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[man clears throat]

[dramatic music playing]

[Michael]

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[announcer] The number one artist in the world.

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

People are not gods.

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[reporter] Tonight, Jackson is wanted by police

of multiple felony counts of child molestation.

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

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The British documentary called Living with Michael Jackson

has everybody talking.

This is the way The Times newspaper in Britain covers it.

Jackson faces ruin after admitting I slept with boys.

Why can't you share your bed?

The most loving thing to do

is to share your bed with someone.

[reporter 3] Nearly admitting that on television

has created what one person says

is the longest professional suicide note in history.

This documentary started a disaster.

It was clear he was really in trouble with this.

[reporter 4] It's just a question of what does he do

when he's in bed with them?

[Steve] I mean, anybody advising Michael Jackson

would have to say, A, don't do that

and after he did it, they must lock him up in a room and say,

"You've got to be kidding."

But he's Michael Jackson. So probably nobody does that.

[Dieter] He really was scared.

[paparazzi] One here please? Michael...

[Dieter] It was Michael's biggest fear

after the documentary, the fans could go away.

He could lose his whole brand,

his reputation, everything he did.

[indistinct chatter]

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[elevator dinging]

[Dieter] We was in a hotel in Miami...

and middle in the night...

Michael knocked on the door.

He was crying...

and he got a letter from his accountant...

saying there's no money right now.

You need to go in a smaller room.

Then he was saying, can you believe that

they put me out of a suite and put me in a small room?

[somber music playing]

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[indistinct chatter]

[paparazzi 2]

[reporter 5] Michael Jackson does not earn

the kind of money he used to make

at the height of his earnings power.

This guy made 50 million dollars a year.

Guess what? His records don't sell anymore.

And, you know, he's in a very tenuous spot right now.

[reporter 6] On song, but no longer making the notes.

The latest claim that the Peter Pan of pop

is nearly penniless.

[reporter 7] He's spending about 700,000 dollars a week,

which means that when he gets out of bed in the morning,

he spent 100,000 dollars before he's had coffee.

We hope he's not broke

because he owes my client 12 million dollars.

All of the money that Michael has at this point,

all the cash that he has, I should say, comes from loans.

Everything is borrowed. Borrowed, borrowed, borrowed.

Borrowed against the Michael Jackson catalog

that has "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" and all his hit songs,

borrowed against The Beatles catalog.

[reporter 8] Michael Jackson celebrated his 45th birthday

in true Jackson style.

Just him and the fans.

After all he's been through, they still love him.

- The King of Pop. - [crowd cheering]

[Dieter] Michael told me very clear

that now it is over with touring.

Now he starts with new business.

The fans are going to keep the business machine moving.

There's going to be a new Michael Jackson clothing line...

- [crowd cheering] - ...resort hotels.

[crowd cheering]

We promise to make Neverland more accessible to the fans.

[fan] What the media tries to say about you, Michael,

we don't believe a word of it.

He's perfect and he's an angel.

And I don't care what anybody says.

[indistinct chatter]

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[Ron] In 2003, I was a prosecutor

specializing in child sexual abuse cases.

I got a call to go see the District Attorney.

And he showed me a two page report,

it involved an allegation of child sexual abuse.

It said Michael Jackson on it.

And I thought, "Oh, my gosh, he's back."

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[Ron] That scene in the documentary,

it was played over and over and over again

of Gavin Arvizo sitting next to Michael Jackson

and resting his head on his shoulder

and holding his hand.

But I knew it was an inappropriate relationship.

[officer] You sit right there, buddy.

We are going to try our best to make a case.

Okay? A criminal case. We're going to try our best.

But you need to understand

that we're going to need your cooperation.

Gavin, can you tell us what your conversations,

what you guys talked about?

[Gavin]

- [officer] - [Gavin]

[officer]

[Gavin]

[dramatic music plays]

Good evening. For years, pop star Michael Jackson

has denied having inappropriate contact

with children and he has never been charged.

But tonight, Jackson is wanted by police.

We would encourage him to turn himself in

and cooperate with law enforcement. Yes.

[presenter] Nina, what have you heard? Any sightings?

Not yet. We're all on the lookout, though.

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[Dieter] We were in the hotel in Vegas.

Somebody called me and told me, "Dieter, watch TV."

The police went to the ranch.

[reporter 9] The service of the warrants

was part of an ongoing investigation

alleging criminal misconduct on the part of Michael Jackson.

