The Untold Story of Michael Jackson's War Against Tommy Mottola and the Music Industry That Destroyed Him

[00:00] They can lie, they can steal, they can

[00:02] deceive, but they can never create.

[00:05] Because these people do not have the

[00:06] creator force within them because

[00:08] Michael Jackson was right when he said

[00:10] that these people are devilish. Man, oh

[00:12] man, growing up in a black household, I

[00:13] will tell you Michael Jackson is just

[00:15] required viewing. It's funny because I

[00:17] was asking people today, the crew, I was

[00:19] like, "Hey, you have you guys remember

[00:20] that movie, the Michael Jackson movie

[00:21] growing up? What was it called?" And

[00:22] they had never seen it and I'm going,

[00:24] "What do you mean you've never seen it?

[00:25] I've seen it so many times. It's I I

[00:28] probably should be able to give you the

[00:31] script of it verbatim. The movie was

[00:33] entitled The Jacksons: An American

[00:36] Dream. And as I said, this was required

[00:37] viewing in all black households. There's

[00:39] not a black person in America who did

[00:40] not see that movie.

[00:42] You also never forget the first time

[00:44] that you saw Michael Jackson moonwalk in

[00:47] your childhood. Watching the movie,

[00:48] watching him moonwalk, maybe some of you

[00:50] guys were actually live when he did it

[00:52] in 1983. That was when he premiered it

[00:54] upon a Motown stage dancing to Billie

[00:57] Jean. Let's actually watch that clip.

[01:11] You can just imagine people were just

[01:13] thinking, "What did we just watch? This

[01:14] man is walking backwards. He seems to be

[01:17] defying gravity." I mean, he was just

[01:19] such a tremendous talent. So, I'm going

[01:21] to tell you guys a little bit about him.

[01:23] Remind you guys really rather a little

[01:24] bit about him because there of course

[01:26] was no person perhaps on Earth that was

[01:28] more famous than Michael Jackson was as

[01:30] a Hollywood celebrity. Michael Joseph

[01:32] Jackson was born on August 29th, 1958.

[01:35] And as we all know, Michael and his

[01:37] brothers, Marlon, Jackie, Tito, and

[01:39] Jermaine formed a band in 1962.

[01:42] And Michael was the lead singer in most

[01:44] of their songs. And their father was at

[01:46] first hesitant, but then he agreed to

[01:49] manage the band. And they became the

[01:51] Jackson Five and they signed to Motown

[01:54] in 1968.

[01:57] Now, the band was an instant success and

[01:59] they gained fans worldwide. Again, like

[02:01] I said, you will never you can't even

[02:03] imagine the level of fame that Michael

[02:05] Jackson reached even when he was just a

[02:07] small boy. Women throwing themselves at

[02:10] him, the young women throwing older

[02:12] women throwing himself at this young

[02:14] boy. And

[02:16] it transformed him, obviously.

[02:19] And Michael stood out amongst his

[02:21] brothers because of his voice and just

[02:23] his tremendous star quality. I mean, I'm

[02:26] going to let you listen to him sing a

[02:28] cappella.

[02:30] Take a listen.

[03:01] That right there is just the creator

[03:02] force inside of somebody. And you can

[03:04] see why people were moved to follow him,

[03:07] to to adore him. People really just

[03:10] loved Michael Jackson and his singles

[03:12] quickly climbed up the charts.

[03:15] Eventually, as we all know, Michael

[03:16] Jackson decided to branch out of his

[03:18] band with his brothers and he began

[03:20] pursuing a career as a solo artist, not

[03:22] sure how it was going to go, and it went

[03:24] very well. He especially hit it big in

[03:26] 1979 after signing with Epic Records. Uh

[03:30] he released his album Off the Wall. The

[03:33] singles Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

[03:35] and Rock With You shot to number one and

[03:36] they're still actually amongst the most

[03:38] popular songs. And he won his first

[03:39] Grammy ever in 1980 for best R&B male

[03:43] vocal performance.

