What did Michael Jackson see when he looked at the man in the mirror? Did he feel bad? Remember the time, in 2004, when the King of Pop was indicted for multiple counts of child molestation and intoxicating a minor to seduce him?
A jury found him not guilty after a trial in 2005, but this week Radar Online is reporting what investigators found at Jackson’s Neverland ranch all that time ago. It’s bad. Real bad.
The Way You Make Me Feel
Jackson died nearly seven years ago. Now one or possibly multiple investigators from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department have revealed anonymously that Jackson had an extensive porn collection reflecting some unusual sexual interests, like child and animal torment.
According to the unnamed investigator(s) who spoke to Radar about the Jackson case, authorities found pornography and prescriptions for sex-addiction drugs at the ranch. That would not be problematic in and of itself but this was not just normal porn.
Reportedly Jackson had a very gory collection with images of animal sacrifice and child torture. Jackson allegedly used the images to desensitize children, and investigators found notebooks, videos, and magazines, so much stuff that the singer had a storage unit full of gruesome sexually explicit photos.
Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough
“The documents exposed Jackson as a manipulative drug-and-sex crazed predator who used blood, gore, sexually explicit images of animal sacrifice, and perverse sex acts to bend children to his will,” the unnamed source said. Jackson supposedly even used sexy photos of his own young nephews wearing underwear to excite young boys.
The fact that the source has not been named might normally be a reason to question the information revealed. But this information was reportedly discussed and offered into evidence during the trial and prosecutors painted a picture of Jackson as a serial pedophile who used Neverland as a lure, or that is what The New York Times reported at the time. So how come he wasn’t convicted?
Smooth Criminal
The jury was not convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that all of the evidence amounted to proof that Jackson was drugging and seducing small children. Esquire now reports that since that trial, lawyers claim Jackson and his people paid hundreds of millions to keep about 20 victims quiet about past abuses.
Now, with this information about Jackson’s porn collection out, more victims may come forward to sue the estate, which has done well financially since the singer’s death. If they do sue, it’ll be understandable considering their suffering. It’s human nature — people always wanna be startin’ somethin’ when a celebrity who claims we are the word turns out to be a smooth criminal.
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