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The number one artist in the world!

That level of mega-stardom
is not healthy.

People are not gods.

Tonight, Jackson is wanted by police

of multiple felony counts
of child molestation.

The Jackson machine
just keeps right on rolling.

The British documentary called
Living With Michael Jackson

has everybody talking.

This is the way the Times newspaper
in Britain covers it.

"Jackson faces ruin
after admitting: I slept with boys."

Why can't you
share your bed with...?

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

Merely admitting
that on television has created

what one person says is the longest

professional suicide
note in history.

This documentary started a disaster.

It was clear he was really
in trouble with this.

It's just a question
of what does he do

when he's in bed with them? I mean,
anybody advising Michael Jackson

would have to say, A, don't do
that, and after he did it,

they must lock him up in a room
and say, "You've got to be kidding."

But he's Michael Jackson,
so probably nobody does that.

He really was scared.

It was Michael's biggest fear

after the documentary,
the fans could go away.

He could lose his whole brand,
his reputation, everything he did.

We were in a hotel, Miami,
and middle in the night,

Michael knocked on the door.

He was crying,

and he got a letter

from his accountant saying,

"There's no money right now.

"You need to go in a smaller room."
And he was saying,

"Can you believe that they put me
out of a suite

"and put me in a small room?"

Michael Jackson does not earn
the kind of money he used to make.

You know, at the height of
his earnings power,

this guy made $50 million a year.
Guess what?

His records don't sell any more.
And, you know,

he's in a very
tenuous spot right now.

On song,
but no longer making the notes.

The latest claim that the Peter Pan
of pop is nearly penniless.

He's spending about $700,000 a week,
which means

that when he gets out of bed
in the morning,

he's spent $100,000
before he's had coffee.

We hope he's not broke,

because he owes my client
$12 million.

All of the money
that Michael has at this point,

all the cash that he has,

I should say,
comes from loans.

Everything is borrowed,
borrowed... Borrowed, borrowed,

borrowed against
the Michael Jackson catalogue

that has Billie Jean and Beat It
and all his hit songs,

borrowed against
the Beatles catalogue.

Michael Jackson celebrated his 45th
birthday in true Jackson style.

It was just him and the fans.

After all he's been through,
they still love him.

The King of Pop!

SCREAMING AND CHEERING

Michael taught me very clear
that now as it's over

with touring, now he starts
with new business.

The fans going to keep the business
machine moving.

There's going to be a new

Michael Jackson clothing line,

resort hotels...
SCREAMING AND CHEERING

We promise to make Neverland
more accessible to the fans.

SCREAMING AND CHEERING

What's the media trying
to say about you, Michael?

We don't believe a word of it.
He's perfect,

and he's an angel,
and I don't care what anybody says.

UNINTELLIGIBLE SHOUTING

In 2003,

I was a prosecutor specialising
in child sexual abuse cases.

I got a call to go see
the district attorney,

and he showed me a two-page report.

It involved an allegation
of child sexual abuse.

It said "Michael Jackson" on it.

And I thought,
"Oh, my gosh, he's back!"

That scene in the documentary
that was played

over and over and over again
of Gavin Arvizo

sitting next to Michael Jackson

and resting his head on his shoulder
and holding his hand...

I knew it was
an inappropriate relationship.

You sit right there, buddy.

We are going to try our best
to make a case.

OK, a criminal case.
We're going to try our best.

But you need to understand

that we're going
to need your cooperation.

Gavin, can you tell us

what your conversations...

what you guys talked about?

Good evening. For years,
pop star Michael Jackson

has denied having inappropriate
contact with children

and he has never been charged,

but tonight,
Jackson is wanted by police.

We would encourage him
to turn himself in

and cooperate with law enforcement.

Yes. Anita? What? Have you heard?
Any sightings?

Not yet. We're all on the lookout,
though.

We were in the hotel in Vegas.

Somebody called me and told me,
"Dieter, watch TV."

The police went to the ranch.

The service of the warrants

was part of
an ongoing investigation

alleging criminal misconduct
on the part of Michael Jackson.

When I told him there's a new charge
from this young boy, Arvizo...

