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Leaving Neverland: A Breakdown of the Disturbing Allegations Against Michael Jackson
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  • Jackson and Safechuck had a mock wedding ceremony. At one point during an interview with Safechuck in Leaving Neverland, he pulls out a small box of jewelry. Visibly upset (to the point that this hands are shaking as he does so), he pulls out rings and other pieces that he says Jackson gave him in exchange for sexual favors. Not only that, but he says Jackson used his "love of jewelry against" him, especially in the case of how he bought the young boy a wedding ring as a physical representation of their commitment to one another. (Safechuck claims that Jackson would bring him to jewelry stores and pretend they were there buying rings for women, and use Safechuck's small hands as a guide).
  • As the boys neared puberty, Jackson would tire of them. Robson and Safechuck both detail how hurt they each felt as kids when they realized that Jackson had effectively replaced them with a new "favorite." Safechuck recalls an evening where he was made to sleep downstairs on a couch, while Jackson slept upstairs with a new boy in his bedroom, and how he "cried and cried."
  • Safechuck and Robson's mothers both picked up on Jackson's cycle of "favorites." The mothers of both men, who speak often throughout he Leaving Neverland, mention things that make it clear they were aware on some level of Jackson's obsession with surrounding himself with young boys. Robson's mother, Joy, claims Jackson would have a new boy "every 12 months," and Safechuck's mom says she repeatedly met the parents of other young boys, who would be very "tight-lipped" while talking to her as if they'd been told not to engage with anyone.
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