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This programme contains
themes of child abuse
and discussions about drugs

Michael Jackson met
Gavin Arvizo in 2000.

He was ten 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?

Can you copy?

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.

Sherrif's Department.
We have a search warrant.

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

Are there any secret rooms?

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."

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

If he is found guilty,

it will 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 behaviour,

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 was very shy.

So, I just started asking him
questions like,

"What are you doing in New York?"
"Well, Shmuley,

"I'm finishing my Invincible album."

Little did I realise 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

these very private
things immediately.

Testing, one, two, three. Testing.

OK. Let me ask you about,
were you happy?

When I was little?

Nobody has heard those
tapes before.

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

How did I feel listening to it?
it? Unnerved.

But I did begin

to understand Michael
so much more deeply.

KNOCKING

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.

His brothers,
any time 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.

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!
Michael Jackson!
- I saw him.

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.

And 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 recognisable entertainer
on Earth

and then on the other hand
never visible.

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.

- Michael!
- Stop pulling it down.
- Michael.
- Stop.
- Michael!

They're getting hurt.

Come on watch your fingers.
Put your hand down.

You're so beautiful.
You're so beautiful.

Watch your fingers.

I love you. I love you.

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?

I didn't see it. I'm sorry,
I didn't see it, I don't have it.

OK we've got to go. We have to go.

Watch out. We have to go.
Watch your head.

Watch your head. Watch your head.
Pull it back.

Why aren't they helping us out
there? The security.

OK. 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.

CHEERING

There is no comparison
to Michael Jackson fans versus

the rest of fandom.
It is an entire different planet.

SCREAMING AND CHEERING

It is people that truly look at
Michael Jackson not just as a man,

but also as a god
and a religion.

CHEERING

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,
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. OK?

Thank you.

CHEERING

We love you.

I saw a ton of kids visit Neverland.

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

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

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 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.

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 ten-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 ten-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.

We're going to walk out of
the shot.

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 neighbourhoods

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 worked
frequently at

The Laugh Factory helping out
as mentors.

I saw a lot of people going
out of their way

to help Gavin and his 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 ten years prior
to Gavin.

Michael Jackson is at

the centre 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 I that 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 is a widespread feeling that
he still had something to hide.

Michael Jackson built
an amusement park in

the middle of nowhere.

I don't think that's

the behaviour 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.

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.

And obviously,

if you're put in Michael
Jackson's world

and you have access to cameras
and Neverland Ranch,

you've 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 at... 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 trainer.
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.

And there you have it.

The exclusive of
Neverland pre-historic animals.

BEEP

And... And there it is.
The exclusive of the elephants.

BEEP

And that's a wrap.

On the surface, Neverland looks like
a marvellous experience

for children,

and 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 as, "I am Peter Pan,"

and the spin control that he had
never had

a childhood was to disarm us.

Well, my favourite show is...

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 tumour 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.

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...

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 was 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 spend time
with Michael.

Well, after spending three years

and a reputed $20 million,

Michael Jackson is out to rock
the word

with his first studio album
of new songs in ten years.

I am at The Beverly Hills Hotel
meeting Michael Jackson

for the first time.

I had 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
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 is
like, no hookers,

no blow, we've got to get this in

and we've 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.

And I'm like, what
the hell? What is this?

Genius? What are you talking about?
He's drugged out.

In the studio,

I realised very quickly that we

are not focused on
what we should be focused on.

He doesn't wake up
until three in the afternoon

and then you are 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!
- Michael!
- REPORTERS SHOUT

My biggest concern was
the fact that he is 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."

REPORTERS SHOUT

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

"Shmuley it's not medical,
it's this..."

I said, "Michael, you are too smart
to talk yourself into this.

"There is nothing medical
about this.

REPORTERS SHOUT

I was trying to save him
from a downward spiral.

Thank you for waiting,
really appreciate it.

- Michael!
- Michael!

At that time, Michael was divorced.