[03:45] Now, then came the album that no person

[03:48] could ever forget. Michael Jackson

[03:50] dropped Thriller in 1982, man. I mean,

[03:54] how many times did you watch this music

[03:56] video growing up? Everyone who followed

[03:58] Michael Jackson I just thought it was

[04:00] the most amazing thing. This is this is

[04:01] artwork. He was putting on a real show

[04:03] for people. And it was just incredible

[04:06] to watch. I just remember dancing in

[04:07] front of my TV screen just trying to

[04:09] mimic Michael Jackson's dance move. I

[04:10] think I did a pretty good job, but no

[04:12] one no one could ever dance like the

[04:13] King of Pop himself. Thriller was an

[04:15] instant classic, arguably one of

[04:17] Michael's most successful and beloved

[04:19] albums. Thriller went platinum for the

[04:20] 21st time and the Guinness Book of World

[04:24] Records certified it as the best-selling

[04:26] album ever. It has sold 70 million

[04:31] copies to date. 70 million people.

[04:34] So, Michael himself had been in the

[04:36] public eye performing for 30 years. And

[04:40] he was nothing but adored. I mean, from

[04:42] his relationship with Princess Diana,

[04:44] Michael was everywhere. And it was just

[04:46] agreed that there would never be a

[04:47] talent like Michael Jackson.

[04:50] But then something happened in 1993.

[04:53] Something very unusual given the fact

[04:55] that this was a man that was in the

[04:56] spotlight so much. It was in 1993

[04:59] that the very first allegation came

[05:01] against him made from a screenwriter in

[05:04] the industry. He was both a screenwriter

[05:06] and a dentist named Dr. Evan Chandler.

[05:10] He was based in Los Angeles. And his

[05:12] accusation was that Jackson had sexually

[05:15] abused his 13-year-old son, Jordan.

[05:19] Horrific.

[05:21] Now, how this came about was that Jordan

[05:23] told his psychiatrist that Jackson had

[05:26] molested him. And then the LAPD began a

[05:29] criminal investigation.

[05:31] But the investigation actually found no

[05:33] physical evidence against Jackson and it

[05:35] was closed. The case was closed less

[05:37] than 1 year later.

[05:40] Now, that should have stopped the media

[05:43] from reporting on it. Michael Jackson

[05:44] wasn't guilty. But we know the media has

[05:46] never let facts get in the way of them

[05:48] having a good time. They broke the

[05:50] allegations worldwide, which led Michael

[05:53] Jackson to cancel the second leg of his

[05:56] Dangerous World Tour in August of that

[05:58] same year. And he cited health issues,

[06:00] health problems that were stemming from

[06:01] the stress of the entire scandal. And

[06:04] you want to know what actually added to

[06:05] the stress? This is actually horrific.

[06:07] His sister,

[06:08] La Toya Jackson came right out and she

[06:10] said, "Yep, Michael Jackson is a

[06:13] pedophile."

[06:14] But then something weird happened. She

[06:16] didn't provide any evidence. She didn't

[06:18] even attach that statement to a story.

[06:20] And when people prodded her about that,

[06:22] you know, "Why did you say your brother

[06:23] is pedophile?" she admitted that it was

[06:26] her husband who had forced her to make

[06:28] that statement. Now, it's very strange.

[06:31] Who is La Toya Jackson's husband? Well,

[06:33] here's a photo of her with him. I'm

[06:36] going to tell you a little bit about

[06:37] him.

[06:38] Like Dr. Evan Chandler, this man is uh

[06:43] Jewish. I'm going to tell you why that

[06:44] matters as we get more into the Michael

[06:46] Jackson story.

[06:48] Her husband is a Jewish Russian

[06:50] immigrant. It says his name used to be

[06:52] Jack Leon Gordon. And he then changed

[06:56] his name, also changed where he said he

[06:59] was born. He claimed that Las Vegas was

[07:01] his birthplace until he changed his name

[07:03] in 1981 to Samuel Isaac Gordon. And then

[07:06] he changed his name again in 1983

[07:09] to Clifford William Johnson. And then he

[07:11] said he was born in Springfield,

[07:12] Massachusetts.

[07:14] Okay, this is all getting really weird.

[07:15] Why is this person changing his name so

[07:16] many times? And why is he pushing his

[07:18] wife to say that her brother is a

[07:22] pedophile? I mean, that's at least what

[07:23] La Toya Jackson said. And the story is

[07:25] going to get even stranger and stranger.

[07:28] It's making me think that we should

[07:29] maybe go back and re-examine his

[07:32] relationship, Michael Jackson's

[07:33] relationship and with young Jordan and

[07:36] how these allegations came about.

