All language subtitles for The Michael Jackson Story s01e03 Resurrection.eng

[man clears throat]

[dramatic music playing]

[Michael]

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[announcer] The number one
artist in the world.

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[Shmuley] That level of
mega stardom is not healthy.

People are not gods.

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[reporter] Tonight, Jackson
is wanted by police

of multiple felony counts
of child molestation.

[reporter 2] The Jackson machine
just keeps right on rolling.

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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?

The most loving thing to do

is to share your bed
with someone.

[reporter 3] Nearly 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.

[reporter 4] It's just
a question of what does he do

when he's in bed with them?

[Steve] 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.

[Dieter] He really was scared.

[paparazzi]
One here please? Michael...

[Dieter] 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.

[indistinct chatter]

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[elevator dinging]

[Dieter] We was
in a hotel in 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.

Then he was saying,
can you believe that

they put me out of a suite
and put me in a small room?

[somber music playing]

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[indistinct chatter]

[paparazzi 2]

[reporter 5] Michael Jackson
does not earn

the kind of money
he used to make

at the height
of his earnings power.

This guy made
50 million dollars a year.

Guess what?
His records don't sell anymore.

And, you know, he's in
a very tenuous spot right now.

[reporter 6] On song,
but no longer making the notes.

The latest claim that
the Peter Pan of pop

is nearly penniless.

[reporter 7] He's spending about
700,000 dollars a week,

which means that when he
gets out of bed in the morning,

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

We hope he's not broke

because he owes
my client 12 million dollars.

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 catalog

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

borrowed against
The Beatles catalog.

[reporter 8] Michael Jackson
celebrated his 45th birthday

in true Jackson style.

Just him and the fans.

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

- The King of Pop.
- [crowd cheering]

[Dieter] Michael told me
very clear

that now it is over
with touring.

Now he starts
with new business.

The fans are going to keep
the business machine moving.

There's going to be a new
Michael Jackson clothing line...

- [crowd cheering]
- ...resort hotels.

[crowd cheering]

We promise to make Neverland
more accessible to the fans.

[fan] What the media tries
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.

[indistinct chatter]

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[Ron] In 2003,
I was a prosecutor

specializing
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."

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[Ron] That scene
in the documentary,

it 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.

But I knew it was
an inappropriate relationship.

[officer] You sit right there, buddy.

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

Okay? 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?

[Gavin]

- [officer]
- [Gavin]

[officer]

[Gavin]

[dramatic music plays]

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.

[presenter] Nina, what have
you heard? Any sightings?

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

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[Dieter] We were
in the hotel in Vegas.

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

The police went to the ranch.

[reporter 9] The service
of the warrants

was part of
an ongoing investigation

alleging criminal misconduct
on the part of Michael Jackson.

[Dieter] 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 die.

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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 he 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."

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[Frank] 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.

[reporter 10] 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.

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

Seven counts of
child molestation.

[Katherine] 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 three million dollars.

He'll tarnish your reputation

and people will always remember
you the way they said he was,

not the way he really is.

[reporter 11] Well,
how do you view the guy now?

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

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[reporter 12] Reporters,
cameras, and helicopteters

have been chasing
the Jackson story

around Southern California.

[reporter 13] Fox has confirmed
he is now back in Las Vegas

and here are the pictures
to prove it.

[reporter 14] Hold on.
He's coming out.

Hold on. Hold on. Hold on.

[Dieter] I remember
when we went to the airport.

We took blankets
and tried to stop

all the press taking pictures.

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He was so deeply shocked
about the situation,

how they treated him.

Later on, he showed me
this bruise on his arm,

on his shoulder.

He was thinking the police,
the system, America...

-was against him.

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[Michael]

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[reporter 15] 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 hand.

[woman] I think that
they're setting him 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 believe in him
and I'm here for him.

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[Dieter]
Michael was ready to fight.

He was focused 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.

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

I could do nothing anymore.
They took over completely.

It was the end of my work
with Michael Jackson.

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[Jane] Hey, I need to speak
to Angela.

Every crew is here
and my crew is not here.

Nothing is ready.
What is going on?

I got an assignment.

There's going to be this huge

Michael Jackson business
meeting, the summit.

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

Hi, if we could get a quick
statement from you, Mr. Geragos?

- No, thank you.
- Oh, come on.

[Jane] I had this little
sort of minicam

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

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

- You can get a statement later.
- Okay, thank you.

- See ya.
- Sorry to bother you.

I was a journalist reporting
for Celebrity Justice

and that later kind of
morphed into TMZ.