..he was so deeply shocked

that I think he's going to...
He's going to die.

And then something
terrible happened.

The director of the hotel
told us to leave right away.

They did not want to have somebody
with these charges in the hotel.

Michael was out of control
and was screaming,

"Why you close the door
in front of me?"

They didn't allow him to come in.

But then I told him,

"Michael, look, this time,
you have to fight it."

Jackson flying from Las Vegas

to Santa Barbara, turns himself in
to the Santa Barbara sheriff...

Michael Jackson has been booked
on charges of child molestation.

The famous shot you'll see plastered

all over newspapers
around the world -

Michael Jackson in handcuffs.

Michael Jackson today
went from being

the gloved one to
the fingerprinted one...

I just sat down and said,
"Not again."

Seven counts of child molestation.

I told him,
"You don't know these wicked people.

"The people are just mean
and wicked."

The bail amount on the warrant
has been set at $3 million.

They'll tarnish your reputation,
and people will always remember you

the way they said he was,
not the way he really is.

How do you view the guy now?

Probably not in a good way.
Definitely don't respect him.

Reporters, cameras and helicopters
have been chasing

the Jackson story around
Southern California.

Fox has confirmed he is now back
in Las Vegas,

and here are the pictures
to prove it.

Hold on. He's coming out.
Hold on, hold on,

hold on. I remember
when we went to the airport...

We took blankets and tried to stop
all the press taking pictures.

He was so deeply shocked about
the situation, how they treated him.

Later on, he showed me

these bruises on his arm,
on his shoulder.

He was thinking the police,
the system...

America...was against him.

I wanted to let you know

that this is Michael Jackson's car
as they ride through Las Vegas.

He keeps rolling his window
down at intersections like this.

People have been coming
up to the window

and he's been reaching out,
shaking their hands.

I think they're setting them up.

I mean, it just...
none of this makes any sense.

You know? I love him so much.
I mean, he needs us, you know?

And no matter what, I'll believe
in him, and I'm here for him.

Michael was ready to fight.

He was focussed completely
on this whole problem.

Then the new security people came in

and his lawyers and
his accountants showed up.

Michael's empire
and reputation was at risk.

And this situation was terrible
for me, because I had to leave.

I could do nothing any more.
They took over completely.

It was the end of my work
with Michael Jackson.

Hey, I need to speak to Angela now.

Every crew is here
and my crew is not here.

I'm still checking
on what's going on.

I got an assignment.
There's going to be this huge

Michael Jackson
business meeting, this summit.

Find out all about it.
And if you can, get in there.

If we can get a quick statement...
Thank you.

Come on.
I had this little sort of mini cam

that I was walking around with,
to the annoyance of everybody.

Can I get a brief statement?
Is there any way...?

You'll get a statement later?
Oh, you are... OK.

Thank you. Sorry to bother you.

I was a journalist reporting
for Celebrity Justice,

and that later kind of
morphed into TMZ.

So if you guys want
to just, uh, you know,

shoot the room, do what you want...

It's going to last
about five minutes...

It was all very confusing.

Oh, were we invited?
How did we hear about it?

This is the Michael Jackson
smoke and mirrors world.

Is there a reason why you wanted us

to see the type of business
meeting it is?

No, no, the reason is
you all are here... Right.

You had Charles Koppelman,
an industry legend,

you had Al Malnik... He's the one
who bailed Michael Jackson out

to the tune of $3 million
when he was arrested.

Then you had Leonard Muhammad,

who is a top echelon
Nation of Islam guy,

and you had John Branca,

the genius behind getting
the Beatles catalogue.

And so these super heavyweights,
they were there to keep

the glue together, right,
in the Jackson Empire.

There are people
who have wondered who is in charge.

Can you clarify that, sir?
Michael is in charge. Yeah,

clearly, Michael is in charge.

Will he be taking part
in today's meeting,

Mr Koppelman? Um... He may.
He's welcome at any time.

Do you plan on seeing him
at the meeting today?

He's welcome at any time.

Constantly it's said that Mr Jackson
is in financial trouble.

Can you clarify that, sir?
Again, do we look worried?

