Cork wrote:jim stone wrote:...'I am certain that false accusations of child sexual abuse occur. However, when there are accusations of child molestation from multiple parties, layered on top of a personality and set of public behaviors that are consistent with pedophilia, it strains credibility to dismiss them all as false accusations.'
No it does not. There were obvious other reasons why someone like
Jackson would be targeted, including his odd public behaviour
which made him more vulnerable. Once he paid up
to make it go away, because his health and sanity were failing,
others would smell the blood.
Emphatically:There really is no substitute for
considering the accusations individually and in detail.
This is a genuine question of
fairness. My father-in-law defended people against such charges.
I think we need to be careful, especially with this sort of
accusation.
So, Jim, it looks as though your position could amount to a Jimmy Carter defense, that he only did it in his mind.
Well, of course Jimmy Carter was innocent, right?
No, it's that if you look at the accusations in detail, they look bogus.
The first came from a kid whose accusations were elicited
when the kid was medicated on a powerful sedative-hypnotic, ergo, very suggestible.
What merit could such accusations have?
The father then demands money of Jackson to drop charges. Jackson
finally pays him, and the father drops charges and the police drop
the case because there isn't enough evidence to continue.
Meanwhile the kids mother insists nothing ever happened.
Looks like a shake down by the father, yes?
The second accusation comes from a family with a history of
trying to extort money from people by charging sexual abuse--and succeeding
too (see my earlier posts on this). In these previous efforts the children
are rehearsed so as to corroborate the crazy accusations.
One of the kids gets cancer, Jackson pays his expenses
and invites the kid to Neverland and, guess what?
The crazy family accuses Jackson of sexually molesting the kid!
Surpise, surprise! He is acquitted on all charges.
When you read the details, the accusations look without merit
and motivated by a grab for money. Money-hungry father
elicits accusation from 13 year old on a powerful hypnotic drug,
demands money to drop charges. Mom says none of the
accusations are true. Family with history
of extorting money by making loony accusations
of sexual molestation plainly researches previous
case, goes to the SAME lawyer, and makes
the same charges about Jackson--Jury thinks
it's a joke.
There's no solid reason to think Jackson ever wanted sex
with children, not to mention that he ever tried to get it.
Give me a hundred accusations like this and they add up
to nothing. Fair is fair.