Nearly five years after the death of Michael Jackson choreographer Wade Robeson and former child actor James Safechuck filed civil lawsuits claiming they had been sexually molested by the King of Pop as children [click here and here if you missed that].
Now Robeson and Safechuck are asking a judge to allow evidence showing exactly how much Michael Jackson allegedly paid off other accusers over the years…
From Page Six
Safechuck first met Jacko in 1987, when he was 8 years old. Safechuck will testify that Jacko repeatedly molested him a year later during a tour and that Jacko wrote a check for more than $1 million to Safechuck’s father, a sanitation worker.
The duo for the first time will be allowed to detail past, undisclosed settlements between Jacko and boys. Sources contend there were at least 20 young victims, who reaped — with their parents and attorneys — upward of $200 million cumulatively in hush money.
The Chandler lawsuit alone cost Jacko more than $40 million, sources said.
“All of this is documented, and it will certainly help to sway a jury, particularly a civil jury who is not considering reasonable doubt but a preponderance of the evidence,” a prosecution source said.
In the criminal case against Jacko, a detective for the Santa Barbara district attorney told The Post that the judge, behind closed doors, refused to allow prosecutors to reveal the cash Jacko was paying out.
“The judge said it would be too highly prejudicial,” the source recalled. If it comes out in a civil case, he said, “It should be an eye-opener for those who want to insist that Jackson was some real-life Peter Pan.”The hearing is set for Tuesday.