[indistinct chatter]

[Charles] So if you guys
want to just...

you know, shoot the room,
do what you want.

This is gonna last
about five minutes.

[indistinct chatter]

It was all very confusing.
Oh, were we invited?

How did we hear about it?

This is the Michael Jackson
smoke and mirrors world.

[reporter 16] 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.

- [indistinct chatter]
- [all laughing]

[Jane] You had
Charles Koppelman,

an industry legend.

You had Al Malnick. He's the one
who bailed Michael Jackson

out to the tune of three million
dollars 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 catalog.

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?

[Al Malnik]
Michael is in charge.

[Charles] Yeah.
Clearly, Michael is in charge.

Will he be taking part in
today's meeting, Mr. Koppelman?

He may.
He's welcome at any time.

Do you plan on seeing him
at the meeting today?

He's welcome at any time.

[reporter 17] Constantly
you've said that Mr. Jackson

is in financial trouble.

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

Total BS. Total BS.

Mr. Muhammad?

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.

- [dramatic music playing]
- [crowd cheering]

[reporter 18] 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?

[Donald]
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.

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[Brian] It was past midnight...

when 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 a 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
anytime you want,

but you can never leave."

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[fan 2] Michael, come over here,
shake our hands. Michael!

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[Roger] 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 O.J. Simpson,
which I had been at.

This was in a small town
that was hard to get to,

but the whole place
was taken over by this.

It was an extraordinary thing.

- ? Like you were my brother ?
- ? You are my brother ?

[crowd chanting] Michael's
innocent! Michael's innocent!

[crowd cheering]

One, two, three, four.
Michael's not a molester.

Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?

[Brian] 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.

[crowd cheering]

[Michael]

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[Ron] 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.

[fan 3] Stop the racism!

[crowd chanting] Michael!
Innocent! Michael! 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.

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It was to make it clear
that Michael Jackson

was not backing down.

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[Michael] Years ago,
I allowed a family

to visit and spend
time in 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.

[dramatic music playing]

[reporter 19] Opening statements
began today.

The defense is expected to
describe Jackson as the victim

of a money-hungry mom
who coached her son

to lie for cash.

The prosecution, on the
other hand, will paint Jackson

as a wicked pedophile who got
a sick boy drunk to molest him.

[reporter 20] This is a trial
for his life...

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

- [fan 4] Justice for Michael!
- [man 2] He's guilty!

[fan 4] 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 furor.

And what happened as that
program progressed,

the jury, they 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.

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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.

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[Ron] One after the other,
witnesses would walk into court,

you would just watch them
look over, see Michael Jackson,

and their demeanor changed.

He was a very powerful person.

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[reporter 21] The pop star
didn't show up

for court this morning
until the judge threatened

to have him arrested.

[reporter 22] Jackson failed to
show up in court at 8:30 a.m.

for testimony from the teen who
claimed Jackson molested him.

When Jackson did arrive,
an hour and ten minutes late,

he appeared disheveled,
his hair a bit messy,

only pajama bottoms,
a T-shirt, and a blazer.

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He tripped this morning, and he
fell in the early morning hours

while he was getting dressed.
His back is in terrible pain.

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[Rudy] I ended up testifying
in a trial, right?

And that's where it became

just absolutely a three-ring
circus of bizarre.

I started noticing
Michael's strange behavior.

And, you know,
besides when he showed up

to court in pajamas,
which was nutsoville...

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

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

I'm like, "Okay."

But he's that
brilliant genius, right...

that happens to be
half brain-dead

and dumb at the same time that
doesn't know anything going on?

Wait a second.
Which one is it?

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[Ron] 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.

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[Michael]

Is Jackson spiraling downward?

It was no accident that all of
that pajama business happened

when the accuser
is about to take the stand

and deliver the most
incriminating evidence.

Michael! Michael!
Michael! Michael!

- Joe!
- [indistinct chatter]

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[interviewer]
You've been through a lot

- this year.
- [Joseph] That's right.

Now, Joe, 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.

- [interviewer] Are you worried?
- [Joseph] Am I worried?

Being a 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 just the United States.
All the rest of the countries,

all over the world, are very,
very proud of Michael.

It's here we have
the most trouble out of.

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

- Why do you think?
- Come on.

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.

[interviewer] Now, tell me-

I'm going to cut to the chase
on this one.

- Stop it.
- Come on.

[interviewer] 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.

[interviewer] No, no, no.

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[reporter 23] A flurry of
activity outside the courthouse

in Santa Maria as SUVs are seen

leaving Michael Jackson's
Neverland Ranch.

What's going on?

