Mark Binelli

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Definitely, yeah.

It's really a fairly remarkable business story, and it was orchestrated by the people now running his estate.

And their project, as you said, has been to rehabilitate Michael Jackson, who'd become a fairly toxic asset, and restore his life and music as exploitable intellectual property.

And this biopic, Michael, is the culmination of that years-long effort, and it's been an undeniable success, I would say.

In 2009.

In 2009.

And to understand just how massive a project the state was facing at that point, you have to remember that Michael Jackson's reputation when he died really could not have been worse.

He had been accused multiple times over many years of child sexual abuse.

Michael Jackson, the biggest superstar in the world, allegations that he sexually molested young boys.

Those accusations were very public.

The Los Angeles Police Department initiated a criminal investigation.

The first instance was a child named Jordy Chandler.

This was in 1993.

The resolution of this case is in no way an admission of guilt by Michael Jackson.

That case ended with a multimillion-dollar settlement with Chandler and his family.

He very much denied any wrongdoing, always did.

then in 2005 michael jackson came face to face with his accuser for the first time in court on wednesday a second accuser a boy named gavin arvizo blake chandler accused him of sexual abuse that case went to trial if convicted on all 10 counts which range from child molesting to giving alcohol to a minor he would face more than 20 years behind bars

and jackson was fully acquitted and he's always denied those allegations but he had a habit of making everything worse for himself is it really appropriate for a 44 year old man most infamously he sat down with martin basheer a british journalist to share a bedroom

Where he openly acknowledged sharing bedrooms with children.