Total BS, total BS.

Mr Mohammad...

There's nothing normal
about this meeting

because Michael Jackson was about

to be subjected to
the most high-profile trial.

The fact that his finances were
such a convoluted mess, with debt,

with loans, with mortgages, with
skyrocketing interest payments...

Obviously,
this was the crisis summit.

The brand was on life support,

and if it died right there,
it wasn't going to have a future.

GIRLS SCREAMING

CNN has confirmed that a grand jury
that's been meeting

to consider charges
of child molestation

against pop star
Michael Jackson has,

in fact, indicted Michael Jackson.

We've just received
this release from

Michael Jackson's attorneys,

saying he will appear
and enter a plea of not guilty.

I know you know him, Donald.
Any reaction to this?

Well, I know him very well.
He's lived in my buildings.

He lived in Trump Tower,
and I know him very well,

and I don't believe it.

I'm going to stick up for him
because nobody else is.

Why would he turn around and say

"Michael Jackson sexually
molested me" if it weren't true?

Because parents have
power over children.

This is not him.
No, I know his heart.

It was past midnight

and the telephone rang
and I hear, "Hello?"

I said, "Michael, is that you?"

"Brian? Is that you?

"Oh, Brian, I'm so scared.
Did you see what happened today?

"Yes, I did," Michael.

"This is not good, Michael."
"Brian, what am I going to do?"

I said, "What we do is

"we have to find out everything
there is to know about this family.

"Everybody has dirt.
Everybody... They are not clean.

"And from what I hear,
they're really dirty, Michael.

"And we will find the dirt
on these people."

And he said, "Do it, do it, Brian."

I am Brian Oxman.

I am the former attorney
for Michael Jackson.

I...have known all of the Jackson
family for most of my life.

My first client was Randy Jackson.

I did his divorce
and then I did Jermaine's divorce,

and then I did Jackie's divorce,
and then I did Tito's divorce,

La Toya's divorce,
and I did Michael's divorce.

I am part of this family.
It's sort of like Hotel California.

You can check out any time you want,
but you can never leave.

Michael, come over here.
Shake our hands.

Michael!

When I got to Santa Maria
for the trial,

the press was camped out like
it was the end of the world.

It was bigger than OJ Simpson,
which I had been at.

This was in a small town.
It was hard to get to,

but the whole place
was taken over by this.

It was an extraordinary thing.

# My brother, my brother... #

Michael! Innocent!

Michael! Innocent!

CHEERING

One, two, three, four,
Michael's not a molest-or...

Why? Why? Why, why, why?

When Michael went to
his arraignment,

it was a deluge of fans.

They were going crazy.

And in his own showmanship way,
he let them know, "I am not afraid."

CHEERING AND YELLING

He had no shortage of lawyers.

I mean, they got
every single piece of paper,

every single document
that had ever generated

by any member of the family -
medical records,

psych records, school records,
business records...

They got it by way of subpoena
without notifying the prosecution.

CHANTING: Michael's innocent!
Michael's innocent!

Pervert, pervert, pervert, pervert!

The prosecution said the family

is being harassed
by these subpoenas.

They said the so-called
victim's family

is going into witness protection.

So I needed to find them.

I called my friend, and she says,
"I'll find them for you."

So she called the grandmother
and asked

if she had their new address,
and she said sure,

and she gave it to us.

It was to make it clear

that Michael Jackson
was not backing down.

Years ago,

I allowed a family to visit
and spend time at Neverland.

I allowed this family into my home
because they told me their son

was ill with cancer
and needed my help.

These events have caused a nightmare
for my family, my children and me.

I never intend to place myself in
so vulnerable a position ever again.

I will be acquitted and vindicated
when the truth is told.

Opening statements began today.

The defence is expected
to describe Jackson

as the victim of a money-hungry mob
who coached her son to lie for cash.

The prosecution, on the other hand,

will paint Jackson
as a wicked paedophile

who got a sick boy drunk
to molest him.

This is a trial for his life.

Not just his freedom, his life.
Everything's on the line.

Justice for Michael!
Justice for Michael!

He's been guilty for years!
Put him away!

