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and, yes, Lauer, just to name a few - the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination hearings, and child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. It arrives in the era of the #MeToo movement - Bill Cosby, Harvey Weinstein, Louis C.K.

Leaving Neverland arrives on HBO at the same time Michael Cohen testified on live TV, accusing President Donald Trump of a variety of misdeeds. Robson says there, on national TV, that Jackson sexually abused him, from when he was 7 years old until he was 14. Safechuck's hand is shaking with emotion as he displays the rings and recounts his story.ДЄt another point in the documentary, Robson decides to go public with his claims of Jackson's pedophilia - and ends up on the Today show, interviewed by Matt Lauer.

At one point in Leaving Neverland, Safechuck displays for the camera a small box of rings he says were given to him by Jackson - including a diamond-encrusted wedding ring - in exchange for sexual favors. What at first appears innocent, by the accounts of Safechuck and Robson, soon turns sinister. One was performing the other was being with Safechuck. In it, Jackson identified his two favorite parts of the trip. During the flight, Safechuck says, he pretended to be a reporter, and recorded a mock 'interview' with his idol. After Safechuck co-starred in that commercial, Jackson flew him and his family to a Pepsi convention. The documentary includes lots of evidence of the undeniable closeness between Jackson and the much younger boys. These families, and these lives, seem to be fractured, if not shattered, and the stories they tell go a long way toward explaining why. So do their wives, mothers and siblings - though almost never in the same camera frame. Throughout the four hours of this documentary, the now-grown men give their accounts. In Leaving Neverland, they change their stories - and explain why.

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When Jackson was put on trial for charges of sexual abuse against minors - he was acquitted in 2005 - both Robson and Safechuck denied Jackson had done anything to them as young boys.

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TV Reviews 'Neverland' Makes A Powerful But One-Sided Case Against The King Of Pop Another young boy, James Safechuck, was a Simi Valley kid who did some acting work in commercials - including a 1980s Pepsi commercial in which he meets Jackson in his dressing room. Wade Robson won first prize at a Michael Jackson imitation dance contest in Australia when he was five, and soon ended up on stage a few nights during the real Jackson's tour for his album Bad, showing off his mini-Michael dance moves. They claim that the two men interviewed at the core of Leaving Neverland are only in it for the money from lawsuits, and, before changing their stories, once defended Jackson against similar charges in court. That charge was denied strongly this week by members of the Jackson family, who have sued HBO for $100 million.

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Its central question is whether Michael Jackson used his fame and money to seduce young boys and their families into enabling a hidden pattern of serial pedophilia. Leaving Neverland, by documentary filmmaker Dan Reed, is a tough show to watch - but it should be seen. Michael Jackson arrives at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse during his child molestation trial in May 2005.

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