Michael Jackson Doco to Air Tapes of Singer’s Inner-Most Thoughts About Children
Channel 4's four-part series uses unpublished pre-trial audio and new interviews to explore Michael Jackson's psychology and revisit his 2005 trial and allegations.
- On Wednesday, Channel 4 launches the four-episode Michael Jackson: The Trial at 9 p.m. GMT, featuring never-before-published audio from more than 20 years ago.
- Revisiting the 2005 California trial, the series features archival audio from Michael Jackson's 1999 interviews with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, conducted before his acquittal.
- In the trailer last week, Jackson says `Children just wanna touch me and hug me`, and the New York Post reported he said `I would kill myself if I could never see another child`; Deadline confirmed these will appear in episode two.
- Amid plentiful new Jackson projects, a former defense attorney asserts `The entire accusations against Michael were a scam,` in the documentary.
- As with prior documentaries, Wonderhood Studios produced the series amid abundant Jackson content, following Channel 4‑HBO's Leaving Neverland and its sequel from Dan Reed.
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In the trailer of the documentary "Michael Jackson: The Trial", the British channel Channel 4 announces the broadcast of unreleased recordings in which the artist says: "Children want to... The article "Children wanted to touch me and hug me": a documentary revives the scandal around Michael Jackson appeared first on Current Values.
Michael Jackson’s Relationship With Children Spotlighted Again This Week In Shocking Remarks From Previously Unheard Audio
New audio footage from before Michael Jackson’s trial more than 20 years ago have revealed shocking remarks the singer made about his relationship with children. The audio can be heard across the four episodes of Channel 4’s Michael Jackson: The Trial, which launches Wednesday at 9 p.m. GMT (1 p.m. PT). In the never-before-published audio, […]
On Saturday, the New York Post reported another particularly alarming statement made by Jackson in those recordings.
The singer who died in 2009 was charged with sexual assault on minors leading to trials in 1993 and 2005.
The unreleased recordings in a new documentary about the king of pop: "If they said to me now: "Michael, you won't see a child anymore," I would kill myself. I have nothing else to live for."
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