1) AEG spend a BOATLOAD of money fronting the This is It concerts – upwards of 50 million already counting all expenses. They aren’t going to recoup that from the insurance agent (Lloyds of London) cause the policy was not in effect and validated. I’m sure they need to stay afloat and explain to their shareholders how they managed to fumble this one.

2) If you see it in the press (not tabloids but press) long enough, you will believe it is true, even if the accused is found not guilty. Witness how many people believe O.J. did it although he was found not guilty. So, with MJ, he could not afford the hit to his reputation/ruination of his career regardless of his innocence or guilt. Also, he did need to work – you might laugh at that but he did. He was told a trial could last 7 to 8 years and that it would bring him down regardless of the outcome, pay it off and get it out of the way. Sad thing is, it did ruin him and his career. In most cases of child molestation, it ruins all parties involved (parents, victim, accused) regardless of what actually happened.

3) The documentary of the rehearsals-gosh it doesn’t take too long to get it out-it’s already done, just put it together, slice it, splice it, copy it and ship it.

4) The books were in production but not in print before he died. The authors/publishers yanked them from the list, rewrote some stuf and sent them back to production for printing.

Really really want to see this documentary.

How do you know that Jackson didn’t pay them off to lie about it?

Not as point of argument, but of clarification, john: so does your last statement imply that the parents of the “victim” didn’t truly believe their child was molested? Would they not have settled if they really thought Michael was guilty, but instead kept on him until he had lost everything? And to pose a similar question to you, if you TRULY believed you were innocent, would you not spend any amount of your resources to save your reputation, dignity, or innocence?

That’s because this documentary seemingly does not deal with his personal issues. It’s about the work leading to his comeback tour.

One question Mr. Campea.
How long did it take for you to get in a position where you are right in almost every topic to argue/debate about?

Hey Jim,

It’s a totally fair question you raise, but let me seriously answer it for you.

I worked in law before doing The Movie Blog a few years ago and I worked in Civil Litigation. I can tell you that 99% of all civil cased end in a settlement. Why? Because 99% of people are guilty? No. Because it is seriously cheaper and eaiser.

The $20 million Jackson paid out to that family was 1% of the financial and reputation damage he would have suffered if that case had been allowed to move forward. it would have been in the courts for YEARS and thus in the news every single day. Jackson would have ended up spending more than the $20 million in legal fees alone, and then at the end of the day have to settle anyway.

If settleing a case was any sort of admission of guilt, then almost 100% of people who go to court are gulty.

Let me ask you the question in reverse. If you were a parent and you TRULY believed a man molested your child… would you settle for just getting money out of him???

You are clearly unaware of how the (broken) civil suits in the US work.

OJ was aquitted of his charges because they couldnt find sufficient evidence, but while the same lack of evidence cleared him, the circumstantial and other inadmissible evidence declined by the criminal courts were completely admissible and allowed in Civil and he had to pay the Brown family a ton of money.

How is it a civil court can find him guilty of a crime that a criminal court couldn’t?

Just because he gave money to those families (who even admittedly said they were only after his money) does not admit his guilt. Sometimes (especially with celebrities) throwing money at it makes the situation go away even when you are innocent.