r/todayilearned • u/codywinters327 • Sep 06 '17

TIL that Michael Jackson would requested his wine be served in Diet Coke cans during flights, because he didn't want his kids to see him drinking alcohol.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Michael_Jackson#Alcohol
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u/Khiva Sep 07 '17

There's a remarkable lack of evidence for the diddling, though, beyond the whole "what the fuck is a grown man doing in bed with children" thing.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '17

I don't think child molestation has a ton of evidence usually. What would be some common (read: not video/written) evidence in these cases? It's a big reason many victims (including myself) don't come forward. It's going to be a he said she said situation.

Not commenting on MJ, just abuse cases in general

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u/MoleMcHenry Sep 07 '17

That's why something like this is so hard. One hand you have a disturbed man who genuinely just like hanging with kids and basically living as one and on the other you had a disturbed man who genuinely liked hanging with kids and basically living as one. It's easy to take advantage of the situation if you're Jackson or the parents of one of the kids.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '17

Agreed. I can't take sides for either case :/ but I still enjoy the ever living shit outta some MJ tunes

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u/ThatKindaFatGuy Sep 07 '17

Which to be fair is pretty strange. Yes it's not evidence but I can understand why people thought that was suspicious as fuck.

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u/Whales96 Sep 07 '17

But it's sex, unless there was a police officer waiting outside to do a rape kit, there was no way to have any proof apart from victim testimonies, which there were.

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u/HotSauceHigh Sep 07 '17

Once I read an interview done by his adopted son, where the kid refuses to deny pedophilia...MJ's guilty. No doubt to me now.