Is it still ok to listen to Michael Jackson?
Two men are accusing the star of sexually abusing them when they were children.
Michael Jackson is perhaps the biggest pop star there鈥檚 ever been. He鈥檚 still thought of as a legend, despite years of allegations regarding his relationships with young boys. Jackson was found not guilty at a court case in 2005, but now one of the men who testified in Jackson鈥檚 defence in that case has appeared in a documentary to say, alongside another man, that the singer did regularly sexually abuse him. Michael Jackson鈥檚 family has rejected the claims and say there is "not one piece of evidence" to back up the allegations. But at a time when we tend to more easily believe victims, might Michael Jackson鈥檚 music now be off-limits? 鈥淟eaving Neverland鈥� is on Channel 4 next week, and its director Dan Reed talks to us, alongside the 麻豆社鈥檚 Peter Bowes, and Scott Bryan from the Must Watch podcast.
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