It is indeed common for victims of real crimes to occasionally misremember or confabulate, resulting in inconsistent accounts of the abuse they suffered. But it is extremely unusual for their entire story to be in a constant state of flux, as it is in this case.
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Now, it is possible that Robson’s effusive tributes to MJ, his insistence on being associated with MJ even after death, his grand showbiz aspirations, his sudden epiphany of abuse when penniless aged 30, are the encrypted cries for help of an an abuse survivor.
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It is also possible that watching Robson detail his abuse on TV really did trigger latent memories of abuse in Safechuck, and that the two then decided to collaborate in good faith to innocently seek justice in the form of $1.5 billion by blaming MJ’s estate for MJ’s abuse.
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But, the more I learn about this case, the more room for doubt I find, and I am just not able to explain away the inconsistencies as peremptorily as so many of you have done.
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And even if Robson and Safechuck are telling the truth, then Leaving Neverland, with its tendentious cherry-picking, and its refusal to address suspicious holes in the testimony, from which doubts have sprouted, has utterly failed them, and they deserve better than a shock-doc.
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Whatever the truth, one fact remains: despite all the doubts we should have about the allegations—after Jussie Smollett and Covington—the world has once again uncritically swallowed a victimhood narrative based on mere talk. And that, to me, is wrongdoing I can be certain of.
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Do you know where I the documents with the official amount that they filed in the civil suits? I’ve been having trouble a lot of them are just dead links.
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