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[Michael] This is my inspiration.

[somber music playing]

[Michael]

[dramatic music playing]

[announcer] The number one artist in the world!

[Shmuley] That level of mega stardom is not healthy.

People are not gods.

[reporter] Tonight, Jackson is wanted by police

of multiple felony counts of child molestation.

[reporter 2] The Jackson machine just keeps right on rolling.

Sony Corporation believes

it has a profitable partner in Michael Jackson.

Together, they could make a billion dollars.

As NBC's Mike Jensen reports tonight,

teach your kids to sing.

[dramatic music playing]

[reporter 3] It's the kind of contract

that takes your breath away.

A projected one billion dollars for six Michael Jackson albums,

plus feature films, videos and video games.

Michael, in the 1980s, you had the largest selling album

in history with Thriller. Now, with Dangerous,

you've given us the fastest selling album of your career.

We're prouder than ever to have you part

of the Sony Music family.

The thrilling fact is that the best is definitely yet to come.

[crowd cheering]

[Chris] When I joined Sony, Michael Jackson was

the biggest star in the world.

He was the guy.

I don't know any other way to describe it.

I mean, we all lived through it.

[reporter 4] The Michael Jackson world tour

is on the road again.

[Chris] It was incredibly exciting.

He was selling out stadiums, making record money.

He was the franchise. I mean, let's be honest.

[indistinct chatter]

[Chris] We are all in the business of succeeding.

And when you're working in a company like Sony Music,

you want...

Michael Jackson to succeed.

[indistinct chatter]

[Rosibel] My name is Rosibel Smith.

And for 31 years, I was employed

by the Los Angeles Police Department.

In 1993, while working juvenile division of the LAPD,

I was working the sexually exploited child unit.

I was advised by my supervisor,

who was the officer in charge of the unit,

that a case had come in involving a young boy

who was 13 years of age.

And that the perpetrator was Michael Jackson.

I was a little...

[clicks tongue] ...in disbelief

that it was Michael Jackson doing this.

Because I grew up watching Michael Jackson,

you know, the Jackson 5 cartoons when I was a kid.

And I really enjoyed his music.

- [crowd cheering] - [dramatic music playing]

[Rosibel] But we had a job to do,

and that job was to go out

and just handle it just like any other case at that time.

[Federico] Our role was to find out

if Mr. Jackson had committed the crime

of sexual molestation against children.

And on the same token...

we had to find out if the children...

they were telling the truth.

[Rosibel] We had to interview the victim.

The victim had actually met Michael Jackson at a restaurant.

He was very, very little.

Then, years later, that relationship grew,

and they began to visit each other.

The victim was alleging that Michael would oftentimes

rub his body against his body.

He alleged that Michael Jackson fondled him and masturbated him.

He alleged that Michael liked to have his nipples...

rubbed, squeezed...

kissing.

Then that graduated to oral copulation.

They bathed together and to the point

where eventually Michael Jackson consumed his semen.

[dramatic music playing]

[Shana] We had heard on the grapevine

that there were these allegations circulating.

And it was a shock to everybody.

Yeah, we knew he was hanging with kids,

but I saw him hang with the kids

and I saw that it was completely innocent.

[kid grunts] Okay, fine!

[Shana] I saw he was playing games with them.

I saw the kids wanting to hang with him.

[indistinct chatter]

[Gregg] I really hoped the allegations weren't true.

The feeling was trying to contain it.

Obviously, we were thinking of, you know, the immediate impact

on the tour, because you got to keep the business going,

the tour going, the album sales, everything,

and the impact of that.

So it was pretty- it was pretty tense.

We went into crisis mode,

both with our team and the PR team.

But ultimately, the story was so huge,

it was going to get out, no matter what we did.

There was no stopping it.

[dramatic music playing]

In Southern California, the press, police, lawyers,

and private investigators are in orbit tonight

over an investigation of child abuse allegations

involving superstar Michael Jackson.

There's still no comment from Michael Jackson this morning,

and Los Angeles police aren't saying much,

but they have confirmed reports

of a criminal investigation of the pop superstar.

All hell broke loose.

Television station KNBC in Los Angeles

first broke the story last night,

saying that a mother had alleged Jackson abused her child.

August 17th, the Los Angeles Police Department

initiated a criminal investigation

of entertainer Michael Jackson.

