User27
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The man was a musical genius and even at a young age, people knew he had the ability to carry a long running career by a lot of accounts. RS worded it that even though he was a child, he was a "prodigy" and compared him to greater artists of the time including Ray Charles. I remember being a child and seeing him singing Ben to the pet rat and crying and I remember thinking how revolutionary Black & White was. I was impressed with him as a child but that switched when allegations got brought up and I still am undecided as to his innocence but will say I think guilty people pay the cost one way or the other.
In 1993, he came out about what an abusive childhood he had and it's been covered in biographies as well. This man was seriously abused by his father and his brothers verified they all had a strict upbringing as well. Unless you go through counselling for this emotional trauma there's sometimes a pattern of the abused becoming the abuser later in life. If you study criminal cases, look at the amount of people that are abused ending up abusers, rapists and killers later in their life. Do I believe he was innocent? I think 22 million dollars is a lot of money to pay if you're fully innocent of a crime whatsoever and yeah, I know the child chose not to continue with criminal procedings. I'd hate to be the 13 year old that shattered a stars' image while he cried about being strip searched and yet that child was supposed to stand his own and still have strength to get on the stand and talk about what happened? That's a lot of pressure and there are many people that have been sexually abused and never tell people in their lifetimes out of shame and false guilt.
I am sorry we lost such an amazing artist that contributed a lot through damn near his entire life. I was a fan of even Jackson 5 when I was all of 6 because of my mom showing me Rockin' Robin and I was a fan of his solo career. I was not a fan of a man potentially abusing children and then crying on talk shows about what he had endured himself as a child. I'm sorry all the people are so phazed by this as to make jokes, because nothing about this man was a laughing matter but I'm only missing the man behind the music not the man himself. I hope you all handle this tragedy well but I see it being a hurtful mess for quite a while to come and I'm not one of the ones who would take such a serious matter and make light of it. I know people won't match my views but everyone else has expressed their as well so I hope you all are feeling better when all is said and done.
In 1993, he came out about what an abusive childhood he had and it's been covered in biographies as well. This man was seriously abused by his father and his brothers verified they all had a strict upbringing as well. Unless you go through counselling for this emotional trauma there's sometimes a pattern of the abused becoming the abuser later in life. If you study criminal cases, look at the amount of people that are abused ending up abusers, rapists and killers later in their life. Do I believe he was innocent? I think 22 million dollars is a lot of money to pay if you're fully innocent of a crime whatsoever and yeah, I know the child chose not to continue with criminal procedings. I'd hate to be the 13 year old that shattered a stars' image while he cried about being strip searched and yet that child was supposed to stand his own and still have strength to get on the stand and talk about what happened? That's a lot of pressure and there are many people that have been sexually abused and never tell people in their lifetimes out of shame and false guilt.
I am sorry we lost such an amazing artist that contributed a lot through damn near his entire life. I was a fan of even Jackson 5 when I was all of 6 because of my mom showing me Rockin' Robin and I was a fan of his solo career. I was not a fan of a man potentially abusing children and then crying on talk shows about what he had endured himself as a child. I'm sorry all the people are so phazed by this as to make jokes, because nothing about this man was a laughing matter but I'm only missing the man behind the music not the man himself. I hope you all handle this tragedy well but I see it being a hurtful mess for quite a while to come and I'm not one of the ones who would take such a serious matter and make light of it. I know people won't match my views but everyone else has expressed their as well so I hope you all are feeling better when all is said and done.