In court, the prosecution played

the Living With Michael Jackson
movie,

the documentary which created
this whole furore.

And what happened
as that programme progressed,

the jury there were
bouncing and dancing

and snapping their fingers
to Michael's music.

This was Michael's magic,
infecting everybody.

This affected the entire course
of the trial.

We had one witness
who worked at Neverland...

..and he told us that he brought

to Michael Jackson's room wine
while the boys were there.

And when he was
on the witness stand,

he said he brought Coca-Cola
to the room.

I said, "Didn't you tell us
that it was wine?

"It was alcohol
that he brought to the room?"

"I was mistaken."

One after the other,
witnesses would walk into court,

you would just watch them look over,

see Michael Jackson
and their demeanour changed.

He was a very powerful person.

The pop star didn't
show up for court

this morning until the judge
threatened to have him arrested.

Jackson failed to show up
in court at 8:30am

for testimony from the teen
who claims Jackson molested him.

When Jackson did arrive
an hour and ten minutes late,

he appeared dishevelled,
his hair a bit messy,

only pyjama-bottomed,
a T-shirt and a blazer.

He tripped this morning and he fell

in the early morning hours
while he was getting dressed.

His back is in terrible pain.

I ended up testifying in the trial,
right?

And that's where it became just
absolutely a three-ring circus of

bizarre. I started noticing
Michael's strange behaviour.

And, you know, besides,

when he showed up to court
in pyjamas, which was Nutsoville,

Michael was like,
"I can't deal with it,

"I can't deal with it,
it brings me stress."

And I'm like, "OK".

But he's that
brilliant genius, right,

that happens to be half braindead
and dumb at the same time,

that doesn't know anything going on?

Wait a second - which one is it?

Oh, he's trying to get the sympathy.

I could see the women on the jury

looking very concerned
and very worried,

and we knew it was all an act.

His performance really
was very good.

Is Jackson spiralling downward?

It was no accident that all of
that pyjama business happened

when the accuser
is about to take the stand

and deliver the most
incriminating evidence.

Michael! Michael!

Michael! Michael!

Go!

You've been through a lot this year.
That's right.

No joke.
How is Michael doing financially?

Because he has not been recording
or performing ever since it started,

and he has mega expenses.

How is he doing?

Michael is doing fine.

Are you worried?

Am I worried?

Being the father,
you always have to have some worry.

Do you think if he's acquitted,
he can resume his career?

Of course.

Come on...
Of course he can resume his career.

This is...
This is just the United States.

All the rest of the countries
all over the world

are very, very proud of Michael.
It is here...

we have the most trouble out of.

Why do you think
it's such a problem in America?

Why do you think...? Come on...

You don't want me to answer that,
do you?

No, don't answer it. Shall I?
No, Joe, just shut up. Stop it!

I don't want to cut to the chase
on this one. Stop it!

Come on...

It might be about racism?
What do you think?

It is racism. It is.

Katherine's not going to say it,
but I will say it. It is racism.

We shouldn't be even out here
talking about any of this.

We weren't supposed
to even bring Michael up.

You might get us in
a lot of trouble. No, no, no.

A flurry of activity outside
the courthouse in Santa Maria

as SUVs are seen leaving
Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch.

What's going on?

SCREAMING AND CHEERING

Michael Jackson entered
the courthouse to learn his fate.

You've got to wonder

what is going through his mind
at this point.

He really thinks there are going

to be riots in the streets
if he's convicted.

He really believes that?
He really believes

that somehow this injustice
will be overturned instantly,

because who would put
the King of Pop in jail?

The people of the state
of California plaintiff

versus Michael Joe Jackson,
defendant.

Case number 1133603. Verdict...

We the jury
in the above entitled case...

..find the defendant not guilty
of a lewd act upon a minor child.

SCREAMING AND CHEERING

And there it is. All ten counts.
Not guilty on all ten counts.

Michael Jackson will be walking
out of this courtroom a free man.

UNINTELLIGIBLE

..Michael!

Was I disappointed? Sure.

You never, as a prosecutor,
want to hear the words "not guilty".

I felt that it was
remarkably obvious

that he was molesting children.

