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(Transcrito por TurboScribe.ai. Atualize para Ilimitado para remover esta mensagem.) Peter Pan is an ancient, ancient soul.

And he finds these families.

He takes the children to Neverland where they stay young forever.

I've seen children just shower all over me with love.

They want to just touch me and hug me.

Hold on and cry and not let go.

Michael Jackson met Gavin Arvizo in 2000.

He was 10 years old.

And he was dying of cancer.

Michael wanted me to edit a short film of Michael and Gavin.

And I don't think it was meant for the public to see.

When I see that footage, it makes me uneasy.

Is it possible that Michael is a child molester?

Is it possible that he did something to this kid?

Dozens of investigators swarmed Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch.

The search is tied to allegations from a 12-year-old boy that he was molested by Jackson.

I was told that if you say or do anything, you're going to kill your career.

Michael had some kind of control over me.

I didn't say what I should have said.

Tonight, Jackson is wanted by police.

The entire accusations against Michael was a scam.

Michael Jackson under arrest.

He had a succession of boys coming through his room and spending the night.

He could abuse children almost with impunity.

I remember Gavin's mom saying,

I don't care what he offers, I will never take the devil's money.

A jury in Santa Maria, California has reached a verdict.

If he's found guilty, it'll be a journey not back to Neverland, but straight to prison.

Do you think he's innocent?

After everything you've seen, do you still think he's possibly innocent?

Michael Jackson has a lot at stake.

After years of scandal and some pretty odd behavior,

the king of pop may have to fight to retain his title.

At one time, the singer Michael Jackson was the hottest showbiz act in the world,

but then his career drastically declined.

When I met Michael Jackson, he was renting this beautiful townhouse right off Central Park.

I walk in and Michael's in this room.

It was a little bit like this, you know, it was not a lot of light.

And he's very shy.

Michael is very shy.

So I just started asking him questions like, what are you doing in New York?

Well, I'm finishing my Invincible album.

Little did I realize that was going on for like a decade already.

I was the rabbi at Oxford University for 11 years.

And because I was so involved in the space of helping people order their lives,

I felt that I could do that for Michael.

I mean, everyone knew that Michael Jackson was troubled in some way,

that he was a little bit off.

He was different.

In fact, if we want to be a little bit less kind, he was called Wacko Jacko.

We start talking and the conversation just began to roll.

Probably turned into a two, three hour meeting.

And then he starts sharing even this very private things immediately.

Testing, one, two, three, testing.

OK, let me ask you about, were you happy when I was little?

Nobody's heard those tapes before.

And the things that Michael reveals in those tapes have no precedence.

My father made sure that we rehearsed every day.

We had a bell in his hand.

If you went out of step, you'd get it real bad.

She'd be breaking furniture and it was just terrible.

My mother, she'd always been about here now.

Joe, no, you're going to kill him.

No, no, Joe's too much.

Throw you and hit you hard as he can.

How did I feel listening to it?

Unnerved.

But I did begin to understand Michael so much more deeply.

My father comes home late.

Open the door.

The door is locked.

So I'm giving you five seconds.

You don't open, I'm going to kick it down.

And he starts kicking it.

Boom, kicking it, like breaking the door.

Why do you sign that contract today?

I go, I don't know.

He goes, well, sign it.

If you don't sign it, you're in trouble.

Joseph had this thing, I'm raising men, not boys.

Crying was unacceptable.

Anything that he thought made them appear the least bit feminine,

that didn't sit well with him at all.

His father had wanted him to be a performer,

but had never given him unconditional love.

He said to me, do you understand that from the age of five,

I was taken to nightclubs where we saw stuff, nightclubs.

Every night I was in clubs with a lady who took off all her clothes,

threw her panties in the audience,

and the man would grab them and snip them.

She'd put these things on her breasts and move them around,

and then she showed everything.

His brothers, anytime they were on tour, when they were adults,

there were many women that they would go in and out of hotels

with all that, you know, rock and roll stuff.

Except for Michael.

Michael would run away from it.

Sometimes even by his own admission, he would cry.

He always said to me, he found it disgusting.

Did it lead him to believe that sex can be disgusting?

Yeah, possibly.

