"We found nothing that contradicted and we found quite a lot that corroborated Wade and James's stories," Reed explains. At the height of his stardom, the worlds biggest pop star, Michael Jackson, began long-running relationships with two boys, aged. Reed notes he initially approached Robson and Safechuck's stories with "a good deal of skepticism" but after extensive research, verified their claims with police documentation from 1993 and the 2003 to 2005 criminal investigations against Jackson by the LAPD by the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department.
"For many years, Jackson posed as this innocent lover of children and we wanted to make it absolutely clear that what happened was sexual activity, without any doubt whatsoever," Reed says. SPOILER WARNING Leaving Neverland is a documentary about Michael Jackson and how he was sexually abusing children, more specifically Wade. Filmmaker Dan Reed spent three years putting this documentary together.
Robson and Safechuck, now both in their 30s, say that Jackson sexually abused them for years when they were as young as 7 and 10 years old. Why is it called Leaving Neverland and not Smooth Criminal Dave Weasel (DaveWeasel) MaHBO should be ashamed to air such a one sided and totally biased portrait. The four-hour documentary centers on two of Jackson's alleged sexual abuse victims, Wade Robson and James Safechuck. The documentary is about Wade Robson and James Safechuck. The late pop star Michael Jackson, once hailed as the King of Pop, is the focus of the new documentary Leaving Neverland, which airs this weekend on HBO. Leaving Neverland is a 2019 documentary directed and produced by British filmmaker Dan Reed.
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Michael Jackson arrives at a court house during his trial for child molestation in Santa Maria, Calif. Leaving Neverland Season 1 (60) 2019 X-Ray TV-MA HBO explicit descriptions of sexual abuse.Two men recount their experiences of being sexually abused by Michael Jackson. Leaving Neverland complicates the story of the vulnerable, big-hearted star.