Every news channel, every hour,

the top story was Michael Jackson.

[reporter 5] Confidential documents obtained by NBC News

quoted the boy's reference to acts of oral sex

and masturbation.

[reporter 6] The allegations now surfacing

are ugly enough to shatter any icon's image.

Kids everywhere are talking about

the scandalous accusations, hoping they're not true.

[reporter 7] Has Michael Jackson ever molested a child,

ever done anything improper with a child?

No, never.

- No, never. No, never. - That's crazy.

My son is not guilty. He need a trial.

These people aren't waiting. They're trying to-

They're trying him.

That's right. And I'm tired of it.

[indistinct chatter]

[crowd chanting] Open the window. Come out the window.

[Shana] Everything was suddenly bad.

Everything was...

emotional.

Talking to Michael was different because he was different.

Suddenly, he was no longer the happy Michael

that I used to talk to.

He sounded depressed.

I felt like it was over, like there was no way

he could come back from these terrible things being said.

[dramatic music playing]

[Rosibel] Eventually, he came back to America.

We had the information from the victim about Michael's body

and specifically the markings on his body.

So the only way that a child would see that

is if Michael was nude.

Then our unit prepared a search warrant to search

or to view Michael's body.

And this included the genitals.

We explaed to him, "We have a search warrant

signed by the judge...

to take pictures of your private parts."

He said, "You assholes." [chuckles]

The outcome...

was that...

evidence that was provided by Jordan Chandler...

- it was confirmed. - [somber music playing]

[man] May I help you?

[reporter 8] Yeah, we'd like to talk to Michael Jackson.

Has he come back?

- [man] No comment, sir. - No comment, huh?

I don't necessarily think he's guilty,

but I don't necessarily think he's innocent either

because I don't know.

Well, I don't know if he's guilty or not,

but I think that he needs to come back and face the charges.

He's looking pretty guilty right now.

- [camera shutters clicking] - [indistinct chatter]

[reporter 9] There is real fear tonight

that the catastrophic publicity

will result in the destruction of a billion dollar empire

and the ruin of a man.

Sony stock has fallen

because investors are very much concerned

that the huge investment that they have in Michael Jackson

is in fact not going to pay off.

[Chris] When the allegations surfaced...

I read them, watched them on TV like everyone else did.

And I felt that they were extremely unfair.

Michael Jackson was unequivocally

the biggest artist in the company.

And if he's not succeeding...

guess what- jobs get lost.

[indistinct chatter]

[reporter 10] Is Michael Jackson going to make any statement?

He's got a whole cadre of international cameras

there every night.

[dramatic music playing]

[Gregg] Up to that point, Michael had been laying low.

But once the allegations are out there,

you can't take them back again.

And so we needed to get in front of the public...

to unequivocally deny these allegations.

Michael Jackson came out of seclusion today

without leaving home.

The pop star angrily rejected accusations

he molested a young boy

and lashed out at police and the media.

There have been many disgusting statements made recently

concerning allegations of improper conduct on my part.

These statements about me are totally false.

At every opportunity, the media has dissected

and manipulated these allegations

to reach their own conclusions.

I ask all of you to wait and hear the truth

before you label or condemn me.

Don't treat me like a criminal, because I am innocent.

[Sandra] Jackson's defiant declaration of innocence

comes as the latest counterpoint in a case

that's saturated with rumor, innuendo,

and almost daily revelations about the singer.

Separating fact from fiction can be difficult.

- [indistinct chatter] - [suspenseful music playing]

For years, I've been working for Michael...

who unfortunately has been the victim of this

and other types of extortion attempts.

The demand for $20 million was made and presented.

It was flatly and consistently refused.

Many people try to extort Michael...

because of who he is and, you know,

the amount of money he has.

And these people wanted $20 million.

As far as the victim is concerned,

I did not get anything as far as any, like, money, motivation.

However, the parents were a different story.

[reporter 11] The Hollywood Reporter,

an entertainment trade paper,

said today that the boy's father

had negotiated with Jackson

for a $20 million movie deal.

The father is a prominent Beverly Hills dentist

and part-time screenwriter.

CBS News has obtained a taped phone conversation.

The voice is reportedly the father of the 13-year-old boy.

[Evan] If I go through with this, I win big time.