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[reporter 24]
Michael Jackson entered

the courthouse
to learn his fate.

[reporter 25]
You've got to wonder

what is going through
his mind at this point.

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[crowd cheering]

He really thinks there are
going to be riots in the streets

if he's convicted.

[presenter 2]
He really believes it?

[Roger] He really believes
that somehow this injustice

will be overturned instantly

because who would put
the King of Pop in jail?

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[head juror] 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.

[crowd cheering]

[reporter 26] 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.

[indistinct chatter]

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[Ron] 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.

[Brian] 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.

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[Nancy] What exactly
is happening

to Michael Jackson today?

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

This guy doesn't pay his bills.
[chuckles]

[presenter 3] How much
are we talking about?

[reporter 27] 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?

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[Jane] 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.

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Then...

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

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

Ireland.

[reporter 28] At around
four o'clock today,

Michael Jackson emerged

from his scheduled
Aer Lingus flight,

he made his way
down the plane steps

holding a masked child's hand.

Jackson and his traveling party

boarded a silver
Volkswagen minibus

via the VIP exit
of the airport.

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[Jane] 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.

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[Patrick] In June 2006,

rumors started
circulating in the Irish press

that Michael Jackson
was sighted in different places.

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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."

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 euro,

and he had a big
sort of jacket coat on.

And when I ran into him,
he had as many,

maybe as 20 or 30 of
these products in his pockets...

and he just laughed.

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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
in 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
his financial struggles.

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I could see that
this did play on his mind.

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- [indistinct chatter]
- [camera shutters clicking]

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[Bill] I was asked,
would I be interested

in doing a security detail
for a dignitary

that was coming to town?

Mr. Jackson,
I call him Mr. Jackson.

He was returning to the States

on the basis of being
a headliner in Las Vegas.

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- [indistinct chatter]
- [camera shutters clicking]

[Man] Come on guys. Come in.

[Bill] There was a lot going on.
I mean, he had a lot going on.

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

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Mr. Jackson moved
into the house,

which was on Monte Cristo.

We realized 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.

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A very lonely world.

- [indistinct chatter]
- [camera shutters clicking]

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[Bill] There's always someone
trying to see him.

Business associates,
all different type of producers

trying to...

get at him.

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I think it put him
into seclusion a little bit.

[indistinct chatter]

[fan 5] Michael, we love you!

[fan 6] We love you, Michael!
You're the best!

[Michael]

[reporter 29] There he is,
David Beckham,

the huge international

soccer star,
is coming to America.

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[John] My partner and I, Paul,
work 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.

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[John] 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 anything really
that would be bigger than that.

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I remember the day
he signed the deal...

when This Is It
was in formation.

He came out and said, "Bill, now
you're gonna 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. [chuckles]

- [man 3] Nice and slow guys!
- [indistinct chatter]

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

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

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.

[woman 2] I've got
every single album.

I've been to every single tour
and I'm gonna go

to every single date

that he releases
that I can get my hands on.

[reporter 30] You're obviously
a very rich woman then.

No, I'm not.
It's the credit cards.

It's my credit card.

The This Is It tour was gonna
be much bigger than anything

he had done.

[reporter 31] Do you
really think he can come back

after everything
that's happened?

There's nothing happened.

It's just the media innit,
so he's fine.

[reporter 31] Court case, rumors
of financial troubles-

- Rubbish, rubbish.
- So basically

- he's come back stronger.
- This is Michael Jackson,

- you know, he's the King of Pop.
- [crowd cheering]

[Dermot] Ready for this?

[crowd cheering]

London welcomes...

the King of Pop,
Mr. Michael Jackson.

[crowd cheering]

[Paul] So it's been a while

and everyone's waiting
and waiting and waiting.

They didn't realize 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 whispered in my ear...

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

[crowd cheering]

[Paul] I mean
the crowd just erupted.

I love you.
[chuckles]

[Paul] 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. This is it.
This is it.

[crowd cheering]

[Michael] I just want
to say that...

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.

[crowd cheering]

[Paul] 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.

?

You got a calculator?
I'll do the math.

[chuckles]

?

[woman 3] We're kind of excited
and Michael's coming today.

- [man 4] There's the man.
- [man 5] There's Michael.

- [man 6] The man is here.
- [crowd cheering]

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.

- [Kenny] Michael?
- This is not easy, though.

[Kenny] 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, auditory ears.
- [Kenny] Yeah, is it-

It feels like somebody's
fist is shoved into your ear.

[Bill] 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."

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

enough to where...

he was done.

[sings]

I'm just trying to conserve
my throat, please,

so understand.

?

