This had only suddenly become clear to them at 29 (Robson) and 35 (Safechuck). They had just not realized all these years that it was abuse.
READ MORE STORIES ON BLACKAMERICAWEB.Since 2012/2013 both suddenly claim that they were sexually abused by Michael Jackson in a very extreme manner. “Leaving Neverland” director Dan Reed has been filming the hearings in those cases for a follow-up documentary. Safechuck’s lawsuit was dismissed last month. In separate cases, Safechuck and Robson sued two corporations created by Jackson over their allegations. Jackson’s estate and family have said the documentary’s allegations are false and came from two men who previously told authorities they were not molested. HBO representative Karen Jones did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment on the decision. HBO has also more generally defended “Leaving Neverland” as a valid and important piece of documentary journalism. HBO had argued that the provision was no longer valid because both sides had performed their parts of the agreement. “It’s time for HBO to answer for its violation of its obligations to Michael Jackson.” “In the court’s own words, HBO ‘agreed that it would not make any disparaging remarks concerning Jackson,’” estate attorneys Howard Weitzman and Jonathan Steinsapir said in a statement. The decades-old agreement to put a Jackson concert on HBO required that the cable channel not disparage Jackson, which the lawsuit says it did by airing the molestation allegations of Wade Robson and James Safechuck in “Leaving Neverland.” That means the proceedings will be largely shielded from public view, though Jackson attorneys said in court filings that they would like for them to be as open as possible and sought private arbitration because it was the only way available to sue under the contract.
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