I was mystified
why other people didn't see it.

Everything about him
just screamed "child molester".

He needs to, you know, stay low
for a while

and keep the adults at the ranch

and maybe stay away from the kids
for a little bit,

maybe bring some girls over,
Michael. Come on now!

The result was innocent,

but so many Americans
thought he was guilty.

Michael was extremely concerned
about all of these people.

He would complain to his mom
and to his dad and to everybody,

to me... "My life's over."

What exactly is happening
to Michael Jackson today?

It's the same thing
that always happens, Nancy.

This guy doesn't pay his bills.

How much are we talking about?

We're talking about nearly
$300 million outstanding debt.

After the trial,
a lot of people were saying

Michael Jackson
put himself into exile.

Right?

He had to not only leave Neverland

but he left
the United States of America.

He pops up in Bahrain,
and of course,

he's friends with the royal family

and living like
the King of Pop again,

borrowing millions of dollars
from his host.

Then it's "where's Michael Jackson?
He's left Bahrain.

"Oh, wait. Hold on.
He's in Ireland..."

Ireland!

At around 4:00 today,
Michael Jackson emerged

from his scheduled
Aer Lingus flight.

He made his way down the plane's
steps holding a masked child's hand.

Jackson and his travelling party
boarded a silver Volkswagen minibus

via the VIP exit of the airport.

Michael Jackson
was trying to figure out -

what am I going to do with
the rest of my life?

Ireland is kind of
a little out of the way,

and he was able to live
kind of a tranquil life -

he hoped, anyway.

In June 2006,

rumours started circulating
in the Irish press

that Michael Jackson had been
sighted in different places.

But I didn't think much of it.
So we were quite surprised

when the door opened
and the patient said,

"Hello, my name is Michael Jackson."

And it wasn't too long
before Michael entrusted us

with his aesthetic treatments.

We treated in that period his...

bottom of his ankles were
beginning to turn black again

and he wanted us to increase

the bleaching cream
to a stronger percentage.

He didn't really have any money.

I mean, his credit cards bounced
on many occasions.

I remember one time
he was in our big glass showroom

and he started pocketing
quite a lot of the cosmetics.

Some of the things were worth
between 100 and 500 euros,

and he had a big
sort of jacket, coat on,

and when I ran into him,
he had as many as 20 or 30

of these products in his pockets,
and he just laughed.

I think as time progressed,

you could see that
Michael became happier

and happier living in Ireland.

He said that he'd love
to settle here, away from the press.

Our friendship became closer,

and when I was down his house,
he opened up to me.

I think he felt trapped between
finding a new location to live...

..and having to go back
to the United States

to overcome those
financial struggles.

I could see that
this did play on his mind.

I was asked would I be interested
in doing a security detail

for a dignitary
that was coming to town.

Mr Jackson -
I called him Mr Jackson -

he was returning to the States

on the basis of being
a headliner in Las Vegas.

Come on, guys, come on in.

It was a lot going on.
I mean, he had a lot going on.

He was raising three kids,
that he wanted to do on his own.

Mrs Jackson moved into the house,
which was on Monte Cristo.

We realised that
he did have insomnia.

Even though we had armed security
at the property,

we would see him walking throughout
the house at night, checking doors.

A very lonely world.

..or Candyland?

There's always someone
trying to see him...

Business associates,

all different type of producers
trying to get at him.

I think it put him into seclusion
a little bit.

Michael, we love you!
We love you, Michael!

You're the best!

There he is! David Beckham,

the huge international soccer star,
is coming to America!

My partner and I, Paul,
worked for a division of AEG.

The core business
is live entertainment, sports...

You know, those kind of things.

AEG had just done a deal
with David Beckham

to play for the LA Galaxy.

It's nice to see so many fans,
and I thank you for that.

CHEERING

When Michael saw that,
he was really excited,

he was kind of jumping around
the room and saying, "Hey,

"you guys should do
a David Beckham deal with me."

Remember that Michael's
last tour was

the HIStory tour in 1997,

so this would have been
a good 12 years after that.

So the anticipation of being able

to see Michael Jackson live was...