[Dieter] When I told him there's a new charge

from this young boy, Arvizo...

he was so deeply shocked that I think he's going to die.

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And then something terrible happened.

The director of the hotel...

told us to leave right away.

They did not want to have...

somebody with these charges in the hotel.

Michael was out of control and he was screaming,

"Why you close the door in front of me?"

They didn't allow him to come in.

But then I told him, "Michael, look...

this time you have to fight it."

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[Frank] Jackson flying from Las Vegas to Santa Barbara,

turns himself in to the Santa Barbara sheriff.

Michael Jackson has been booked on charges of child molestation.

[reporter 10] The famous shot you'll see plastered

all over newspapers around the world.

Michael Jackson in handcuffs.

Michael Jackson today went from being the gloved one

to the fingerprinted one.

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I just sat down and say, "Not again."

Seven counts of child molestation.

[Katherine] I told him, "You don't know

these wicked people."

"The people are just mean and wicked."

The bail amount on the warrant

has been set at three million dollars.

He'll tarnish your reputation

and people will always remember you the way they said he was,

not the way he really is.

[reporter 11] Well, how do you view the guy now?

Probably not in a good way. Definitely don't respect him.

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[reporter 12] Reporters, cameras, and helicopteters

have been chasing the Jackson story

around Southern California.

[reporter 13] Fox has confirmed he is now back in Las Vegas

and here are the pictures to prove it.

[reporter 14] Hold on. He's coming out.

Hold on. Hold on. Hold on.

[Dieter] I remember when we went to the airport.

We took blankets and tried to stop

all the press taking pictures.

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He was so deeply shocked about the situation,

how they treated him.

Later on, he showed me this bruise on his arm,

on his shoulder.

He was thinking the police, the system, America...

-was against him.

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[Michael]

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[reporter 15] I wanted to let you know

that this is Michael Jackson's car

as they ride through Las Vegas.

He keeps rolling his window down

at intersections like this.

People have been coming up to the window

and he's been reaching out, shaking their hand.

[woman] I think that they're setting him up.

I mean, it just, none of this makes any sense, you know?

I love him so much.

I mean, he needs us, you know, and no matter what,

I believe in him and I'm here for him.

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[Dieter] Michael was ready to fight.

He was focused completely on this whole problem.

Then the new security people came in

and his lawyers and his accountants showed up.

Michael's empire and reputation was at risk.

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And this situation was terrible for me because I had to leave.

I could do nothing anymore. They took over completely.

It was the end of my work with Michael Jackson.

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[Jane] Hey, I need to speak to Angela.

Every crew is here and my crew is not here.

Nothing is ready. What is going on?

I got an assignment.

There's going to be this huge

Michael Jackson business meeting, the summit.

Find out all about it. And if you can get in there,

Hi, if we could get a quick statement from you, Mr. Geragos?

- No, thank you. - Oh, come on.

[Jane] I had this little sort of minicam

that I was walking around with to the annoyance of everybody.

Can I get a brief statement? Is there any way?

- You can get a statement later. - Okay, thank you.

- See ya. - Sorry to bother you.

I was a journalist reporting for Celebrity Justice

and that later kind of morphed into TMZ.

[indistinct chatter]

[Charles] So if you guys want to just...

you know, shoot the room, do what you want.

This is gonna last about five minutes.

[indistinct chatter]

It was all very confusing. Oh, were we invited?

How did we hear about it?

This is the Michael Jackson smoke and mirrors world.

[reporter 16] Is there a reason why you wanted us to see

the type of business meeting it is?

No, no. The reason is you all are here.

- [indistinct chatter] - [all laughing]

[Jane] You had Charles Koppelman,

an industry legend.

You had Al Malnick. He's the one who bailed Michael Jackson

out to the tune of three million dollars when he was arrested.

Then you had Leonard Muhammad,

who is a top echelon Nation of Islam guy.

And you had John Branca,

the genius behind getting the Beatles catalog.

And so these super heavyweights,

they were there to keep the glue together, right,

in the Jackson empire.

There are people who have wondered who is in charge.

Can you clarify that, sir?

[Al Malnik] Michael is in charge.

[Charles] Yeah. Clearly, Michael is in charge.

Will he be taking part in today's meeting, Mr. Koppelman?

He may. He's welcome at any time.

Do you plan on seeing him at the meeting today?

He's welcome at any time.

[reporter 17] Constantly you've said that Mr. Jackson

is in financial trouble.

