Its pretty well documented that a good few of the boys were coached by their parents into saying what they said and there was a lot of circumstancial evidence.

I'm not saying he's a good guy, but there was a massive PR smear campaign against Jackson, and then with a trial that appears to be mostly for the papers, well. Anyone who claims absolutely he was, I wonder if they just bought the story that was there. The entire subject requires a good bit of nuance and speculation. We'll probably never know the full truth.

Dude was weird and creepy, but he also never got a fair day in court.

[–] KarlHungus42@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, a lot of people normally opt for $23 million dollar legal settlements to keep things under wraps when they are innocent.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Or to make things that are making them look very bad go away and leave the public consciousness.

[–] KarlHungus42@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nothing would be better than being adjudicated to innocence. Whatever you need to tell yourself to keep moonwalking though

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 10 points 2 months ago

Ha, funny!

But also yes. When people come forward and admit they lied, I tell myself I need to trvisit my own opinions of an event, because what I thought may not be correct anymore. That's how I moonwalk through life. Do my best with the facts at hand, but always be willing to change if those facts change

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