I don't know.
I can't think of anything, really,

that would be bigger than that.

I remember the day
he signed the deal,

when This Is It was in formation.

He came out and said, "Bill,

"now you're going to
see the vultures."

I started to get
all the phone calls from people

that we've never heard from before.

People were coming out the woodwork.
They wanted to be part of this tour.

They wanted to be part of him.

I always said it.
Mr Jackson was a big ATM.

Feel my heart, it's going boom,
boom, boom right now, seriously.

Since I was little, I used to
come home from nursery, yeah,

put on my Michael Jackson video
and that's it. I was gone.

Like, he taught me how to dance,
everything, man.

It's gonna be sick.

London was Michael's... Probably
biggest market in the world.

Our plans were that
the tour would go global.

I've got every single album,
I've been to every single tour,

and I'm going to go to
every single date

that he releases
that I can get my hands on.

You're obviously
a very rich woman, then?

No, I'm not. It's the credit crunch!
It's my credit card.

The This Is It tour
was going to be much bigger than

anything he had... He had done.

Do you really think he can come back
after everything that's happened?

There's nothing happened. It's just
the media, innit? So it's fine.

Court case, rumours of financial....
Rubbish. This is Michael Jackson.

You know, he's...
He's the King of Pop.

Ready for this?

London welcomes the King of Pop,
Mr Michael Jackson.

CHEERING AND SCREAMING

So it's been a while,

and everyone's waiting
and waiting and waiting.

They didn't realise that
Michael was drunk and out of it.

I was at the O2 and they were
back at the hotel with Michael

trying to get him going because
things were going very slowly.

While we were waiting, I kind of
wrote a really short speech,

and when Michael walked in,
he came over to me

and he gave me a big hug and I said,
"Here's the speech."

And he went...
And he whispered in my ear,

"Make the words really big,
I can't see."

SCREAMING AND CHEERING

And the crowd just erupted.

I love you.

HE CHUCKLES

He just started to bask in it.

He started to glow,
in a way, you know...

I think he was overwhelmed,
actually.

CROWD CHANTING:
This Is It. This Is It!

This Is It. This Is It!

SCREAMING AND CHEERING

I just want to say that, um...

This will be it. This is it.
And when I say this is it,

it really means this is it,

because these will be

my final show performances.

This is it, and see you in July.

CHEERING

So what happened was
we ended up at 50 shows.

I've never seen demand like that.

We had about 15,000
sellable seats per show.

They all went for 50 shows.

Got a calculator? Do the math!

We're kind of excited,
Michael's coming today.

There's the man. There's Michael.
The man is here.

During rehearsals,
Michael knew exactly what he wanted,

but it was Kenny
who ran the rehearsals.

Michael really didn't have to
say anything to anyone

because Kenny was so on top of it.

Michael... It's not easy, though.

Michael... One more time,
I couldn't hear you, sir.

The inner ears are very difficult
for me. When you're raised...

To use just your real, own...
you know, aural... oratory ears.

Yeah. Is it...? It feels like...
It feels like somebody's fist...

Just their fist is shoved
into your ear.

Mr Jackson was not happy.

Privately, he felt that
physically, he was not prepared

to do that many shows
in that short a time.

He said to me directly...
He said, "Bill,

"I can't do 50 shows.
Bill, it would kill me."

But he was going to make
a lot of money from this show,

enough to where... he was done.

# And... #

Just trying to conserve my throat,
please. So understand...

I would watch Michael,

and the impression I got
was kind of lost.

He was dealing with
an addiction issue.

I was watching, you know,
pills come in and pills go out.

You see people with fetty
or other things in street drugs

that they're not alive,
but they're not dead yet.

And it just had this feeling
of, like, limbo.

The assumption I think
that a lot of people think

is that he's being controlled

and that he doesn't know
what he's doing.

That isn't true.
He knew what he was doing,

and he knows
what kind of drugs he's taking.

But Michael was surrounded by people
that wanted to please him,

people he chose
to surround himself with.

SCREAMING AND CHEERING

But he is going downward.
And so you...

You have to ask yourself,
"Where am I going?"