That's not the best way to discover what love and sex is about.

I always said, if I ever have kids, I will never behave this way.

I said, I won't touch a hair on their head.

Because people always say the abuse, abuse, and it's not true.

I'm totally the opposite.

Michael was robbed of that childhood innocence.

And Michael spent his life trying to get the world's attention,

thinking it might compensate.

And it never did.

I met Michael Jackson in 1984.

The Jackson Five was on the Victory Tour, their reunion.

Michael introduced the moonwalk to the world at that time.

I saw Michael Jackson.

At that time, his popularity was through the roof.

When you think about 1984 and you think about Michael Jackson,

you think about this dark-skinned black man who women,

whether they were black, white, or whatever,

they were crazy about him.

Thought he was the most handsome dude there was.

He was sexy.

He was charming.

He was electric.

He was the King of Pop.

And then there was this mystery to him, too, because he never really said much.

He lives here with his mother and two sisters,

a boa constrictor, a llama, and a room full of mannequins.

He loves mannequins.

He is a Jehovah's Witness, neither smokes, drinks, nor swears,

loves Disneyland, and is very shy.

And then Michael did something weird.

In the late 80s, early 90s, he stopped really having adult friends.

I know family members were wondering, what's happening there?

He basically cut them off.

And then, of course, he built this amazing place, Neverland.

It was a very isolated ranch, like 3,000 acres.

So there was this contradictory dichotomy of him, on the one hand,

being the most recognizable entertainer on Earth,

and then, on the other hand, never visible.

So when you built Neverland, was it your special place to protect yourself?

I could walk around the lake and not know what I'm being spied at.

I was just creating, in my life, things I never got to do as a child.

Peter Pan knew what the real golden magic of childhood was all about.

And he'd find these families, and he takes the children to Neverland,

where they stay young forever.

It was the summer of 2000.

My family and I arrived in Neverland.

Michael was so reclusive, never visible, always hidden away.

And I would say to him, you're a youthful guy, and you don't have friends here.

He was totally alienated from his father.

And I began to understand that Michael was living a nightmare.

Stop pulling it down.

Stop.

Come on, watch your fingers.

Put your hand down.

Working for Michael Jackson was a sea of madness all the time.

Michael, did you sign my picture from yesterday?

Can you give it back to me, please?

Sorry, I didn't see it.

Okay, we gotta go.

We have to go.

Watch out, we have to go.

Pull it back.

Why are they helping us out there?

Okay, all the way up.

All the way up.

Let go.

I was a 21-year-old producer trying to make it in Hollywood.

One project led to another project.

And before I know it, I'm working for the biggest star in the history of stardom, Michael Jackson.

From that day on, for the next few years,

me and Michael's director of photography filmed everything for Michael.

Going into a public place with Michael Jackson

can only be properly or sufficiently understood if you actually have seen it happen.

There is no comparison to Michael Jackson fans versus the rest of fans.

It is an entire different planet.

It is people that truly look at Michael Jackson,

not just as a man, but also as a god and their religion.

It's like the biblical version of modern stardom.

But I have very, very few memories of when I actually felt like Michael was happy.

I think that the only times that I really saw Michael happy

was when he was playing, when he was surrounded by kids.

And that's why Neverland was perfect for Michael Jackson.

If any kid could build their dream house, they would build Neverland Ranch.

A train station, a carousel, roller coasters, a zoo.

It was just surreal.

Michael Jackson, in my opinion, was just a kid.

I never saw a sexual side of Michael Jackson.

I saw an asexual man who wanted to be 12 years old and wanted to have water balloon fights.

Welcome to Neverland.

And have a wonderful day.

I saw a ton of kids visit Neverland.

I saw a ton of sick kids with big smiles on their faces.

I wanted to be a place where I could bring sick kids and

deprived and underprivileged around the world.

A haven for them where they could feel safe and have some escapism.

Or kids who never got to see the type of thing in the inner city,

you know, breathe fresh air and see the mountain.

You have all these sick kids who came to Neverland Ranch and met Michael Jackson

and met this Peter Pan like figure and had the time of their lives for

for one day before they went back to a cancer hospital.

