Barbra Streisand says Michael Jackson's accusers were 'thrilled to be there' and his 'sexual needs w

Damn right!

MJ was acquitted by a jury of his peers.

If you look into this more you will see the lies being spread about a dead man that is not here to defend himself!

This whole thing sickens me.

Bunch of greedy parasites looking for more $$$ is what it is all about.

May the King of Pop RIP!

And why is this LBN?

Yes, he was acquitted in a criminal case, but in 1993, he was accused of sexually abusing the child of a family friend; the claim was investigated and the case was settled out of court for $25 million in 1994. You don't pony up that kind of money if you didn't do anything at all. The claimants still had the burden of proof and it would seem that Jackson's lawyers figured they'd be able to meet that burden if there was a trial.

What Streisand said was outrageous.

As adults, they understand why as a child they defended him. Had they not testified, who knows if he would have been found guilty.

for potentially hundreds of millions in lost sales you might very well be tempted to pony up a settlement especially if your advisers tell you that it would be cheaper.

Neither of those guys is getting anything from the estate; the statute of limitations has passed.
Just like R Kelley, too many parents fell victim to a predator thinking their kids would become famous or they would get paid.

10 undeniable facts about Michael Jacksons sexual abuse allegations:
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/03/10-undeniable-facts-about-the-michael-jackson-sexual-abuse-allegations

He's giving it another try.

It is all about money!

Do your research! Robson sued for $1.5 billion in 2013. The case was dismissed.

Now he is looking for money again.

That is the reality of this!

Again, WHY is this LBN?

It is gossip and nothing more!

And they have their cash cow to protect, so pedophilia be damned!!

Young boys?

There is absolutely nothing that justifies that. Only a pervert would insist that aa child spent the night with him and not with their families. The whole thing was sick and perverted and I can't believe anyone buys it was innocent.

And for all the wrong reasons you might imagine. Just sayin.

home, his BEDROOM, often one on one.

Boy Scout leaders don't do that.

Such an absurd, pretzel logic.

Allowed this. Any normal parent would question sleepovers by adult men.

I always liked her but geez not so sure I do anymore after this.

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No. Fascists are the ones who burn shit thinking that somehow makes a point. By now I’m sure she knows she fucked up and is being hit by a shitstorm. Her albums already by far and large take up the most space in every thrift store record bin I've ever gone through.

She really said this? This is a monstrous thing to say.

parents have some complicity, too.

Of complicity. The parents allowed that to happen.

as long as you’re special?

Got any?

Michael was just an asexual Pied Piper, a harmless big kid, right?

Babs need to check herself.

comments about Roman Polanski.



https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/sep/29/roman-polanski-whoopi-goldberg

WANT to be penetrated 3 ways while drunk and high. FUCK WG. She defended Michael Vick too.

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Sorry Barbara, minimizing extreme trauma (or erasing it altogether) but recognizing something bad happened - then placing it on the parents rather than the perpetrator - is just gross. No, that is too soft. It is revolting.

It is sadly not over yet 10 years after MJ's death.

One-fourth of it has been discarded.

Seems no one cares how this constant badgering may be affecting his children! None of them were affected by any untoward behavior by MJ. Don't you think if this was the case there would be a problem for them by now? The only problems they seem have is fighting off the cruel paparazzi and the tabloids.

As for Robson, he is in debt and has a history of lying.

Why the hell is this Late Breaking News when the person being accused again is DEAD?

In fact I'd venture a guess that probably most ... wouldn't.

Just sayin'.

Isn't one of the sons basically mute and never seen in public and the daughter has made multiple suicide attempts?

The whole point of the documentary (which I respectfully suggest you need to either watch or watch again) was that child sexual abuse is extremely confusing for the child who mixes up feeling of love and protectiveness with what it happening to them and that it can take them decades to recognise that it even is abuse. Both of the accusers said it wasn't until they had their own kids and watched how they understood the world and thought about the same things happening to them that they realised that what had happened to them was wrong.

Probably the least surprising news I could possibly predict for the 2020s-2030s is one of Michael Jackson's kids writing a tell all that reveals he abused them too.

And you can have late breaking news that changes how a public figure is perceived even long after their death. For example, the accusations against Jimmy Saville after his death affected his legacy significantly and his work was pulled off the air. A lot of the fallout was around people who covered for him and the way institutions closed ranks.

And part of what makes this news is that there are people in Hollywood who refuse to see what has been blatantly obvious since 1993... that Michael Jackson was a serial sexual abuser of children who was allowed to get away with it in plain sight for decades simply because he was famous.

There are five accusers, not just Robson, and parts of their stories are corroborated (for example, by a maid who testified that she saw Jackson showering naked with Safechuck).

He wouldn't have behaved in perverted ways with young children. You might be able to convince some that one case or another is overblown, but there are many cases and a mountain of evidence that MJ's motives and actions were far from pure.

Concern about his children? We know that MJ dangled one of his children out over the edge of a high balcony in public. Who knows what he did to them in private.

Death is no antidote to the facts.

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interpretation.

for what their young children do. The fact they would allow their young sons to sleep over in the first place is just wrong.

Like R. Kelly who knew what parents he could manipulate.

This is right from the article. A direct quote:

“His sexual needs were his sexual needs, coming from whatever childhood he has or whatever DNA he has," Streisand told The Times. “You can say ‘molested,' but those children, as you heard say [grown-up Robson and Safechuck], they were thrilled to be there. They both married and they both have children, so it didn’t kill them.”

How anyone could begin to defend Streisand on this is beyond me.

A rape victim is often "thrilled" to be with his/her eventual attacker. Maybe they are at a party together, or on a date. Then the rape starts. And then the thrill is gone.

"...it didn’t kill them.” That is a horrible and miserable thing to say, especially since Streisand says that she “absolutely” believes the allegations. Let that sink in. Streisand believes the abuse happened. But it's no big deal.

So why are Streisand and Jackson being defended here at DU? It's hero worship, plain and simple.

And most certainly do not defend the parents of those children. It had been obvious for some time that MJ had problems stemming from his Father.

A MINOR CANNOT GIVE CONSENT!!!

When will people get it through their thick skulls?

ANY rape is RAPE!

Michael Jackson was one of the beautiful people. Part of the entertainment elite. So we must excuse away his vile behavior. Roman Polanski is also one of the beautiful people. So we must excuse away his vile behavior.

Barbra Streisand is also one of the beautiful people. So we must excuse away her disgusting comments.

See how that works?

(maximum sarcasm, of course)

How out of touch are you when you defend a pedophile? “Sexual needs” being used pertaining to an adult raping a child? Oh my God.

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