You know,
"What's the next train stop?"

It's an American tragedy.

The tragedy was not that he was
taking prescription drug medication.

The tragedy was that
this man who got more attention

than any human being
that might have ever lived

in the history of the world

was still so utterly lonely.

When I was in Macy's,
they kept saying,

"Michael's dead, Michael's dead."

I dropped everything
and just came running out here.

No-one else. No-one else.
No-one else...

I walked into the emergency room.

And I looked through the doors
and I could see the family.

And I saw La Toya, and she
was leaning up against the wall.

And then I saw her slump
to the ground and sat on the floor.

I said, right then and there...

I said, "Michael Jackson is dead.

"Michael Jackson is dead."

(Oh, God...)

This is hard. Um...

My brother,
the legendary King of Pop,

Michael Jackson,

passed away on Thursday,
June 25th, 2009, at 2:26pm.

It is believed he suffered
cardiac arrest in his home.

This is a Fox News alert.
The chopper is in the air.

They have picked up
the body of Michael Jackson.

His body is now going to be
in the custody of the LA coroner.

The autopsy has been expedited.

It will happen tomorrow
at some point between 7am

and three o'clock in the afternoon.

After that, the body will then
be released to the family.

There was a fire inside me
that I could not contain that day.

In my mind, I was saying to myself,
"You stupid, stupid man.

"I begged you, I warned you,
you've now orphaned your children.

"There's nothing you loved more
in the world than your children.

"You were the only one
who could protect them.

"And now you orphaned your children.

"You stupid man!"

Michael's demons that I think he
was dealing with was self-loathing.

Well, you don't have to feel
anything if you're on, um...

Demerol. You just numb it all away.

He felt desperate to change,
but couldn't.

And he actually ends up finding
people that help him to his death.

Is that the most crazy thing
in the world?

If somebody would have just
told the truth,

he would probably be alive,
but nobody did.

Michael Jackson T-shirts,
Michael Jackson T-shirts.

King of Pop, King of Pop.
Come down here, guys.

Come support Michael.
You got change?

Give you two for 20.
Oh, how many did you make?

We made, uh,
I think it was 1,500 T-shirts.

We sold 40. We've been here
for about ten minutes.

And then you give 10% to the charity
of Michael Jackson's choice!

Woo! Yes, you do that!

I feel like Michael's of

the magnitude
to deserve a state funeral.

I just wanted to wake up and
somebody told me this isn't real.

People are saying that this is going
to be like when Princess Di died.

1,500 inmates
in the Philippines pulled together

a brand new tribute
to the King of Pop.

Michael Jackson fans
have always been committed,

and when he died,
it didn't diminish at all.

In fact, it became stronger.

CHEERING

Beat It PLAYS

Tonight, a family's pain.

For the very first time since

Jackson's shocking,
unexpected death,

Jackson's family is speaking out.

Do you know anything, Mr Jackson,
about funeral arrangements?

Have you had time? Yeah,
we haven't gotten to that yet.

Yeah, but we're working on that.

You said your wife has helped.

What about Janet and the rest of
the family? The daughters...

They're all doing fine.

But I want to make this statement.
This is a real good statement here.

Marshall and I have...
We own a record company called...

Tell them. Ranch Records.
Right. OK?

It's driven by Blu Ray technology,
and that's his next step.

And that's your next step.

For most of his life.
Michael's father

was constantly coming to him
for money, also with schemes.

So you could say Joseph Jackson,
he was very opportunistic.

Even when Michael died,
nothing changed.

Hello, everybody.

What I'm doing is,
I established a record company,

and this is Marshall, by the way.
Marshall, go ahead.

OK, what's happening is,
in the entertainment side,

we're going all the way
back to the beginning.

We are going back
to Michael Jackson's legacy,

and we're going to bring him
all the way back to the top.

We love you.

Michael's will was brought
to his family

a couple days after his death.

It was absolutely startling.

Joe Jackson and his children
were not included in the will.

And I filed objections...

How do you feel about Michael
not including you in the will?

I didn't think that they were given

the consideration that
they should have been.

How do you feel about Michael
not including you in the will?

