Re: [Discussion] Michael Jackson Slandered By The Mirror
Proof Positive: Paul Baressi is the Source of Sunday People Trash Story
Since the Sunday People published their story on Michael Jackson, alleging that Jackson molested dozens of boys, the story has snowballed out of control. Both Roger Friedman and Charles Thomson have written their rebuttals to the allegations, but no tabloid or mainstream media has picked up the story that the allegations are categorically false, nor have they reported that the source has repeatedly sold this story to the tabloids.
The Sunday People article states that they came into possession of "FBI files" that proved that Jackson settled with numerous young boys and their parents, in an effort to cover up the fact that the entertainer was molesting the children. From Friedman's piece, he writes the "FBI files in the (tabloid) are from people who were discredited a long time ago. The so-called files that belong to an assistant to Anthony Pellicano come from Paul Barresi."
Paul Barresi, one time gay porn star, alleged in 1990 that he had an affair with John Travolta. He sold his story to the National Enquirer for $100,000. Barresi later retracted his story. Barresi became an assistant to Anthony Pellicano, who worked as a private investigator for Michael Jackson for a period time.
While working for Pellicano, Baressi met with Philip and Stella LeMarque, former chefs for Michael Jackson. The LeMarques, in particular Phillip LeMarque, alleged that Michael Jackson groped MacCaulay Culkin and watched pornographic movies with young boys. Culkin reported then, as he does to this day, that Jackson never touched him. However, the LeMarques continued to work for Jackson for the next few months, and contacted the tabloids to sell their story. Only when the police contacted the LeMarques, did they relay their account of what happened to the authorities.
In 1993, Baressi agreed to be interviewed for a documentary by PBS' Frontline, called Tabloid Truth: The Michael Jackson Scandal. The Baressi segment begins at 32:36. Here is what Baressi had to say about the LeMarques and selling their story to the tabloids:
"My interest in helping them was that they promised me a percentage of what they made. I was not on any kind of crusade to bring anyone to justice. Whether Michael was guilty or innocent at that point was inconsequential. My interest was strictly for the money, as was theirs, I might add."
At 34:40, Baressi goes on to state:
"We met, Stella and Phillip, myself and this correspondent from Inside Edition. By then I had heard the story probably a half a dozen times. And the only difference is this time I had a tape recorder in my belt. I wanted to seize an opportunity to sell their story myself. Monday morning I got up and I realized what I wanted to do with the tape. I wanted to take it to the district attorney's office and turn it over to them as evidence. I knew that the DA would be happy to receive the information with open arms. And two, I knew how to play the tabloids like a harp."
At 35:30, the documentary shows a document. This document is unredacted and is the same document posted in The Sunday People's story. Here is a picture of the two documents side by side:
Clearly they are the same document, as they have the same serial number on the right. The narrator explains:
"If Baressi brought the tape to the DA, he'd have nothing to fear for his illegal tape recording. Besides it would juice up the story. If the DA's working on it, that's action, that's inside information." Baressi goes on to state,
"That was the edge that worked well. If my story appeared in the slightest, innocuous, they would throw it out the window. So this is one way to do it with grand style, certainly.
So I called the editor of The Globe and I said I have a tape, and I'm on my way downtown to hand it to the district attorney. And his words were, let us come with you, and I knew I had him. The next thought in my mind was I'm going to ask him for $30,000. You always ask for twice as much as you hope to get. He put me on hold and within less than a minute he came back and said well we can't give you thirty (thousand) we'll give you ten. I said make it fifteen and he said you have a deal."
The narrator asks: "Could you see that headline?" Baressi states, "Oh sure, I could see that money coming too."
At 38:42 Baressi states about the LeMarques' story, "The first time I heard about Jackson, his hand was outside the kid's pants. They were asking (sic) $100,000. As soon as their price went up to $500,000, the hand went inside the pants. So come on."
At 51:58, Baressi goes on to state, "It's not unusual to find a former employer, a friend or even a family member coming forward with a story. But to have someone like me who's completely detached from it all is unusual. It's brilliant."
It is crystal clear, given the history of selling his "story" to the tabloids, coupled with the matching documents, that Paul Baressi is the source (again) of this "story". Although most would expect no more from Baressi, the public would expect more from the media. Checkbook journalism trumps truth in the tabloid world and apparently, in the mainstream media as well.
Oh and by the way, Diane Dimond wrote a piece for The Daily Beast alleging that this put Jackson's innocence in question once again, as she has always maintained. Dimond clearly knew Baressi, and more than likely knows the documents in The Sunday People are fake. Dimond, like Baressi and so many others, still continue to profit from a man who's been dead for over four years.
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