I will get everything I want.

The father did, in fact, ask for money...

to keep the situation quiet.

So it did hurt the case a little bit.

I think it's pathetic that somebody would go after

someone like Michael Jackson with such vigor,

and it's obvious what they want.

And it seems obvious to me that he is innocent.

I know that there's a lot of people in this business

that try and take advantage of people.

And, you know, I'm sure that it will all work out,

and I'm sure that he's innocent, you know,

but only God knows the truth, you know.

[crowd cheering]

[Shana] More and more,

people started to question the allegations.

So the management team started capitalizing on that momentum.

The main strategy was to endear Michael...

to the Black community and to get the Black community

back on Michael's side.

Because once the Black community is behind you,

you got it, because, you know, we're a big group.

And race relations at that time, it was a hotbed.

[police siren blaring]

[reporter 12] Parts of Los Angeles

erupted in unrest after a jury acquitted

four white Los Angeles police officers

over the videotape beating of Rodney King, a Black motorist.

[somber music playing]

[indistinct clamoring]

[woman] What happened with Rodney King,

it doesn't make no sense to me.

They're treating Black people like we're dogs, you know,

like we can't get nowhere.

We have no rights that the white man respect.

[reporter 13] Race is tearing America apart.

[reporter 14] Now more than ever,

minority Americans believe

there are two kinds of justice,

the white kind and the kind they get.

Someone was friends with this African-American attorney

named Johnnie Cochran. And so he suggested

that Johnnie would be the best person for Michael's case,

not only because he's Black... [chuckles]

...but also because he was brilliant.

Mr. Cochran, let me start with you.

Why do you think it was important for Michael Jackson

to speak out now?

Well, I think, Katie, that after months of being barraged

with negative attacks, it was time.

Everyone who was on Michael's team knew that having

a Black face as the front man for the defense would...

bring the Black community to Michael's defense as well.

[audience cheering, applauding]

[announcer 2] The king of pop, rock and soul,

Mr. Michael Jackson.

[Shana] Michael's first public appearance after his statement

about the allegations was at the NAACP Image Awards.

And that's the National Association

for the Advancement of Colored People.

[audience cheering, applauding]

[Shana] I was in the audience

when Michael walked out on that stage,

the house went crazy.

Everyone was in support of Michael.

No one wanted to believe these allegations.

For decades, the NAACP had stood at the forefront

of the struggle for equal justice under the law

for all people in our land.

And his speech was based on being a proud Black man

and how, you know, we have to stick together

against racial inequality and injustice.

Everyone is presumed to be innocent and totally innocent

until they are charged with a crime and been convicted

- by a jury of their peers. - [audience cheering]

[dramatic music playing]

[Shana] Oh, it was such a powerful speech.

With all of the stuff

that was happening to the Black community,

it felt like Michael's innocence was important...

and it was what we needed.

[dramatic music playing]

[Shana] Everybody wanted him to be back on top.

The family of a teenage boy is dropping its charge

that Michael Jackson molested the boy.

Larry Kell tells us the civil suit is now over.

[suspenseful music playing]

We wish to jointly announce a mutual resolution

of this lawsuit.

This boy wanted to get on with his life.

When that case was settled, and I believe that the payout

for that settlement was $20 million or maybe

a little more over $20 million,

the family accepted the settlement.

The resolution of this case is in no way

an admission of guilt by Michael Jackson.

Being a megastar like he was, he had the advantage

with money, with attorneys, with really coming out and doing

pretty much whatever he wanted in order to defend himself.

So that was pretty much the end of our case.

I felt bad because Rosi and I,

we were certain that we had a good case.

But when the victim doesn't want to testify...

there is a saying that says, no victim, no crime. [chuckles]

So, nothing that we could do.

[Richard] Read all about it! Hollywood sex scandals!

Heidi's little black book,

The Hollywood Hooker and Heidi-Gate.

Lonnie Anderson says Bert's a dud in bed.

Uh-oh.

[reporter 15] In this billion dollar business,

there's only one story that's guaranteed.

A big name in trouble. That's the best news of all.

But of course, the one that's grabbing the headlines

right now are the allegations about Michael Jackson,

the biggest superstar in the world.

[reporter 15] Michael Jackson is our window

into the new news business.

And the magazine shows, talk shows, news chats

that feed off tabloid truth.