- Can you clarify that, sir? - Again, do we look worried?

Total BS. Total BS.

Mr. Muhammad?

There's nothing normal about this meeting

because Michael Jackson was about to be subjected

to the most high-profile trial.

The fact that his finances were such a convoluted mess

with debt, with loans, with mortgages,

with skyrocketing interest payments.

Obviously, this was the crisis summit.

The brand was on life support.

And if it died right there,

it wasn't going to have a future.

- [dramatic music playing] - [crowd cheering]

[reporter 18] CNN has confirmed

that a grand jury that's been meeting to consider charges

of child molestation against pop star Michael Jackson

has, in fact, indicted Michael Jackson.

We've just received this release from Michael Jackson's attorneys

saying he will appear and enter a plea of not guilty.

I know you know him, Donald. Any reaction to this?

[Donald] Well, I know him very well.

He's lived in my buildings. He lived in Trump Tower.

And I know him very well. And I don't believe it.

I'm going to stick up for him because nobody else is.

Why would he turn around and say,

"Michael Jackson sexually molested me,"

if it weren't true?

Because parents have power over children.

This is not him. No, I know his heart.

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[Brian] It was past midnight...

when the telephone rang and I hear, "Hello?"

I said, "Michael, is that you? Brian, is that you?"

"Oh Brian, I'm so scared."

"Did you see what happened today?"

"Yes, I did, Michael."

"This is not good, Michael."

"Brian, what am I going to do?"

I said, "What we do...

is we have to find out

everything there is to know about this family."

"Everybody has dirt."

"Everybody. They are not clean."

"And from what I hear, they're really dirty, Michael."

"And we will find the dirt on these people."

And he said, "Do it. Do it, Brian."

I am Brian Oxman.

I am a former attorney for Michael Jackson.

I...

have known all of the Jackson family

for most of my life.

My first client was Randy Jackson.

I did his divorce, and then I did Jermaine's divorce,

and then I did Jackie's divorce, and then I did Tito's divorce,

La Toya's divorce, and I did Michael's divorce.

I am part of this family.

It's sort of like "Hotel California."

"You can check out anytime you want,

but you can never leave."

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[fan 2] Michael, come over here, shake our hands. Michael!

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[Roger] When I got to Santa Maria for the trial,

the press was camped out like it was the end of the world.

It was bigger than O.J. Simpson, which I had been at.

This was in a small town that was hard to get to,

but the whole place was taken over by this.

It was an extraordinary thing.

- ? Like you were my brother ? - ? You are my brother ?

[crowd chanting] Michael's innocent! Michael's innocent!

[crowd cheering]

One, two, three, four. Michael's not a molester.

Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?

[Brian] When Michael went to his arraignment,

it was a deluge of fans. They were going crazy.

And in his own showmanship way...

he let them know...

I am not afraid.

[crowd cheering]

[Michael]

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[Ron] He had no shortage of lawyers.

I mean, they got...

every single piece of paper,

every single document that had ever generated

by any member of the family,

medical records, psych records,

school records, business records.

They got it by way of subpoena

without notifying the prosecution.

[fan 3] Stop the racism!

[crowd chanting] Michael! Innocent! Michael! Innocent!

Pervert! Pervert! Pervert! Pervert!

The prosecution said the family is being harassed

by these subpoenas.

They said the so-called victim's family

is going into witness protection.

So I needed to find them.

I called my friend and she says, "I'll find them for you."

So she called the grandmother and asked

if she had their new address

and she said sure and she gave it to us.

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It was to make it clear that Michael Jackson

was not backing down.

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[Michael] Years ago, I allowed a family

to visit and spend time in Neverland.

I allowed this family into my home because they told me

their son was ill with cancer and needed my help.

These events have caused a nightmare for my family,

my children, and me.

I never intend to place myself in so vulnerable

a position ever again.

I will be acquitted and vindicated

when the truth is told.

[dramatic music playing]

[reporter 19] Opening statements began today.

The defense is expected to describe Jackson as the victim

of a money-hungry mom who coached her son

to lie for cash.

The prosecution, on the other hand, will paint Jackson

as a wicked pedophile who got a sick boy drunk to molest him.

[reporter 20] This is a trial for his life...

not just his freedom, his life. Everything's on the line.

- [fan 4] Justice for Michael! - [man 2] He's guilty!

[fan 4] Justice for Michael!

He's been guilty for years! Put him away!