Thank you, Joe.

Joining us from LA is
Jackson family attorney Brian Oxman.

Good morning, Mr Oxman.
Good morning. How are you?

I'm fine. Thank you for joining us.
Is it safe to assume that

Michael Jackson
did not want his father,

whom he very publicly
accused of abuse,

to control neither his estate
nor his children?

Joe Jackson is a good man.
Michael loved his father,

and I want that to be known
throughout all of time.

Michael Jackson's brothers
and sisters were left nothing.

It's a slap in the face.

I mean, they were there
from the beginning.

Jackson Five... Right?

Now, John Branca
and another business type

were named co-executors of
Michael Jackson's estate.

There was a tug of war between

the Jackson family
and the executors about the will.

Last week,
Randy, Jermaine, Janet,

Tito and Rebbie
signed a stunning letter

to the executors of Michael's will.

They're crying conspiracy
over his death,

calling the will fake,
flawed and fraudulent.

Jane, help me out here.
What the heck is going on?

One word - money!
Money, money, money, money!

Michael was massively in debt
when he died. $500 million.

But the inherent value of his work

was such that
there was money to be made.

As concert promoters,
we had spent a lot of money,

close to, I think, $40 million
already on the This Is It project.

So the day that Michael passed,

we went around and collected
everyone's hard drives,

any footage of Michael...

Yo, dude,
taking a quick little tour here.

..and then we produced the
theatrical release that went to DVD.

It was the story of
a making of the tour,

all those hits
and all those great songs,

seeing Michael Jackson live,
and people wanted to see it.

# All I want to say is that

# They don't really care about us

# All I want to say is that

# They don't really
care about us... #

This is us going to the premiere.
Hey!

That's when John Branca,
who ran Michael's estate,

jumped in
and made the deal with Sony.

He managed to maximise this revenue

in ways that I...

You know, I couldn't believe.

We think that the movie This Is It
gave fans a pretty good glimpse

at the real Michael.

He was a perfectionist,

and at the same time,
he was a humanitarian...

Branca steered that beautifully.

I mean, This Is It
was the highest-grossing

concert documentary of all time.

That deal got us
all of our money back.

And then some.

Go, Michael, go!

The This Is It DVD and
the theatrical release

just made a huge amount of money
for the estate.

But it was just the beginning of
what they were going to do.

They cleared Michael's debt,
put Neverland up for sale...

..then they did their show
in Las Vegas,

the Cirque du Soleil show.

The estate became
a money making machine.

He is raking in more than
any musician in history,

years after his death.

Your view of American icon
Michael Jackson

will never be the same

once you hear about the new
documentary Leaving Neverland.

Once the abuse started,
within that first week,

you know, every night that I was
with him, there was abuse.

You know, he started talking about
how much he loves me.

What this is is us,

how we show our love for each other.

The new documentary detailing
abuse accusations

against Michael Jackson has sparked
a new debate about his legacy.

I found the testimony from
the two alleged victims of Jackson

to be incredibly
compelling and visceral

in a way that the criminal trials
and previous accusations

had not been,
so personally, as a listener,

my relationship to this music
has changed completely.

Jackson's estate
filed suit against HBO.

They actually called
this documentary a public lynching.

It may be too soon
to know if there will be

a lasting impact on the
popularity of Jackson's music.

After the film Leaving Neverland,
the estate was really shaken.

Those accusations could have been
the end of everything.

But the estate
kept their eyes on the prize...

..and Michael's legacy survived.

The Michael Jackson Story is about

one of the great performers
of all time.

He was a genius, and yet he was
very troubled and problematical.

And now, in death, the executors
of Michael Jackson's estate

are working ferociously to erase

the problematical side of
Michael Jackson

and focus entirely
on his younger years,

his creative years,
and focus on the music.

This is the most extraordinary
effort to un-cancel someone.

The show must go on.

HE CHUCKLES

Woo!

I've been on an incredible...
An incredible journey.

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

They want to just
touch me and hug me,

and just hold on and cry
and not let go.

I really believe...

..that children are God.

When I look in the eyes of a child,
it's like God saying,

"Michael, everything will be OK."