Den kontroversielle dokumentar ‘Leaving Neverland’, hvis to dele blev sendt på HBO søndag og mandag, dykker dybt ned i pædofilianklagerne mod Michael Jackson. I dokumentaren beskriver de nu voksne Wade Robson og James Safechuck, hvordan de angiveligt blev seksuelt misbrugt af popstjernen som børn.
Nu tager skuespiller og sanger Corey Feldman den pædofilianklagede verdensstjerne i forsvar – i form af flere capslock-prægede Twitter-beskeder – efter at have set dokumentaren, som han kalder for »ensidig«.
Feldman brugte meget tid med Jackson som barn i kølvandet på sine første store filmroller (‘Gremlins’, ‘The Goonies’, ‘Stand by Me’) og er efter eget udsagn aldrig blevet udsat for overgreb fra stjernen.
Feldman skriver blandt andet: »Han bandede aldrig i mit nærvær, han rørte mig aldrig på en upassende måde og han foreslog aldrig aldrig, at vi skulle være elskere på nogen måde. Jeg føler, at hvis folk kunne høre vores samtaler, så ville de høre uskylden i dem. Ingen hints af perversion«.
Feldman påstår endda at have optaget en samtale mellem sig selv og Jackson, som han overvejer at offentliggøre for at »give folk et indblik i, hvad en 30-årig mand og en 13-årig dreng ville snakke om, så alle kan høre uskylden i vores forhold«.
Skuespilleren kritiserer desuden dokumentaren for kun at inkludere interviews med anklagerne og deres familier: »Jeg har et problem med det faktum, at alt det her er ensidigt med nul chancer for, at den døde mand kan forsvare sig, og at der ikke er noget bevis ud over ordene fra de to mænd, der som voksne forsvarede ham i retssagen«.
Dokumentaren kan ses på DR fra 8. marts.
#Neverland OK I WATCHED IT ALL I KNOW IS WHAT I EXPERIENCED, & YES EVERY EXPERIENCE WAS THE SAME….RIGHT UP 2 THE SEX PART! THAT IS WHERE IT BECOMES LALA LAND, INSTEAD OF NEVERLAND 4 ME. WE NEVER SPOKE ABOUT SEX OTHER THAN A FEW WARNINGS ABOUT HOW SEX WAS SCARY, & DANGEROUS. MJ
— Corey Feldman (@Corey_Feldman) 4. marts 2019
NEVER ONCE SWORE IN MY PRESENCE, NEVER TOUCHED ME INAPPROPRIATELY, & NEVER EVER SUGGESTED WE SHOULD BE LOVERS IN ANY WAY! I FEEL LIKE IF PPL COULD HEAR OUR CONVOS THEY WOULD HEAR THE INNOCENCE IN THEM. NO HINT OF PERVERSION. I HAV A TAPE, IM THINKIN ABOUT RELEASING, WHICH COULD
— Corey Feldman (@Corey_Feldman) 4. marts 2019
GIV PPL A REAL LOOK @ WHAT A 30 YR OLD MAN/CHILD & A 13 YR OLD BOY WOULD DISCUSS, SO EVERY1 COULD HEAR THE INNOCENCE OF R RELATIONSHIP. AGAIN I WASNT THERE WHEN THOSE BOYS WERE. BUT I WAS THERE AROUND THE SAME TIME AS JIMMY, & I SAW MANY KIDS AROUND (GIRLS INCLUDED) WHO I AM
— Corey Feldman (@Corey_Feldman) 4. marts 2019
STILL FRIENDS WITH 2 THIS DAY, & NONE OF US WERE EVER APPROACHED BY HIM IN A SEXUAL WAY AT ALL! SO AS MUCH AS THOSE 2 MEN DESERVE 2 HAV THEIR VOICES HEARD, SO DO THE THOUSANDS OF KIDS WHO HUNG AROUND HIM, THAT DONT AGREE! MOST PEDOS R SERIAL OFFENDERS. THEY DONT HAV SELF CONTROL.
— Corey Feldman (@Corey_Feldman) 4. marts 2019
SO GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY WHICH HE CERTAINLY HAD W ME & OTHERS, BEING ALONE, W NO PARENTS AROUND, HOW DID HE CONTROL THOSE URGES SO WELL, WHILE SO BLATANTLY SEXUAL W THOSE 2 BOYS? IT DOESNT REALLY FIT THE PROFILE. BUT WHAT MOTIVE BESIDES $ DO THEY HAV? ABANDONMENT IS A STRONG 1!
— Corey Feldman (@Corey_Feldman) 4. marts 2019
HOWEVER I DO TAKE ISSUE WITH THE FACT THAT THIS WHOLE THING IS 1 SIDED W NO CHANCE OF A DEFENSE FROM A DEAD MAN, & NO EVIDENCE OTHER THAN THE WORD OF 2 MEN WHO AS ADULTS DEFENDED HIM IN COURT! BUT AS WE WILL NEVER REALLY KNOW, I ONLY HAV
— Corey Feldman (@Corey_Feldman) 4. marts 2019
MY MEMORIES. AND THANK GOD 4 ME, MY MEMORIES OF MJ WERE MOSTLY FOND, ASIDE FROM R 1 & ONLY FIGHT BECAUSE HE INCORRECTLY FEARED I WOULD TURN ON HIM, & MAKE UP LIES. I NEVER DID. I NEVER WOULD! I PRAY THOSE BOYS CAN SLEEP W THAT SAME CLARITY OF CONSCIOUSNESS! LET GOD B THY JUDGE!
— Corey Feldman (@Corey_Feldman) 4. marts 2019