Michael Jackson Accusers’ Lawyer Calls Upcoming Biopic ‘Propaganda’

The plaintiffs going up against Michael Jackson’s estate want their trial before the upcoming biopic on the megastar comes out, but their attorney tells The Daily Beast they’re confident “the truth will prevail” either way.

Attorney John C. Carpenter represents accusers Wade Robson and James Safechuck in the case against Jackson’s companies MJJ Productions and MJJ Ventures, which are now owned by his estate, for allegedly enabling their abuse at the hands of the pop superstar from the ages of 7 and 10 years old, respectively. Robson and Safechuck were the subject of the documentary Leaving Neverland, in which they describe, in grueling detail, being groomed and assaulted by Jackson over the course of several years.

Carpenter told The Beast over Zoom that Michael, the upcoming biopic about Jackson that is expected to be released by Lionsgate in the spring of 2025, will be nothing more than “propaganda.”

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