And Neverland all but ignores Robson and Safechuck’s lawsuits against the Jackson estate - both of which were dismissed and are currently under appeal. But the search for better lives and a promise to save their family still trapped imbue the kids with strength and courage. Instead, the outside world is almost too cruel to face. 21, the estate filed a lawsuit against HBO over Leaving Neverland.) The director has said that he did interview former detectives and prosecutors from the two principal investigations into Jackson, but the only opposing commentary in the film comes courtesy of YouTube videos, featuring wild-eyed fans berating Robson for going public with his claims. Fifteen escaped from Grace Field House, finally getting a chance at freedom. which the estate insists Reed did not do. (A clip of Jackson’s 1992 video denial is included in the film.) For a documentary to be a true work of journalism, however, it is incumbent upon the filmmaker to solicit comments from the opposing side - in this case Jackson’s estate, his family, etc. Legally, Reed and HBO have no obligation to include a denial by Jackson’s estate - you cannot defame a dead man, as it were.
The larger issue with Leaving Neverland, though, is that for something that calls itself a “documentary,” it is woefully one-sided - and in some cases, conveniently selective about the information it chooses to include about its two subjects. Leaving Neverland, for all of its harrowing testimony (and it is graphic) still does not provide an answer or prove the guilt of Jackson, because what these men allege to have occurred can only be validated by the two people involved, and one of them, Michael Jackson, is dead. (Even today, Robson’s mother sounds awed at the memory of her first trip to Jackson’s Neverland Ranch: “It’s like a fairy land.”) It’s all in the service of answering the question every viewer is bound to ask: But how on Earth did these boys end up having “sleepovers” with a grown man? As Robson, who says Jackson first abused him at age 7 during a family trip to Neverland, explains, “For me to look back on the scenario now, what you’d think would be kind of like standard instincts and judgment seemed to go out the window.” James Safechuck and Wade Robinson share how Michael Jackson sexually abused them when they. Part 1 of Neverland effectively establishes - through interviews with Robson and Safechuck, as well as their moms and siblings - how surreal, overwhelming, and intoxicating it was for these ordinary families to be the subject of so much attention from the most famous man on the planet. The singer took an immediate interest in the boys and quickly became a close family friend - having dinner at their houses, chatting daily on the phone with the boys and their moms, inviting them on trips. The four-hour film (airing March 3 and 4th on HBO) tells the “separate but parallel” stories of Robson and Safechuck, both of whom met Michael Jackson separately at the height of his fame.
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