Michael Jackson, violator or victim?

[interviewer] What do you think about Michael?

Well, no, I think it's true.

[woman 2] He settled for all that money?

He settled for all that amount of money.

I think something's up when he settles for over $10 million

to shut someone up.

I don't know, it's a shame because I think

Michael's been dragged through the mud a lot.

I don't know if he's a victim or if he did it or not,

but he's lost that wholesome image forever, you know?

[Shana] The allegations really changed

how the public, I think, thought of him.

And Michael had to kind of rehabilitate that image.

People had been obsessed

with Michael's sexuality his whole life.

And his managers thought it would be cool

if the press found out that Michael had a girlfriend.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Shana] Michael and Lisa started dating

soon after the allegations had been settled.

[Hugo speaking Spanish] ...Michael Joseph Jackson...

[clerk of the court] Lisa Marie Presley.

[Shana] He knew that marrying Elvis Presley's daughter

would be headlines everywhere.

Everyone would be talking about that,

and they'd no longer talk about this horrible time in his life.

[clerk of the court] With this ring, I do wed.

With this ring, I do wed.

You've heard the talk for weeks. It's surprising,

and it's apparently true.

The daughter of Elvis Presley confirms today

she is now married to Michael Jackson.

Let's go to Vince Dementri in New York. Vince?

John, hopefully you can see behind me the throngs

of stargazers right behind me.

We are just outside of the world-famous Trump Tower,

where Donald Trump tells us, yes, indeed,

that Lisa Marie Presley and her new beau Michael Jackson

are holed up here on the top floor.

Well, I'm very, very happy for them.

I think it's great.

They're very happy, and I think everybody's happy.

They're great people.

[Gottfried] I first met Michael in 1988.

Michael was on tour in Germany at that time.

And so they called me and said

that Michael is a big fan of mine

and he would love to meet me.

And we hit it off.

And he got to know the whole family.

I also knew Lisa Marie Presley...

because I spent lots of time in Los Angeles.

So I knew them separately.

And then later Lisa came to me

one day and said, "Look, Michael is hitting on me

and he actually wants to marry me.

What do you think? Should I do that?"

So I said, "Go for it."

For him, it was also, he liked Lisa

because she was the daughter of the King.

So he was also the king, King of Pop, yeah.

[crowd cheering]

[Shana] This is a big deal.

We had never seen him get romantic with a woman

like this, ever.

I'm very happy to be here.

And just think, nobody thought this would last.

[crowd cheering]

[Shana] It did work in the way that Michael wanted it to work,

in that everyone was talking about it.

But at the same time, the public wasn't really buying it.

It's all a cover-up.

It's all a cover-up from the little-child thing.

That's what I think it is. It's about it.

[reporter 16] You don't think it's true love?

No.

[man 2] I think it's a sham.

A heterosexual marriage would certainly take

some of the heat off being accused

of being a homosexual pedophile.

[indistinct chatter]

[Shana] But Michael and Lisa

were only together for around 18 months.

It's splitsville for Graceland and Neverland.

Many of you may find this hard to believe,

but Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Jackson

are getting a divorce.

So, Tony, it looks like the gloved one

is no longer the loved one.

Oh, such a sad story. Sorry to hear that.

Sorry to see that. What a shock. What a surprise.

[Gregg] It was kind of hard to watch.

He was trying to maintain his position

as, like, the biggest superstar in the world,

and it wasn't quite working.

[reporter 17] This is a man who changed the music industry.

He is a musical genius.

And people don't think of him in that sense anymore.

They think of him as a freak.

[reporter 18] Is there any way that he can lift himself

out of this trough that he has largely dug for himself?

[dramatic music playing]

[soft music playing]

[Gottfried] When he was working on the HIStory album...

Michael called me and said...

Look, I want to use some of your paintings for the artwork.

That was the painting that he really liked.

And then spontaneously he wrote...

this poem directly on the picture.

"With such confusion, don't it make you want to scream?"

"You try to cope with every lie, to scrutinize somebody."

"Please have mercy, because I just can't take it."

If you listen to the lyrics and the songs

and the overall vibe of the tracks on HIStory ,

they're very aggressive, they're very defensive.

? Beat me, hate me You can never break me ?

? Will me, thrill me You can never kill me ?