Michael wanted me to understand that he had noble motives,

that he was a good person, that he had a kind heart,

that he was genuinely devoted to children in general and to sickly children in particular.

And Michael kept on saying to me that a child who has cancer,

who he had met and befriended, was coming to stay for the first time.

Gavin Arvizo was a 10-year-old kid.

He was small, he was frail, and he had terminal cancer.

I remember having to edit a short film of Michael and Gavin.

The video was made for Gavin's family and for Michael to enjoy and for Michael to have.

And I don't think it was meant for the public to see.

The first time you see it, I think you're a little taken back,

especially if you don't know Michael Jackson really well.

It felt really uncomfortable because it's an adult man seemingly having like a picnic

with a 10-year-old.

It shows Michael and Gavin holding hands.

And the soundtrack that Michael specifically wanted to use was

I'll Be There, which is a really, really sweet song.

But it seems to sound like a little bit of a romantic song to the adult ear.

But he wanted to be his best friend.

He wanted to give this kid the best possible memories that he could at the end of his life.

I'm going to walk out of the shot.

Gavin just had chemotherapy and he's not feeling good.

It just touches your heart.

To me, he represents a white light that we see before we die.

He's that light, that hope.

Don't be afraid, come.

It's like an angel.

I walked into Gavin's hospital room and there was a gigantic gift basket

full of things like PlayStations.

And I said, who gave you that?

And Gavin said, Michael.

That's the first time I heard about the involvement of Michael Jackson in Gavin's life.

I was teaching stand-up comedy at the Laugh Factory to kids from tough neighborhoods.

And Gavin was naturally funny.

The Arvizos lived in East LA in a one-bedroom apartment.

There were mattresses on the floors and sheets dividing where the parents slept

and where the children slept.

Janet Arvizo had three kids.

She was an effervescent, outgoing person who wanted to give her kids opportunities,

even though they didn't have a lot of money.

Gavin was a very affectionate child and his father had been abusive.

So he craved attention.

We had comedians that work frequently at the Laugh Factory helping out as mentors.

I saw a lot of people going out of their way to help Gavin and this family.

And so he was introduced to Michael Jackson because they thought he would get joy out of it.

Gavin would talk to me about the fun he was having at Neverland and how I should go with them.

Janet told me that Michael and Gavin were doing a lot of pranks,

a lot of sneaking up on people, a lot of playful wrestling.

And I would say, where is everyone sleeping?

She would say, oh, we're sleeping in the cottages.

I never said to her, I worry.

But my view was that Michael Jackson probably had a sexual attraction for children.

I knew about the Jordan Chandler accusations.

So this is 10 years prior to Gavin.

Michael Jackson is at the center of a criminal investigation.

Pop superstar Michael Jackson is facing allegations of child abuse.

He knew how to manipulate his world.

I am not guilty of these allegations, but if I am guilty of anything,

it is of giving all that I have, all that I have to give to help children all over the world.

Jackson settled this case out of court and paid his accuser an estimated $20 million.

There's a widespread feeling that he still has something to hide.

Michael Jackson built an amusement park in the middle of nowhere.

I don't think that's the behavior of somebody who's not attracted sexually to children.

But we don't know the truth because we're not in the room.

So all we can do is formulate an opinion.

And I wasn't worried about Gavin being targeted because he had cancer.

He was dying.

I thought, why not let him go, pet the giraffe, just enjoy it.

I took Gavin on the Neverland.

He'll get to climb trees at 10 years old.

We looked up and up at the leaves and the branches and you hear the water down below.

Everybody should have that experience and never feel like I'm too grown up to climb a tree.

Your love to him was amazing.

It's special.

Michael and Gavin had obviously created a bond through Gavin's sickness

and his family had an obvious and reasonable reason to really adore Michael.

My name is Star and I really feel sad about my brother all sick and everything.

All they know about the cancer is aggressive and everything.

That's it.

The youngest son of the Arvizos was named Star.

And when you met Star, all he talked about was his future in comedy and TV.

Star just wanted to be a famous kid.

Star wanted to be a TV host.

Star wanted so much of the LA and fame world.

Obviously, if you're put in Michael Jackson's world and you have access to cameras and

Neverland Ranch, you just found your way to the big time.

