# Star Witness Who Testified Michael Jackson Never Molested Him Says Michael Jackson Molested Him **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 16, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-witness-who-testified-michael-jackson-never-molested-him-says-michael-jackson-molested-him/658505 "2013-05-16T13:27:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Schuyler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@Schuyler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schuyler)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-witness-who-testified-michael-jackson-never-molested-him-says-michael-jackson-molested-him/658505/21 "2013-05-16T20:10:05Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > … so as with Elvis dying probably helped the estate’s solvency. Maybe he’s spending some time dead for tax reasons? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_minor\_The\_Hitchhiker’s\_Guide\_to\_the\_Galaxy\_characters#Hotblack\_Desiato](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_characters#Hotblack_Desiato) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-witness-who-testified-michael-jackson-never-molested-him-says-michael-jackson-molested-him/658505/22 "2013-05-16T20:14:55Z")
is he going to be charged with perjury? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-witness-who-testified-michael-jackson-never-molested-him-says-michael-jackson-molested-him/658505/23 "2013-05-16T20:21:26Z")
Unless and until he testifies that he was abused and was deliberately telling falsehoods before, I don’t think there’s enough evidence. His best strategy seems to gun for an out-of-court settlement, so he never gets on the stand. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-witness-who-testified-michael-jackson-never-molested-him-says-michael-jackson-molested-him/658505/24 "2013-05-16T20:35:04Z")
[QUOTE=bup] His best strategy seems to gun for an out-of-court settlement, so he never gets on the stand. [/QUOTE] Though the only reason I can think of that that the estate would do that is to avoid negative publicity, and it’s too late for that. My guess is he’s planning a book deal. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-witness-who-testified-michael-jackson-never-molested-him-says-michael-jackson-molested-him/658505/25 "2013-05-16T21:11:44Z")
It’s interesting because right now, MJ’s family is suing AEG for wrongful death or something or another. Right before the trial started, rumors were circulating that AEG was saying that if the Jackson family didn’t drop it, they’d do an all out media campaign to ruin the Jackson estate. Around that time, AEG was in the news because they wanted to do paternity tests on Jackson’s kids for the trial, supposedly because they thought that would be embarrassing enough to make the Jacksons back off (the Jacksons, embarrassed? _Puh leeze_. You’d have to have some dignity first). Supposedly, Wade Robson is on contract with AEG. Not to get all tin foil hat, but that’s interesting if it is true. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-witness-who-testified-michael-jackson-never-molested-him-says-michael-jackson-molested-him/658505/26 "2013-05-16T21:25:32Z")
Recent articles suggest the Estate of MJ has made $475 Million since MJ died. Since he died, he’s no longer signing any more contracts or making any deals that he gets sued for blowing off anymore. Or paying off people, supporting his siblings, cousins, nieces and nephews, business managers, lawyers, and other hangers on. And with the LARGE money I’ve read mentioned in the Jackson VS AEG suit ($10 BILLION), I can see someone barely tangentially associated trying to grab some bucks. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-witness-who-testified-michael-jackson-never-molested-him-says-michael-jackson-molested-him/658505/27 "2013-05-16T21:25:57Z")
I understand a character witness in general, I suppose, but having Robson testify at the trial in the first place seems kind of odd strategy. The defense having him say “I used to hang with him and he didn’t molest me” would seem kind of like having OJ or Robert Blake’s ex-wives testify at their trial that “I was married to him and he never killed me!” ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-witness-who-testified-michael-jackson-never-molested-him-says-michael-jackson-molested-him/658505/28 "2013-05-16T21:58:08Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Thanks, I work at it. > > Seriously, where else can he go? As the rest of the posts point out, lying under oath is not a good basis for getting a favorable judgment later, even if the trial makes it to a final phase. His only out is going to be that he somehow forgot or repressed or suppressed the memories and thus is (1) not guilty of perjury and (2) genuinely entitled to a big ol’ slice of MJ cash. > > (Is there any MJ cash? I thought he was broker than broke.) Well, he _could_ claim that he was under pressure from the family to deny he was molested, but now that Jacko is dead, he’s coming forward. Not that I think that’s the case, but it would be ever-so-slightly more plausible than “repressed memories”. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-witness-who-testified-michael-jackson-never-molested-him-says-michael-jackson-molested-him/658505/29 "2013-05-16T22:00:54Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Recent articles suggest the Estate of MJ has made $475 Million since MJ died. Since he died, he’s no longer signing any more contracts or making any deals that he gets sued for blowing off anymore. Or paying off people, supporting his siblings, cousins, nieces and nephews, business managers, lawyers, and other hangers on. For one thing Sony signed a deal for $250 million to release new albums based on whatever recordings he left. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-witness-who-testified-michael-jackson-never-molested-him-says-michael-jackson-molested-him/658505/30 "2013-05-16T22:48:38Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > I never wanted to talk about this, but I was also molested by M. Jackson. > Where’s the line for the money? That’s silly. Everyone knows MJ never molested girls, mighty or otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-witness-who-testified-michael-jackson-never-molested-him-says-michael-jackson-molested-him/658505/31 "2013-05-16T22:55:15Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > He said they’re NOT recovered memories. That’s what they all say. Seriously, some therapists are very good at implanting “memories” of events that didn’t happen. All it takes is a psychiatrist with a perverted mind and a cooperative patient. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-witness-who-testified-michael-jackson-never-molested-him-says-michael-jackson-molested-him/658505/32 "2013-05-16T23:23:45Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Seriously, some therapists are very good at implanting “memories” of events that didn’t happen. All it takes is a psychiatrist with a perverted mind and a cooperative patient. Or a therapist who is simply unprofessional. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-witness-who-testified-michael-jackson-never-molested-him-says-michael-jackson-molested-him/658505.md?page=1)