Nearly five years after the death of Michael Jackson choreographer, Wade Robeson and former child actor James Safechuck filed civil lawsuits claiming they had been sexually molested by the King of Pop as children.
According to The New York Post’s “Page Six,” Robeson and Safechuck are now asking a judge to allow evidence showing exactly how much Michael Jackson allegedly paid off other accusers over the years.
Safechuck first met Jackson in 1987, when he was 8 years old. Safechuck will testify that Jackson repeatedly molested him a year later during a tour and that Jackson wrote a check for more than $1 million to Safechuck’s father, a sanitation worker.
The duo hopes to be allowed to detail past, undisclosed settlements between Jackson and boys. According to “Page Six,” sources contend there were at least 20 young victims, who reaped — with their parents and attorneys — upward of $200 million cumulatively in hush money.
Sources say the Chandler lawsuit alone cost Jackson more than $40 million.
“All of this is documented, and it will certainly help to sway a jury, particularly a civil jury who is not considering reasonable doubt but a preponderance of the evidence,” a prosecution source said.
In the criminal case against Jackson, a detective for the Santa Barbara district attorney told The New York Post that the judge, behind closed doors, refused to allow prosecutors to reveal the cash Jackson was paying out.”
The judge said it would be too highly prejudicial,” the source recalled.
Sources: New York Post, Instagram, Rolling Stone, Grazia Magazine