Good evening.

Welcome to the Neverland Channel.

My name is Star.

Here we are live at the Neverland Park.

As you can see, the kids are excited and they're full of popcorn.

Michael paid for a big production crew to make a television pilot.

You are watching the Neverland Channel.

All kids, all fun, 24 hours around the world.

And it was the exploits around Neverland Ranch,

meeting the elephants, feeding the giraffes, going on the train.

Look it, Michael has so many fields of grass.

I love being here.

Sort of like Nickelodeon at Neverland.

Whoa, look at all sorts of rides over there.

Gavin was in it a little bit.

But Star was the host.

As you can see, I'm here with the elephants and their trainers.

Could I ask you?

It was obviously done out of the kindness of Michael's heart to make this child Star

feel good about something or to do something for the child.

There you have it.

It's exclusive of the Neverland prehistoric animals.

And there it is, the exclusive of the elephants.

And that's a wrap.

On the surface, Neverland looks like a marvelous experience for children.

They felt like the most special little boys in the world.

They craved more of that.

Here I am with my very, very good friend of mine, Gavin.

But Michael Jackson was really good at seducing these kids.

He presented himself to the world.

I am Peter Pan.

And the spin control that he had never had a childhood was to disarm us.

Well, my favorite show is the video.

But it was a facade.

Because I want to be the greatest dancer in the world.

Gavin was a fierce little boy.

But he suffered.

They had to remove a giant tumor from his abdomen.

They also removed one of his kidneys.

I said goodbye to him in my prayers every night when I left the hospital.

We thought he would die.

I spoke to Gavin again last night.

I was crying a mess on the phone.

He said, you called me daddy.

I said, can I call you daddy?

Of course.

Michael helped arrange blood transfusions.

He helped arrange certain cancer cares.

And who knows why or how.

But somehow Gavin Arvizo survived a terminal form of cancer.

My heart just broke wide open.

And he was really going to recover.

And I was just overwhelmed by that.

We went and bought Christmas presents.

I remember that Gavin's hair had all grown back.

I was almost in tears.

But when I saw him that Christmas and he was healthy,

that's when I worried about how he might really now be in harm's way regarding Michael Jackson.

After Gavin got better, Janet told me that she wasn't able to get through to Michael Jackson

and they were not being invited back to Neverland.

So there were all these confusing things that were happening.

But I know how Gavin is.

And, you know, once he became friends with Michael Jackson,

he wanted to be friends with Michael Jackson.

And he wanted to spend time with Michael.

Well, after spending three years in a reputed $20 million,

Michael Jackson is out to rock the world with his first studio album of new songs in 10 years.

I am at the Beverly Hills Hotel meeting Michael Jackson for the first time.

I received a phone call from a friend at Sony who was complaining

and very worried that the Michael Jackson record was not going to come in on time.

And that was a problem because that's costing a million dollars, you know, a minute kind of thing.

My role was to make sure that they could get a record in.

When you work with like rap artists and stuff like that, it's like no hookers,

no blow. We got to get this in and we got a due date of the 15th.

I'm there to talk business.

But then there was a mysterious man that just kind of showed up with a briefcase

full of just pharmaceuticals.

There was loads of pills and drugs. Demerol was a big one.

And then we zipped around the corner and went to a pharmacy and picked up more drugs.

I'm like, what the hell? What is this genius? What are you talking about? He's drugged out.

In the studio, I realized very quickly that we're not focused on what we should be focused on.

He doesn't wake up until three in the afternoon and then you're sitting there like waiting

for hours and hours and hours. And then he gets up and I don't feel like it.

He wasn't even there half the time. I thought, why isn't anybody saying anything?

He was surrounded by yes, people. And if you didn't say yes, you were whisked into the corner.

Michael!

My biggest concern was the fact that he's woozy and out of it all the time.

The fact that he would call me up from Neverland here in this house and say to me,

Shmuley, I love you. I miss you.

And I would say to Michael, you know that this is going to kill you.

Shmuley, it's medical. It's this. I said, Michael,

you know, you're too smart to talk yourself into this. There's nothing medical about this.

I was trying to save him from a death.