In court, the prosecution played

the Living with Michael Jackson movie,

the documentary which created this whole furor.

And what happened as that program progressed,

the jury, they were bouncing and dancing

and snapping their fingers to Michael's music.

This was Michael's magic, infecting everybody.

This affected the entire course of the trial.

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We had one witness who worked at Neverland...

and he told us that he brought to Michael Jackson's room wine

while the boys were there.

And when he was on the witness stand,

he said he brought Coca-Cola to the room.

I said, didn't you tell us that it was wine,

it was alcohol that he brought to the room?

I was mistaken.

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[Ron] One after the other, witnesses would walk into court,

you would just watch them look over, see Michael Jackson,

and their demeanor changed.

He was a very powerful person.

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[reporter 21] The pop star didn't show up

for court this morning until the judge threatened

to have him arrested.

[reporter 22] Jackson failed to show up in court at 8:30 a.m.

for testimony from the teen who claimed Jackson molested him.

When Jackson did arrive, an hour and ten minutes late,

he appeared disheveled, his hair a bit messy,

only pajama bottoms, a T-shirt, and a blazer.

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He tripped this morning, and he fell in the early morning hours

while he was getting dressed. His back is in terrible pain.

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[Rudy] I ended up testifying in a trial, right?

And that's where it became

just absolutely a three-ring circus of bizarre.

I started noticing Michael's strange behavior.

And, you know, besides when he showed up

to court in pajamas, which was nutsoville...

Michael was like, "I can't deal with it,

I can't deal with it. It brings me stress."

I'm like, "Okay."

But he's that brilliant genius, right...

that happens to be half brain-dead

and dumb at the same time that doesn't know anything going on?

Wait a second. Which one is it?

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[Ron] Oh he's trying to get the sympathy.

I could see the women on the jury looking very concerned

and very worried, and we knew it was all an act.

His performance really was very good.

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[Michael]

Is Jackson spiraling downward?

It was no accident that all of that pajama business happened

when the accuser is about to take the stand

and deliver the most incriminating evidence.

Michael! Michael! Michael! Michael!

- Joe! - [indistinct chatter]

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[interviewer] You've been through a lot

- this year. - [Joseph] That's right.

Now, Joe, how is Michael doing financially?

Because he has not been recording or performing

ever since it started, and he has mega expenses.

How is he doing?

Michael is doing fine.

- [interviewer] Are you worried? - [Joseph] Am I worried?

Being a father, you always have to have some worry.

Do you think if he's acquitted, he can resume his career?

Of course.

Come on. Of course he can resume his career.

This is just the United States. All the rest of the countries,

all over the world, are very, very proud of Michael.

It's here we have the most trouble out of.

[interviewer] Why do you think it's such a problem in America?

- Why do you think? - Come on.

Come on. You don't want me to answer that, do you?

- No. Don't answer it. - Shall I?

No, Joe. Just shut up. Stop it.

[interviewer] Now, tell me-

I'm going to cut to the chase on this one.

- Stop it. - Come on.

[interviewer] It might be about racism.

What do you think?

It is racism. It is.

Katherine's not going to say it, but I will say it.

It is racism.

We shouldn't be even out here talking about any of this.

We weren't supposed to even bring Michael up.

You might get us in a lot of trouble.

[interviewer] No, no, no.

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[reporter 23] A flurry of activity outside the courthouse

in Santa Maria as SUVs are seen

leaving Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch.

What's going on?

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[reporter 24] Michael Jackson entered

the courthouse to learn his fate.

[reporter 25] You've got to wonder

what is going through his mind at this point.

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[crowd cheering]

He really thinks there are going to be riots in the streets

if he's convicted.

[presenter 2] He really believes it?

[Roger] He really believes that somehow this injustice

will be overturned instantly

because who would put the King of Pop in jail?

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[head juror] The people of the State of California plaintiff

versus Michael Joe Jackson defendant.

Case number 1133603 verdict.

We, the jury in the above entitled case...

find the defendant not guilty

of a lewd act upon a minor child.

[crowd cheering]

[reporter 26] And there it is. All ten counts.

Not guilty on all ten counts. Michael Jackson will be walking

out of this courtroom a free man.

[indistinct chatter]

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[Ron] Was I disappointed? Sure.

You never as a prosecutor want to hear the words not guilty.

I felt that it was...

remarkably obvious that he was molesting children.

I was mystified why other people didn't see it.

Everything about him, just screamed child molester.