I felt very strongly
that he needed a wife.

He needed a soulmate.

He needed someone who would
ground him.

Let's go shake 'em up.

Let's show what you do to the crowds
with your daddy in the window.

They have been there since
six o'clock this morning.

Look, now they're out there...

He had been married to Debbie Rowe,

and they two kids together.

SHOUTING OUTSIDE

CHEERING

People were already speculating
about the marriage.

Was she a surrogate mother,
was it a real marriage?

Michael made a decision to have kids
that were not African Americans.

Shake. Do you want a Life Saver?
Shake yourself.

He did not want them to have
the looks of his father

and he did want have
the traits of his father.

In 2000, he divorces Debbie Rowe,

and then suddenly he is raising
the kids by himself.

They were probably three and two at
the time, and very attached to him.

I was trying to resuscitate and
rehabilitate Michael -

not his career, but his personhood.

You know to get him -
let's have a more normal schedule.

Let's get the kids out
with play dates with other kids.

Let's even get the kids maybe
into school -

and then he wasn't being productive
with his artistry.

It's a continuous kind of train
wreck ride

of not being able
to focus on this record.

You can see where it's going.

It's heading towards a tragedy.

A self-imposed tragedy.

Michael! Michael!
Michael! Michael! Michael! Michael!

Shortly after the album comes out,

we are committed to go to
several record stores.

One of them, being the biggest,

is the Virgin megastore
in New York City, Times Square.

Michael! Michael! Michael!

He didn't want to be there.

There was kind of like this feeling
of hope being lost.

CROWD CHEERS

A hit, that's what they want.

THEY SCREAM

Well, that's not what they got.

$30 million later...

..they get a clunker.

His latest album, Invincible,

only sold a disappointing
two million copies in the US.

Invincible? I don't think so.

The train keeps going.

Where is the next stop
coming to, folks?

Michael! Michael! Michael!

Michael! Michael! Michael!
Michael! Michael!

Jackson shocked the world,

dangling his own son
from high atop a hotel balcony.

Once I saw him dangling his child,

I mean that was game,
set match point for me.

That man shouldn't be
around children.

What's with your brother?

My brother is not a crazy character.

He is not the Wacko Jacko
that people say.

He was just caught up
in the moment.

Michael calls Jermaine
after the Larry King interview

and says, you know,
"Don't do any more interviews

"I have something coming up,

"it is going to just blow
everyone away.

"People are going to be amazed.

"They are going to be shocked
with what I got coming."

He talked about what turned out
to be The Martin Bashir documentary.

I started getting calls from someone
who worked with Martin Bashir,

his Jewish producer trying, like,
to pull the Jewish card.

"Hi, Shmuley. You're a Rabbi.

"You therefore have to help me
get my boss Martin Bashir

"to interview Michael Jackson,"

and I went to Michael, and I said,
"I don't know Martin Bashir,

"but the thing he did
with Diana was not good."

Bombshell after Bombshell dropped
by the Princess of Wales

in her first-ever prime time
television interview.

A British public unaccustomed
to television therapy sessions

heard their fairy tale princess

admit to having an extra marital
affair, an eating disorder.

I have known the Jackson family
for going on close

to half a century.

I was the attorney
to the family for many years

and I knew all about
the Martin Bashir documentary

way far in advance.

Michael's managers asked Michael
if there were any children

that they could bring to Neverland
Ranch to film for the documentary,

and Gavin Arvizo's name came up.

Michael hadn't seen Gavin
for a year and half.

So many people warned him,

"Don't do the Martin Bashir
documentary. Don't do it.

"He will hurt Michael.

"He hurt Princess Diana.

"Diana divorced Charles as a result,

"and you are going to do
a documentary

"with Martin Bashir, Michael?

"Don't do it, Michael."

There's a nervousness,
a very nervous, tense vibe

about him doing this documentary
at Neverland, right?

This is an indicator that people
are nervous

about what Michael
could be doing or saying,

because you can't control him.

