The release of a documentary detailing allegations of child sexual abuse by Michael Jackson prompts a wave of backlash.
It prompted some radio stations in Canada and the Netherlands to stop playing Jackson's music, while Oprah Winfrey was bombarded with hateful messages from Jackson's fans after she interviewed his accusers in a special television broadcast.
Winfrey, herself a sexual assault survivor, was aware of the attacks the men, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, might face. "All the anger — you guys are going to get it," she said during the interview."You're going to get it. I'm going to get it. We're all going to get it."Jackson's family called the documentary and news coverage of the accusations a"public lynching" and said the entertainer was"100 per cent innocent".
His estate filed a lawsuit against HBO in February, saying the documentary was a"rehash of dated and discredited allegations" and breached a 1992 agreement that the cable channel would not disparage Jackson. Jackson, who died in June 2009, was acquitted at a 2005 trial in California on charges of molesting a different 13-year-old boy at his Neverland ranch in California.
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