He needs to, you know, stay low for a while

and keep the adults at the ranch and maybe stay away

from the kids for a little bit. Maybe bring some girls over.

Michael, come on now.

[Brian] The result was innocent.

But so many Americans thought he was guilty.

Michael was extremely concerned about all of these people.

He would complain to his mom and to his dad and to everybody.

To me.

My life's over.

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[Nancy] What exactly is happening

to Michael Jackson today?

It's the same thing what always happens, Nancy.

This guy doesn't pay his bills. [chuckles]

[presenter 3] How much are we talking about?

[reporter 27] We're talking about nearly $300 million

outstanding debt.

After the trial, a lot of people were saying

Michael Jackson put himself into exile. Right?

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[Jane] He had to not only leave Neverland.

But he left the United States of America.

He pops up in Bahrain.

And, of course, he's friends with the royal family

and living like the King of Pop again.

Borrowing millions of dollars from his host.

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Then...

it's where's Michael Jackson? He's left Bahrain.

Oh, wait. Hold on. He's in Ireland.

Ireland.

[reporter 28] At around four o'clock today,

Michael Jackson emerged

from his scheduled Aer Lingus flight,

he made his way down the plane steps

holding a masked child's hand.

Jackson and his traveling party

boarded a silver Volkswagen minibus

via the VIP exit of the airport.

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[Jane] Michael Jackson was trying to figure out,

what am I going to do with the rest of my life?

Ireland is kind of a little out of the way,

and he was able to live kind of a tranquil life,

he hoped anyway.

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[Patrick] In June 2006,

rumors started circulating in the Irish press

that Michael Jackson was sighted in different places.

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But I didn't think much of it.

So we were quite surprised when the door opened

and the patient said, "Hello, my name is Michael Jackson."

It wasn't too long before Michael entrusted us

with his aesthetic treatments.

We treated in that period, his bottom of his ankles

were beginning to turn black again,

and he wanted us to increase the bleaching cream

to a stronger percentage.

He didn't really have any money.

I mean, his credit cards bounced on many occasions.

I remember one time he was in our big glass showroom

and he started pocketing quite a lot of the cosmetics.

Some of the things were worth between 100 and 500 euro,

and he had a big sort of jacket coat on.

And when I ran into him, he had as many,

maybe as 20 or 30 of these products in his pockets...

and he just laughed.

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I think as time progressed, you could see that Michael

became happier and happier living in Ireland.

He said that he'd love to settle here

away from the press.

Our friendship became closer,

and when I was down in his house,

he opened up to me.

I think he felt trapped

between finding a new location to live...

and having to go back to the United States

to overcome his financial struggles.

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I could see that this did play on his mind.

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- [indistinct chatter] - [camera shutters clicking]

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[Bill] I was asked, would I be interested

in doing a security detail for a dignitary

that was coming to town?

Mr. Jackson, I call him Mr. Jackson.

He was returning to the States

on the basis of being a headliner in Las Vegas.

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- [indistinct chatter] - [camera shutters clicking]

[Man] Come on guys. Come in.

[Bill] There was a lot going on. I mean, he had a lot going on.

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He was raising three kids that he wanted to do on his own.

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Mr. Jackson moved into the house,

which was on Monte Cristo.

We realized that he did have insomnia.

Even though we had armed security

at the property...

we would see him walking throughout the house at night,

checking doors.

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A very lonely world.

- [indistinct chatter] - [camera shutters clicking]

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[Bill] There's always someone trying to see him.

Business associates, all different type of producers

trying to...

get at him.

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I think it put him into seclusion a little bit.

[indistinct chatter]

[fan 5] Michael, we love you!

[fan 6] We love you, Michael! You're the best!

[Michael]

[reporter 29] There he is, David Beckham,

the huge international

soccer star, is coming to America.

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[John] My partner and I, Paul, work for a division of AEG.

The core business is live entertainment, sports,

you know, those kind of things.

AEG had just done a deal with David Beckham...

to play for the LA Galaxy.

It's nice to see so many fans and I thank you for that.

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[John] When Michael saw that, he was really excited.

He was kind of jumping around the room and saying,

"Hey, you guys should do a David Beckham deal with me."

Remember that Michael's last tour

was the HIStory tour in 1997.

So this would have been a good 12 years after that.

So the anticipation of being able to see

Michael Jackson live...

was, I don't know,

I can't think anything really that would be bigger than that.

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I remember the day he signed the deal...

when This Is It was in formation.

