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As Michael Jackson's new biopic crosses $790 million at the box office, the allegations against him remain largely unaddressed by mainstream culture. In this long read for Quillette, Andrew Hammel examines the evidence methodically — the police searches at Neverland, the corroborated physical descriptions, the pattern of relationships with boys from vulnerable homes, and the accounts of Wade Robson and Jimmy Safechuck. Jackson was acquitted at trial in 2005, and Hammel weighs that fact alongside the rest of the record. The result is one of the most thorough and dispassionate examinations of the case to date.
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As Michael Jackson's new biopic crosses $790 million at the box office, the allegations against him remain largely unaddressed by mainstream culture. In this long read for Quillette, Andrew Hammel examines the evidence methodically — the police searches at Neverland, the corroborated physical descriptions, the pattern of relationships with boys from vulnerable homes, and the accounts of Wade Robson and Jimmy Safechuck. Jackson was acquitted at trial in 2005, and Hammel weighs that fact alongside the rest of the record. The result is one of the most thorough and dispassionate examinations of the case to date.
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