Jackson’s Behavior Changed Dramatically Before His Deathĭespite the claims of abuse, Robson says he and Jackson stayed good friends until his death in 2009. Robson explains this as a reason as to why he testified in Jackson’s defense, noting that he never repressed the two’s sexual activities.ĥ. Jackson used the same threats with Robson, telling him that if he revealed anything defamatory, he would go to jail for the rest of his life. If he told anyone of the acts, he says, then Jackson told him “his life would be over and my life would over.” Safechuck would go on to deny any wrongdoings for more than a decade, until he opened up to his mother and his wife. At Neverland, they allegedly had sex in closed-off areas such as a toy-strewn attic, tee-pees on the lawn and a game room. How Michael Jackson's Face Changed Over the Years Read articleĮven as a 10-year-old, Safechuck says that Jackson had them do “emergency drills” and get dressed in case someone approached the bedroom while they were in a compromising position. After the settlement, Robson claims Jackson anally penetrated him for the first time. “It was very confusing.” But when Jackson was mired in his lawsuit in 1993, he refocused on Robson to ensure that he would testify on his behalf and deny all charges. “Now I was on the sidelines,” he recalls. When Robson arrived to the set of the video for “Black and White,” he realized why: Macaulay Culkin - then hot off the success of Home Alone - was now the center of MJ’s attention. But as soon as they uprooted, Jackson began to give them the cold shoulder. Robson and his family say that Jackson persuaded them to move from Australia to Los Angeles in 1991 by offering to pay for their lavish expenses. Macaulay Culkin Came Between Jackson and Robson Safechuck also alleges that after Jackson settled the case in 1993, he told his friend that he was going to be involved in public relationships with women but “they wouldn’t mean anything.” He married Lisa Marie Presley in 1994 and Debbie Rowe in 1996.ģ. “It’s still hard for me to not blame myself,” he says. During this segment of Leaving Neverland, Safechuck’s hands shake as he takes the ring out of a jewelry box and claims that the star often rewarded him with jewelry in exchange for sexual acts. Jackson even gave him a ring with a row of encrusted diamonds. Speaking matter-of-factly, Safechuck claims that he and Jackson once had a mock wedding ceremony, complete with exchanged vows. Jackson Gave Safechuck a Wedding Ring and Said They Were Married
Safechuck, then 10, says Jackson initially showed him how to masturbate. Sleepovers at Neverland allegedly turned into graphic sexual encounters. An enamored Jackson soon took Safechuck and his family on tour with him. Safechuck, meanwhile, met Jackson when he filmed a Pepsi commercial with him in 1986. “He said ‘This is how we show our love,’” Robson says of Jackson. That night, per Robson, Jackson performed oral sex on him and put his tongue in his mouth. He and Robson, then just 7, formed an instant bond and he convinced Robson’s mom to let the boy stay over alone while the rest of the family visited the Grand Canyon.
In 1990, the Robson family reconnected with him during a vacation in L.A. Robson was a kid dancer and star Michael Jackson impersonator in his native Australia when he and his family met the singer backstage at a concert in Brisbane. Michael Jackson's Most Unforgettable Moments Read article
“We can only accept and understand something when we’re ready.” “I understand why it’s so hard for to believe it,” a soft-spoken Robson said at the post-screening Q&A. Robson, a famed choreographer who once worked with the likes of Britney Spears and ‘NSync, as well as Safechuck, a former musician, were both greeted with a standing ovation at the end of the premiere. Jackson settled the case in 1994 he was found not guilty in 2005. And though Jackson was taken to court in 1993 and a decade later for assaulting a minor, he convinced both men to testify on his behalf. They claim the abuse went on for several years, and they were sworn to secrecy. Soon, they allege, Jackson sexually abused them during separate sleepovers inside his palatial Neverland Ranch. In the two-part, 236-minute-long film, Wade Robson, 36, and James Safechuck, 42, - along with their grief-stricken families - detail how they individually befriended Jackson around the Bad period of his career in the mid-to-late 1980s. Most Shocking Celebrity Deaths of All Time Read article