tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24009374.post3333613480904914498..comments2024-03-09T08:46:07.595-05:00Comments on The Mighty Quinn Media Machine: A Troubled LifeBklynSoxFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17512844600688808055noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24009374.post-40568195409715830662009-06-30T00:23:54.485-04:002009-06-30T00:23:54.485-04:00Still I believe you have to fight the allegations ...Still I believe you have to fight the allegations of such a hideous charge of being a pedophile, even if it costs you millions. (I don't think the lawyers would have gotten more than the Chandlers got.) Jackson wouldn't fight it, and it still tells me he had plenty to hide. Sure some might say he still was even if he fought it and won. But at least he could say he took them to court and was exonerated.BklynSoxFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512844600688808055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24009374.post-8381562756968169432009-06-29T13:05:39.102-04:002009-06-29T13:05:39.102-04:00"...why would anyone in their right mind, if ..."...why would anyone in their right mind, if they are totally innocent of these type of hideous charges, pay off someone to the tune of an eight figure settlement?"<br /><br />A fair question. Perhaps the most plausible answer is because the stigma of certain types of allegations, ESPECIALLY sexual misconduct, never goes away, no matter how much you spend trying to clear your name (see the 2005 acquittal.. did that change anyone's mind?), and no matter how flimsy the allegations. Some things stick, and the best you can hope for is to minimize the volume. The terms of his settlement with that (and another) family dictated that they would never discuss the allegations again. A term which one family later violated, and as such ought to have had legal action taken against them by Jackson to recover the cash he gave them.<br /><br />But don't forget another, equally pertinent question: Why would any parent in their right mind, if they believe someone has sexually abused their children, ACCEPT a cash settlement of any sort?<br /><br />FAR too shady behavior for me to believe the allegations.<br /><br />MJ was a weird dude, no question. People close to him say he intentionally made up & "leaked" a lot of the bizarre stories about himself (hyperbaric chamber, elephant man's bones, etc.) as a kind of practical joke on the tabloid media. See the "Leave Me Alone" video for a wink from the man himself to that effect.<br /><br />I for one am extremely curious as to what the new concerts would have been like. Sad frail old man MJ, or was he really planning a for-reals comeback?The Angry Techhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09799679591328523909noreply@blogger.com