Not one time was Michael Jackson convicted in court. You say he paid off his accusers.

What parent in their right mind would just take the money and walk away? That's basically prostituting their own child.

No one talked too much about that because of the taboo subject matter. You can't expect rational thinkers to come to the forefront in their minds. They polarize.

Jackson never sexually molested any child. His innocence was misunderstood and taken advantage of by opportunistic parents and their lawyers.

Was Jackson eccentric? Yes.

Did he leave himself too exposed to a biased, judgmental public? Yes.

When you've got a billion dollars, use plastic surgery to look like Peter Pan, and uphold a reality based upon the Neverland story, people are going to talk. You know how rumors are... you know how insidious human nature can be. When Jackson said he didn't do it in his first public address, there was no doubt in my mind he was being honest. I know honesty.

Jackson was set up and fleeced. Of course he took the only route that he could. The fame and the name meant more to him than the money. Who could blame that? He was a living legend.

They ruined him, and he suffered greatly for it.