What happens when you spend eight
months with Michael Jackson?

ABC Start dropping
amazing commercials.

See for yourself.

It's Michael Jackson.

It looked like it was
going to be a phenomenal show -

and everyone is excited.

The family's excited,
Jermaine is excited.

A two-hour event you have
to see it to believe.

You know, a global audience
is watching this.

Michael Jackson's star has been
falling for some time,

but the anticipation ahead of this
documentary is now immense.

When Living With Michael Jackson
airs this evening,

these streets are
going to be deserted.

Fans and critics alike are saying
they're going to staying in

to watch the programme.

With his reputation in America
very much at stake,

for Michael Jackson,
it must be a nervous wait.

I went to Hayvenhurst,
the Jacksons' home.

I sit down in the living room there

and, you know, Katherine
comes down the stairs,

this winding staircase
and she comes down.

You know, Jermaine is sitting on
the couch next to me

and we're talking,
and there's a big television there,

and we watched the Martin Bashir
documentary,

and I'll never forget it.

Eight months ago, I put a proposal
to Michael Jackson -

show me the real man,
but show me everything.

My boyfriend called and said,

"Have you seen this special
with Michael Jackson?"

I said, "No, my VCR recorded it."

Jimmy said, "Gavin's in it,"

and my heart just sank,

because that didn't sound like
a good idea.

I'm staying in this little
crappy hotel one night.

I think it was in
the South somewhere.

And it's going to be on.
"Should I watch it?

"No, Shmuley don't succumb
to temptation, don't watch it,

"because you know to is
going to upset you,"

but I watched it.

Did I believe that Martin Bashir
was there to make Michael look good?

No, I did not.

- Come on, show me.
- I'm going to show you.

This is Michael Jackson's
favourite shop in Las Vegas,

with the luckiest manager
in the world.

I bought that.

You bought that?

Michael's life was not ready
to be opened to the public -

because he would wake up every day

at six in the afternoon,
stay up the entire night,

you know - and he was blowing money

to compensate for feelings of
maybe worthlessness.

This chess set.
Isn't it beautiful, this set?

And that's what you saw
on that stupid documentary.

He goes in and spends $6 million

on total garbage
he probably never saw again.

- Oh, it's sold, look.
- I bought this one, right?
- Uh-huh.

- Is this yours?
- Yeah, that's
the sold sign, means it for me.

OK, How much is that one?

- Oh...
- Did we ever get this one,
these ones?

It's only 89,000.

Being able to have a front row seat
with his family,

and seeing their reaction,

I'll never forget,
where Michael tells Martin Bashir

that he's climbing a tree...

Let me hold the umbrella.

- Yeah.
- You go and climb it,
and when you've climbed it,

let's see how inspiring it is.

..and Joseph, of course,

like, "What is wrong with that boy?"

You know?

Jermaine was like,
"This kid is crazy.

"He is out of his mind."

Having water ballon fights
and climbing trees.

I think those two are my favourite.

Don't you prefer making love, or...

- Hmm?
- ..going to a concert?

And he's saying he would rather
climb a tree than have sex.

This grown man?!
They were horrified.

Michael Jackson was, socially,
not like you or like I.

Michael was in a
different class of human.

I think that's why Martin Bashir
didn't understand Michael.

I think that's why most journalists
didn't understand Michael.

Like most Martin Bashir productions,
80% of it is really great.

Oh, you know how to do
a moonwalk.

I learned it from you guys.

Playing with kids and
comforting them, that's great.

Oh, don't stand up yet. Hold on.

And 20% of it...is like getting
shot in the head,

especially the interview
the Arvizo family.

THEY SING

And then I met 12-year old Gavin
and his brother and sister.

And then there was a scene where we
see this young boy, Gavin Arvizo,

who, supposedly,
Michael helped cure his cancer.

It was like, "OK, they might
make something of this."

There was one night where I asked
him if I could stay in his bedroom

and he let me stay in the bedroom.

