and the stories they tell go a long way toward explaining why. So do their wives, mothers and siblings - though almost never in the same camera frame. Throughout the four hours of this documentary, the now-grown men give their accounts.
In Leaving Neverland, they change their stories - and explain why.
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When Jackson was put on trial for charges of sexual abuse against minors - he was acquitted in 2005 - both Robson and Safechuck denied Jackson had done anything to them as young boys.
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TV Reviews 'Neverland' Makes A Powerful But One-Sided Case Against The King Of Pop Another young boy, James Safechuck, was a Simi Valley kid who did some acting work in commercials - including a 1980s Pepsi commercial in which he meets Jackson in his dressing room. Wade Robson won first prize at a Michael Jackson imitation dance contest in Australia when he was five, and soon ended up on stage a few nights during the real Jackson's tour for his album Bad, showing off his mini-Michael dance moves. They claim that the two men interviewed at the core of Leaving Neverland are only in it for the money from lawsuits, and, before changing their stories, once defended Jackson against similar charges in court. That charge was denied strongly this week by members of the Jackson family, who have sued HBO for $100 million.
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Its central question is whether Michael Jackson used his fame and money to seduce young boys and their families into enabling a hidden pattern of serial pedophilia.
Leaving Neverland, by documentary filmmaker Dan Reed, is a tough show to watch - but it should be seen. At least, until the budding actor landed a Pepsi commercial opposite the breakout star of the Jackson 5.Īs the powerful two-part, four-hour documentary Leaving Neverland (8.30pm, tonight and tomorrow, TVNZ1 and TVNZ OnDemand) details, the two boys were initially overwhelmed by the pop star lavishing his attention and gifts upon them.Michael Jackson arrives at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse during his child molestation trial in May 2005. Half a world away, American James Safechuck was far more interested in Voltron and Transformers than Beat It and Billie Jean. That's because the prize was not only tickets to the hottest concert of late 1987, but an audience with his idol. Even though he was underage, Robson was determined to win the Target department store's dance-off competition. Having watched the King of Pop's horror-themed music video Thriller endlessly until there was a real danger of the VHS tape wearing out, the young Queenslander spied a potentially once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Like Taika Waititi's eponymous Boy – Alamein – Wade Robson dreamed of meeting Michael Jackson. Leaving Neverland made for fascinating and harrowing viewing.