He came out and said, "Bill, now you're gonna see the vultures."

I started to get all the phone calls...

from people that...

we've never heard from before.

People were coming out the woodwork.

They wanted to be part of this tour.

They wanted to be part of him.

I always said it. Mr. Jackson was a big ATM.

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Feel my heart. It's going boom, boom, boom

right now, seriously. [chuckles]

- [man 3] Nice and slow guys! - [indistinct chatter]

Since I was little, yeah, I used to come home from nursery, yeah.

Put on my Michael Jackson video and that's it, I was gone.

He taught me how to dance, everything, man.

It's gonna be sick.

London was Michael's probably biggest market in the world.

Our plans were that the tour would go global.

[woman 2] I've got every single album.

I've been to every single tour and I'm gonna go

to every single date

that he releases that I can get my hands on.

[reporter 30] You're obviously a very rich woman then.

No, I'm not. It's the credit cards.

It's my credit card.

The This Is It tour was gonna be much bigger than anything

he had done.

[reporter 31] Do you really think he can come back

after everything that's happened?

There's nothing happened.

It's just the media innit, so he's fine.

[reporter 31] Court case, rumors of financial troubles-

- Rubbish, rubbish. - So basically

- he's come back stronger. - This is Michael Jackson,

- you know, he's the King of Pop. - [crowd cheering]

[Dermot] Ready for this?

[crowd cheering]

London welcomes...

the King of Pop, Mr. Michael Jackson.

[crowd cheering]

[Paul] So it's been a while

and everyone's waiting and waiting and waiting.

They didn't realize that Michael was drunk and out of it.

I was at the O2 and they were back at the hotel

with Michael trying to get him going

because things were going very slowly.

While we were waiting,

I kind of wrote a really short speech...

and when Michael walked in, he came over to me

and he gave me a big hug and I said, "Here's the speech."

And he whispered in my ear...

"Make the words really big, I can't see."

[crowd cheering]

[Paul] I mean the crowd just erupted.

I love you. [chuckles]

[Paul] He just started to bask in it.

He started to glow in a way, you know.

I think he was overwhelmed, actually.

[crowd chanting] This is it. This is it. This is it.

This is it. This is it. This is it.

[crowd cheering]

[Michael] I just want to say that...

this will be it. This is it.

And when I say this is it, it really means this is it.

Because...

these will be...

my final show performances.

This is it and see you in July.

[crowd cheering]

[Paul] So what happened was we ended up at 50 shows.

I've never seen demand like that.

We had about 15,000 sellable seats per show.

They all went for 50 shows.

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You got a calculator? I'll do the math.

[chuckles]

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[woman 3] We're kind of excited and Michael's coming today.

- [man 4] There's the man. - [man 5] There's Michael.

- [man 6] The man is here. - [crowd cheering]

During rehearsals, Michael knew exactly what he wanted,

but it was Kenny who ran the rehearsals.

Michael really didn't have to say anything to anyone

because Kenny was so on top of it.

- [Kenny] Michael? - This is not easy, though.

[Kenny] Michael, one more time. I couldn't hear you, sir.

The inner ears are very difficult for me

when you're raised to use just your real own,

- you know, auditory ears. - [Kenny] Yeah, is it-

It feels like somebody's fist is shoved into your ear.

[Bill] Mr. Jackson was not happy privately.

He felt that...

physically he was not prepared

to do that many shows in that short a time.

He said to me directly, he said, "Bill, I can't do 50 shows.

Bill, it would kill me."

He was going to make a lot of money from this show,

enough to where...

he was done.

[sings]

I'm just trying to conserve my throat, please,

so understand.

?

[Michael]

?

?

[Rudy] I would watch Michael

and the impression I got was kind of lost.

He was dealing with an addiction issue.

I was watching, you know, pills come in and pills go out.

You're seeing people with fety or other things and street drugs

that they're not alive, but they're not dead yet.

And it just had this feeling of like limbo.

?

The assumption I think that a lot of people think

is that he's being controlled

and that he doesn't know what he's doing.

That isn't true. He knew what he was doing

and he knows what kind of drugs he's taking.

?

But Michael was surrounded by people

that wanted to please him.

People he chose to surround himself with.

[crowd cheering]

?

[Rudy] But he is going downward.

And so you have to ask yourself, where am I going?

You know, what's the next train stop?

?

[Shmuley] It was an American tragedy.

The tragedy was not that he was taking

prescription drug medication.