[07:38] So, let's do that. First and foremost,

[07:40] how did Michael Jackson meet little

[07:42] Jordan Chandler? It's actually kind of

[07:44] the stars must have just aligned,

[07:46] literally the stars, the star being

[07:47] Michael Jackson. His car broke down on

[07:49] the side of the road. And he called the

[07:51] police. He was like, "I'm Michael

[07:52] Jackson. Can you please come help me

[07:54] deal with this car?" And they were like,

[07:55] "No, actually we can't help you deal

[07:57] with your car on the side of the world."

[07:59] And he made a bunch of phone calls. And

[08:01] then finally somebody was driving by and

[08:03] they were able to help him. And that

[08:06] someone was an owner of Rent-A-Wreck.

[08:10] His name was David Schwartz. David

[08:13] Schwartz then gets Michael Jackson, tows

[08:15] the King of Pop, could you imagine this,

[08:17] back to his shop. And obviously calls

[08:19] his wife. And her name is June Chandler

[08:21] Schwartz. And she's he's like,

[08:23] "Literally the most famous person in the

[08:24] world is standing in our shop. You might

[08:27] want to get down here real quick." And

[08:29] guess what? June got down there real

[08:30] quick and she brought her young son,

[08:32] Jordan, with her.

[08:34] And then the relationship was born.

[08:35] Michael Jackson, as so many fans were

[08:37] surrounding him at this wreck place, he

[08:41] began speaking to the little boy because

[08:43] he I guess felt uncomfortable about all

[08:45] the press. They had a conversation and

[08:47] he felt that the the family was just so

[08:50] kind to him that they became really

[08:52] close friends. He traveled around with

[08:55] Jordan. He brought Jordan's mother with

[08:58] him, took them everywhere. Hosted

[09:00] sleepovers with Jordan along with other

[09:03] young boys. Obviously, we all know about

[09:05] his Neverland Ranch and our

[09:07] understanding of that up until this

[09:09] point was just that Michael Jackson

[09:10] always felt that he didn't have a

[09:12] childhood. And so, he always felt badly

[09:14] for children and wanted them to have an

[09:17] experience, have a real childhood and

[09:19] created a ranch for to make that a

[09:20] plausibility. Like he wanted to create

[09:22] Disney World forever for chil- for for

[09:24] children.

[09:27] Then some things got kind of strange as

[09:29] you start to look into the story. You're

[09:30] going, "Okay, so they were friends. The

[09:31] the media loved it. They referred to

[09:32] them as Michael Jackson's adopted

[09:34] family. They loved the background

[09:36] story." And then apparently this

[09:39] kid's dad, Jordan Chandler, and to be

[09:42] clear, the person who picked Michael

[09:45] Jackson up and took care of his car was

[09:47] Jordan Chandler's stepfather. But his

[09:49] real father started going, "I actually

[09:50] don't like his relationship with Michael

[09:53] Jackson."

[09:54] And that's interesting because then you

[09:55] find out that despite the fact that his

[09:57] real father

[09:59] Dr. Evan

[10:00] Chandler made these allegations against

[10:03] Michael Jackson, despite the fact that

[10:04] you learn that it was him that did this

[10:06] Jordan Chandler just a year later

[10:09] decided to emancipate from both of his

[10:12] parents.

[10:13] So you're following me, he's 13 years

[10:15] old

[10:16] his biological father makes allegations

[10:18] at the age of 13 against Michael

[10:20] Jackson, the King of Pop, and a year

[10:22] later Jordan Chandler moves to

[10:24] emancipate from both of his parents. In

[10:25] case you're not aware of what

[10:26] emancipation is, it's essentially you go

[10:28] to the court and you can say a variety

[10:30] of things. You show them that you have

[10:32] some way to make money and you say I do

[10:34] not want to be the child of either of

[10:36] these parents. Literally emancipate me

[10:38] before I turn 18.

[10:40] And the judge grants that if they

[10:41] believe that there's enough evidence

[10:43] that you should be emancipated. He did

[10:45] this. Jordan Chandler did this.

[10:49] And it makes you wonder, like how could

[10:50] you do this to your dad? I mean like

[10:51] your your poor old man, that must have

[10:53] been a really tough decision for Dr.

[10:55] Evan Chandler to to stand up to the King

[10:57] of Pop in all his power and all his

[10:59] fandom and to say, "Hey, he molested my

[11:02] child and I wasn't it wasn't on my

[11:03] watch. My wife is remarried. He

[11:05] shouldn't even been having sleepovers."

[11:07] You would think

[11:09] that Jordan would adore his father for

[11:11] having done this.

