вЂњвЂOh thank God, he canвЂ™t hurt any more children!вЂ™ Those were my thoughts. вЂњI danced when I heard that he died,вЂќ Stephanie Safechuck said of Jackson. (His doctor, Conrad Murray, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.) Jackson was found not guilty of all the charges against him.ДЇour years later, he died at the age of 50 from a mix of powerful drugs he had been administered for sleep deprivation. Because in my mind, my whole life would be over.вЂќ вЂњThe idea of this truth coming out and Amanda knowing about it,вЂќ Robson said of the woman he would eventually marry, вЂњand my family knowing about it, and everybody in the entertainment business, in my career knowing about it, I mean, was just a ridiculous idea that was never going to happen in my mind. He said that he wishes now he had been at a place where he could have told the truth. At that point in his life, he was a successful choreographer in his early 20s working with some of the biggest acts in the world, like вЂ™N Sync and Britney Spears. Robson said he was reluctant at first, but he did testify. He said that was the last time he and Jackson spoke. Jackson asked again toward the end of the trial, but Safechuck still refused.

He said that Jackson responded by threatening him, saying he had the best lawyers in the world, but Safechuck said he stood firm. вЂњI was kind of breaking, like having a nervous breakdown,вЂќ Safechuck said.

Jackson asked Safechuck to testify on his behalf. But this time, child molestation charges were filed and he was brought to trial. One of them refused to help Jackson at his trial. The next day, he said, Jackson told Robson to get rid of his underwear because it might contain evidence. Joy Robson, WadeвЂ™s mother, said she took that as a sign that there had been no truth to the accusations, that the boyвЂ™s family had just been out for money.ДЄ couple of years later, Robson said, Jackson summoned him one day, and then had sex with him. Jackson reached a $23 million settlement in 1994 with the family of his accuser, who then declined to testify. вЂњIf anyone ever found out that we were doing any of these sort of things, these sexual things, that he and I would go to jail for the rest of our lives. вЂњAs soon as the cop started asking me these questions, the first thing that came to mind for me was everything that Michael started saying to me when I was 7,вЂќ said Robson, who was 11 at the time.

They told their families that Jackson had never touched them and said the same to law enforcement officials. In 1993, Jackson was investigated after a 13-year-old boy accused him of abuse, and both Safechuck and Robson spoke up for Jackson. Here are some other key takeaways from the second half of the documentary: The men said they felt pressure to defend Jackson. Many Jackson fans have risen to his defense on Twitter, often noting how both men previously testified that the singer had never abused them, a point the men address in Part 2. вЂњMichael Jackson was and always will be 100 percent innocent of these false allegations.вЂќ вЂњThe facts donвЂ™t lie, people do,вЂќ the family said in a statement. JacksonвЂ™s family and estate have denied all the allegations against him.

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