The tragedy was that this man who got more attention

than any human being that might have ever lived

in the history of the world...

was still so utterly lonely.

?

?

[indistinct chatter]

?

[woman 4]

?

?

[woman 5] While I was at Macy's.

They kept saying, Michael's dead. Michael's dead.

Dropped everything and just came running out here.

?

- [indistinct chatter] - No one else. No one else.

[Brian] I walked into the emergency room.

And I looked through the doors and I could see the family.

And I saw La Toya.

And she was leaning up against the wall.

?

And then I saw her slump to the ground...

and sat on the floor.

?

I said, right then and there,

I said, "Michael Jackson is dead."

"Michael Jackson is dead."

?

[camera shutter clicking]

Oh, my God.

[sighs] This is hard...

My brother, the legendary King of Pop, Michael Jackson...

passed away on Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 2:26 p.m.

It is believed he suffered cardiac arrest in his home.

?

[reporter 32] This is a Fox News alert.

The chopper is in the air.

They have picked up the body of Michael Jackson.

His body is now going to be

in the custody of the LA coroner.

[reporter 33] The autopsy has been expedited.

It will happen tomorrow at some point

between 7:00 a.m. and three o'clock in the afternoon.

After that, the body will then be released to the family.

?

?

[Shmuley] There was a fire inside me

that I could not contain that day.

?

In my mind, I was saying to myself, you stupid, stupid man.

I begged you. I warned you.

You've now orphaned your children.

There's nothing that you love more in the world

than your children.

You were the only one who could protect them,

and now you orphaned your children.

You stupid man.

?

?

[Rudy] Michael's demons that I think

he was dealing with was self-loathing.

Well, you don't have to feel anything if you're on...

Demerol.

You just numb it all away.

?

He felt desperate to change, but couldn't.

And he actually ends up finding people

that help him to his death.

Is that the most crazy thing in the world?

?

If somebody would have just told the truth,

he would probably be alive. But nobody did.

Michael Jackson t-shirts. Michael Jackson t-shirts.

King of Pop. King of Pop. Come down here, guys.

Come support Michael.

- Do you have change? - Give you two for 20.

[man 7] How many did you make?

We made, I think it was 1,500 t-shirts.

We've sold 40, we've been here for about 10 minutes.

And then you give 10% to the charity

of Michael Jackson's choice.

- Yes ma'am. - Yeah, you should do that.

?

I feel like Michael's of the magnitude

to deserve a state funeral.

I just, I wanted to wake up

and somebody tell me this isn't real.

[reporter 34] People are saying that this is going to be like

when Princess Di died.

[reporter 35] 1,500 inmates in the Philippines

pulled together a brand new tribute to the King of Pop.

[reporter 36] Michael Jackson fans

have always been committed.

And when he died, it didn't diminish at all.

In fact, it became stronger.

?

?

[crowd cheering]

?

[indistinct chatter]

[reporter 37] Tonight, a family's pain

for the very first time

since Jackson's shocking, unexpected death.

Jackson's family is speaking out.

Do you know anything, Mr. Jackson,

about funeral arrangements? Have you had time?

Yeah, we haven't gotten to that yet.

Yeah, but we're working on that.

You said your wife is... how, what about Janet

and the rest of the family, the daughters and everybody.

They're all doing fine. But I want to make this statement.

This is a real good statement here.

Marshall and I, we owned a record company called,

- tell him. - Ranch Records.

- [interviewer 2] That's right. - Okay, it's truly about

Blu-ray technology.

And that's his next step.

[interviewer 2] And that's your next step.

?

[Roger] For most of his life,

Michael's father was constantly coming to him for money.

Also with schemes.

So you could say Joseph Jackson was very opportunistic.

?

Even when Michael died...

nothing changed.

Hello, everybody.

What I'm doing is I established a record company.

And this is Marshall, by the way.

Marshall, go ahead.

Okay, what's happening is in the entertainment side,

we're going all the way back to the beginning.

We are going back to Michael Jackson's legacy.

And we're going to bring them all the way back to the top.

We love you.

[man 8]

[indistinct chatter]

?

[Brian] Michael's will was brought to his family...

a couple days after...

his death.

It was absolutely startling.

Joe Jackson and his children were not included in the will.

?

And I filed objections.

[paparazzi 3] How do you feel about Michael

not including you in the will?

[Brian] I didn't think that they were given

the consideration that they should have been.

[paparazzi 3] How do you feel about Michael

not including you in the will?