[Gregg] Even the "Scream" video is very dark for Michael.

Then for the HIStory album promo,

Michael chose a dictator-esque image.

He's got these military troops marching behind him,

and a god-like aura.

That's what he wanted to push out there, still on top,

still the biggest pop superstar in the history of music.

[reporter 19] Tower Bridge was raised this afternoon to allow

a 30-foot statue of rockstar Michael Jackson to pass along

- the Thames on a barge. - [children cheering]

[woman 3] I think it's brilliant.

It's just the best thing that's happened on the River Thames.

He's a mega star, yeah. They call him the King of Pop,

so if he can afford to do this, why not?

[dramatic music playing]

[Gregg] For the HIStory tour, Michael decided to focus

on his fan base abroad.

And his popularity continued over in Europe, in the UK,

Asia, versus the US, where it was kind of slipping

a little bit because of the allegations

and all the media circus around that.

[crowd cheering, chanting] Michael! Michael! Michael!

[sobs] It's like a dream come true.

I touched him. I'm not going to wash my hand.

[all chuckle]

[Gottfried] I remember this one time,

I was with Michael in Budapest.

And the hotel was surrounded,

under siege by thousands of young people.

[crowd chanting] Michael! Michael!

And what he did, he draw the curtain a little bit

and then he had his glove on...

and people screamed.

It was like an explosion down there.

[crowd cheering]

He was laughing. He said, "Oh, my God, look,

do you hear? Do you hear?"

I think there's a deep desire to look up for people

that are bigger than life, yeah, as role models

or as somebody you can worship. I mean...

I think that's what mankind needs.

But I think the danger is...

when everybody worships you...

is that you start to believe it

in a way that you start to worship yourself.

And I think that's very dangerous.

[indistinct chatter]

- Can I have a hug, please? - [Michael] Sure.

- Please, may I hug you? Please. - [Michael] Of course.

- [crying] I love you. - I love you more.

[Gottfried] But he was enjoying that.

He liked to have that effect on people.

- [Michael] I love you. - I love you.

- [guard] Sir, this way. - [indistinct chatter]

- Germany loves you, Michael. - [Michael] I love Germany.

[sobs] Oh, my God.

[somber music playing]

[Michael]

[crowd cheering]

- [fan] Okay. Okay, okay, okay. - [guard 2] Stay on this side.

[fan] Okay, of course.

[guard 2] Stay in this corner please.

- Stay in this corner please. - [Michael] What do you want?

- [guard 2] Stay in that corner. - [fan 2] Okay, Michael.

[indistinct chatter]

- [guard 3] Step back. - [indistinct chatter]

[fan 3] Go, go.

[Shmuley] When I met Michael,

I saw that he was addicted to fame.

I was a well-known rabbi.

And Michael and I had become friends.

Michael really needed to be loved.

And he chose to be loved really in an unhealthy way,

which was through superstardom and the devotion of fans.

- [indistinct chatter] - [somber music playing]

[Shmuley] I said to him, "You've made the mistake

of substituting love

for this cheap forgery called attention.

And attention is never a good substitute for love.

It's never real."

This attention became an addiction

because he interpreted it as love.

And it became a monster.

[indistinct chatter]

[Shmuley] I felt that one of my principal objectives

was to tether him back to humility.

And so our conversations became kind of therapy.

He wanted every word...

recorded for posterity.

We recorded it on these two flimsy dictum machines,

you know, on these tiny little tapes.

[Michael]

[crowd cheering, chanting] Michael! Michael! Michael!

[Michael]

[Shmuley] He needed something to live for.

And as he explained it to me,

he always wanted to be around kids.

He loved the innocence of a child.

He loved the creativity of a child.

Because for him, the adult world was people wanting money

from him and people wanting to know him

for all the wrong reasons.

[indistinct chatter]

[soft music playing]

[Shmuley] At that time in his life,

I think that Michael wanted to be a father.

Because kids, as long as you give them unconditional love,

they really give it back.

They are mirror reflections of the love that we give them.

And he was going to give them the greatest love.

And they did. And that's what happened.

[indistinct chatter]

- Something to wear. That's nice. - [woman 4] Teletubbies.

[Michael] Who is that?

La La.

[Michael] That's right, it's La La.

[all chuckle]

[soft music playing]

[Shmuley] I think having children

gave him a renewed sense of purpose.