[11:12] And then you find out that when he

[11:15] turned 16 he filed a restraining order

[11:17] against his dad

[11:19] because his dad tried to beat him with a

[11:20] weight. What's really what's really

[11:22] going on?

[11:24] Well, certainly again, like I said, at

[11:26] least it was courageous that his dad

[11:28] made these allegations against Michael

[11:31] Jackson cuz this is sickening, it is

[11:32] disgusting, and it's not like his dad

[11:34] drugged him into making this sort of an

[11:37] allegation.

[11:39] Oh.

[11:40] Oh my gosh, actually he did. His father,

[11:44] Dr. Evan Chandler, did in fact drug his

[11:48] child into making the allegation about

[11:52] Michael Jackson. I'm going to read you

[11:53] directly from an article about what Dr.

[11:56] Evan Chandler did.

[12:00] It reads, "On August 2nd, 1993, dentist

[12:04] Dr. Evan Chandler was extracting a tooth

[12:07] from his own son, Jordan, when he did

[12:09] something unusual.

[12:11] Under the supervision of an attending

[12:13] anesthesiologist, Dr. Chandler injected

[12:15] his son with a dose of sodium amytal, a

[12:19] barbiturate.

[12:20] Although in pop culture it has sometimes

[12:22] incorrectly been called a truth serum.

[12:26] It is not normal to use sodium amytal to

[12:28] pull a tooth.

[12:30] In fact, it is a psychological drug with

[12:32] sedative and hypnotic effects.

[12:36] Oh.

[12:37] Totally normal situation to drug your

[12:40] child to sedate him with a drug that

[12:43] produces hypnotic effects and then to

[12:45] ask him, "Did Michael Jackson molest

[12:47] you?" to which your drugged and sedated

[12:49] son says, "Yes." That is the actual

[12:51] story about how this allegation came

[12:53] about. And once his son said yes and he

[12:55] recorded that, Evan Chandler then

[12:58] demanded $20 million privately

[13:01] from Michael Jackson. He didn't go to

[13:02] the cops, he went to a lawyer. He said,

[13:06] "I won't make this public if you give me

[13:07] $20 million. If you don't give me $20

[13:09] million, I'm going to make it public."

[13:12] And Michael Jackson told him to kick

[13:13] rocks, allegedly. And then he had his

[13:16] lawyer go back and say, "Hey, what about

[13:17] if it's just $1 million?" And by the

[13:19] way, at this point it says that his

[13:21] lawyer was like, "Hey, man, but like,

[13:22] you know, if your son was molested,

[13:24] maybe maybe go to the cops, right? Like

[13:26] don't just have me negotiating with the

[13:27] King of Pop. Like you should go to the

[13:28] cops." And he's like, "You just keep

[13:30] negotiating."

[13:31] Unbelievably.

[13:33] And during this time he took his son to

[13:34] a psychiatrist. We love psychiatrists on

[13:37] this show. And he made his son describe

[13:38] graphic details of what Jackson had done

[13:40] to him but didn't do to any of the other

[13:43] boys who were also present for the

[13:45] sleepovers.

[13:47] You know, Jordan's mother at this point,

[13:49] June Schwartz, she and her new husband

[13:53] thought, "You know, I think maybe he

[13:56] could be telling some lies. My

[13:57] ex-husband, maybe he's not that honest

[13:59] of a person."

[14:00] And so Jordan's stepdad, a man named

[14:02] Dave Schwartz, decided to confront him

[14:04] to confront Dr. Evan Chandler. And not

[14:08] just to confront him but to record him

[14:11] speaking about what he was going to do

[14:13] to Michael Jackson and Co. Take a listen

[14:16] to Dr. Evan Chandler, the dentist, in

[14:19] his own words.

[14:21] This man is going to be humiliated, you

[14:24] believe. And I'm not going to believe

[14:26] that he will not believe what's going to

[14:27] happen.

[14:28] And beyond beyond his wildest nightmare

[14:31] except for one more record, this

[14:33] attorney I found. I mean, I interviewed

[14:35] several and I picked the nastiest son of

[14:38] a I could find. Once I make that

[14:40] phone call, the sky is just going to

[14:42] destroy everybody in sight any devious,

[14:45] nasty, cruel way that he can do it. And

[14:47] I've given him full authority to do

[14:49] that.

[14:51] It'll be a a massacre

[14:53] if I don't get what I want.