[Michael]

?

?

[Rudy] 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're seeing people with fety
or other things and 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.

[crowd cheering]

?

[Rudy] But he is going downward.

And so you have to ask
yourself, where am I going?

You know, what's the next
train stop?

?

[Shmuley] It was
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.

?

?

[indistinct chatter]

?

[woman 4]

?

?

[woman 5] While I was at Macy's.

They kept saying,
Michael's dead. Michael's dead.

Dropped everything
and just came running out here.

?

- [indistinct chatter]
- No one else. No one else.

[Brian] 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."

?

[camera shutter clicking]

Oh, my God.

[sighs] This is hard...

My brother, the legendary
King of Pop, Michael Jackson...

passed away on Thursday,
June 25, 2009 at 2:26 p.m.

It is believed he suffered
cardiac arrest in his home.

?

[reporter 32]
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.

[reporter 33] The autopsy
has been expedited.

It will happen tomorrow
at some point

between 7:00 a.m. and
three o'clock in the afternoon.

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

?

?

[Shmuley] 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 that
you love 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.

?

?

[Rudy] 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...

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.

- Do you have change?
- Give you two for 20.

[man 7] How many did you make?

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

We've sold 40, we've been
here for about 10 minutes.

And then you give 10%
to the charity

of Michael Jackson's choice.

- Yes ma'am.
- Yeah, you should do that.

?

I feel like Michael's
of the magnitude

to deserve a state funeral.

I just, I wanted to wake up

and somebody tell me
this isn't real.

[reporter 34] People are saying
that this is going to be like

when Princess Di died.

[reporter 35] 1,500 inmates
in the Philippines

pulled together a brand new
tribute to the King of Pop.

[reporter 36]
Michael Jackson fans

have always been committed.

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

In fact, it became stronger.

?

?

[crowd cheering]

?

[indistinct chatter]

[reporter 37] 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 is...
how, what about Janet

and the rest of the family,
the daughters and everybody.

They're all doing fine. But I
want to make this statement.

This is a real good
statement here.

Marshall and I, we owned
a record company called,

- tell him.
- Ranch Records.

- [interviewer 2] That's right.
- Okay, it's truly about

Blu-ray technology.

And that's his next step.

[interviewer 2]
And that's your next step.

?

[Roger] For most of his life,

Michael's father was constantly
coming to him for money.

Also with schemes.

So you could say Joseph Jackson
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.

Okay, 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 them
all the way back to the top.

We love you.

[man 8]

[indistinct chatter]

?

[Brian] 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.

[paparazzi 3] How do you feel
about Michael

not including you in the will?

[Brian] I didn't think
that they were given

the consideration
that they should have been.

[paparazzi 3] How do you feel
about Michael

not including you in the will?

Thank you, Joe.

[reporter 38]
Joining us from L.A.

is Jackson family
attorney Brian Oxman.

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

[reporter 38] 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.

?

[Jane] Michael Jackson's
brothers and sisters'

were left nothing.
It's a slap in the face.

I mean... [sighs]

...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.

[reporter 39] Last week, Randy,
Jermaine, Janet, Tito,

and Reby 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.

[presenter 4]
Jane, help me out here.

What the heck is going on?

One word. Money, money,
money, money, money.

[dramatic music playing]

[Jane] 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.

[John] 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.

[man 9] Yo, dude,
taking a quick little tour here.

[Paul] And then we produced

the theatrical release
that went to DVD.

It was the story
of making of the tour.

All those hits
and all those great songs.

Seeing Michael Jackson live.
And people wanted to see it.

? All I wanna say is that ?

? They don't really
Care about us ?

? All I wanna 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 maximize
this revenue in ways that...

I couldn't believe.

[indistinct chatter]

[Branca] 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.

[Paul]
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!

[crowd cheering]

[man 10] 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.

The estate became
a money-making machine.

[soft music playing]

[reporter 40] 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.

[man 11] 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 his 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.

- [indistinct chatter]
- [camera shutters clicking]

[man 12] After the film
Leaving Neverland...

the estate was really shaken.

Those accusations could have
been the end of everything.

[somber music playing]

[man 12] But the estate
kept their eyes on the prize...

and Michael's legacy survived.

[Jane] 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.

[dramatic music playing]

[Jane] This is the
most extraordinary effort...

to uncancel someone.

The show must go on.

[laughs]

[crowd cheering]

["Billie Jean" playing]

[soft music playing]

[Michael]
It's all been an incredible,

incredible journey.

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

They want to just
touch me and hug me.

I 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 okay."

[soft music playing]

[dramatic music playing]

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