A renewed sense of energy and direction.

[Michael] That's a great shot.

[man 3] It is, it is.

[woman 4] It's okay.

[Michael] I want to be successful

for being a great father.

I want them to say, "We felt completely loved,

and he was, like, incredible."

That's my biggest dream is one day for Prince and Paris

just to say to somebody, "He was the best dad."

- [woman 4] One, two, three. - [all] Surprise!

[all cheering]

? Happy birthday to you ?

? Happy birthday, dear Prince ?

[Dieter] I've been working with Michael for four years

by the time he had his children.

When Prince and Paris came along...

I saw a different...

a different person.

[camera shutter clicking]

Now can do one where we all just point in the camera like this.

It's all of us.

[Dieter] His life was now about the children.

That was his priority.

And he was getting more and more absolutely clear

about his future.

He was saying, "Dieter...

I did everything I could do in my life for the music.

And I think I did it well

and everybody made a lot of money."

But new people coming.

Other music is coming.

And he had a feeling he will never be

successful like he was.

And he was fine with it.

Michael said he didn't want to be a trained monkey forever.

It's over.

We will give it to [indistinct]. Come on, let's do it.

- [all laughing] - [indistinct chatter]

But when you start not to do...

he called it system, wants then you're in trouble.

Let's make it, where? Where?

[soft music playing]

? You never, you never thought It would work before ?

? When you live for your love And you give them your all ?

[Shmuley] Sony was pushing him to continue his career.

]They were trying to get him to finish this album, Invincible .

Wasn't my business, but, you know, screw the album.

We have to make your life healthy again.

So there was a war for the soul of Michael Jackson.

[dramatic music playing]

[Chris] Sony Music was one of the biggest labels

in the world, hands down.

And with Michael, well, there's a lot of money...

changing hands.

So, yes, it's cutthroat.

But Sony Music was no more cutthroat than any other label.

[Rudy] Michael's relationship

was a contentious one with his record label.

I was there to help facilitate a record

he was putting out called Invincible ,

which was his official last studio record with Sony.

And things were going over budget.

We had rented out the entire floor

at the Plaza Hotel in New York.

And for anybody who doesn't know that,

that is extremely expensive, crazy.

And he wasn't even showing up for things.

[indistinct chatter]

[Rudy] A record company is there to make money.

They are an investment firm, in a way,

who has invested in you to produce something.

When we got the phone call that this was, you know,

"How dare he?"

"This was the most expensive record we've ever made."

You know, and I'm like, "Oh, okay."

And like, "How much? 30- $30 million."

I'm like, "Oh", so it was kind of it was a problem.

But everybody was really trying to get him...

in tow so we could make a deadline for album release.

[crowd cheering, applauding]

There's one time where I was asked to pick up a package...

at a house that apparently was being sold and is empty.

And in the mailbox was this package.

And I opened it up and it happened to be full of Demerol,

which is a prescription pain medication.

But a lot of it.

It was an unknown thing that you don't ask.

I said, "What's got-"

And I was like, "Oh, okay, never mind."

But then he would go to the studio

as long as he had his magical pills.

But it was also confusing at the same time. It wasn't...

I'm not there to look at someone and unwrap the package.

I'm there to get records done, right?

[soft music playing]

[Shmuley] There were so many people who were reliant on him...

to be the golden goose that lays eggs again.

But he knew that path was corrosive.

It frightened me.

There was too much conflict going on with him,

and I sensed and I saw that I was losing my influence.

And I told him, "I'm not going to watch you drive

your life off a cliff and clap."

[crowd cheering]

[reporter 20] Invincible has sold

2 million copies in six months,

and that ain't Invincible .

[reporter 21] The flop of Invincible ,

along with a general downturn

in sales, means that Sony's share price

has suffered of late.

[Dieter] Michael told me, "You know what?

I can't do this anymore."

[indistinct chatter]

[Dieter] Michael was done with the music

and with touring and all of this.

[dramatic music playing]

[Dieter] But Sony was not happy at all with this.

So he knew he has to fight to come out of this situation.

[Chris] From my vantage point...

he got a tremendous amount of support from Sony Music.

But you have to understand, they're artists.

They're all narcissists. They can't help themselves.

Okay? If their record's not selling, it's someone's fault.