[14:55] If I go through with this, I win big

[14:57] time. I will get everything I want and

[14:59] they will be told they will be destroyed

[15:01] forever. They will be destroyed. June is

[15:03] going to lose Jordie. She will have no

[15:05] right to ever see him again.

[15:08] That's a fact, Dave. That's what's going

[15:09] His whole career will be over. His whole

[15:11] career will be over. And does that help

[15:12] Jordie? And does that help Jordie? It's

[15:14] irrelevant to me.

[15:16] Oh.

[15:17] Whether or not this helps his son is

[15:20] irrelevant to him.

[15:22] That man sounds like he is on a warpath.

[15:25] Hmm.

[15:26] Uh I mean, does that count as MK Ultra

[15:28] on your son? I don't I don't know. It's

[15:30] interesting and it sounds like he

[15:32] doesn't care. His son is irrelevant to

[15:35] him. Maybe that's why he wanted to

[15:36] emancipate away from his his crazy dad.

[15:39] And if you want an even crazier update,

[15:41] Evan Chandler, the person who started

[15:43] this initial allegation

[15:45] he's no longer with us because he was

[15:47] suicided. Oh, I mean, he committed

[15:50] suicide in November of 2009, just 5

[15:53] months after Michael Jackson was

[15:56] overdosed. Yeah, Evan Chandler shot

[15:59] himself in the head. There were

[16:00] absolutely no witnesses, there was no

[16:02] note, and he was found by his building

[16:05] concierge. That's just a fun little

[16:07] update for you.

[16:08] But back to Michael Jackson because even

[16:09] though, like I said, though that never

[16:11] went through, they dropped this case in

[16:14] less than a year, the media kind of saw

[16:16] that there was this squeeze on Michael

[16:18] Jackson and but then they they let it

[16:20] go. There were no more allegations

[16:21] against Michael Jackson until almost 10

[16:25] years later

[16:27] when suddenly there was an explosion of

[16:28] allegations against Michael Jackson. And

[16:31] I want you to remember that year, 2003

[16:35] is when it began. It began when a boy

[16:36] named Gavin Arvizo accused Michael

[16:39] Jackson of child abuse saying that he

[16:42] was under 14 at the time of the alleged

[16:44] crime. The singer was charged was then

[16:47] charged because of this allegation with

[16:48] seven counts of child sexual abuse and

[16:51] two counts of administering an

[16:53] intoxicating agent.

[16:56] What does the public actually remember

[16:57] from that time? What do you remember

[16:58] from that time? Well, we remember that

[17:00] Michael Jackson was Wacko Jacko, that he

[17:03] was crazy, that he was addicted to

[17:06] drugs, whatever his doctor was injecting

[17:08] him with. Here are just some of the

[17:09] headlines, Wacko Jacko, Backo Jacko, sex

[17:13] raid, Wacko Jacko, Jacko on the attacko.

[17:16] I mean, this is like seared into my

[17:18] memory. I'm sure it's it's it's seared

[17:19] into your memory as well.

[17:22] This is what I remember. And I also

[17:23] remember

[17:25] that he was

[17:26] he was anti-Semitic.

[17:28] Yeah, there were headlines in the

[17:29] calling him an anti-Semite saying that

[17:31] he hated Jews. And by the way, they had

[17:34] evidence because so weird, but his

[17:36] doctor who overdosed him

[17:39] also recorded Michael Jackson while he

[17:42] was also clearly sounding like he was

[17:46] high on drugs. And maybe his doctor gave

[17:48] him drugs and then spoke to him. And

[17:50] somehow this recording between this

[17:52] conversation between him and the doctor

[17:54] it's way out into the public. And yeah,

[17:57] it's a fact in the

[17:59] conversation with his doctor he referred

[18:02] to Jews as leeches, said that that they

[18:05] were trying to take everything from him.

[18:08] And then he was labeled worldwide as,

[18:10] like I said, not just crazy but also an

[18:12] anti-Semite. And that is just not what

[18:14] you want to be called in the press.

[18:16] It was then revealed that

[18:18] Michael Jackson kept an enemy list on

[18:20] which he had Tommy Mottola along with,

[18:24] I'm not kidding you guys, Rabbi Shmuley.