Thank you, Joe.

[reporter 38] Joining us from L.A.

is Jackson family attorney Brian Oxman.

- Good morning, Mr. Oxman. - Good morning. How are you?

[reporter 38] I'm fine. Thank you for joining us.

Is it safe to assume that Michael Jackson

did not want his father, whom he very publicly accused of abuse,

to control neither his estate nor his children?

Joe Jackson is a good man. Michael loved his father.

And I want that to be known throughout all of time.

?

[Jane] Michael Jackson's brothers and sisters'

were left nothing. It's a slap in the face.

I mean... [sighs]

...they were there from the beginning.

Jackson Five, right?

?

Now, John Branca and another business type

were named co-executors of Michael Jackson's estate.

There was a tug of war between the Jackson family

and the executors about the will.

[reporter 39] Last week, Randy, Jermaine, Janet, Tito,

and Reby signed a stunning letter

to the executors of Michael's will.

They're crying conspiracy over his death,

calling the will fake, flawed and fraudulent.

[presenter 4] Jane, help me out here.

What the heck is going on?

One word. Money, money, money, money, money.

[dramatic music playing]

[Jane] Michael was massively in debt when he died.

$500 million.

But the inherent value of his work

was such that there was money to be made.

[John] As concert promoters...

we had spent a lot of money,

close to, I think, $40 million

already on the This Is It project.

So the day that Michael passed, we went around and collected

everyone's hard drives, any footage of Michael.

[man 9] Yo, dude, taking a quick little tour here.

[Paul] And then we produced

the theatrical release that went to DVD.

It was the story of making of the tour.

All those hits and all those great songs.

Seeing Michael Jackson live. And people wanted to see it.

? All I wanna say is that ?

? They don't really Care about us ?

? All I wanna say is that ?

? They don't really Care about us ?

This is us going to the premiere. Hey.

That's when John Branca, who ran Michael's estate,

jumped in and made the deal with Sony.

He managed to maximize this revenue in ways that...

I couldn't believe.

[indistinct chatter]

[Branca] We think that the movie This Is It

gave fans a pretty good glimpse at the real Michael.

He was a perfectionist.

And at the same time, he was a humanitarian.

[Paul] Branca steered that beautifully.

I mean, This Is It was the highest-grossing

concert documentary of all time.

That deal got us all of our money back.

And then some.

Go, Michael, go!

[crowd cheering]

[man 10] The This Is It DVD and the theatrical release

just made a huge amount of money for the estate.

But it was just the beginning of what they were going to do.

The estate became a money-making machine.

[soft music playing]

[reporter 40] Your view of American icon Michael Jackson

will never be the same

once you hear about the new documentary Leaving Neverland.

Once the abuse started...

within that first week,

you know, every night that I was with him, there was abuse.

You know, he started talking about how much he loves me.

What this is, is us.

How we show our love for each other.

The new documentary detailing abuse accusations

against Michael Jackson has sparked

a new debate about his legacy.

[man 11] I found the testimony from the two alleged victims

of Jackson to be incredibly compelling and visceral

in a way that the criminal trials

and previous accusations had not been.

So, personally, as a listener, my relationship to his music

has changed completely.

Jackson's estate filed suit against HBO.

They actually called this documentary a public lynching.

It may be too soon to know

if there will be a lasting impact

on the popularity of Jackson's music.

- [indistinct chatter] - [camera shutters clicking]

[man 12] After the film Leaving Neverland...

the estate was really shaken.

Those accusations could have been the end of everything.

[somber music playing]

[man 12] But the estate kept their eyes on the prize...

and Michael's legacy survived.

[Jane] The Michael Jackson story

is about one of the great performers of all time.

He was a genius.

And yet he was very troubled and problematical.

And now in death, the executors of Michael Jackson's estate

are working ferociously to erase the problematical side

of Michael Jackson and focus entirely on his younger years...

his creative years, and focus on the music.

[dramatic music playing]

[Jane] This is the most extraordinary effort...

to uncancel someone.

The show must go on.

[laughs]

[crowd cheering]

["Billie Jean" playing]

[soft music playing]

[Michael] It's all been an incredible,

incredible journey.

I've seen children just shower all over me with love.

They want to just touch me and hug me.

I just hold on and cry and not let go.

I really believe...

that children are God.

When I look in the eyes of a child...

it's like God saying, "Michael...

everything will be okay."

[soft music playing]

[dramatic music playing]

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