If their tour's not doing well, it's someone's fault.

Someone is always to blame.

[Rudy] Michael Jackson is the architect of his own destiny.

Like every single human being, whether you're special or not...

you are the creator of the reality you live in.

[dramatic music playing]

[Rudy] I remember we were required to go to New York City,

and then he's whisked off to Al Sharpton's church.

I personally think he was jacked up on something.

Throughout the years...

Black artists have been taken advantage of completely.

And Sony, Tommy Mottola,

Tommy Mottola's the President of the Record Division.

He is a mean, he's a racist...

and he's very, very, very devilish.

[crowd cheering, applauding]

You know, this just exploded right there.

[reporter 22] Sony's statement reads, "We were deeply offended

by the outrageous comments Mr. Jackson made."

"Mr. Jackson has committed a serious abuse of power

- that comes with celebrity." - [crowd cheering]

[man 4] Wow, look at this.

[Michael]

[crowd chanting] Sony sucks! Sony sucks! Sony sucks!

[Dieter] He told me, "Dieter you need to help me."

It's over.

He asked me to terminate all his contracts with his lawyers...

with his team, with everybody.

And he did want that I take over everything.

[dramatic music playing]

[Michael] Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Michael Jackson...

and rather than writing you a letter,

I've found this format to be most efficient

for what I wish to communicate.

Dieter Weisner from Germany

and myself have entered into an agreement,

an exclusive long-term partnership.

He gave me the power of attorney.

I will personally sign agreements

and legally authorize my partners to sign on my behalf.

[Dieter] But, and he told me, "Dieter, the old team,

they will be after you.

They called once and told me,

"You take our golden cow...

and you have to stop this."

And...

But I was on Michael's side, of course,

and I did what he want.

I remember these words from Michael to me...

"I put my life and my future in your hand."

- [Michael] Wait, wait, wait. - [Prince babbling]

[sobbing] I want the...

[Michael] When it comes to distributing cookies,

we get to see children's real personality.

Here, come here.

Prince, over here, before I grind you into hamburger.

No, you want the cookie? Then you behave.

Here, okay, here, here's the cookie.

Paris, you want some of this?

[Shmuley] By that time, I wasn't involved in his life.

[Michael] Paris, you didn't say thank you.

- Turn around. - [soft music playing]

[Michael] Paris, you want that?

[Shmuley] I received a phone call

from...

a producer...

that worked with Martin Bashir.

Martin Bashir wants to interview Michael Jackson.

[crying]

[Michael] Okay, you're getting the big one.

[Shmuley] I got off the phone, and I went to Michael and said,

"First of all, your life,

it's not ready to be open to the public."

"Stay a billion miles away from this guy."

But Michael was an insecure person

who is going to look for the validation of the public.

[Dieter] He wanted to talk about his whole life.

His career, that people really understand him.

So, Martin Bashir followed Michael for eight months.

How do you write a song?

How do you write a song?

When I wrote "Billie Jean," I was riding in my car

down Ventura Boulevard.

All I said to myself beforehand, "I want to write a song

with a great bass hook," you know?

[hums "Billie Jean"]

- You know, the whole...

- [Martin] Where did that come from?

From above.

- [Martin] The dance as well? - [Michael] Yeah, same thing.

[Martin] How do you do it? Can you show me how you do it?

Oh, boy.

[Martin] Come on, just get up and show me.

- Oh, come on. - Oh, come on, just show me.

[Martin] Just show me. Show me what you do.

Teach me.

Okay, uh...

Oh, boy. You're putting me on the spot now.

- [Martin] Come on. - See, now people

will be discovering something about me.

I'm really shy. I'm embarrassed.

[Martin] Okay, you're shy. Just get up and show me.

Okay.

[dramatic music playing]

[Dieter] Michael opened the door for everything.

[indistinct chatter]

[Dieter] Michael had just had another child.

We were in the room together ...

and Michael heard the screaming from the fans.

It was a beautiful feeling.

[crowd cheering]

And Michael was so excited, and I was behind him.

He took Blanket...

but he had him really fast under his arm.

[crowd cheering]

[dramatic music playing]

In the next morning, I came out of my room...

and I saw all over the newspaper.

It was not a nice picture.

But, of course, Martin Bashir, he was there.