[18:28] Yes, that Rabbi Shmuley. He had him on

[18:30] this list. And Rabbi Shmuley then, after

[18:32] Michael Jackson died, then released

[18:34] recordings of him that he said Michael

[18:36] Jackson definitely wanted him to do,

[18:39] even though he was on this list for

[18:41] Michael Jackson. Also illusionist Uri

[18:43] Geller, attorney Gloria Allred, the one

[18:46] that we associate with all the Me Too

[18:47] cases that have been taking down a lot

[18:48] of men.

[18:49] He also listed the DA Tom Sneddon and

[18:54] Janet Arvizo, the mother of that

[18:57] accuser, Gavin Arvizo. By the way, when

[19:00] you have spare time, you should look up

[19:01] Janet Arvizo. You should look up how

[19:03] many celebrities, I mean, I'm talking

[19:05] everybody from Jay Leno to Chris Tucker,

[19:07] who have spoken out about that family.

[19:10] And have accused them many people of

[19:14] intentionally being fraudulent. I'm just

[19:17] giving you the facts, you can look that

[19:18] up in your spare time. But this was his

[19:19] list. He had a list of Jews who he said

[19:23] were trying to ruin his life. But we

[19:24] don't really remember that part.

[19:26] We don't remember even that Michael

[19:28] Jackson, despite all of those media

[19:30] headlines and being accused of being a

[19:33] pedophile

[19:35] he actually won his case. Yeah, despite

[19:38] 10 years of investigation, no proof was

[19:42] ever actually produced. Michael Jackson

[19:45] was acquitted on all counts on June

[19:47] 13th, 2005. But of course, despite the

[19:49] fact that a jury acquitted him, despite

[19:52] the fact that the pop star had been

[19:54] vindicated in a courtroom. We know

[19:56] that's all about the media. It's all

[19:58] about what the media writes. The media

[19:59] tells you what a person is, irrespective

[20:01] of whether or not they have any evidence

[20:03] of whether the person is in fact what

[20:05] they say he is.

[20:06] That's the power of the mainstream

[20:09] media.

[20:10] Michael Jackson himself insisted that he

[20:12] actually was the victim of mother and

[20:14] son con artists, plus a prosecutor who

[20:18] had a vendetta.

[20:20] But a vendetta about what? Michael

[20:21] Jackson went to war with some very

[20:24] powerful people.

[20:26] And

[20:27] I don't know why, but I guess in his

[20:28] will he wanted to leave everything to

[20:30] those very powerful people.

[20:32] He went after

[20:34] Mottola, Tommy Mottola, very powerful

[20:36] person in the industry who has

[20:38] connections, according to Vanity Fair,

[20:40] to the mafia. Right? So, we're talking

[20:43] about some people that could do some

[20:45] real harm. When you read that article, I

[20:48] advise you do, called the the the

[20:50] entitled Tommy Boy, to learn about his

[20:52] history, and really, Michael Jackson was

[20:56] outwardly talking even about the things

[20:58] that Mottola had done to Mariah Carey.

[21:00] He referred to Tommy Mottola as the

[21:02] devil. Like I said, he's not the kind of

[21:04] person that you want to go to war with.

[21:06] And not only that, Michael Jackson had

[21:08] the courage to call out how record

[21:11] companies cheat their artists. He wanted

[21:14] to stand up for the small guys and say,

[21:18] "We cannot allow these sorts of things

[21:19] to go on anymore."

[21:21] Take a listen.

[21:23] Record companies really, really do

[21:25] conspire against their artists. They

[21:27] steal, they cheat, they do whatever they

[21:29] can, especially the black artists. Sony,

[21:32] Tommy Mottola. Tommy Mottola is the

[21:34] president of the record division.

[21:37] He is a mean, he's a racist,

[21:41] and he's very, very, very

[21:44] devilish.

[21:47] That clip was from 2002. His declaration

[21:49] of war on the industry of people who he

[21:52] was alleging was intentionally stealing

[21:54] and selling artists short, and who he no

[21:56] longer wanted to work out work with

[21:57] because he wanted to be a free agent. He

[21:59] wanted nothing to do with these people.

[22:00] He was fighting this war privately, and

[22:02] he was winning.

[22:03] Uh at least he was winning it in the

[22:05] courtroom, but as I said, the courtroom

[22:07] doesn't dictate wins, does it?

[22:09] In that measure,

[22:11] everything that he was doing was really

[22:13] all in vain because he is now remembered

[22:16] as Wacko Jacko,

[22:19] uh title that was created for him in the

[22:21] mainstream media that really hurt him.

[22:24] In fact, he sat down with Barbara

[22:26] Walters and spoke about how much that

[22:28] name hurt him. Take a listen.

