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[-] casmael@lemm.ee 72 points 1 year ago

Didn’t it turn out MJ wasn’t actually a sex pest 🤔 ?

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 107 points 1 year ago

Yeah. The kids came out later and talked about how their parents pressured them into making shit up. Iirc they said he was a weird guy, but he never touched them inappropriately. It was too late at that point though. People had already made up their minds and the response was generally, "well, but I'm sure he has. Just 'cause they weren't molested doesn't mean he didn't molest other kids. He seems like a kid molester."

[-] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 64 points 1 year ago

In the court of public vibe check he was guilty regardless of what actually happened. Poor dude's life was tragic. I'm not normally one to feel a whole lot of sympathy for the mega rich, but MJ was a good one.

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 42 points 1 year ago

Yeah. From what I've heard his brain was either kinda stuck in "child mode" or it easily reverted to it due to the trauma and abuse he received growing up. He could act like an adult if he had to, but he was a child pretending to be an adult so to speak. A lot of his life was the result of trying to experience a childhood he didn't get to have as a result of being in the Jackson 5.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

He did bring a llama to a studio session with Freddie Mercury though.

[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

And then there was the time he rented a whole grocery store so he could have the experience of shopping for groceries. Ordinarily it seems like a fucked up entitled billionaire conspicuous consumption thing to do. But MJ gets a pass in my book.

[-] drbluefall@toast.ooo 22 points 1 year ago

Honestly, if I was never really able to experience the life of a normal person, and craved that experience for even a moment, I'd probably be willing to drop a lot of money too.

[-] dandroid@dandroid.app 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think it helps that he wasn't mega rich from his own wishes. His dad forced him to perform until he got mega rich.

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