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American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist (1958–2009)
Michael Jackson faced multiple, high-profile allegations of sexual abuse of minors beginning in 1993, including a reported 1993 settlement and a criminal trial that ended in acquittal in 2005; later t...
Michael Jackson faced repeated and serious allegations of sexual abuse of boys across three decades, including a 1993 accusation by Jordan Chandler that led to a large civil settlement and a 2005 crim...
Michael Jackson’s name appears in multiple sets of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents and contact lists released or unsealed in 2024–2025, but the available materials and reporting repeatedly note he i...
Claims that Michael Jackson is alive persist online, but mainstream reporting and fact-checkers treat those stories as hoaxes or unproven sightings; PolitiFact has specifically labeled a 2024–2025 soc...
Multiple recurring claims say Michael Jackson faked his 2009 death to escape debt, media pressure, or to live anonymously; those theories were widely circulated online and in documentaries and podcast...
Michael Jackson was criminally investigated twice over allegations of child sexual abuse (1993–94 and 2004–05) and was acquitted at trial in 2005 on all counts after a four-month criminal trial (jury ...
Major outlets reporting on the identified a long list of well‑known politicians, royals, business leaders, entertainers and academics whose names or images appear in the documents and photos; outlets ...
Claims that Michael Jackson is still alive are repeatedly promoted online, but mainstream reporting and fact-checkers treat those claims as baseless. Contemporary news accounts attribute Jackson’s dea...
was the teenage accuser at the center of the ; he testified that Jackson had molested him, given him alcohol and shown pornography during visits to , and his family’s testimony and conduct became a fo...
No major news organizations or independent investigators in the reporting provided have reported ’s name as appearing in ’s or in the released by authorities; the publicly discussed lists and governme...
Michael Jackson wrote short lyrics or a poem titled “Palestine (Don’t Cry)” in 1993 that circulated among fan sites, auction listings, and lyric aggregators; reporting and archival entries describe it...
Michael Jackson repeatedly admitted in interviews and was reported by journalists and trial records to have allowed unrelated boys to spend the night in his bedroom and sometimes to share his bed; def...
expressed explicit sympathy for Palestinians in material he wrote in the 1990s — notably an unreleased poem/song titled “, Don’t Cry” that surfaced at auction — but the available reporting does not do...
Available public records and unsealed court documents show Michael Jackson’s name appears among people mentioned in materials tied to Jeffrey Epstein; a 2016 deposition by Johanna Sjoberg says she met...
Documentation released in waves from Jeffrey Epstein’s files and related court records show Michael Jackson’s name appears among contact lists and witness testimony, but the available reporting says J...
Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009, at age 50; the Los Angeles County coroner ruled the death a homicide and listed acute propofol intoxication with benzodiazepine effects as the primary cause, and...
Available reporting and compiled lists name scores of people alleged to have links to Jeffrey Epstein; the widely circulated claim of “22 people” linked to him and now dead is referenced in some timel...
The most frequently named figures across the newly released Jeffrey Epstein flight logs and estate documents are longstanding associates and recurring subjects in earlier releases — notably Bill Clint...
The unsealing of court files tied to primarily revealed names, excerpts of depositions and motions from ’s defamation suit against , and previously hidden glimpses of the social circle around Epstein ...
Medical testimony, contemporaneous statements and the coroner’s findings confirm Michael Jackson suffered severe, refractory insomnia that led to repeated use of benzodiazepines and ultimately propofo...