- I love you. - Here he is.

I love you. Here's the bottle. [laughs]

Wait, wait. [screams] Here's the bottle.

It's okay. Just get this off him.

Ow! Oh please don't cry Blanket. Oh okay, put it in.

Okay, okay, here we go. A boo, a boo, a boo ho-ho.

- [Blanket crying] - Yes, a boo.

Blanket. Blanket. Blanket. Blanket. Blanket.

I love you, Blanket. Yes. Yes. Yes.

[Martin] Have you been hearing about

what people have been saying?

[Michael] That's totally ignorant.

I would never do that to my children or any child.

Try to kill them? Come on. Stupid.

And why would I put a scarf over the baby's face

if I was trying to throw him off the balcony?

We were waving to thousands of fans down below,

and they were chanting they wanted to see my child.

So I was kind enough to let them see

I was doing something out of innocence.

[soft music playing]

[reporter 23] When Living with Michael Jackson

airs this evening, these streets are going to be deserted.

Fans and critics alike are saying

they're going to be staying in to watch the program,

with his reputation in America very much at stake.

For Michael Jackson, it must be a nervous wait.

[Dieter] I didn't want that we watch the documentary

until I know what happened.

But Michael, of course, he want to see it.

We watched it on TV together.

[soft music playing]

[Martin] Eight months ago, I put a proposal to Michael Jackson.

Show me the real man, but show me everything.

Make nothing off-limits.

He thought about it, and then he said,

"Yes, come to Neverland."

We began a journey together, across continents,

through his past,

and rapidly into the disturbing reality of his life today.

In the documentary...

was this young boy, Gavin Arvizo.

And he was taking care of him.

[Martin] When people hear that

children from other families

have come and they've stayed in your house...

they've stayed in your bedroom...

[Michael] Well, very few.

[Martin] But, you know, some have...

and they say...

is that really appropriate for a man,

a grown man, to be doing that? How do you respond to that?

I feel sorry for them, because that's judging someone

who wants to really help people. Why can't you share your bed?

The most loving thing to do is to share your bed with someone.

When I saw this, I got a very bad feeling.

[Martin] When you're talking about children,

if I said, "Well,

I've invited some of my daughter's friends round,

or my son's friends round, and they're going to sleep

- in the bed with me tonight..." - [Michael] That's fine.

What do you think their parents would say?

If they're wacky, they would say, "You can't."

I suppose the problem for many people

is what happened in 1993, or what didn't happen.

What didn't happen.

[dramatic music playing]

One bombshell after another about his bizarre behavior

in a new British documentary.

Jackson admits he still has sleepovers with young boys.

I felt...

shock. Absolute shock.

Have you lost all touch with reality?

That you don't even know how people

are going to react to that?

He said he slept in a bed with children that are not his own.

I mean, this isn't made up, this isn't fabricated.

What kind of loony

would A, do it, and B, go on national TV and admit it?

Michael crossed lines that clearly are uncrossable.

Sharing a bed with a child that's not yours,

even if it's not sexual, it's still...

insanity.

We got the reaction from all over, of course.

- It was terrible. - [dramatic music playing]

You can't sleep with strangers' kids.

And as much as I love Michael Jackson,

I'm having a hard time defending him right now.

[reporter 24] I believe the Child Welfare Services

should interview every child that has been at Neverland

with Mr. Jackson in his bedroom or anywhere else in the home

without the presence of their parents.

Find out what's going on.

He couldn't talk. And he was sitting on his bed, crying.

What's ahead for Michael Jackson?

What do you think's ahead after this?

Oh, a real bumpy road.

I don't think he'll recover from this one.

That documentary led directly

or indirectly to Michael Jackson's death.

There's absolutely no question about it.

That was the beginning of the end.

[dramatic music playing]

[Ron] Michael Jackson wasn't the ordinary pedophile.

He had the means to be able to do things

that no one else I had ever prosecuted could do.

An estate that was 2,800 acres

and a huge house with multiple locks.

A staff that just ignored what was going on.

That was unique to Michael Jackson.

[officer] Gavin, can you tell us

what your conversations were, what you guys talked about?

[Gavin]

- [officer] - [Gavin]

[officer]

[Ron] We had lost the opportunity 10 years earlier.

And we were determined that, that would not happen again.

[dramatic music playing]

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