DavidZanyar;4310813 said:
Hi there,
Sorry if this has been done to death on here!
But I feel like that's one of the more confusing factors of the whole thing... have you guys ever got to bottom of it? Because over the years I feel like I've heard different contadictory versions
1. He let the kids sleep in the bed but he always slept on the floor
2. The kids slept in another bed on another floor of his massive bedroom
3. They sometimes slept in the same bed whilst watching cartoons etc..
I know he's innocent but other people often say "well whatever happened he admitted sleeping with kids and that's wrong", so I'd like to be able to put them straight if that isn't the case..
thanks
These are not different, contradictory versions, because all these three versions happened (the three versions are not mutually exclusive).
- He let the kids sleep in the bed but he always slept on the floor.
He said that to Ed Bradley in the 60 Minutes Interview (2003), at least regarding Gavin Arvizo:
“…
I didn't sleep in the bed with the child [Gavin Arvizo]. Even if I did, it's okay. I slept on the floor. I give the bed to the child…” (Michael Jackson)
- Kids slept in another bed on another floor of his massive bedroom.
Kids when they were invited to his Neverland Ranch (and when they did not want to sleep with their parents in the guest rooms) they often slept in another bed on another floor of his massive bedroom.
- Kids sometimes slept in the same bed whilst watching cartoons etc…
He said that to Martin Bashir in the above documentary’s video segment (2003).
Hess;4310919 said:
Even though I do find this behavier a bit odd I see absolutely nothing criminal or sexual behavior at all.
I would never sleep in the same bed as my friends children - but maybe that's me and the rest of the world gone wrong and not MJ.
With all the stuff going on I would never ever put myself in such a situation where I could be accused of any wrongdoing. Unfortunately noone told MJ he shold not do it. It's like every person around MJ was too afraid to say NO... If MJ had had persons around him who guided him better and told him NO once in a while, many things would be different I guess...
There were people from his circle who kept warning him that this behaviour (of sharing his bed with children could lead to problems, such as accusations against him).
One of them was Uri Geller who warned him about that, but Michael Jackson paid no attention to his words.
Also, his defence lawyer Thomas Mesereau advised him (right after the end of the 2005 trial) that from now on he should not allow boys to sleep with him in his bedroom or in his bed.
Michael Jackson followed Thomas Mesereau’s advice this time, but by that time it was too late for him (because of the damage that he had already undergone).