Safechuck gave a similar statement to investigators when he was young. It felt good. While he now recognizes the trauma Jackson's alleged actions caused him, Safechuck explained to CBS that he didn't realize how harmful the relationship was at the time. "My family and Michael knew that wasn't really me talking," the Daily Beast quotes her as saying in an interview. The Safechuck family were the first guests to the now-famous Neverland Ranch. "I was concerned about somebody just sensationalising the story," he said. hide caption. The experience of having children summoned these tangled and terrible memories up from the depths of their psyches and spurred the need to come clean, to point their moral compasses north. We regret the error. Safechuck did defend Jackson when he was accused of molestation for the first time in 1993 (although he declined to testify at Jackson's 2005 trial). Young granted the Jackson estate's request to dismiss the suit brought in 2013 by Wade Robson. According to a 2014 Daily Beast article, prosecutors wanted to name Safechuck who had provided a witness statement defending Jackson in the 1993 suit as one of the singer's alleged victims. The U.S. Constitution says that bills should be decided on by the "yeas and nays" (Article I, Section 7). (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); You have entered an incorrect email address! Spencer Matthews talks heartbreaking documentary, Chris Packham's autism documentary wins big praise, Ant and Dec to get a Saturday Night Takeaway doc, Stacey Dooley talks struggles filming new series, First look at Pinkett Smith's new Netflix series, Line of Duty stars confirmed for ITV's DNA Journey, Michael J Fox film gets 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, Tom Daley's surrogacy doc scrapped by the BBC, How to watch Apple's Super League documentary, Formula 1: Drive to Survive s5 gets release date. "The first thing we did was just hug each other for, like, five minutes," Robson recalled. So far, five boys Michael Jackson shared beds with have accused him of abuse: Jordie Chandler, Jason Francia, Gavin Arvizo, Wade Robson, and Jimmy Safechuck. He continued, "James is in a pretty good place. UPDATE: This story was originally published March 3 at 2:00 p.m. Notably, neither of these judgments address the credibility of Robson's accusations. "It's still really hard for me. He also won two Emmys for Outstanding Choreography for his role as guest judge for So You Think You Can Dance's earlier seasons.
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