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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’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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Key civil litigation alleging Michael Jackson’s sexual abuse has been revived and survives appeals, but criminal prosecutions ended without conviction and many factual questions remain litigated, not ...
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...
Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009; the Los Angeles County coroner later ruled his death a homicide caused by acute propofol intoxication in combination with other sedatives, and investigators focu...
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 did not issue a widely reported public statement about the September 11, 2001 attacks, but multiple sources report two concrete reactions: he narrowly avoided being at the World Trade ...
Michael Jackson was acquitted — the jury returned a unanimous verdict of not guilty on all charges in his 2005 child molestation trial on June 13, 2005, after deliberations that various sources report...
Michael Jackson received propofol intravenously at his Los Angeles home on June 25, 2009 — a drug normally used in operating rooms, not as a sleep aid — and the coroner ruled his death a homicide from...
Polling shows substantial public doubt about Michael Jackson’s innocence rather than broad belief in it: multiple national surveys around 2019 and later report that roughly one-fifth to one-quarter of...