It has taken years, but the 'truth' surrounding Michael Jackson may finally come to light. According to an article in the New York Post, documents uncovered by the FBI suggest that the late pop singer spent some $35 million to silence “more than a dozen boys” allegedly molested by the star over a 15-year period.
The files are said to contain personal notes from Anthony Pellicano, a celebrity private eye hired by Jackson to conceal his predilections—which by all lurid accounts include molesting a boy in a private movie theatre while his mother was seated just a few rows away.
Pellicano is currently imprisoned on wiretapping and weapons convictions. In 2005, Jackson was cleared of all charges of molesting a 13-year-old cancer survivor. He died in 2009, aged 50, from a overdose of anesthetics he was using as a sleep aid.
Assuming the files are legitimate (the FBI presumably being a trusted source), the disclosure of Jackson’s abuses, though long speculated, is nothing short of tragic. It just goes to show, everyone has a price. That anyone would sell a child’s innocence to protect and indulge a famous man is nothing short of revolting.
Hopefully the emerging details will set in motion the healing process for Jackson's many alleged victims. Granted, after recent events, a media storm is the last thing his daughter, Paris, needs.
How do you feel about this?
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