[22:30] You should not say he's an animal. He's

[22:32] a should not say he's Jacko. I'm not a

[22:35] Jacko. I'm Jackson. I have a heart and I

[22:38] have a feelings. I feel that when you do

[22:40] that to me. It's not nice.

[22:43] >> [snorts]

[22:44] >> After the trial, Michael Jackson stepped

[22:46] away from the spotlight, and then it was

[22:48] reported, because having fought all of

[22:50] these lawsuits, that he was on the brink

[22:54] of bankruptcy.

[22:55] I want you to think about that. I want

[22:56] you to think of a person who once sold

[22:59] 70 million records, made Sony extremely

[23:03] rich,

[23:04] that at the end of his life he was on

[23:06] the verge of bankruptcy, and had faced

[23:09] closure on his Neverland Ranch.

[23:12] And he never did, by the way, return

[23:14] back to Neverland. In 2009, he announced

[23:17] that he was going to put together some

[23:19] comeback concerts, and there were rumors

[23:21] about his financial situation,

[23:23] but the concerts never came to pass

[23:25] because

[23:27] well, we know, Michael Jackson

[23:28] unfortunately

[23:30] died of an overdose that was

[23:32] administered to him by a doctor. No one

[23:36] was there other than, you know, the guy

[23:39] that you're supposed to call if they get

[23:41] into trouble with Diddy. We've spoken

[23:43] about that in a past episode, uh Faheem

[23:45] Muhammad, and of course Dr. Conrad

[23:47] Murray, who basically

[23:49] got a slap on the wrist. Doctor from the

[23:52] Virgin Islands

[23:54] who got a slap on the wrist, had been

[23:56] leaking phone calls,

[23:58] and I don't even believe, and you can

[24:00] fact check me on this one, that he's

[24:01] even had his medical license removed. I

[24:04] think he's still practicing back in the

[24:07] Virgin Islands. Again, I'm pretty sure

[24:10] that's the last thing that I've read on

[24:11] it.

[24:12] So, that is the story of Michael

[24:14] Jackson. His death was ruled a homicide,

[24:16] and in 2011, Conrad Murray was found

[24:19] guilty, was allowed a cell phone in uh

[24:23] in the slammer while he was in there.

[24:24] Really strange. And then, like I said,

[24:26] he was released back into normal life as

[24:29] if nothing had happened.

[24:32] So, what do we say to that? Well,

[24:34] it's interesting because what happened

[24:35] to Michael Jackson could never happen

[24:37] today. Right? Back when all of this was

[24:39] going on in the early 2000s, the media

[24:42] ran things. They completely controlled

[24:45] our minds. I too was warped to believe

[24:47] that Michael Jackson was a pedophile,

[24:49] and not that Michael Jackson had picked

[24:50] a fight with some very powerful people

[24:53] who have a leg in the media, who can

[24:55] make things appear and make things go

[24:57] away with the snap of their fingers.

[25:00] And since then, there have been a lot of

[25:01] artists who have tried to speak out

[25:03] about this type of mafia behavior, where

[25:06] where people don't get what they want,

[25:07] they will take everything from you and

[25:09] ruin you.

[25:10] To turn the King of Pop to leave him

[25:13] desolate and broke at the end of his

[25:15] career is a crime.

[25:17] But you know, here's the thing that I

[25:18] will say.

[25:20] They can lie, they can steal, they can

[25:22] deceive, but they can never create.

[25:25] Because these people do not have the

[25:27] creator force within them because

[25:28] [clears throat]

[25:28] Michael Jackson was right when he said

[25:30] that these people are devilish. All they

[25:32] can ever do is try to dissuade the

[25:35] masses via lies, and they go to sleep

[25:37] every night knowing that you are a liar,

[25:40] that you have no creative force within

[25:42] you, that you will always have to steal

[25:44] from people who actually do have talent.

[25:46] You will always have to lie about people

[25:48] who actually do have that creator force.

[25:51] That's a sad eventual ending for those

[25:53] individuals as well.

[25:54] And so, Michael Jackson, they may have

[25:56] taken your money, they may have for

[25:58] short-term impacted your reputation, but

[26:00] there are so many of us in the world who

[26:02] now recognize the truth of what happened

[26:03] to you, and we have platforms, and we

[26:05] have voices, too. And we will continue

[26:07] to hold a candle for the King of Pop.

[26:12] >> [music]