Leaving Neverland
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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In 2013, choreographer Wade Robson and James Safechuck filed a $1.5 billion-dollar civil lawsuit claiming Jackson had sexually abused them as children. On May 16, 2013, Robson alleged on The Today Show that Jackson had abused him for seven years, beginning when Robson was seven years old. Robson had previously testified in defense of Jackson in the 2005 trial. On December 19, 2017, Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff dismissed the lawsuit because Robson had filed too late. The documentary Leaving Neverland (2019) covers Jackson's alleged sexual abuse of Robson and Safechuck. Many radio stations, including some in New Zealand, Canada, and the UK, removed Jackson's music from their playlists in response to the new allegations in the documentary. |
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Leaving Neverland is a 2019 documentary film directed and produced by the British filmmaker Dan Reed. It focuses on two men, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, who allege they were sexually abused as children by the singer Michael Jackson. It also examines the effects on their families.
The film is a co-production between the UK broadcaster Channel 4 and the US broadcaster HBO. It premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2019, and was broadcast in two parts in March.
