Two men who accused Michael Jackson of abuse navigate the legal system and face intense public scrutiny while pursuing their case, dealing with both personal challenges and fierce opposition... Read allTwo men who accused Michael Jackson of abuse navigate the legal system and face intense public scrutiny while pursuing their case, dealing with both personal challenges and fierce opposition from devoted fans.Two men who accused Michael Jackson of abuse navigate the legal system and face intense public scrutiny while pursuing their case, dealing with both personal challenges and fierce opposition from devoted fans.
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Jimmy Safechuck
- Self
- (as James Safechuck)
Michael Jackson
- Self - King of Pop
- (archive footage)
Jason Francia
- Self - Alleged Abuse Victim
- (archive footage)
Jordan Chandler
- Self - Alleged Abuse Victim
- (archive footage)
Gavin Arvizo
- Self - Alleged Abuse Victim
- (archive footage)
Oprah Winfrey
- Self - After Neverland
- (archive footage)
Dave Chappelle
- Self - Sticks & Stones
- (archive footage)
John Branca
- Self - Co-Executor for the Estate of Michael Jackson
- (archive footage)
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A failed second attempt of a ' documentary ' that still doesn't cover the facts surrounding Michael Jackson's allegations.
The two proven liars in this along with the desperate director just come across as false and needy for attention.
There's also nothing new in this, just the usual sombre violin music played over shots of these men who have back tracked on their support of the deceased popstar.
Of course, the future court case will shed a lot more light on the facts surrounding this cash grab than the two past films.
And then I believe we are going to be treated to a third, a trilogy of this is beyond a joke.
The two proven liars in this along with the desperate director just come across as false and needy for attention.
There's also nothing new in this, just the usual sombre violin music played over shots of these men who have back tracked on their support of the deceased popstar.
Of course, the future court case will shed a lot more light on the facts surrounding this cash grab than the two past films.
And then I believe we are going to be treated to a third, a trilogy of this is beyond a joke.
With the first part we saw two grown men claiming they were abused, and having been rejected by 2 separate judges (admonished for lying by one), were trying to pursue the MJ companies for millions of dollars.
During Jackson's lifetime they supported him as children and as adults in court while under oath, on TV, in the press, to friends and relatives. They changed their mind many years after Jackson died and after the statue of limitations ran out on their court testimony.
This show adds nothing new. They're still chasing money, still getting nowhere, still can't support their claims with evidence, in fact are still contradicted by court evidence and testimony from people who were there at the time.
Either way you look at it, these men are liars. Either you choose to believe their decades of support for Jackson and know they're lying now, or you decide to believe their abuse claims and have to accept they lied as adults while under oath in a courtroom.
Finally, these men have publicly declared they're not seeking money but instead want to raise public awareness. So why then are they suing for hundreds of millions of dollars? And why did they initially file their civil claim under seal? Their claims only became public knowledge when the MJ Estate forced it into the public. Again, these men are liars, there's not doubt about it. It's up to you to decide what they're lying about.
During Jackson's lifetime they supported him as children and as adults in court while under oath, on TV, in the press, to friends and relatives. They changed their mind many years after Jackson died and after the statue of limitations ran out on their court testimony.
This show adds nothing new. They're still chasing money, still getting nowhere, still can't support their claims with evidence, in fact are still contradicted by court evidence and testimony from people who were there at the time.
Either way you look at it, these men are liars. Either you choose to believe their decades of support for Jackson and know they're lying now, or you decide to believe their abuse claims and have to accept they lied as adults while under oath in a courtroom.
Finally, these men have publicly declared they're not seeking money but instead want to raise public awareness. So why then are they suing for hundreds of millions of dollars? And why did they initially file their civil claim under seal? Their claims only became public knowledge when the MJ Estate forced it into the public. Again, these men are liars, there's not doubt about it. It's up to you to decide what they're lying about.
This so-called "documentary" is nothing but a shameful attempt to revive baseless accusations that have already been thoroughly debunked. It offers nothing new, instead relying on two men who have spent years trying to extort money from Michael Jackson's estate, with no concrete evidence to back their claims-just empty words and fabricated stories. The media's decision to give these discredited figures a platform shows a blatant disregard for the truth and a clear desire for sensationalism. This project is a desperate cash grab, aimed at exploiting a legendary figure's name for profit. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME!
Two men who supported Michael Jackson during his criminal trial - one of them even dated the singer's niece for an incredible eight years - conveniently changed their stories years later, turning into "victims" seeking money and fame. As if the moral contradiction wasn't enough, one of them was caught in a blatant lie when he claimed to have burned Jackson memorabilia, only for an auction house to come forward and disprove him, proving that he had sold the items. But the fraud doesn't stop there: both claimed to have been abused in rooms at Neverland Ranch that, at the time of the alleged crimes, didn't even exist! This is not just a memory lapse - it is blatant proof that their allegations are fabricated and that the media, conveniently, chose to ignore the glaring contradictions in this story.
Whereas the original Leaving Neverland from 2019 was an important document of two men telling their version of the truth about what happened at Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch in the 1990s, this follow-up documentary is a feeble and vapid attempt at milking the old formula and placing blame where it arguably doesn't belong. Suing a business for what one of their deceased employees did in his own home outside of work seems a particularly dangerous path to tread - and a little too obviously motivated by money. The lack of such motivation was supposed to be exactly what made Jackson and Safechuck's testimonies so hard-hitting and valid in the first film.
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- TriviaHBO was approached, but declined to participate in this documentary.
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- Leaving Neverland 2: Surviving Michael Jackson
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- 1h(60 min)
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