I was like, "Michael you can
sleep on the bed."

Wow. I just remember looking
at Joseph's face,

and Jermaine's face, Katherine -

they were stunned.

And then he finally said,
"OK, if you love me,

"you'll sleep on the bed."

I was like, "Oh, man!"

and so I finally slept on the bed.

But it was fun, that night.

I slept on the floor.

It was like,
"What the heck was that?"

and you see Gavin put his head
on Michael's shoulder,

and there was this cloud
that came over the living room.

Why can't you share your bed?

The most loving thing to do
is to share your bed with someone.

- You know?
- You really think that?

Yeah.

My mouth was agape.

Did you just say that it is OK
for an adult to share a bed

with a child that is not their own?

It was, for me,
as if he had fallen and crashed.

But haven't you got a spare room,

or a spare house here
where he could've stayed?

Yeah, but - no... Yes, we have guest
units, but whenever kids come here,

they always want to stay with me.

I thought, "Man he is really
a glutton for punishment here,"

and the Jacksons knew
it was a problem.

They knew, based on what they had
already went through with Michael

with Jordan Chandler,

that somebody is going to say
something about this.

This is going to be
a media talking point.

The documentary was pretty shocking.

I was worried that Michael
was using Gavin

to normalise his lifestyle,

sleeping with children
he is not related to.

That's sort of the narcissist
at work.

They always just want to stay.

They say, "Can I stay
with you tonight?"

I go, "If it's OK with your parents,
yes, you can."

But whatever he was trying to do
with Martin Bashir had back-fired,

and it's Michael Jackson's brand
that's at stake here.

That's big.

Pop star Michael Jackson drops one
bombshell after another

about his bizarre behaviour.

Millions of people were watching

as Jackson revealed he allows
young children to sleep his bed.

What kind of loony would, A, do it,

and, B, go on national TV
and admit it?

Michael made tragic,
horrific mistakes.

What are you doing alone with
a kid in your bed,

even if it's not physical or sexual?

The next day, I decided
I had to make a statement.

Those of us who were once in
Michael's circle, or still are,

enough of the defence - we have to
save this man from self-destructing.

We went into red alert,
all hands of deck.

What can we do from
a public relations standpoint

to help Michael?

Every time we trust the media
to do something for us,

they turn around
and they do us wrong.

They feel burned by the media?

They feel very burned by the media.

It caused a worldwide commotion.

27 million people watched that show.

Gavin Arvizo put his head to his
left on Michael's right shoulder.

Michael told me that when
the kid did that,

he was furious.

"He's putting his head
on my shoulder?

"What is going on here?
This is going to be terrible!"

Michael knew it right away.

Did Bashir tell him to do that?

Well, that's the word that I got.

Do I know that for a fact?
No, I do not.

You had to know that Martin Bashir
was going to be Martin Bashir,

and Martin Bashir bullshit
was going to come out with it.

And anything that was reasonable
and not provocative

was going to be left on
the editing room floor.

Now Michael Jackson
is fighting back,

releasing some of the interview
with the British journalist.

As it turns out,
Michael's personal videographer

was videotaping Martin Bashir.

And we started going to media
outlets with that footage.

Here's some of what you didn't see.

Your relationship with your children
is spectacular...

I love them.

..and, in fact, it almost makes me
weep when I see you with them,

because your interaction with them
is just so natural,

- so loving, so caring.
- Thank you.

Well, that's not quite how it came
out on television, is it?

It was quite a production.

You gotta give the devil his due.

Martin Bashir did
an incredible job.

We are at DEFCON 12,000,

and we don't know what
the possible kickback,

blowback from this event
is going to be.

- Are we on camera?
- Yeah.
- Oh!

We don't know this family very well,

we don't know
what their motivations are.

I thought, we want to keep them as
far away from the tabloids

and people with cheques as possible.

What are some of the things
that people say about Michael

that are true or aren't true?

Don't believe what they say.

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