# The public's reactions to accusations against Michael Jackson
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-publics-reactions-to-accusations-against-michael-jackson/153444
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [February 7, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-publics-reactions-to-accusations-against-michael-jackson/153444 "2003-02-07T12:36:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@moc.liamtoh\_rorrim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moc.liamtoh_rorrim)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-publics-reactions-to-accusations-against-michael-jackson/153444/1 "2003-02-07T12:36:44Z")
Frequently children share my bed.
If i said this to you, how would you react?
Michael Jackson says it and his record sales go up 1000%.
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### Author:  [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2003, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-publics-reactions-to-accusations-against-michael-jackson/153444/2 "2003-02-07T12:40:02Z")
Cite?
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### Author:  [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2003, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-publics-reactions-to-accusations-against-michael-jackson/153444/3 "2003-02-07T12:40:53Z")
He was once accused of molesting a child. He was never convicted.
Is it illegal to have a child sleeping in your bed? I admit that it is weird but it doesn’t prove anything.
Did you see the interview?
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### Author:  [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-publics-reactions-to-accusations-against-michael-jackson/153444/4 "2003-02-07T12:55:44Z")
**Amp** if the cite you’re looking for is in regard to the sales it’s being widely reported in the British press with figures given by HMV and other sales outlets.
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### Author:  [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-publics-reactions-to-accusations-against-michael-jackson/153444/5 "2003-02-07T12:55:46Z")
I saw the interview; it was pretty damn creepy, that’s for sure. Personally I wouldn’t let my child near the man. But according to the Santa Barbara D.A., he’s [not breaking the law](http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/06/jackson.interview/index.html).
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> Under California law, merely sleeping with a child, without “affirmative, offensive conduct,” isn’t criminal
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### Author:  [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-publics-reactions-to-accusations-against-michael-jackson/153444/6 "2003-02-07T12:56:42Z")
“molestering”?
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### Author:  [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-publics-reactions-to-accusations-against-michael-jackson/153444/7 "2003-02-07T13:06:44Z")
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> \*Originally posted by yojimbo \*
> \*\ ***Amp** if the cite you’re looking for is in regard to the sales it’s being widely reported in the British press with figures given by HMV and other sales outlets. \*\*
I thought sales from his last album tanked so bad that he actually sued Sony for not promoting it properly.
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### Author:  [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-publics-reactions-to-accusations-against-michael-jackson/153444/8 "2003-02-07T13:19:28Z")
They did but after the interview shops reported that instead of the several albums a week normal sales they are now seeing several hundred a week. Some shops reported selling out of Thriller for example. Seems to prove the old adage of there being no such thing as bad publicity
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-publics-reactions-to-accusations-against-michael-jackson/153444/9 "2003-02-07T14:05:49Z")
What exactly are we supposed to be debating here?
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### Author:  [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-publics-reactions-to-accusations-against-michael-jackson/153444/10 "2003-02-07T14:10:07Z")
ot oh, looks like this thread is turning into a train crash already, whose getting off this train with me?
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### Author:  [@Coda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coda)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-publics-reactions-to-accusations-against-michael-jackson/153444/11 "2003-02-07T14:15:56Z")
Not really debating much of anything. However is you want to Why not start by asking why he hasn’t been on the DCYS radar for his own children who he dangles over balconies, covers their faces when in public, and has 13 year old boys share his bed with him.
Bravo to the british chap who shared more of Michael’s life than anyone else has been able to in over a decade.
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### Author:  [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-publics-reactions-to-accusations-against-michael-jackson/153444/12 "2003-02-07T14:17:10Z")
We are debating if **moc.liamtoh@rorrim** ’s record sales will increase 1000% if he admits he is molestering children.
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### Author:  [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-publics-reactions-to-accusations-against-michael-jackson/153444/13 "2003-02-07T14:29:24Z")
oh, ok, but the title is a little disturbing, could he change it? It’s quite misleading…
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### Author:  [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-publics-reactions-to-accusations-against-michael-jackson/153444/14 "2003-02-07T15:37:02Z")
that “it’s quite misleadering”?
_G_
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-publics-reactions-to-accusations-against-michael-jackson/153444/15 "2003-02-07T15:46:33Z")
Shouldn’t it be Molesterizationing?
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### Author:  [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-publics-reactions-to-accusations-against-michael-jackson/153444/16 "2003-02-07T15:59:55Z")
“misleadering”
“Molesterizationing”
words like this make the Baby Dubya cry.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-publics-reactions-to-accusations-against-michael-jackson/153444/17 "2003-02-07T16:05:24Z")
[http://www.thesmokinggun.com/doc\_o\_day/mjdec1.html](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/doc_o_day/mjdec1.html)
Quote: “In light of the creepy new Michael Jackson documentary, below you’ll find the bombshell court document that first raised allegations that the singer was involved in inappropriate behavior with a young boy.”
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### Author:  [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-publics-reactions-to-accusations-against-michael-jackson/153444/18 "2003-02-07T16:12:31Z")
**Moderator’s Note:** I have given this thread a new title (the original title may still be found as the sub-title of the opening post).
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### Author:  [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-publics-reactions-to-accusations-against-michael-jackson/153444/19 "2003-02-07T16:22:24Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by leander \*
> \*\*I saw the interview; it was pretty damn creepy, that’s for sure. Personally I wouldn’t let my child near the man. But according to the Santa Barbara D.A., he’s [not breaking the law](http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/06/jackson.interview/index.html). \*\*
I saw the interview too and I think MJ is definitely not all the way there in the head. I **wouldn’t** let my kids near him either. However, and I know I’ll get some flack for saying this, I thought the reporter was a little over the top. He was _digging around for controversy_ when there was already plenty on the table. One thing that pissed me off was when the reporter made a big deal about MJ’s final “humilation”. The guy didn’t speak german and it could have happened to anyone.
I don’t know, I haven’t read all the court testimony so I’m not going to say whether or not he’s guilty of child molestation-that being said, I have to question his intelligence when he admits to still sleeping with children. It _could be_ perfectly innocent, but don’t his lawyers realize that he’s setting himself up for another lawsuit??
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### Author:  [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2003, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-publics-reactions-to-accusations-against-michael-jackson/153444/20 "2003-02-07T16:36:05Z")
Wow, I can’t wait to live in a country where taking a nap with a kid is illegal! Boy howdy, that’d be super!
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